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283: Journey Within an Inner IDEA® Experience

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA, Yury Rockit, Stacy McCarthy
2018 IDEA® World Convention
Explore your inner sanctuary as we Journey Within to reconnect to the Inner IDEA conference and experience energy in various forms. Join the presenters as they create mindful ...

417: Summer Solstice Salutations

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2018 IDEA® World Convention
Join Lawrence as we celebrate the recent summer solstice, June 21, the longest day of the year. We begin the day with a gratitude fusion of yoga, tai chi, and sun, moon and ea...

481: Train the Brain: Neuroplasticity 101

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA, Len Kravitz, PhD
2018 IDEA® World Convention
Join IDEA award winners Len and Lawrence for an in-depth look at what we now know on the science of brain training. During Act I, drawing on peer-reviewed refereed and publish...

615: Spiritual Shakti: Movement That Moves You

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2018 IDEA® World Convention
More than moving the body through water, this experience—created just for IDEA 2018—fuses mindful music, creative cuing and transformational techniques to move you...

425: Aquatic Innovations-Class Design Done Right!

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2017 IDEA® World Convention
Treat yourself to a workshop that explores a plethora of class design elements for your water crowd. You'll learn how to blend cardio and strength techniques together to creat...

602: The Inner IDEA Experience—A Special 35th Anniversary Celebration!

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA, Marla Ericksen, Stacy McCarthy, Yury Rockit
2017 IDEA® World Convention
Inner IDEA lives on in this special mind-body extravaganza! Quiet your mind, calm your body and ignite your spirit as we honor the mindful movement practices of yoga, Pilates...

761: SHAKTI™: Spiritual DJ

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2017 IDEA® World Convention
The teachings behind NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) tell us that 65% of all human beings are visual learners. Explore the concept of working in and learn how to concentrat...

421: Spirited Strength, Sweat and Stretch

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2014 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Experience multimode, mindful movement for all three modes of what we need daily: strength/endurance, cardiovascular and flexibility gains, with a balance theme added to e...

482: Buddha Meets the Mermaid-Postures and Progressions

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2014 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Explore combination training in the yoga and Pilates disciplines. Embark on a journey with the premise that evolved movement yields an evolved experience with mind-body cross-...

900: BOSU®: Mobility and Stability for Active Aging Specialty Certification, Level 1

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA, Bernadette O'Brien
2014 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
This brand-new BOSU certification gives both group fitness instructors and personal trainers new ways to train one of the largest growing populations on the planet, the active...

642: BOSU®: Mobility and Stability for Active Aging

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA, Bernadette O'Brien, MA
2014 IDEA Personal Trainer Institute™ West
Learn exercises, sequences, drills and skills perfect for the gentle exerciser and active aging market. Moving through the body's functional positions for activities of da...

747: Mindful Approaches for Today's Personal Trainers

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2014 IDEA Personal Trainer Institute™ West
As fitness in the millennium has evolved, so too has the personal trainer. Come examine the full mind-body-spirit approach to personal training and see how “softer&rdquo...

242: BOSU®: Mobility and Stability for Active Aging

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA, Bernadette O'Brien, MA
2014 IDEA Personal Trainer Institute™ East
Learn exercises, sequences, drills and skills perfect for the gentle exerciser and active aging market. Moving through the body's functional positions for activities of da...

352: Mindful Approaches for Today's Personal Trainers

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2014 IDEA Personal Trainer Institute™ East
As fitness in the millennium has evolved, so too has the personal trainer. Come examine the full mind-body-spirit approach to personal training and see how “softer&rdquo...

105: ACE®: Group Exercise Leadership Specialty Certification

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2013 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Designed to supplement the expertise of instructors who are currently teaching prechoreographed programs, this instructor training will cover foundational knowledge of exercis...

275: Out With the Old and in With the Older!

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA, Bernadette O'Brien
2013 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Lawrence Biscontini, MA, and Bernadette O’Brien Come and experience this theoretical and practical application of what it means to train seniors today. Teaching...

416: Chi–Lates

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2013 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Unlock the chi potential of your body with floor-based Pilates moves that are fused with standing tai chi movements for an undulating experience in functional training. Ga...

610: BOSU®: Mobility and Stability for Active Aging

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA, Bernadette O'Brien
2013 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Learn exercises, sequences, drills and skills perfect for the gentle exerciser and active aging market. Moving through the body’s functional positions for activi...

692: Outrageous Openings and Closings

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2013 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Join Lawrence for an outside-the-box sampling of nontraditional ways to open and close cardiovascular, strength, flexibility and fusion sessions. Participate i...

716: Showcase Sanctuary: A Final IDEA World Experience

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA, Marla Ericksen, Elizabeth Larkam, David-Dorian Ross
2013 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
After all of the hard work, determination and effort you have put into IDEA World, it is now time to give back to your body and mind in this final Showcase Room sessio...

243: Moonlight Meditation

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2012 Inner IDEA® Conference
Join Lawrence for an Inner IDEA institution at La Quinta: moon-bathing outside under the Dark Ordinance Rule of Palm Springs with a gentle combination of guided meditation, st...

301: Chi-Lates

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2012 Inner IDEA® Conference
Unlock the chi potential of your body with floor-based Pilates moves fused with standing tai chi movements for an undulating experience in functional training. Gain muscular s...

317: BOSU® Balanced Body 2012

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2012 Inner IDEA® Conference
Redefine and explore your body’s balance systems using the BOSU Balance Trainer and a soft-touch weighted ball, and walk away with a whole new perspective on balance. Th...

341: Buddha Meets the Ballerina

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA, Shannon Fable
2012 Inner IDEA® Conference
Enjoy a fusion of two incredibly hot trends: ballet-inspired barre training and vertical core work, courtesy of unique vinyasa flows. This barefoot, no-equipment format takes ...

002: ACE: Group Fitness—Unlocking the Critical Elements for Success (L/WS)

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2012 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Outstanding group fitness instructors make it look so easy, but successful execution is actually the result of thoughtful planning and professional development. Whether you&rs...

101: BOSU® Balanced Body

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2012 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Explore your body’s balance systems using the BOSU Balance Trainer and a soft-touch weighted ball. Train complementary aspects of balance to improve proprioception, stre...

151: Putting Intensity Back Into Tai Chi

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2012 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Discover how the martial arts of qigong and tai chi in their true forms can be taught as powerful—and intense—mind-body cross-training disciplines for fit particip...

190: Excellence in Three-Part Cuing

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2012 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
The best communicators in group fitness and personal training incorporate three-part cues in their teaching strategies: visual, verbal and kinesthetic. In many ways, it’...

325: YOGA + TAI CHI = YO-CHI® in an Urban World

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2012 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Yo-Chi is fusion at its best! Unlock the chi potential of your body by fusing tai-chi Yang Short Form and adapted hatha yoga asanas. Reap the benefits of both isometric and is...

427: ACE: Work out the Facts-Get Answers to Your Health, Fitness and Nutrition Questions

Presented By Cedric Bryant, PhD, Lawrence Biscontini, MA, Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD, Len Kravitz, PhD
2012 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Are you and your clients overwhelmed with the never-ending abundance of health, fitness and nutrition information? How can you make sense of new research, diets and exercise p...

264: Spa for the Soul: Instructor Self-Care

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2011 Inner IDEA Conference
Instead of learning choreography or ideas to take back for others, in this workshop you'll get ideas on self–preservation for you. Embark on an in–depth experi...

411: BOSU®: Balanced Body

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2011 Inner IDEA Conference
Explore new tools that redefine and explore your body's balance using the BOSU Balance Trainer and a soft–touch weighted ball. Walk away with a whole new perspective...

420: Shakti™ 2011

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2011 Inner IDEA Conference
Communication is 93% nonverbal and is oftenTIMEs very subtle and overlooked. Ignite your senses in this inspirational movement experience that is taught in silence while using...

357: Creating Mindful Walking/Running Programs

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2011 IDEA World Fitness Convention
All populations can benefit from mind-body walk/run programs. With all the buzz about chi-based running, barefoot running and meditative outdoor walking, this workshop will g...

406: BOSU® Studio Pilates

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2011 IDEA World Fitness Convention
The BOSU Balance Trainer is the perfect accessory to complement a wide range of authentic Pilates exercises. Learn how to use the BOSU ball in one-to-one and group settings, a...

565: The Common Thread

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2011 IDEA World Fitness Convention
The common thread, uniting every fitness discipline out there, is breath. From personal training to group exercise to mind-body, breath is essential for life. But it seems we ...

595: Spa for the Soul

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2011 IDEA World Fitness Convention
Rarely do instructors get an opportunity to explore the necessary concept of "self-care," so often omitted from the information we need to know when preparing for ce...

520: Tenets of Tai Chi

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2010 IDEA World Fitness Convention
Experience the oldest energy work by learning the tenets that support the Eastern mind-body disciplines of tai chi and qigong. You will learn movements and forms that rel...

548: Foundational Beaming™

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2010 IDEA World Fitness Convention
Discover Beaming, a new program that focuses on the individual! Learn to harmonize movements with mind-body philosophy on a low, grounded, cushioned balance beam. You’ll...

702: Partner Play: Assist and Resist

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2010 IDEA World Fitness Convention
Whether you are a personal trainer or an innovative group fitness instructor, this workshop will give you creative, functional new uses for stability-ball training with a part...

155: Foundational Beaming™

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA, June Kahn
2010 IDEA Fitness Fusion Conference
Discover Beaming, a new program that focuses on the individual! Learn to harmonize movements with mind-body philosophy on a low, grounded, cushioned balance beam. You'll explo...

202: Circle Step

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2010 IDEA Fitness Fusion Conference
EVOLVE your step class! We will reconfigure our "step space" to create a three-ring circus of steps in separate circles and get participants moving clockwise, counterclockwise...

272: Cream Rises: Promoting Excellence in Yourself!

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2010 IDEA Fitness Fusion Conference
Are you ready to take 90 minutes to improve your craft? Let?s evaluate the messaging you use when educating your clients, members and students as group exercise leaders and pe...

324: Body Weight, Mind-Body and BOSU®: The Perfect Blend

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2010 IDEA Fitness Fusion Conference
Join us for a truly unique workshop that teaches you to blend body weight and mind-body techniques into one flowing workout using the BOSU Balance Trainer. Participants will e...

011: Focus on Fitness Management—Success Through Synergy (For All Program Directors and Fitness Managers)

Presented By Bob Esquerre, MA, Darren Jacobson, Focus on Fitness Management Team, Lawrence Biscontini, MA, PJ O'Clair, Sherri McMillan, MS
2009 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
The most successful clubs and programs are those that successfully manage the total member experience by providing exemplary training and service. In order to do this well, it...

152: Mind-Body Triathlon INTENSIVE PREMIERE

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2009 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
This land and aquatic journey marks the first of its kind at IDEA. We'll begin our journey with a mind-body outdoor walk beyond the grounds, then we'll enjoy an energizing-yet...

193: Implementing Mind-Body Into Your Personal Training Practice

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2009 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
As fitness in the new millennium has evolved, so, too, has the job description of the personal trainer. We'll examine the full mind-body-spirit approach to personal training a...

251: Aqua Buddha-Camp: Aggressive Mind-Body

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2009 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
If you know Lawrence, you know he's a lover and not a fighter, so traditional boot camp classes are not in his repertoire. Come and experience the mindful application of aquat...

397: Submerge, Integrate, Balance

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2008 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
The dynamic medium of water makes balance poses both easier to accomplish and harder to sustain. Learn how to use this method of incorporating balancing yoga poses into a wate...

246: ELEVATE-Mindful Movement

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2008 IDEA Fitness Fusion Conference™
Elevate your instruction and bridge the gap between traditional group fitness and body-mind classes. Learn power-teaching principles and successful strategies for creating mi...

012: A Taste of Inner IDEA®: A Body-Mind Experience

Presented By Billy Macagnone, Carla Hales, Emma Ledbetter, Lauren Eirk, Lawrence Biscontini, MA, Lorna Francis, PhD, Melanie Byford-Young, PT, Michael Christensen, Scott Cole, Vincent Macagnone
2007 IDEA World Fitness Convention
Welcome to IDEA’s first “mini-Inner IDEA” preconference 1-day experience, intended to give you a taste of the full Inner IDEA event—a mindful multidimensional explorat...

155: Yo-Chi-Ball®

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2007 IDEA World Fitness Convention
Faithful to our principles of both functional alignment and core stability, we incorporate breathing techniques, yoga, tai chi, Pilates-inspired movement, and Feldenkrais® te...

269: SHAKTI™: the experience

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA
2007 IDEA World Fitness Convention
SHAKTI is the Sanskrit word for the energy released throughout the body when one practices particular hatha yogic asanas. This is an aquatic, non-purist mind-body approach at ...

502: Resist-A-Ball® Boot Camp

Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA, Stephanie Morris
2007 IDEA World Fitness Convention
Get ready to sweat in this all-ball drill class led by Resist-A-Ball’s top master trainers. Learn fun and functional exercises to toughen up your participants with a total-b...
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