Product Description
by Ingo Barck (Author), Miriam Abels (Photographer), Mejo Wiggin (Contribution by)
The Pilates Arm Chair is a rare apparatus, only to be found in a few well equipped Pilates studios. Written knowledge about the Arm Chair is still rare to this day. The only first-hand source of information about the Arm Chair comes from MeJo Wiggin, who learned it directly from Romana Kryzanowska.In this training manual, Reiner Grootenhuis conveys some of his knowledge about the Pilates Arm Chair that he learned from MeJo, as well as many of the more contemporary exercises that can be done. The Pilates Arm Chair is especially suited for people with neck, shoulder issues, as well as working with students with kyphosis, scoliosis and osteoporosis. The book is directed to both Pilates professionals and practitioners that would like to become more familiar with the Arm Chair.Each exercise is precisely described on an individual page with several large professional photos. It is an invaluable detailed manual that can also be used as a quick reference guide to your daily work at the studio.
Author Biography
Besides obtaining a diploma in psychology and an MBA, Reiner Grootenhuis has studied the healing and martial arts of the Southern Shaolin Monastery Weng Chun. He completed the training as a Pilates instructor for Pilates mat and equipment at the Pilates educational academy BASI(R) (Body Arts & Science International). He is the founder and operator of the largest Pilates forum worldwide, pilates-contrology-forum on Facebook, which includes 7,800 Pilates instructors. At the beginning of 2012, he opened the pilates-powers Studio in Tönisvorst. Since 2014, he has been offering his own Pilates education program. In the same year, Kathy Corey appointed him a member of the Board of Directors of the Pilates Heritage Congress, which takes place every two years in the hometown of Joseph Pilates. In 2015, he published the first publicly available German training manual on the Wunda Chair. In 2017, Reiner completed the Kathy Corey Mentor program, in which he learned the methods and exercises of teachers trained directly by Joseph Pilates such as Kathy Grant, Ron Fletcher, Eve Gentry, Bruce King and Romana Kryzanowska.
