International
Pilates A Cooperative Web Site |
College Teacher-TRAINING |
Certification Competency TESTING |
Convention Directory, Awards, WALL, Classified |
International
Pilates College
Project Rainbow
A
Pilates business, and achieving social good are not opposed to one another.
The
inherent physical and metaphysical benefits of Pilates are well documented by
individuals, health providers, psychologists and spiritualists.
'Project Rainbow' maximizes the value of Pilates vocation training for all stakeholders
in our Community Outreach program.
International
Pilates appreciate our students, teachers, team members, and communities.
By valuing our staff and clients as capital resources and acknowledging
their commitment for social good, International Pilates has a competitive edge
in bettering our best, with inspiration from our Mission 'to help others,
so that they may help others' in concert with our 'pay it forward'
community outreach program.
What
is Project Rainbow?
'Project
Rainbow' is an International Pilates Community Outreach Program designed to
do social good and create a sustainable loop of positive results.
1. It is a generous gift of Pilates instruction.
2. It is a moral promise to cause no harm to others.
3. It is a social contract for the benefit of society.
4. It is an act of kindness to help others, with expectations that it will be
passed on.
5. It is a program evaluation of the social benefits of giving and sharing Pilates.
Many
instructors want to use their Pilates businesses to improve the world.
' Project
Rainbow' is an innovative 'Pay-It-Forward', social contract for Pilates instructors
to achieve their visions.
International
Pilates recognizes the power of a grassroots movement to bring social good.
'Project
Rainbow' demonstrates that a successful business need not sacrifice its social
mission, rather maintaining one's commitment to promoting goodness in the world
is a key component to succeeding in an evolving Pilates industry.
The
'Project Rainbow' social contract is based on 4 principles
1. A Pilates teaching career has a deeper purpose beyond making a living.
2. A Pilates
class creates a greater value than meeting the members immediate needs and goals.
3.
Pilates Community Outreach Programs are designed by socially conscious Pilates
instructors with a holistic outlook that moves beyond conventional Pilates businesses.
4.
A 'Social Contract' has a tangible value that can be efficiently documented,
effectively analyzed and transparently published.
While
the benefits individuals receive from Pilates have been documented, the implied
benefits for our society have not been.
Maximizing
profits is a traditional business measure of success and often a primary ‘goal’
of large Pilates businesses.
Even if financial takings are substituted for the real purpose of Pilates, it
does not prove that a Pilates business should only strive for sustainability
or profits.
'Project
Rainbow' is designed to integrate the individual's perceived value of receiving
Pilates instruction into an expediential social benefit with a 'Pay-It-Forward'
model.
We
ask Pilates instructors to embrace a broader view of a client's potential.
Instructors
are reminded that it is not just the person in class that will benefit from
it.
This redirects the Pilates class goals toward a far-reaching social impact and
stimulates a 'Pay-It-Forward' mind set.
It creates a mindful society of happy teachers, satisfied clients, and socially
conscious communities.
Our
inspirational purpose is to invest in local communities and energize social
benefit.
Each
'Project Rainbow' Pilates class is a reflection of the personality and aspirations
of the Pilates instructor that teaches it.
International Pilates gives guidance in program design and professional advice
in implementation of all proposed Community Outreach Programs.
Pilates instructors do not receive pay for their community work and see the
greater social contribution as their true profit and realize experiential knowledge
as a bonus.
Ephemeral
qualities are concrete; people feel them as soon as they enter a Pilates classroom.
'Project
Rainbow' outreach programs feature solid hard work and are bursting with conviction,
authenticity, compassion, integrity, learning, and empowerment.
'Project
Rainbow' team-suppliers are partners investing in society and Pilates teachers.
International
Pilates works closely with team-suppliers and respects them as a crucial link
in achieving our mission.
Team-suppliers include; Pilates Studios and Community Centers, that provide
space to teach in; Pilates manufacturers, which loan equipment as teaching tools;
and individual benefactors who donate funds for program development.
We
trust in people's innate goodwill to consciously pay a good deed forward.
By
supporting philanthropy and other projects, which help solve social problems,
socially conscious businesses make an investment in their reputation and build
loyalty to their goods and services.
'Project
Rainbow' blurs the line between traditional nonprofit and for profit corporations.
Humanity
experiences an unhealthy competitiveness when adopting a 'us against them' mentality
within our own micro-societies.
Pilates lends itself to a self-competition to better our selves.
A socially conscious business is competitive specifically because it doesn't
compete with others, but rather commits to a social mission for self-improvement.
What
does 'Project Rainbow' mean for Pilates?
'Project
Rainbow' gives instructors' practical experience in innovative business design
while consciously empowering them to make a significant social impact.
We believe it’s important that each project stays true to the deeper purpose
and inspires a synergistic social movement in the Pilate industry.
Conscious
change in our society changes the world.
'Project
Rainbow' builds socially conscious cultures by treating clients with uncommon
respect, listening to their individual needs and being respectful of their expectation
for tangible results.
However, these simple rules must
be surpassed to generate a measurable social benefit.
· A 'Project Rainbow' teacher must ask the class for their pledge to
'Pay-It-Forward' with two uncommon acts of kindness for each class that they
take.
· Each class member agrees to document their acts and ask their targets
to expand the program with reciprocation.
· The accumulated data is then documented for program effectiveness evaluation.
Format adherence creates a self-sustaining loop of social benefits and quantifiable
returns.
Dynamic,
healthy communities require social-glue.
Working
for the common good produces great Pilates instructors while enhancing individual
health and community wellness, therefore it is a WIN-WIN-WIN.
International Pilates envisions that the 'Project Rainbow' community outreach
program's social contract will spark conversation, and perhaps debate, leading
to public policies and added philanthropic contributions in support of similar
contributions to society.
"It is in the spirit of charity and not the form of it that keeps justice alive"