Advanced Pilates Cues, Instructor Cue Cards, Mat and Reformer, 128 Drawn Cards

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An advanced class asks two things of you at once: the words for a shape your client will never see herself make, and a call on whether she is ready to try it today. These 128 cue cards put both on one card. The cue is the big line. Under the drawing sits the test: an exercise she already does, the sign to look for in it, and a count.

Advanced Pilates Cue Cards is a printable deck for Pilates instructors who teach the advanced repertoire on the mat, the reformer or both. Each card is one cue for one exercise, from Teaser, Corkscrew, Jackknife and Control Balance to Snake, Twist, Long Spine Massage and the Swan on the long box. The ready-when line names the earlier work that trains what the cue asks for ("Roll Over: her toes reach the floor behind her head three times with the arms still pressing") and tags it with one of five kinds of ready: strength, range, control, articulation or balance. When the test does not hold yet, the test is the work, and the card has already told you what to teach.

The deck takes a side on the two places advanced work goes wrong. Every card that goes over the head keeps the weight on the shoulders and the eyes on the ceiling. Every backbend asks for length before height. A passed test says she has the skill; a neck, back or shoulder condition, low bone density or a pregnancy is a conversation first, and the front matter says so.

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WHAT'S INCLUDED
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✔ 128 advanced cue cards, four to an A4 sheet with cut margins
✔ 66 mat cards and 62 reformer cards in one deck
✔ Five parts by teaching intent: Alignment, Breath, Imagery, Correction, Transition
✔ A ready-when test on every card: the earlier exercise, the sign you see, a count
✔ Five kinds of ready, drawn and explained with an example of each
✔ 24 advanced exercises drawn. Mat: Teaser, Neck Pull, Corkscrew, Jackknife, Control Balance, Boomerang, Swan Dive, Rocking, Double Leg Kick, Hip Circles, Side Bend, Leg Pull Back. Reformer: Overhead, Long Spine Massage, Semi Circle, Tendon Stretch, Teaser on the Long Box, Snake, Twist, Long Back Stretch, Down Stretch, Swan on the Long Box, Thigh Stretch, Front Splits. Each card shows its own
✔ The ladder: every advanced exercise with the tests its cards ask for, so you can teach up to it over weeks
✔ Transition cards for the moments advanced work goes wrong: down from the shoulders, onto and off the box, the feet onto the bar for Snake
✔ An index by exercise
✔ 49 pages, A4 PDF

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PERFECT FOR
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• Instructors teaching a level 3 or advanced class on the mat or the reformer
• Teachers moving clients from intermediate work toward Teaser, Snake or Control Balance
• Instructors who know the advanced repertoire in their own body and want more ways to say it
• Studio owners setting a shared standard for who moves up

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WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT
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✓ The cue and the readiness check on the same card, in the moment you need both
✓ Every test is an exercise from the classical repertoire your client already does, or a named stage of the advanced one
✓ Every drawing shows the advanced form of the exercise
✓ Reformer loads are light, medium or heavy, never a spring color, so the deck works on any brand of reformer
✓ Tactile cards ask first, inside the cue, and name the spot plainly

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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• Digital download: one A4 PDF (49 pages). No physical item is sent.
• Print and cut the card sheets, or read them on a tablet.
• For personal teaching use. Please do not resell or share the file.

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DISCLAIMER
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These cards are a professional resource for trained Pilates instructors. They are not medical advice. The advanced repertoire loads the neck, the spine and the shoulders: a client with a neck, back or shoulder condition, low bone density, a recent injury or surgery, or who is pregnant should clear these exercises with their healthcare provider before any test on these cards is run. The cues are examples of instructor language; use them with your own training and judgment in the room.