Paros Greece Retreat

October 24-30, 2025 

This intimate retreat brings together an Amazing continuing education Masters Program, Advanced Movement Principles, somatic inquiry, energy healing, and the timeless rhythms of the Aegean sea. Rooted in practices of empowerment and self-discovery, each day begins with movement sessions under the Mediterranean sun. Morning practices energize and awaken, while evening sessions offer a chance to wind down, reflect, and restore.

October on Paros offers a rare opportunity to experience the island’s true essence, as the summer crowds have gone, leaving behind quiet streets and a deeper connection to the land and sea. We will immerse ourselves in the authentic culture by staying in the village of Ambelas and traveling daily to Tao’s Center—a serene haven for practice, healing arts, and nourishing meals.

ASCEND Scoliosis Mentor Program

WITH ANGELIE MELZER 

Guests join us for a week of self discovery through movement!  

New to Pilates…ALL LEVELS ARE WELCOME for morning movement session!

October 24-29, 2025

Daily MORNING Itinerary:

8:00-8:30 Movement Session

*Open to the public.

Mat Movement Topics of the week: 

Day 1: Sunrise Expectations

Day 2: Self Care Breathing

Day 3: FREE Excursion Day!

Day 4: Self Care: Self Love

Day 5: Self Care: Neck Pain

Day 6: Self Care: Low Back Pain

9:00 AM~DAILY Breakfast Included!

2:00 PM~Daily Lunch Included!

3:00 PM~Afternoon Master Class with Angelie

SCOLIOSIS MENTOR PROGRAM Itinerary: Instructors

Objectives:

• Define Scoliosis, demystify and educate both the Mentee student and the Scoliotic client.

• Give tools to assess (within our scope of practice), cue (verbal and tactile), and truly make a change for the client.

• Gift confidence to both the Mentee student and the Scoliotic client so that they can feel empowered to ease daily pain and learn to move freely!

DAY 1: Define Scoliosis and the Spine

10-10:15 Lecture

Define Scoliosis

Define Scope of Practice

10:15-11:30 AM

The first of 4 in-person learning modules. This module

defines Scoliosis, the nervous system (CNS), and introduces

how tactile cues interplay with the CNS and enhance the

educational process for the Scoliotic client. We introduce a

new language for pain and the emotions behind it through

Internal Family Systems (IFS).

Pelvic Focus: Workout flow on the mat with Ang teaching

Cueing each other

11:30-12 Q&A

12:00-1:00 Teaching drills

Email summary from participants

DAY 2: Gait and Postural Eval

The second of 4 in-person learning

modules. This module will define GAIT

ANALYSIS + POSTURAL EVALUATION.

Relating to Scoliosis further and how it

works into habitual movements such as

standing, walking, sitting, etc. We will

explain how this information can be used

to educate the client on further re-

educating their nervous system.

10:00-11:30 AM LECTURE

11:00 AM -12:00 PM Define Gait Analysis

12:00-12:30 Practice

12:30-1:00 Q&A /Homework Assigned

1:00-2:00 Master Class with Angelie

DAY 3: Tactile Cueing

This module will dive into Pilates specifics on the MAT including setting protocol after the

initial assessment. Defining deeper how the springs and

rope systems differ with the feedback to the Scoliotic client

and their Nervous System.

Define Tactile Cueing

Define Scope of Practice

10:15-11:30 Define Tactile Cueing

11:30-12:00 Hip Joint Focus: Workout flow on the mat with Ang teaching

Cueing each other

12:00-12:30  Q&A

12:30-1:00 Shoulder Focus: Workout flow on the mat with Ang teaching

1:00-2:00 Teaching drills

Email summary from participants

DAY 4: Setting Protocol

The fourth and final in-person learning module. This

final module will complete the circuit of education and

training for the Scoliosis client. Beginning the process

of setting specific protocol for each client with their

Mentee student’s guidance.

10:00-11:30 AM LECTURE

11:00-11: 30 Practice

11:30-1:00 Lecture/Q&A /Homework Assigned

DAILY Afternoon Itinerary: Clients + Instructors

1:00-1:30 Master Class with Angelie

1:30-2:00 Practice Drills with Instructors

Advanced Movement Principles 

SELF CARE RETREAT 2.0~Caribbean Style

WITH ANGELIE MELZER 

Guests join us for a week of self discovery through movement!  

New to Pilates…ALL LEVELS ARE WELCOME for morning movement session!

December 2-8, 2025

Daily MORNING Itinerary:

8:00-8:30 Movement Session

*Open to the public.

DAY 1: ADVANCED MOVEMENT PRINCIPLES: Lower Body

9-9:15 Lecture

Define Lower BODY UNIT

Define Scope of Practice

Day 1 – 4 hours

                Introduction to AMP

                Introduction to the Lower Body

                Walking experience

                Foot focused workout

                Hip, knee, ankle and foot assessment

                Practice assessment

Foot focused exercises on Mat

Day 2 – 4 hours

                Knee focused workout

                Foot focused exercises on the equipment

                Case studies and practice designing programs for the foot

                Knee focused assessment and assessment practice

                Mobility and strength exercises for the knee

Day 3 – 4 hours

                Lower body focused workout

Complete knee strength and mobility exercises

                Case studies and program design for the knee

                Relationship of the hip to the knee, ankle and foot

                Hip mobility and strength assessment

Day 4 – 4 hours

                Hip focused workout

                Hip mobility and strength exercises

                Case studies and program design for the hip

Day 5 – 2 hours

                Putting it all together

                Lower body progressions

                Performance specific exercises

                Developing endurance.

Dec 7, 2025: Day trip with our guests to St John USVI where you will experience a round robin "Joe's Gym" class with 2 Master, 2nd generation teachers: Angelie Melzer and Melissa Luterek.

(16.0 NCPT and ACE CEs)

Take your Teaching and Business Skills to the next level while you take some time out to regenerate, recuperate and REVIVE!

Join Angelie Melzer for an entire week to learn and improve yourself personally and professionally!

Join us in studio or on Zoom.

Anatomy on TOUR* Balanced Body Education

(16.0 NCPT and ACE CEs)

Take your Teaching to the Masters Level with Anatomy in 3 Dimensions

Build the body from the inside out.  

Hands on learning.  Build the muscle system onto the skeleton with clay.

A new environment to take your anatomy skills to the next level.

Upcoming Tour Dates/Locations: (Online access available)

June 6-8, 2025

@Pilates Tacoma, WA

 August 1-2, 2025

@Club Pilates Ohio

Gait & Postural Evaluation

NOW Available!

Available On Demand (Entire Course+ recordings available after purchase.)

2hr CE Workshop

2.0 NCPT and ACE CEs +

BONUS 2.0 CEs for live session

2 hours On Demand Videos/Lecture

BONUS: Extra 2.0 CEs after a 1 hour Live Coaching group session with your case study. (Date: Schedule with Angelie.)

This 2-hour continuing education workshop is available Online or In-Studio.  We will "walk" you through natural gait patterns and common deviations from the foot to pelvis; sacrum to spine; and outward mobility of limbs.

This guided tour will include protocol for common misalignments and deviations, tailored specifically to your body.  It will also include how to administer a postural evaluation and general gait analysis to your clients and gift it to them, drawing them deeper into the work and more fully throughout their daily lives.

Mirroring & Scoliosis

ON DEMAND CE COURSE

(2.0 NCPT and ACE CEs) 

This 90 minute introductory workshop focuses on the verbiage and approach when finding the connection between the healing process of the body and mind with a Chronic Pain patient (specifically a Scoliotic).  And how to use the bodies of both the practitioner and the client to teach a new movement pattern. 

Feeling "straight" in a crooked body can be frustrating to say the least.  This new approach will gift the ability to feel a straight spine and mirror the movement, while checking in with all of the parts of the body to negotiate the emotional side of Chronic Pain.  Combining both the emotions and the physical sides of pain creates a heightened awareness of healing. The inclusion of "checking in" and pausing to allow the emotional side of the healing process will be included throughout the session.