Leading Pilates Brands Sponsor Learn From the Leaders Conference this June

COSTA MESA, Calif. - April 17, 2013 - PRLog -- Balanced Body®, Pilates Style Magazine® and Pilates Anytime are among the industry-leading sponsors of Learn From the Leaders, the global Pilates conference that will be held in Newport Beach, Calif. on June 8 and 9, 2013.

Hosted by BASI Pilates®, the international Pilates academy based in Costa Mesa, Calif., Learn From the Leaders will feature workshops by such industry luminaries as BASI Founder Rael Isacowitz; Pilates Elder Lollita San Miguel; dance and anatomy expert, Professor Karen Clippinger; United Kingdom Pilates pioneer, Alan Herdman; and leading East Coast educator, Brett Howard.

Prominent Pilates brands have been quick to associate themselves with the event, which is expected to be attended by several hundred prominent Pilates professionals and enthusiasts from around the world. Leading Pilates apparatus manufacturer Balanced Body (http://www.pilates.com/BBAPP/V/index.html) will be supplying all the conference equipment, which will be sold on site at a discounted price during and after the event.  Balanced Body is also the manufacturer of the ground-breaking Avalon® line of equipment, which was designed by Rael Isacowitz and will feature prominently at the conference.

Also sponsoring the Learn From the Leaders conference are Pilates Style (http://www.pilatesstyle.com/) Magazine, considered by many as indispensable reading for serious Pilates practitioners,  Pilates Anytime (http://www.pilatesanytime.com/), the online studio with more than 800 video classes currently available, and online Pilates videopedia, Pilates Interactive (http://www.pilatesinteractive.com/). Other conference sponsors include Booty Barre (http://thebootybarre.com/)®, Designsensory (http://designsensory.com/), DVL Printing and Graphics (http://www.dvlprinting.com/#/home), CoreBody Reformer (http://www.corebodyreformer.com/corebodyreformer-us/homepage.jsp)® and CoreFitnessRoller (http://www.corefitnessroller.com/)®.

“We are proud and honored to have such respected brands associate themselves with BASI Pilates and the Learn From the Leaders conference,” said BASI Founder and President Rael Isacowitz. “We regard Learn From the Leaders as an opportunity for all Pilates professionals and enthusiasts to gather together around the principle of non-partisan, quality education and we are delighted that the leading companies in the industry endorse that approach.”

The workshops presented at the two-day conference will cover the full spectrum of Pilates activities, including Form and Function, Pilates in 3D, Pilates for Seniors, Lolita Shares her Pilates Barrels and Arcs, Pilates Programming and Exercise Selection, Pilates Footwork, Low Back Pain and Pilates, Osteoporosis and Kyphosis and Mastering Control in Pilates.

Learn From the Leaders 2013 has special significance for BASI Pilates as it marks the academy’s 25 years of academic service to the Pilates community. In addition to an intensive workshop schedule, the conference will also be a weekend of networking, friendship and celebration for the hundreds of participants from every continent.

For more information about Learn From the Leaders, please visit www.basipilates.com/25 or view the conference video at http://youtu.be/mbsa3kUI5Ak. You can also follow BASI Pilates on Twitter at http://twitter.com/basipilates and Facebook at http://facebook.com/basipilates.



Companies interested in sponsoring the Learn From the Leaders conference can download the sponsorship brochure (http://www.basipilates.com/lib/file/manager/LFTL_Sponsorship_Brochure_FINAL.pdf) or contact Jeanne King (mailto:jeanne@basipilates.com?subject=Learn%20From%20the%20Leaders) at 1-866-992-2742.

About BASI Pilates

BASI Pilates® is a Pilates teacher training academy that prepares students to instruct in the Pilates method, according to the legacy of Joseph Pilates and contemporary scientific knowledge.  Holders of the BASI Pilates Mat Teacher Training Course diploma are fully qualified to instruct in Pilates mat exercises, while holders of the Comprehensive Teacher Training Course diploma are qualified to instruct in both mat and apparatus exercises. BASI Pilates also offers a comprehensive advanced education program for qualified professionals. Based in Costa Mesa, California, BASI Pilates provides courses throughout the US and in over 25 other countries. BASI Pilates is a privately-owned institution that is approved by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education and affiliated with the Pilates Method Alliance, the Asian Academy for Sport and Fitness Professionals and other industry bodies around the world.

For more information about BASI Pilates, please contact Jeanne King (mailto:info@basipilates.com), 1-866-992-2742.