What's Going On?
Getting to Know Yourself Through Meditation.
Katia's meditation class creates a relaxing energy,
calms the body and mind, relieves stress, and you will
learn to embrace the beauty of the present moment.
Fridays at 7:00PM -
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Kids Yoga (ages 5 - 8). Fun filled class with
yoga, stories, and imagination. This 45 minute class
is a perfect way for your children to burn off some
energy, have fun.
Fridays at 4:30PM -
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Bellyfit...coming soon! An fantastic program
inspired by bellydance, yoga, pilates and cultural dance.
Thursdays at 8PM -
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Walking/Stroller Pilates. Burn calories, improve
your posture, get some fresh air and tone your muscles
in this fun, fast-paced walking class where we explore
gait and posture.
Mondays at 9:30AM
Prenatal & Postnatal Programs - Prenatal Yoga,
Stroller/Walking Groups, and Mommy & Baby program where
we focus on your changing posture.
Mondays at 11:00AM
Pilates Flow with Maryann Pilates Flow is inspired
by the teachings of Body Harmonics and includes standing
pilates and is a slow, focused, flowing and intense
program. This class will challenge you and make use
of various items to improve your posture and connection
to core, including fitness circles, flex bands, and
toning balls.
Mondays at 6PM, Tuesdays at 6PM
Pilates at Work! Corporate clients like IBM and
local public schools have found a space and are benefitting
from weekly Pilates Bootcamp classes. Improve your posture,
strengthen your core and improve flexibility - breathe
life into your workplace!
Personal Training! Sol Pilates provides personal
training and postural/gait assessments using the Stott
Professional Reformer and Stability Chair. Stott princples
focus on improving posture, muscle balance and conditioning.
Specialized equipment ensures that you are working your
body in proper alignment.
About the Studio
Sol Pilates has been providing both mat-based and equipment-based
pilates training to the Markham community (Unionville,
Cornell, Stouffville) since 2005. Sol Pilates professionals
offer rehab, pilates programming and yoga therapy for
healthy and special populations, and brings programs
focused on posture to corporate/ workplace settings.
Sol Pilates studio programs are geared to individuals
and small groups to provide clients with access to individualized
programming and cueing for specific postures and conditions.
Sol Pilates specializes in the Stott
Pilates method which emphasizes programming and
modifications that increasingly challenge the muscles,
enhance performance in sports, and rehabilitates through
injury-specific and postural-specific programming.
Sol Pilates is located in a "hub" of wellness on Main
Street Markham. Sol
Wellness details information on wellness offerings
including TCM, acupuncture, fertility yoga, massage
therapy, hot stone massage, and naturopathic medicine.
Instructor Spotlight
Kristine Downes, E-RYT
Certified Fertility Instructor
Kristine began practicing yoga
over 10 years ago in the Iyengar tradition. She evolved
her practice through Hatha Flow and Ashtanga training
and certified in Ashtanga-Hatha as well as Prenatal
Yoga. Kristine has a dedicated following of clients
and in her work with pre-natal clients, Kristine recognized
the need for yoga that was focused on fertility. She
has since certified in this area and is now consulting
with individuals and couples out of Sol Pilates' space
on Fertility Yoga. Kristine is a Registered
Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance, in Ashtanga~Hatha,
as well as a qualified Pre-Natal Yoga instructor.
She is also certified as a Level 1 & 2 Reiki
healer.
Yoga
for Fertility, Yoga Journal
Fertile
Ground, Yoga Journal, May 2008
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What Is Pilates
Pilates is a training system focused on posture, alignment
and balance. Using specially designed spring resistance-based
equipment or specialized mat exercises, you will develop
core strength and postural awareness. The first emphasis
is on building a strong, supported, yet flexible spine,
and becoming aware of and strengthening core muscles
that support the pelvis and shoulders. Gradually the
entire body is challenged to connect into this strength,
and the whole body becomes more integrated and stronger
and less prone to injury.
Pilates focuses on deeper muscle groups, or local stabilizing
postural muscle systems. These deep muscles, or slow-twitch
muscles, are key when controlling joint movement and
maintaining joint stability. Pilates starts training
the joints at lower loads and then slowly progresses
to strenthening eccentrically (when muscle is extended)
thereby creating safer range of motions in joint deceleration.
Pilates is a form of movement therapy with cueing and
progression focused on developing appropriate muscle
firing patterns to reduce tension and increase strength
thereby reducing chronic use injuries and alleviating
tension associated with acute injuries.
Rehab & Injuries
Sol Pilates caters to a clientele requiring specialized
programming to manage and resolve various types of acute
and chronic use conditions:
Sciatica, herniated
disc, back pain, groin injuries, hip issues (hip replacement),
frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, osteoarthritis, scoliosis,
spondolythesis, any type of spinal fusion surgery
and subsequent longer-term rehab, plantar fasciatis,
facet joint syndrome, sacral-iliac (SI) joint issues,
psoas tightness and anterior displacement of pelvis,
knee conditions including instability, muscle atrophy
following injury, postural issues, and conditions
associated with pregnancy including diastastis recti
and pubic symphysis.
We accept referrals from RMT's, Physiotherapists, GP’s,
sports doctors, osteopaths, chiropractors, OBGYN's,
Mid-wives and doulas. Our client population are male
and female and range in age from 18 – 80!
Core Benefits
- Long lean toned muscles by cueing muscles that
support neutral joint positions
- Improves posture and strengthening of the core muscles
- Improves flexibility and mobility of joints and
muscles
- Improves muscle strength to support injured areas
- Improves coordination and balance
- Alleviates poor posture and restores structural
integrity through the application of alignment principles
- Restores proper body function and integration of
all systems: muscular, skeletal, respiratory, circulatory,
nervous
- Heals and rehabilitates through a gentle and methodical
approach to the body
- Complements and enhances any sport or activity
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Schedule
Getting Started: Find a program that works with
your schedule and suits your experience. Download this
form (CIF) and
bring it with you to your first session. Call us (416-948-7685)
or email
us and confirm a spot in your chosen program. Confirm
registration by payment (cash, cheque, or email money
transfer).
Monday,
February 8, 2010
9:30AM
Walking Bootcamp
11:00AM
Mom & Baby Pilates
6:00PM Pilates Flow I/II
7:00PM Prenatal Class
8:15PM Circuit Pilates II
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Tuesday,
February 9, 2010
12:30PM
Fusion Pilates I/II
6:00PM Pilates Flow II
7:00PM Essential Pilates II
8:15PM Pilates
Bootcamp I
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wednesday,
February 10, 2010
6:00PM
Pilates Bootcamp I/II
7:00PM Prenatal Class
8:15PM Fusion Pilates
I/II
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Thursday,
February 11, 2010
9:30AM
Pilates Bootcamp I
6:00PM Circuit Pilates I/II
7:00PM Fusion Pilates
I
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Friday,
February 5, 2010
9:00AM
Essential Pilates I/II
4:30PM Kids Yoga (Ages 5 - 8)
7:00PM Meditation w/ Katia
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Saturday,
February 6, 2010
9:00AM
Essential Pilates I/II
10:00AM Hatha Yoga
11:15AM Prenatal Pilates
I
- Beginner level
i/II - Beginner/Intermediate Levels
II - Intermediate/Advanced Levels
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Client Testimonials
"I am so much
more aware of my posture now"
"I never would
have been able to play so many rounds of golf this summer
without this private training resolving my sciatica"
E.D.
"I don't think
I say often enough that I am so grateful I met you,
and have your 'sanctuary' once a week to come to"
C.F.
"Your classes
have been amazing and I'm glad that we connected. I
look forward to attending classes after the baby"
T.C.
We look forward to
working with you!
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