Elizabeth  Larkam

  Business:    Pilates & Beyond Western Athletic Clubs

  Email:         elarkam@wac-clubs.com

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Elizabeth Larkam is a Pilates Method Alliance Gold-Certified instructor with 20 years experience in clinical, dance, fitness and academic environments. Educated in the original Pilates techniques by the Pilates elders and a Guild-Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis instructor, OM Yoga instructor and student of the Franklin Method (completed Level I, continuing in Level II), Elizabeth is internationally recognized as an innovator in Mind Body movement techniques.  She developed the Kinesis Flow program for the most recent innovation in strength training from the Italian company, TechnoGym.

 

Director of Pilates & Beyond at Western Athletic Clubs, Elizabeth worked as a Pilates Dance medicine Specialist at the Center for Sports Medicine, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, in San Francisco.  While director of the Saint Francis program she developed Pilates protocols for orthopedic and spine diagnoses.  Elizabeth is Mind/Body spokesperson for the American Council on Exercise and a member of the Advisory Board of PilatesStyle.  Her DVDs are available on www.pilates.com

 

 

  Code        Class Title                                                    Type         Date:                      Begin            End

  WP446   Developing Presence and Spirit as a               Workshop        April 23, 2008              2:00 PM           4:00 PM

              Teacher : The Science and Art of Tuning

              Your Teaching Instrument

  TP538   Developing Your Career Path as a Mind           Workshop        April 24, 2008                  9:30 AM          11:30 AM

              Body Professional

  OS546   Pilates Studio Techniques for the Thorax        Workshop          April 24, 2008                  1:00 PM         4:00 PM

  F184      Feldenkrais Awareness Through                   Workout          April 25, 2008                  4:30 PM           5:30 PM

              Movement-The Use of the Eyes in

 O113     Franklin Ball Class                                       Workout             April 25, 2008                  8:00 AM          9:00 AM

  P131     Pilates Studio Sequencing for Improved          Workshop        April 25, 2008                  9:30 AM           11:30 AM

  P281     Restorative Pilates on the Arc                        Workout            April 26, 2008                  4:30 PM           5:30 PM

  P232     Beginning and Intermediate Pilates Chair        Workshop          April 26, 2008                  9:30 AM           11:30 AM

              Progressions for the Deconditioned Client

  P308     Beginning to Intermediate Reformer               Workshop          April 27, 2008                  8:00 AM             10:00 AM

              Progressions for the Deconditioned Client