Workshops & Teacher Mentoring
Understanding Your Menstrual Cycle
Embody Your Cyclical Self
Saturday March 22, 2025 10AM-12PM MDT
A two hour virtual workshop for people who are new to Menstrual Cycle Awareness. This workshop is for menstruators of all genders.
Learn about the practice of Menstrual Cycle Awareness.
Learn how the menstrual cycle works, including its predictable hormonal fluctuations and four phases.
Learn how and why to chart your cycle.
Normalize the vast and beautiful diversity of people who menstruate.
Celebrate the wisdom of your cycle and embody your cyclical self
Anatomy of the Female Pelvis
Arousal, pleasure and embodiment
My mission is to demystify female pelvic anatomy, empower you with accurate knowledge of your own body, and inspire you to explore and embody your arousal and pleasure in a new way.
“Female” refers to anatomical parts (vulva, vagina, uterus, clitoris, etc) and is not a reflection of gender. This workshop is for anyone with female anatomy. All genders welcome!
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Feminine Archetypes Through the Menstrual Cycle
Embodying the spectrum of feminine energy through the menstrual cycle
A two hour workshop for menstruators who identify as women.
Come explore and embody the energies of the menstrual cycle.
Guided exploration of a wide range of archetypal energies across the cycle
Journaling and meditation practices
Music exploration
Connect and share with a community of women
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Pilates Teacher Mentoring
I believe that Pilates can be a wonderful tool in helping our clients feel embodied, strong and confident in their movement. Especially when we learn to think critically about how each individual client in front of us is experiencing this movement.
I want to help you see your clients with increased clarity. This means being able to discern if the movement is benefitting them, if it's the right level for them to be working at, and if they are engaged in an embodied way rather than simply “going through the motions" or "following the rules."
Seeing your clients with clarity means seeing the movement from their point of view, and tailoring the options you give them to their needs and priorities, rather than your desires as a teacher. While it is absolutely our job as teachers to hold the potential for healing and growth for our clients, it is not our job to project our expectations onto our clients. It is the client's job to hold their own priorities for their own bodies.
Embodiment is about educated choice. It's about knowing oneself, one's challenge points and one's boundaries and exploring movement that feels good and empowering.
Giving your clients anatomically correct cues enables a much deeper connection to the movement, and allows you as a teacher to feel more confident in the cues you are giving. Come learn the anatomical ins and outs of the exercises you teach!
I'm so excited to help you evolve as a teacher!
Join us for inspiration and exploration in community with other Pilates teachers!
Are you feeling stagnant in your teaching practice? Are you frustrated that your clients aren’t making more progress? Do you teach on your own and want to connect with other teachers? Do you have questions about anatomy or teaching specific exercises?
Come join us!
We meet monthly to explore:
Common challenges we encounter with our students
Teaching tools, techniques and cueing options
Anatomy education for movement teachers
Fun problem solving with other teachers
A new theme each month
These 1.5 hour sessions are led by Vida Hollander, Pilates teacher, anatomy educator and menstrual cycle coach. She brings 15 years of experience teaching Pilates, training Pilates teachers at The Pilates Center, and her work at the Institute for Anatomical Research to her local community of Pilates teachers in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Cost $190.
Please click the link below to add yourself to the mailing list and be notified when the next session is. Location may depend on the number of people attending. These are currently held at the Body Sense studio space at 311 E. Mulberry St., Fort Collins, CO, 80524.