Pilates Teacher Gathering
April 24-26, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA
Looking to deepen your magic as a Pilates teacher?
I’ll be your guide for three immersive days of movement, connection and JOY! Join me and fellow Pilates teachers as we unwind, breathe, sense, intuit, explore, support and MOVE together in body, mind and spirit!
Part self practice, part enhancing your teaching skills, we’re gathering to feel, and ultimately to find, ease and freedom in our own bodies, which leads to passion when teaching clients.
In these three days you will be invited to use your intuition as a teacher. You will gain confidence in developing new skills and will acquire effective manual cueing, intentional touch and sensing to guide each other during group teaching.
We know that Pilates holds the potential for healing and transformation, and that begins with YOU!
*Pre-requiste :: must be a comprehensively educated teacher, knowing and teaching on all apparatus.
Below is a brief description of what our 3 days together will include.
Each day begins with a movement class followed by a short break. We then progress into our morning deep dives, take a lunch break and come back for an afternoon immersion and continued exploration. At 5:30 we call it a day! You’re on your own for dinner, but it’s fun to buddy up and enjoy time with each other.
Our final evening we will gather together for a group dinner, location and time tbd!
Day 1 :: A richly restorative day to unwind, release and receive. This is the day to open the field and deepen your connection with yourself.
Day 2:: Spine Corrector to explore curves, bends and twists. This is the day we expand and open, flex and create ease and breathe to find freedom.
Day 3 :: Wunda Chair to go up, go side and everything in between. This is the day we invite trust, curiosity, courage and willingness to play and be brave in the not knowing what we’re capable of.
Tuition :: $1100 USD, payment plans available.
Message me directly
amychavens@gmail.com
Payment #1 $550 due by Friday February 28th
Payment #2 $550 due by Friday March 29th
No cancellations, however I realize special circumstances do come up and I will consider on a case by case basis.
21 CEC’s offered through the NPCP.
Location :: Because my studio small, I have secured a beautiful studio where we will have plenty of room to sprawl out, and move uninhibited. The DanceHub, 22 E. Victoria Street, which in the heart of downtown. When planning your hotels, keep that in mind. If you find a hotel near the beach, be prepared to walk a mile or so. Or of course, Uber. Once I have confirmed the studio I will send you those details. Weather in April is usually pretty amazing!
Transportation and Hotel Info ::
Airport ::
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport is very convenient. Airlines that fly through here are ::
American, Alaskan, Delta, Southwest and United.
Here is the page that shows their flight patterns and cities ::
https://flysba.santabarbaraca.gov/flights
If you fly into Los Angeles International Airport, there is a convenient shuttle bus that makes its way up to Santa Barbara. I believe it's about $110 round trip. The drop-off location in SB will require an uber to get to your hotel or Airbnb. Here's the website for that information.
Hotels ::
Here are a few hotels near the downtown area that are cute, smallish etc. Two of these are near the beach (which also have lots of others to choose from )! The workshop will be downtown and is somewhat the hub of Santa Barbara. These suggestions are budget friendly, but of course if you're planning something different, google searches will show you all you need/want to know. Booking.com also has a great list of about 70 hotels to choose from, all price ranges. And of course, Airbnb or VRBO are options also.
The Presidio :: https://www.presidiosb.com/
Avage Inn :: https://www.agaveinnsb.com/-cid-1
The Upham :: https://uphamhotel.com/
Inn At East Beach :: https://innateastbeach.com/
Marina Beach Motel :: https://marinabeachmotel.com/
I can’t wait to see you!!!