UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE NEST…
SATURDAY, July 25th : 10:30am to 5:30pm MT
SUNDAY, July 26th : 10:30am to 1:30pm MT
MEET NIGEL…
Nigel Sampson is a respected Pilates educator, movement innovator, and Creative & Educational Director for Stretch-eze®. Originally from Adelaide, Australia, his movement career began in Los Angeles under Sam Calhoun, America's Most Muscular Man of 1956 — a formative start that gave him a lifelong grounding in exercise science.
He received his classical Pilates certification through a lineage rooted in Romana Kryzanowska, trained alongside Ron Fletcher, Rael Isacowitz, and Kathy Corey, and spent years in clinical rehabilitation at Hollywood Physical Therapy. In 1999, he co-founded Whole Body Method, where he taught over 50,000 sessions and certified instructors worldwide.
A deeper inquiry led him to work directly with Mary Bowen and John Steel — two of Joseph Pilates' closest living connections — and into studies of Spiraldynamik®, biotensegrity, fascial science, and somatic movement. What emerged was Pilates EnergetiX™: a method that honors classical Pilates while integrating sensory awareness and the body's own organizing intelligence.
Today Nigel offers private training, global workshops, and retreats from the Eastern Mojave Desert — using Stretch-eze® as a core sensory feedback tool in everything he teaches.
Stretch-eze® Pilates Mat Certification
Join us for a 1.5-day immersive training for movement professionals ready to teach with greater sensory awareness, fascial intelligence, and embodied precision.
Nigel Sampson will guide us in a hands-on exploration experience, blending Pilates, fascia-informed movement, tactile cueing, and nervous system-based learning in a practical and deeply experiential training.
Designed for Pilates instructors, movement educators, somatic practitioners, bodyworkers, and rehab professionals looking to expand how they teach movement.
The Stretch-eze® is a unique resistance loop that enhances proprioception, alignment awareness, full-body integration, and freedom of movement through tactile feedback and elastic resistance. The Stretch-eze® Certification includes anatomy-informed education focused on fascia, sensory feedback, movement integration, and embodied teaching.
What You’ll Learn:
● All 15 Stretch-eze® wraps and applications
● Pilates mat exercises using sensory-based cueing
● Fascial and biotensegrity principles in movement
● Myofascial slings and spiral movement patterns
● Nervous system regulation through breath and resistance
● Hands-on adjustments and teaching strategies
● How to create richer client feedback and embodiment
This training emphasizes experiential learning — not memorization. You’ll leave with tools you can immediately integrate into private sessions, group classes, rehabilitation settings, and somatic movement work.
Included With Registration:
● 2-day live in-person workshop
● Lifetime access to 32 videos in our on-demand library
● Downloadable 90-page manual
● 9 NPCP Continuing Education Credits
Investment:
- Early Bird: $625
- Regular Price: $675 after July 4th
Train in person, refine your eye as a teacher, and experience how the Stretch-eze® can transform both movement quality and client awareness.
Register Now: stretch-eze.com/certification