Sunday Online Session - Supporting the Voice in Pilates
Pilates Foundation
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Full Member - Matwork | £6.00 |
| Full Member - Matwork & Apparatus | £6.00 |
| Places | Unlimited |
| CPDs | 0 |
Supporting the Voice in Pilates - Cathy Burdett
About the session
As Pilates teachers, our voices are integral to communicating with our clients, both in private and group class settings. Yet we often take it for granted. While the vocal demands are not as intense as those experienced by singers, actors, or schoolteachers, we may in fact be speaking for many hours every week. We oWhile incredibly resilient, the voice also needs a bit of TLC! This class is inspired by a series of private sessions that I did with a professional classical singer and singing teacher who wanted to explore Pilates to further enhance her vocal practice. During the sessions, we worked on addressing common niggles in Pilates practice as well as freeing the breath from a different perspective than the client has previously experienced. In this class, I’ll share some of the work my client and I did in the sessions, which I hope will offer some ideas for supporting ourselves or our clients vocally.
Please have the following equipment ready on the day: Overball, Mat, TheraBand, hand towel. Swiss ball (Optional - if you do not have one, please just use a chair) Foam Roller (If you do not have one you will be able to use your Overball as a stand-in).
About Cathy Burdett
Cathy was first introduced to Pilates an acting student in 1993, training as a Matwork teacher with the PF in 2003. This allowed her to balance the demands of work and her young family. From there she taught Matwork for many years, bridging to studio apparatus in 2025 when her young children became young adults. She is based in Essex and the Woodford area, where she teaches Pilates to a diverse clientele.
