
Explore how the foam roller transforms Pilates practice with balance challenges, progressions, and self-massage techniques, through classic combat sequences and freestyle flow master classes.
Move with breath and core engagement while supine on the foam roller to mobilize the spine and shoulders, then build stability with pelvic tilts, bridges, and leg taps.
Raise the hips onto the foam roller to train core strength with a neutral spine. Breathe through the hundred and progress to leg stretches on the roller.
Develop spine mobility with a classical warm-up using the foam roller, featuring roll up, pelvic tilts, and vertebra-by-vertebra roll down, plus advanced rollover and jackknife variations.
Explore flexion and extension with a foam roller, guiding precise spine stretch, pelvis stability, and shoulder blades sliding down the back through roll ups, swan dives, and leg kicks.
Improve core strength and spinal mobility with foam roller sequences from shoulder stand to twists, including shoulder bridge, side-lying twists, and jackknife work.
Explore side bends and side leg sequences on the floor, using the foam roller to aid balance during standing work, building control and stability in the hips.
Explore prone on the foam roller to strengthen glutes and core with moves like swimming, hundred, and breaststroke, emphasizing pubic bone grounding, long spine, and controlled breathing.
Explores neck pull down variations and leg pulls on a foam roller to strengthen the core, improve balance, and maintain a neutral spine with controlled planks and hip-stability movements.
Master the boomerang with leg threading and push-ups using a foam roller to develop mobility, core strength, and controlled balance through scalable progressions.
Develop standing leg work with a foam roller to improve balance and engage the glutes through knee lifts, foot flexion, and safe, wall-supported progression.
Roll out the glutes, hamstrings, calves, and IT band with a foam roller to release myofascial tissue, combining mobility work with stretches and a relaxing finish.
Explore a classical mat sequence on a foam roller to warm the shoulders, mobilize the spine, and practice hundreds, roll like a ball, teaser, Swan.
Master a full foam roller flow that engages the core, improves balance, and lengthens the spine through controlled rolls, legwork, and shoulder bridge sequences.
Props can transform your Pilates practice and the Foam Roller is one of the most versatile. In this CPD accredited course we explore the many uses of the Pilates foam roller to modify, progress and add variety to the Pilates practice.
"Oh my Gosh, it makes such a difference to work with/on the foam roller. Loved the core exercises! Great course, beyond my expectations! I loved it! Very knowledgeable explanations and lots of options to play with. Thank you Josie so much for your wonderful courses. I wish I've signed up for more courses with you with the actual pilates sequences. This course helped me to realize my weak points. :-D"
The benefits of using the foam roller in a Pilates class are many:-
The foam roller can be used as a self-massage tool. Myofascial release can help relieve muscle tightness, soreness and inflammation and increase your joint range of motion
Balance: standing or laying on the foam roller can add a balance challenge
The foam roller is very effective at neck and shoulder release to help improve upper body posture
The foam roller offers a stability challenge which will improve core strength
It offers feedback on alignment
Adding the foam roller to your practice will take it to another level
This Pilates Foam Roller course is made up of
Workshops so that you can learn the variations and become confident and competent
2 master classes to demonstrate how you can incorporate the foam roller
The choice of exercises included in this course are functional, safe and highly useable so that you can include them in your personal practice with ease. Teachers will have new ideas to take into class immediately.
CPD Certificate is available with this course.