Pilates for Athletes: Introduction to Working with Dancers
Cari Riis Stemmler introduces the podcast series for dancers with tips on injury prevention, strength and stability.
Pilates for Athletes: Improving Your Dancer’s Balance
Cari Riis Stemmler goes over an exercise on the Rotator Disks that will help your dancers work on their turns and will reveal any imbalances that they might have.
Pilates for Athletes: Upper Back Extension for Dancers
Cari Riis Stemmler goes over an exercise that can help dancers to fully extend their upper back (as in a cambre) while keeping the core engaged & not flaring the ribs.
Pilates for Athletes: Dancers & Upper Ab Strength
Cari Riis Stemmler goes over some exercises for dancers that strengthen the upper abdominals, to open up some of the low back musculature.
Pilates for Athletes: Jump Board Work for Dancers
Cari Riis Stemmler shows how the jumpboard can help you focus on foot and ankle strength in your dancers.
Pilates for Athletes: Dancers & Full Body Integration
Cari Riis Stemmler shows how to get full body integration with arabesque on the Reformer.
Pilates for Athletes: Dancers Pelvic Stability — External Rotators
Cari Riis Stemmler demonstrates an exercise that focuses on the deep interior hip rotator muscles.
Pilates for Athletes: Pelvic Stability in Dancers
Cari Riis Stemmler goes over some exercises that will help your dancers with pelvic stability.
Pilates for Athletes: Dancers VMO & Adductor Strength
Cari Riis Stemmler goes over some chair exercises that will strengthen the adductors and the VMO for your dancers.
Pilates for Athletes: Jumping for Basketball Players
Cari Riis Stemmler goes over some great exercises to help foot strength and flexibility for jumping. Good for all your jumping athletes, not just your basketball players.
Dancer Alignment Mat Class
Cari Stemmler, Owner of Paragon Pilates and Physical Therapy in Edina, Minnesota, teaches a workshop focusing on dancer alignment.
Balanced Body Movement Principles Mat Class
At our recent Balanced Body Movement Principles Instructor Training Session, Master Instructor Tiza Wynn Riley took the Students through a Mat Class.
Pilates Intermediate Mat Class
Studio Owner and Pilates Instructor Cari Riis Stemmler takes you through this 60 minute Intermediate Mat Class.
Pilates Advanced Mat Class
Studio Owner and Pilates Instructor Cari Riis Stemmler takes you through this 50 minute Advanced Mat Class.