What's New at DPC:
- Janice is back at DPC!
- New Instructors
- Great Workshops with Guest Teachers
- Janice's DVD "Nine Pilates Essentials"
Janice has returned from her Florida workshop tour. Her work was extremely well received there, and her time was fully booked. But we are really excited that she is back, teaching clients and working with our apprentices to get them through the rigorous Romana's Pilates® certification program. Stay tuned for stories from her travels and time teaching. See the photos of Janice teaching her Pilates Boot Camp in Ocala, FL.
Janice has written two new articles that have either recently been published or are about to be published. One is the back full page article in the January issue of Dressage Today, the premier publication for dressage in the US. Called "Solutions," Janice succinctly describes how to use the Pilates box to help ride correctly. The other article, called "An Exercise in Long and Low and Deep and Round," appeared in the Jan. 22 issue of My Horse Daily, an online magazine.
New Instructors
Tina Campbell Joins DPC!
We are excited to announce that Tina Campbell has officially joined the team at DPC! She began to teach full time on January 2.
Tina was certified in Romana's Pilates in 2002, and is highly skilled in teaching Pilates and Thai Body Massage. (You can read more about her by visiting our "Studio" page.) She is due to get her Romana's Pilates® Level 4 certification shortly! Congrats to Tina, and welcome to DPC!
Guest Teachers in January 2013
To help keep away the winter blahs......we welcomed two guest teachers in January: Melissa Flores, Level 4 instructor from St. Louis, and Jamie Trout, Level 3 instructor from Atlanta. Our apprentices and teachers learned a lot from them, and we're all excited to infuse our teaching with what we learned. Bringing in such experts is part of the mission of Dulak Pilates, which is to be the premiere learning center for Pilates. We took some great photos of the workshop with Jamie Trout...you can view them here.
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Melissa Flores, level 4 instructor, was a soloist with the Dance Company of St. Charles. When her triplets entered kindergarten she discovered Pilates and quickly she realized this was her lifetime passion. She completed her certification in Chicago and New York with Romana Kryanowska. She believes that a top notch teacher should continue to study with masters such as Romana, Janice Dulak, Juanita Lopez, Cynthia Lochard, Lori Coleman Brown and Anthony Rabara. She has run the Pilates For Life studio in St. Louis since 2005.
Jamie Trout brings to Pilates her strong background of ballet, a unique beauty of motion, and a sincere talent to instruct. She studied at the prestigious North Carolina School of the Arts and upon graduation joined Ballet Austin. Later she danced for Duende, Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Concerto, and Ballet Theatre of Miami. The discipline and grace Jamie honed in the dance world afforded her to easily transition as she trained and became a certified Pilates Instructor in 1999. Jamie trained directly with Romana Kryzanowska, Joseph Pilates' protege, and continued her training with Sari Mejia Santo as she became a Romana's Pilates® Instructor Trainer.
Apprentices Right on Track...and Ready to Teach!
Our awesome apprentices, Elizabeth Ghert, Terry Boyer, and Mo Kolish, have been working extremely hard and are now certified to teach under supervision! They will be taking on clients in February!
Nine Pilates Essentials for the Balanced Rider: A Magic Circle Workout
Janice's new DVD, with a whole new series of exercises for the rider, is available now! Published by Trafalgar Square Books, it is available from our shop.
In this DVD, Janice shows you the nine essential body "parts" that are the key to "speaking" to your horse with sophistication and eloquence. By using the "Magic Circle" exercise ring in a series of exercises, riders get a workout that trains these specific parts in ways that instantly apply to your riding.
