We have an application fee because if you are not one of the 12 invited into the program, you will get feedback directly from Lesley about why as well as suggestions for how to prepare for when the doors open for our next eLevate.

All candidates will need to go through the application process. After that you will need to pay the deposit to secure your spot.

Yes, we sure do! You have two options for making payments.

OPTION 1 – 2 payments

This option will cost you less overall.

A non-refundable, non-transferable deposit will be required in October to accept your spot.

Your balance payment is due before April 2023. (We will send an invoice!)

OPTION 2 – Deposit + Financing over 20 weeks

A non-refundable, non-transferable deposit will be required in October to accept your spot.

20 equal payments starting at $366 per week.

Payments will bill automatically.

This is through a 3rd party. You are signing a contract to pay through them.

Virtual! Woohoo! No need to travel to make this work!

We are not offering any in-person tickets to this event.

I’d love for you to attend live. It’s best for you!

The dates and times are picked so you can plan ahead. Because anyone in the world can participate I did keep time zones in mind when scheduling in the middle of the day, however time zones are a thing so you will have access to the recordings until the next training weekend.

For now the recordings will be available in between weekends. I want to make sure people watch them before we go into the next weekend. After that we’ll see what we can do.

We’ll be going over all the exercises based on the equipment that weekend. But my goal is to give you time to feel it in your body, see it in others (that’s why virtual is so amazing because you can watch and do as you wish) and time each weekend to teach what you’re learning.

In some ways it will be similar because I want to make sure I pass along everything I have learned from Jay and what I know is important for teachers to understand. In other ways it’s not at all because every person being invited will have to be a teacher so they will have gone through a program. And, there will more discussions vs you just sitting there writing notes. There will not be a manual. You will be creating your own version so you can reflect back on it.

I will not do beginner/intermediate/advanced. But I will teach why in the program and help teachers get comfortable with that.

The feedback would be live. It’s way more helpful that way.

I don’t love this. Because it makes people study for a test. There will be an exit interview just like I did with Jay and I loved this because it was a great time to have one on one with him and for him to tell me what I still needed to work on.

ALL of them.

You do not need access to ALL pieces and props of equipment in the moment of the workshops. However, when your partner is practice teaching on you, you will need to have/find access to at least the main pieces (Mat, Reformer, Cadillac or tower, Wunda Chair, barrels). If you can get access to more things great! And well before each weekend you will be given the road map of what equipment is on what day of the training so you can rent a studio or rent the equipment if you want. You won’t need the access for YOU to teach but for your partner to teach them.

Nope!

You do not need access to classical equipment or to ALL pieces and props of equipment in the moment of the workshops. However, when your partner is practice teaching on you, you will need to have/find access to at least the main pieces (Mat, Reformer, Cadillac or tower, Wunda Chair, barrels). If you can get access to more things great! And well before each weekend you will be given the road map of what equipment is on what day of the training so you can rent a studio or rent the equipment if you want. You won’t need the access for YOU to teach but for your partner to teach them.

There will not be a formal manual. However, you will have access to all the exercise tutorials for free. And, as we go through every exercise you will be able to create the notes that help you remember the exercises and allow you to keep things in a way that helps you grow and learn and come back to. I have found that manuals make it easy to not take the notes you need so that things make sense to you when you review. My best learning was when I studied with Jay Grimes with just a pen and paper.

No, as long as you have been teaching this program is designed to bring everyone from any program onto the same page with the method and allow you to understand the Classical method even if you have been Classically trained.

My goal is for this to help teachers feel more confident teaching, understand the freedom in the method, especially a classical method, be in a safe space they can ask these questions, get feedback on their teaching so they have more confidence, and share all the knowledge I have from Jay that is almost impossible to get nowadays.

Yes, if you would like to say that you 100% can. However, you can absolutely call yourself a movement professional, a Pilates teacher with a Classical background (add Contemporary if you are trained in it), a master teacher, 3rd generation. The purpose of this program is to elevate your practice, your teaching and your connection to the method.

Yes, we would create a certificate so that you can say you went through a “masters” program. I have done several masters programs myself and what I see is still people trying to be “good enough” to get in and “perfect” at teaching. This causes stress, uncertainty and imposter syndrome.

My goal is that at the end of this not only will you know everything I know but you will feel the freedom and confidence in your practice and in your teaching. That you will trust your gut in your teaching and not worry about people getting bored and feeling like you’re stuck in a box.

Yes, there will be a graduation certificate!

CECs they can only be given to those who attend live hours.

To give them for those who will miss the live and watch the recording I have to create quizzes (aka pay people on my team) and it makes the whole thing more expensive.

But, if you just attend 1.5 of the weekends live, you’ll have all the CECs you need for 2 years.

Each person has to share what they struggled with and their partner creates a program based on that to help them with those exercises not with cues/words but with exercises.

I don’t like tests or performances. As mentioned, you’ll have to teach someone in the group before each weekend (after weekend 1) and then one final teaching session before the end of the program. But it’s all for you and your feedback/learning. I have been in programs where I have to test (perform or memorize) and that isn’t what I want this program to be.

The final project is just you teaching a final session based on the material you’ve learned in the 5 weekends of training with your partners.

Yep! Before each weekend (2, 3, 4, 5 and at the end of 9 months) you’ll teach a partner based off of what you’ve learned. Lesley will pair you with a partner based on time zones. Partners will rotate, which will grow your community!

This is only going to happen once a year… and I’m not yet sure it’s going to happen more than once 🙂 so don’t wait!

If you are 1000% sure that you can’t join us and you want to know about future eLevate programs, join the waiting list here.

As you know I love to travel! All of that (obviously changed in 2020. Since the world is still not yet open, 2023 is the perfect opportunity for me to host this 9-month program. And, since we’re ready to travel again, I’m honestly not sure if I’m going to have the time to host another program in 2024. So if you’re on the fence, don’t wait – join me now. Questions? Happy to schedule a call.