Empowerment is one of our core values at Waves, for our clients as well as other clinicians and health professionals. An integral element of empowerment is education. Together with our partners we are excited to offer a wide range of content from extensive courses through to 2 hour work-shops.
EXCELLENCE
For professionals
We are proud to be the headquarter location for Polestar Pilates Benelux and Smart Education. Scroll down to see the courses that they offer at Waves and also check out information for our doctor’s education evening.
I. Polestar Pilates
Impacting global well-being through education and practice. Learn from one of the most extensive and advanced Pilates Instructor Training courses with world class educators. Join over 15,000 graduates world wide who have chosen Polestar and be part of the community.
For the full list of courses Polestar is offering in the Netherlands and Belgium please visit their Polestar Pilates website. To find courses across Europe and other parts of the world please visit the headquarter website.

01. Comprehensive course

POLESTAR Comprehensive Teacher Training
The POLESTAR Comprehensive Series consists of 7 two-day presence Modules. We will teach you in-depth practical and theoretical skills to become a proficient Pilates Practitioner. The Series trains you to use all of the equipment developed from the designs of Joseph Pilates: Reformer, Trapeze Table, Combo Chair, Ladder Barrel and Spine Corrector, as well as some mat exercises. You learn more than 150 of the original and evolved Pilates exercises as well as hundreds of variations and their modifications for diverse populations.
Students are granted access to the POLESTAR Online Platform 2.0 to ensure modern and effective online enhanced education. You learn to conduct POLESTAR Fitness Screenings and improve your reasoning skills in order to assess a client’s needs and select the most effective exercises to bring about change. A series of case studies provide a solid base to assess and design custom exercise sequences and treatment plans. Students also learn advanced tactile, verbal and imagery cues to maximize a client’s potential.
02. Continual Education Courses

Bumps, Babies & Boobs: Pilates support through motherhood.
This 2-day continual education course with Katina McCulloch aims to demystify working with the pregnant client, and provide clear, evidence-based approaches in which you can support her through the transition into motherhood and beyond. Katina brings an engaging approach, with a focus on active learning principles and critical thinking. Questions are encouraged!

Anatomy Alive – Bavo Wouters
The objective of this highly practical course is to learn about humans’
biomechanics and key anatomical structures. You will be taught to find and
understand these parts of the body and relate them to Pilates
exercises.Myofascial structures will be linked into functional chains, giving you a sense of their functionality during Pilates movements. This is the ideal
foundational course to grow your anatomical knowledge for your work as a
Pilates instructor and movement specialist.

Expand your toolbox and reignite your creativity.
Experience new and exciting movement patterns. This workshop picks up on the current trend of Animal Flow, Natural Movement and similar movement forms and combines them with Pilates work.
Experience Pilates as the perfect preparation and method to introduce you and your students to these complex movement forms.