Please see the descriptions below to determine which classes are appropriate for you. If you are a patient at Treloar Physiotherapy Clinic please speak to your physio before participating in any classes.
Level 1- Beginner. First time students and individuals with injuries or those recovering from injury.
Level 2- Intermediate. Individuals who have taken classes before and/or have an athletic background. May be appropriate for those recovering from injuries.
Level 3- Advanced. Individuals who are looking for a workout and have participated exercise classes before. Not appropriate for those individuals with injuries.
Remember, no one knows your body like you do. Listen to yourself and modify exercises that cause any pain.
Clinical Pilates
Instructor: Dani Langford
All Levels
Treloar Physiotherapy Clinic is excited to introduce one-on-one, Clinical Pilates sessions at The Studio at Treloar. Pilates focuses on principles such as breathing, core stability, alignment, co-ordination and the integration of mind and body. By using ‘spring resistance’, the Reformer forces your muscles to work in two ways – releasing and contracting. You’ll stretch longer and deeper than ever before and create stable joints that are more balanced and resistant to injury. It is the perfect adjunct to physiotherapy, helping our patients on the road to recovery. The Studio at Treloar offers mat, standing mat and reformer Pilates taught by Physiotherapist, Dani Langford.
Dani is a Registered Physiotherapist who completed her masters in Perth, Australia and she is the newest member of our team at Treloar Physiotherapy Clinic. “After completing my Masters in Physiotherapy in Australia I was exposed to the combination of Pilates and Physiotherapy in rehabilitation. Pilates is one of the fastest growing forms of exercise in the world and is already very successfully used for rehabilitation in Australia and Europe. To ensure quality instruction, proper alignment, and muscle reprogramming, one-on-one teaching is being offered in 30 minute or 1 hour sessions.
For rates please visit our schedule/rates page. To book your personal Pilates session please call 604-875-6207.
* Clinical Pilates is taught by a physiotherapist and is covered by some extended medical plans. Call your benefit provider to inquire if this service is covered for you.
Intro to Yoga Series
Pre-registration requried.
Level 1
Trying yoga for the first time? Curious about this mind-body exercise that has everyone talking? Returning to yoga, but need a refresher? Our four-week Intro to Yoga series is a great way to get started. Specifically created to introduce beginner participants the basics and fundamentals of yoga, this class moves slowly, and builds on the previous weeks practice. Leave feeling educated, confident and ready to start the weekend!
It’s never too early or too late to start your yoga practice!
NEXT SESSION:
Fridays, March 5-26, 5:45-7:00pm
Call 604-875-6207 to register
Hatha Yoga
Instructor: Elan
Level 2
Hatha yoga is the best-known form of yoga in the west. It combines standing and seated postures with breath, and invites us to explore what is really happening in our minds. This class will challenge the beginner and the seasoned veteran alike. Options for different student levels are given, and the atmosphere is non-intimidating. Increase your strength, deepen your flexibility, quiet your mind, and . . . breathe.
Gentle Yoga for Back Care
Instructor: Janaki
Level 1/2
In these gentle Flow classes we take a little extra time to explore deep techniques for soothing & aligning back muscles; relieve tightness & discomforts with increased flexibility. We also explore unwinding alignment patterns & strengthening the core line. These techniques will promote good posture while restoring mobility throughout your body. Receive a repertoire of safe, effective yoga poses, plus relaxing breathing techniques, to support a pain-free & mobile spine!
For individuals with:
- Lower back discomforts
- Sciatica
- Postnatal lower back strain
- Golfers & other athletes with pelvis or lower back pains.
* Please note this series of classes is not for those who have just undergone back surgery.
Flow Yoga
Instructor: James
Level 2
Flow yoga links poses together in a fluid manner with the breath. It is an evolving style of Hatha Yoga within the Western yoga community and is quickly becoming the most popular style of yoga taught in America today. Flow yoga allows for modifications of the more complex or difficult poses for greater safety. This form of yoga provides lots of options for each pose so that people at every level of health will feel uniquely and successfully challenged. Leave with a calm mind and energized body.
Yoga/Pilates
Instructor: Andee
Level 3
This upbeat class combines yoga and pilates to give you an energizing mid-day workout. Prepare to feel muscles you had forgotten about and leave rejuvenated and revitalized. Get your body moving and enjoy the benefits.
For individuals with:
- Weak Abdominal Muscles
- Stress
- Lack of energy
*This class is not appropriate for beginners or individuals with injuries.
Prenatal Yoga
Instructor: Elan
Level 1
Elan’s prenatal yoga class provides a nurturing atmosphere for expectant mothers to de-stress, relieve the discomforts of pregnancy, and connect with the community of mothers in their area. Using exercises from traditional hatha yoga, combined with kundalini yoga, this class will safely get you moving, dancing, and stretching, and will prepare your body and mind for birth and motherhood. Students are given tools for pain management, ideas on forming a birth plan, and most importantly, mothers develop trust in the birth process and in their bodies.
For individuals with:
- muscle cramping and stiffness
- foot, hip and back pain
- digestive discomforts
- sleeplessness
Core Stabilization Series
Instructor: Curtis Wong, Physiotherapist
Pre-registration required.
Level 1
Informative and interactive this class will challenge the mind and body. Leave with a strong understanding of the core muscle group and an exercise regime to maintain the results you achieve.
For individuals with:
- Back pain
- Post Partum Instability
- Poor Balance
- Weak Abdominal Muscles
NEXT SESSION: Mondays, March 8, 15 & 22, 7:00-8:30pm. Call 604-875-6207 to register.
Pilates Mat Class
Instructor: Kim
Level 2/3
Pilates is designed to stretch and strengthen the muscles through a variety of exercises focused on the core. This class will work on improving posture, breathing and strengthening the core. The challenging workouts use a series of controlled exercises to strengthen the muscles without adding bulk, improving muscular control and body awareness.
For individuals with:
- Poor posture
- Weak core muscles
- Back pain
Yoga Therapy
Yoga Therapy (also known as Yoga Cikitsa) is being promoted as the wave of the future by many healthcare professionals. Yoga promotes mental and physical health in ways that modern science is just beginning to understand. Although it has been applied with therapeutic intention for thousands of years, Yoga Therapy is only just now emerging as a discipline in itself, brought about by the tremendous popularity of yoga and created by the marriage of traditional yoga with modern medicine.
By tailoring yoga practices to individual needs, whilst taking medical considerations into account, yoga therapy has been shown to be more effective than general yoga practice as a safe means of treating medical conditions. Today’s Yoga Therapist undergoes thousands of hours of training. This training allows the therapist to directly target specific mental and physical health issues and create a comprehensive and individualized course of therapy.
The cornerstone of yoga therapy is that it deals with the person as a whole and treats the underlying cause of the symptoms, rather than addressing the symptoms alone. With this in mind, Yoga Therapy recognizes the interconnection of mind, body emotions and spirit.
Yoga Therapy can be practiced in conjunction with any medical treatments you are already receiving, or in tandem with other complementary therapies. No prior experience of yoga is necessary before starting.
Yoga therapy is applicable to a great variety of conditions both chronic and acute including:
• stress
• back pain
• arthritis
• hypertension
• heart conditions
• asthma
• irritable bowel syndrome
• diabetes
• multiple sclerosis
• chronic fatigue syndrome
• fibromyalgia
Group Fitness for the Older Adult
Instructor: Chaco Chiswell
Level 1
This exercise class will get you moving in a fun, supportive environment reducing your risk of heart & lung disease, high blood pressure and type II diabetes. It incorporates strengthening & core exercises to make your muscles and bones stronger, allowing you to reach, bend, lift, & carry and reduce your risk of developing osteoporosis. Flexibility, agility, and balance exercises will also be included to keep your joints moving & to reduce your risk of slips, trips, & falls. Start now and stay healthy & independent!
- Reduce the impact of illness and chronic disease.
- Lose weight
- Sleep better
- Improve mood and boost self-confidence
- Maintain mental agility
Who would benefit from participating in this class?
- Older adults starting a fitness routine recommended by a doctor or physiotherapist
- Older adults wanting to take a class instructed by a professional trained in older adult fitness and health &fitness
- The older adult, the sedentary baby boomer, the recovering athlete or individuals with:
- Coronary heart disease
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- Stroke
- Hypertension
- Osteoporosis
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Overweight
- High cholesterol
- Stroke
- Arthritis (muscular skeletal)
- Metabolic syndrome
- Risk of Falls
- Chronic Migraines…
Spiral Core Conditioning
Instructor: Chaco Chiswell
Level 2/3
Energize your conventional fitness routine!! In this unique class we will explore powerful conditioning exercises from Western Exercise Science and Traditional Chinese Martial & Healing Arts. Learn to move your body from the core as a functionally integrated, coordinated whole. These spiraling movement patterns will:
- Increase flexibility, muscular strength and endurance
- Improve your posture
- Increase circulation
- Release restricted joints
- Help prevent injuries.
For Individuals with:
- Poor posture
- Weak abdominals
- Low energy
- Stiffness
Tai Chi
Instructor: Chaco Chiswell
Level 1
Tai chi is a gentle, non-impact form of movement that promotes healing and longevity. This particular tai chi form will fuse Taoist nei gung (internal power development) with tai chi movements. The outer form will be smaller with an emphasis on internal movement, thereby improving the flow of chi through the body's meridians (chi is the Chinese name for the internal life force energy). You will learn about lengthening tissues in three dimensions to enhance the circulation of blood, pulsing the body with triple flexion & extension which strengthens the immune system, multi-directional stepping patterns & proper body alignments that increase agility & coordination, and how to relax the nerves to reduce physical and emotional stress while moving to support your mental and emotional well being.
- Improve concentration
- Improve balance, agility, mobility, range of motion & flexibility, coordination, strength, posture, stamina & endurance
- Improve resting heart rate
- Reduce stress
- Improve concentration
Who would benefit from participating in this class?
- Anyone wanting or needing a low-intensity fitness routine to improve their health & fitness level
- Those with chronic conditions
- Individuals with arthritis
- Anyone with a fear of falling or risk of falling
- Increase movement confidence related to posture and balance
Class requirements:
Please wear comfortable exercise clothes and shoes that do not restrict movement.
Gentle Yoga for Women with Cancer
Instructor: Janaki
Two levels: Early stages of treatment and advanced stages
This gentle yoga class was developed specifically for women with cancer to provide a calming oasis of relaxation. If you have just been diagnosed with cancer, are actively being treated or are recovering from cancer this class is for you. Combining breath work, meditation, gentle yoga postures and yoga nidra this therapeutic class will leave you feeling relaxed and ready to take on the day.
Gentle Yoga for Women with Cancer is divided into two groups; Women in the early stages of treatment and women with advanced cancer. Classes for women with advanced cancer will focus more on relaxation, breath work and meditation and will involve fewer poses. To determine which class is appropriate for you please speak to your doctor.
Classes are taught in 3-week series allowing participants to experience the benefits of continuous practice while allowing new students to join in frequently. To register call 604-875-6207.
First session starts March 5th.
Mom and Baby Yoga
Mom & Baby class is taking a break for a couple of months. If you and your mommy friends are interested in setting up a semi-private class please call us at 604-875-6207.
Chair Yoga for Good Living
Instructor: Janaki
The next chair yoga session will be starting Spring 2010. If you are interested in taking a private session please contact us at 604-875-6207.
Level 1
Feel the immense benefits of a yoga practice while remaining seated in a chair. This fun yoga class is tailored to meet the needs of people who are safer practicing yoga in chairs. The class is appropriate for those who do, or do not use wheelchairs; for those who live in long term care facilities or live independently and for those of all ages. Each one-hour session explores yoga poses with chair variations, to flex, lengthen, strengthen plus bliss your body & soul! We even have a version of the Sun Salutations! We encourage feelings of ease over stress & tension, altering the perception of any pain. Participants will receive an understanding of how to incorporate relaxation and stress relief into their daily lives.
This class is suitable for those yogis unable to easily get onto the floor or yoga mat.
