Becoming a mother is a transformative journey. This workshop focuses on recovery and empowering postpartum bodies to rebuild strength and stability from the inside out using the gentle yet effective principles of Pilates. Explore the common anatomical shifts, including changes to the pelvis and spine, and the impact on the core and pelvic floor. Learn how to help clients reconnect with and gently begin to strengthen their pelvic floor muscles, address and recovery strategies for Diastatis Recti and regain overall core function. Discover which exercises are beneficial and which should be avoided during your post-natal recovery to ensure a safe and effective Pilates practice.
Instructor: Christine Nowicki
Christine is a Teacher Trainer for Power Pilates (2012) and Xtend Barre (2010), Xtend Barre Director of Training U.S. as well as a Pilates teacher at her in-home studio in Holly Springs, NC. She has been teaching Power Pilates continuing education workshops since 2007, and has presented Pilates workshops professionally throughout NC along with Prenatal workshops for Xtend Barre. Christine has been honored to be on faculty with the American Dance Festival at Duke University where she has been teaching Pilates mat for the past three seasons.
Christine experienced her first Pilates mat class during the American College Dance Festival at Smith College in 1996. That memory has stuck with her throughout her dancing years and beyond. As a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a BFA in Dance and a BA in Education, she was able to pursue modern dance and teach elementary school for special needs children. Christine then received her MS in Child Development from East Carolina University (2001). After years of work as a Child Life Specialist at UNC Hospitals, she needed to come back to her roots of movement. She received her first comprehensive teacher training from PhysicalMind Institute (2003), and then her final comprehensive training with Power Pilates (2005).
She currently resides in Holly Springs, NC with an amazing husband and two energetic boys that allow her to live her dreams day to day.
