Inelia Garcia
Pilates Immersion for Older Adults
Maintaining and recovering autonomy and function, for a life with more quality and wellbeing
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Five days
- January 2027
A group of Pilates professionals living outside Brazil.
A 5 day immersion to deepen your knowledge, open new ways of seeing and turn the practice of Pilates into a powerful tool for aging with more autonomy, movement and vitality.
Aging is part of life. Losing autonomy does not have to be part of that process.
In this immersion we will understand how Pilates can contribute to maintaining and, where possible, recovering function, independence, mobility, strength, balance, coordination and confidence, supporting a more active, healthy and happy life.
More than teaching exercises, we will learn to observe the body, understand its needs and use movement in a conscious, safe and intelligent way.
Over five days we will deepen the practice in the Studio, exploring the proper use of the apparatus, the Pre-Pilates exercises and the principles that prepare the body for a more efficient and conscious practice.
We will also address something fundamental: how to build the habit of self care and self training, helping the practitioner understand that caring for the body should not happen only during class, but become part of their routine and their way of living.
Movement is life.
To move is to stay connected with yourself.
To exercise is a way of telling the body: "I am still here, I take part in my life, I choose to be present".
When we develop strength, mobility, balance and body awareness, we are not only working muscles and joints. We are creating the conditions for a person to keep doing, choosing, walking, playing, working, traveling, sharing and living with greater independence.
It is not only about adding years to life, but about adding life to years.
Pilates invites us to look at aging not only through the limitations that may appear, but through the possibilities that can still be developed.
In this immersion we will work on
- Pilates applied to healthy aging
- Maintaining and recovering function
- Autonomy and independence in activities of daily living
- Strength, mobility, balance and coordination
- Body awareness and proprioception
- Pre-Pilates as preparation for movement
- Proper and intelligent use of the apparatus
- Adaptations and strategies for different needs
- Breathing, concentration and presence
- Self care and building movement habits
- Self training as a continuation of the practice
- How to make exercise part of a more active and happy life
An experience to take into your practice and into your life.
We want every participant to leave this immersion not only with more knowledge, but with more tools, more confidence and a new way of seeing the potential of the aging body.
Every conscious movement is a chance to recover confidence.
Every exercise is a chance to gain independence.
Every practice is a chance to feel more alive, present and capable.
The body was made to move.
Conscious movement is care.
Care is autonomy.
And autonomy is freedom.
Inelia Garcia
Named Teacher of Teachers by Romana Kryzanowska. New York, 2003. Trained in the method in New York, in 1994, at the source. More than 30 years teaching Pilates. Director of The Pilates Studio® Brasil.
Every participant will receive a kit prepared especially for this experience, holding material of real value to accompany, deepen and support this important work.
Material designed so that the knowledge gained over these five days stays alive after the immersion, and can be carried into the Studio, into professional practice and into life.
Five days to learn.
Five days to practice.
Five days to change how you see.
Five days to understand that aging can also be an opportunity to keep evolving through movement.
- Where
- São Paulo, Brazil
- When
- January 2027, five days. Dates to be confirmed
- Venue
- The Pilates Studio® Brasil, Unidade Higienópolis. Rua Dr. Veiga Filho, 402, Higienópolis, São Paulo, SP. CEP 01229-000
- Places
- Limited
Total for the immersion
R$ 6,250.00 (Brazilian reais)
Now, to secure your place
R$ 715.00
A R$ 650.00 deposit plus a R$ 65.00 PayPal fee.
In Brazil, on the day of the event
R$ 5,600.00
Paid in cash.
Pilates for Older Adults
More autonomy. More function. More confidence. More movement. More life.
The button takes you to the R$ 715.00 payment, which secures your place. The R$ 5,600.00 balance is paid in cash, in Brazil, on the day of the event.
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