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Urgent: Call To Action From The South African Pilates Education Providers Alliance

Posted 14 Jul 2010

Today, I shared info about the pilates legislative issue happening in South Africa on myPCDB Blog. I have just received word from Yasmin Lambat, a member of the South African Pilates Education Providers Alliance (SAPEPA), that, "Any input from the international Pilates community is most welcome." SAPEPA gladly welcomes signatures on its petition from the global community.

SO….

IF
You believe that either:
1) pilates does not belong only under a "fitness" heading,
OR
2) that pilates teachers in South Africa should be allowed the time to come together and develop their own board, that is, time to develop a strong, cohesive community before having regulation forced upon them without proper representation,

THEN
PLEASE sign SAPEPA's petition!

To make it simple:
Please download the word document format by clicking here: Urgent Call.
OR
provide your details as done below.

Name Location Credentials Contact Details
Renee Watson Cape Town Conscious Movement Education reneewatson@pilates-studio.co.za
Yasmin Lambat Johannesburg Body Sensing yasmin@purezest.com
Theo van der Riet Botha Pretoria Body Arts and Science theo@pilatessa.co.za
Lisa Palmer Port Elizabeth STOTT Pilates lisapilates@axemail.co.za
Louise Knoop Cape Town Body Control louiseknoop@mweb.co.za
Nicole Sinoff Johannesburg Pilates Certification Center SA nicoles@pilatescentre.co.za

Then, send to Yasmin Lambat (yasmin@purezest.com)
Please, also, pass it on to as many trainers and studio owners as you know!

PLEASE NOTE:
This is time-sensitive, so please do not delay!

Also:
SAPEPA is asking that "pilates" be EXCLUDED from the legislation at this time, allowing time to form a separate Pilates Board, outside of the SRSA (Sports and Recreation South Africa, the organization bringing about the legislation).
The facebook group mentioned on my PCDB Blog is for SA teachers only. While it also asks that the petition be signed, there may be an agenda to keep "pilates" (and a new pilates board) legislated under the SRSA.

Please read my PCDB blog for further info.
As usual, any and all input is welcome. Please share your ideas on this subject!

Thank you so much,

Carole Amend
Facilitator, AASI Contrology Coalition
Founder, AIM Academy for Somatic Integration (AASI)
On The Term “Professional"

Posted 1 Jun 2010

Common terms often have more than one meaning, and/or have different connotations.

I am curious to know what the term "professional" means to fellow pilates teachers.

Some sample guiding questions:
What have you experienced with how other people use the term?
Is "professional" a term reserved only for those in the medical community, for example, physical therapists, doctors, and the like?
Does one need a college degree to be named a "professional"?
Do you describe yourself as a professional, and if so, how do you relate to the term?
Happy Birthday Mathias

Posted 29 May 2010

The calendar says that today is your day! I always appreciate your posts...thanks, Mathias!
Wishing you a wonderful day and year ahead!
Jumping Jacks Fail

Posted 20 Mar 2010

Just goes to show you that demonstration and yelling counts doesn't always work. Enjoy!
Yoga And Licensing: Parallels To Pilates?

Posted 17 Mar 2010

Hi all : )

Back in July, I posted an entry NYTimes Article: Regulation and Yoga Teacher Training about the following article: Yoga Faces Regulation, and Firmly Pushes Back. Yoga teachers came together to form Yoga for New York:

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Yoga for NY was founded in June 2009 by a group of yoga teacher trainers, yoga teachers and yogis determined to minimize government intervention in yoga teacher training. Hundreds of yoga lovers across the state have become involved in one way or another.

The following is a quote from an article that appeared just a few days ago in the New York Times, Yoga License Rebellion May Soon Claim Victory:

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In the next 10 days, almost a year after the dispute began, Gov. David A. Paterson is expected to approve a bill that would exempt training programs for yoga teachers from state regulation under laws intended to provide oversight of vocational schools. "People doubted we could do it," said Alison West, a yoga instructor and the executive director of Yoga for New York, a nonprofit group established to fight the regulation effort. "Everyone is very excited."

The article also mentioned that similar governmental efforts were "successful" in the states of Michigan and Virginia. You can read about how a Michigan Yoga Teacher Charged with Criminal Misdemeanor and what happened when yoga instructors filed suit against "VA regulators, saying the state's plan to regulate the teaching of new yoga instructors infringes on their free speech rights." This from a December 1, 2009 article in the DailyIllini.com, Va. Instructors: Yoga regulations unconstitutional:

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The state of Virginia wants to make sure that if you learn to be a yoga instructor, the people who teach you the Half Moon, the Sleeping Vishnu and the Upward Facing Dog poses know what they're doing. But three yoga instructors filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Virginia regulators, claiming that the state's plan to license yoga teacher-training programs is an unconstitutional restriction of free speech."It's just daft. It's just a ridiculous idea," said Suzanne Leitner-Wise, one of the plaintiffs and a yoga instructor who has provided training to U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. "It's the students who determine whether you're a competent teacher," not the state.

Find out more about the outcome of the VA lawsuit on the following blogs at The United States of Yoga Blog:

February 23, 2010 Senate Bill Passed! VA Yoga Freed from State Regulation
March 10, 2010 Governor Robert F. McDonnell signed the bill Tuesday 9 March!:

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The bill — HB703, sponsored by Del. David L. Bulova (D-Fairfax) now protects yoga teacher training programs from being regulated as higher education by the Virginia State Council for Higher Education (SCHEV). Bulova's bill was merged with a similar measure, SB598, sponsored by Sen. Mark R. Herring (D-Loudoun).

Read more here about the Institute for Justice lawsuit (filed December 1, 2009) and its Virginia Yoga Challenge and/or watch the video below:

Please share your impressions, comments, reflections, and questions on the legislative work of the yoga community and its parallels to the teaching of pilates.

Yours As Always,
Carole : )