Basi Pilates

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Welcome to BODY ARTS & SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL (BASI). I'd like to tell you a little about our past, our present and our future. It was 1989 in Australia when I recognized the beginnings of the explosive growth the Pilates industry was about to experience. Of course Joseph and Clara Pilates had begun developing their exercise method many years before and it had always had strong supporters. But this was different. A surge of interest in this forward thinking method could be felt; with its emphasis on core strength, functional muscle development, body alignment and the mind-body connection. As one of the Pilates method's staunch advocates, I realized the need for a structured teacher-training program. Until that point, most people (including myself) were trained by being an apprentice in a studio. The process often took years. This was not negative, quite the contrary, but the growing demand for teachers was making this process impractical. The industry needed teachers. Either future teachers were going to be trained well in a structured curriculum-based program or they were going to go out into the community with minimal training and wing it". Few would have the luxury of spending the years previously needed to serve an apprenticeship. And without proper training they would not be able to honor the integrity of the method. I had been involved in Pilates for quite a few years by that time...

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