Moving Well Podcast

In this episode, Janet and Nikki chat with Pilates teacher and mentor Chantill Lopez about how to help our students find greater autonomy and take ownership for the work that they do with us. They discuss: The paradigm shift of moving from the "fixing" mentality to one of exploration and discovery How asking deeper questions can help us find intrinsic motivation beyond the boilerplate reasons why a lot of people come to Pilates and how these questions can better help us meet our or our students needs How to help our students set goals and take ownership for their choices and experiences The different stages of competency and teaching strategies to increase competency Top down versus bottom up processing Links Mentioned: Skillful Teaching Mentorship Program About Chantill Lopez "Be real. Don't fake it. Be able to say I don't know. Laugh at myself. Extend compassion to myself and my students. Enter in fully, every time, ready or not." After more than 20 years of teaching, 15 of which have been spent teachin