Pilates Shoulder and Arm Cues, Instructor Cue Cards, Mat and Reformer, 131 Drawn Cards

Every class has an arm block, and most teachers carry one shoulder cue into all of it. The shoulders creep up in rowing, the elbows flare in a push up, the ribs lift as the arms go overhead, the wrists ache in a plank. These 131 cue cards hold the cues for that one region, on the mat and on the reformer, sorted by what the cue has to do. Every card has a close-up drawing of the shoulders and arms in the exercise, names the job the arms are doing, and tells you the one place to look to see whether the cue landed.

Shoulders and Arms Pilates Cue Cards is a printable deck for Pilates instructors. Each card is one cue for one exercise. The cue is the big line. Under it sit the exercise, where it happens (the mat position, or the reformer load and what the spring is doing) and the landmark to watch: the tops of the shoulders, the shoulder blades, the elbows, the wrists, the front ribs. The band names the arms' job (weight bearing, pull, press, reach or open), so you can see at a glance whether a class has only pulled and pressed. The use-when line at the foot names what you see in the client that calls for the card. Print the sheets, cut on the lines, and keep this week's cards by the mat or on the reformer frame.

The deck takes a side on "shoulders down". Overhead, the shoulder blade has to glide up and out for the arm to keep going, so no card pins it down while the arms rise. The cues keep the tops of the shoulders soft and watch the front ribs instead.

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WHAT'S INCLUDED
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✔ 131 shoulder and arm cue cards, four to an A4 sheet with cut margins
✔ 64 mat cards and 67 reformer cards in one deck
✔ Five parts by teaching intent: Alignment, Breath, Imagery, Correction, Transition
✔ The arms' job on every card: weight bearing, pull, press, reach, open, with a drawing of all five
✔ 25 close-up drawings of the shoulders and arms in position, from Push Up, the Leg Pulls, Side Bend and Swimming to supine arms, Hug a Tree, Shaving, the kneeling arm series, Pulling Straps and Long Stretch; each card shows its own
✔ A landmark to watch on every card, and a drawing of all eight landmarks from the back and the front
✔ A find-a-card diagram and an index by exercise with every card number for it
✔ 50 pages, A4 PDF

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PERFECT FOR
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• Mat and reformer instructors who want a second and third way to say the shoulder cue that has stopped landing
• Newly qualified teachers building their eye for the shoulder blades, the elbows and the wrists
• Teachers planning an arm block that bears weight, pulls, presses, reaches and opens
• Studio owners setting a shared cueing standard for the team

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WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT
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✓ Sorted by what the cue has to do, so you find the right kind of cue for the client in front of you
✓ Every card tells you where to look after you speak
✓ Each drawing is a close-up of the shoulders and arms, so the shape is clear at a glance
✓ Reformer loads are light or medium, never a spring color, so the deck works on any brand of reformer
✓ Tactile cards ask first, inside the cue, and keep the hand on the back and the arm

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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• Digital download: one A4 PDF (50 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. Overhead work, loaded pulling and weight on the hands may not suit some shoulder conditions, a recent dislocation or a wrist injury; clients with shoulder or wrist pain or a medical condition should clear their exercise with their healthcare provider first. The cues are examples of instructor language; use them with your own training and judgment in the room.