Basi Pilates Academy

BASI Pilates is the academy for the training of teachers of Pilates, founded by Rael Isacowitz,whose mission is to support and perpetuate the work of Joseph and Clara Pilates educating teachers of the highest level.Training BASI is anchored to the anatomy, physiology and scientific principles, but also emphasizes the aesthetic quality of each movement.

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BASE stands for Body Arts and Science International ®, was founded in 1989 by Rael Isacowitz .The head office of BASI Pilates is in Costa Mesa, California (International official website: www.basipilates.com ). Today BASI Pilates has spread worldwide in over 30 countries, with over 100 studies (Host) and over 10,000 certified teachers. It provides a training course recognized internationally and by the Pilates Method Alliance.

BASI Pilates is an academy for the training of Pilates teachers whose mission is to support and perpetuate the work of Joseph and Clara Pilates educating teachers of the highest level. Training BASI is anchored to the anatomy, physiology and scientific principles, but also emphasizes the aesthetic quality of each movement.

BASI Pilates retains the classical repertoire and the essence of the philosophy of Joseph Pilates, supplementing it with the contemporary experience and scientific knowledge.

Why BASES?

For practitioners of Pilates, BASI offers a comprehensive program of teacher training and continuous insights and additions (Advanced Education) that goes from the study of specific aspects, at Masters level international workshops and symposia. BASI Pilates also provides credits of the Pilates Method Alliance (PMA) for participants in these courses.

Today the network BASI Pilates stretches to over 30 countries and includes thousands of trained teachers in over 100 locations around the world. Our teachers (Faculty) and our rioconosciuti studies (Host) are unsurpassed as teachers and mentors, all our staff is dedicated to the support of our students.

Joseph Pilates certified only two teachers during his lifetime, Stanford-Kathy Grant and Lolita San Miguel. Today, spurred by the unprecedented growth of Pilates for the past two decades, tens of thousands of Pilates practitioners are teaching the method around the world. Many of them are true professionals, but there are many others with dubious or nonexistent credentials that have taken advantage of the unregulated nature of the discipline.

Pilates enthusiasts should be able to trust the legality and the caliber of their instructors. Similarly, those who aspire to practice professionally method must have the guarantee that the educational program they choose will provide them with a path of success and lasting. Perhaps no training program for Pilates teachers is greater than that offered by BASES Pilates®.

METHOD

At the heart of the Pilates method is the BASI Block System®, an original method to classify and combine hundreds of Pilates exercise repertoire. The BASES Block System provides a progressive structuring of the lessons within a flexible framework, creating sessions that are balanced, challenging, covering all planes of motion and muscle groups.