BRAIN GAINS:
Cognitive Fitness for Peak Performance
& Pain Reduction!
Sunday September 14th, 9:00-10:30am (PT)!
Misha von Bechtolsheim will dazzle, and this interactive session explores how mindful movement, breath control, and neuromuscular training can strengthen the brain-body connection. Through a unique combination of Pilates-based exercises and cognitive challenges, participants will learn how to:
· Enhance brain function through movement-based neuroplasticity
· Improve balance, coordination, and proprioception
· Reduce mental fatigue and increase resilience
· Apply practical strategies to integrate cognitive fitness into daily routines and training sessions
This workshop offers powerful tools to help you and your clients train smarter. Leave feeling mentally sharper, physically stronger, and equipped with strategies for long-term cognitive health.
What You Get:
- Supplementary materials and session handout for tracking along with video.
- Full recording to the LIVE session (once complete) and 90 minutes of content with Misha.
- This live session comes with 1.5 NPCP CECs
- Indefinite access inside this course ticket! Come back anytime to review.
This session ALSO comes with 1.5 NPCP CECs, so don’t miss this one-of-a-kind opportunity to train with an expert on this topic.
Classtermind Objectives:
1️⃣ Understand the Science Behind Cognitive Fitness:
Participants will be able to explain how physical movement—particularly Pilates—stimulates cognitive functions such as memory, focus, and coordination through neuroplasticity and mind-body integration.
2️⃣ Apply Cognitive Training Techniques to Pilates-Based Movement:
Participants will learn and demonstrate how to incorporate cognitive challenges (e.g., dual-tasking, memory drills, pattern recognition) into Pilates exercises to enhance mental and physical performance simultaneously.
3️⃣ Improve Brain-Body Coordination and Awareness:
Through guided movement sequences, participants will enhance proprioception, balance, and reaction time, supporting both cognitive agility and physical control.
4️⃣ Integrate Cognitive Fitness Strategies into Personal or Professional Practice:
Participants will leave with a toolkit of practical strategies and exercises that they can apply in their own training or teach to clients, with a focus on long-term brain health and performance.
Tune in, get inspired, and let’s get your BRAIN some GAINS!
Brain Gains! Curriculum
About Misha von Bechtolsheim
Misha von Bechtolsheim is a fully certified Merrithew (Stott) Pilates, Z- Health, TRX Sports Medicine, Mobility Fitness Academy, and Brian Grant Parkinson’s certified Trainer providing intelligent application of movement for clinical rehab to athletic performance with a neurological lens both virtually and in her studio at Central Core, in Pismo Beach. Misha has been honored by Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 2018 Top 40 Under 40, being the only one to receive this award within the fitness industry.
Her expertise in kinesiology paired with her dedication and keen sense of brain-based exercise innovation have helped athletes, injury rehab, neurological disorders and special population clientele tap into their full potential.
She has had the joy of working with podium placing Olympians in figure skating, fencing, swimming, and soccer, professional NFL, NHL, MLB, and MLS athletes, and national champions across 10 different disciplines. While a majority of these athletes started to aid in their injury recovery, they returned to their sports exceeding their previous bests.
Misha has unlocked company set backs of low performance and productivity, poor mood, and workplace injuries, by offering brain-based training to companies including Google, Stanford, Thai Union, Davis Glen, Mission College, to name a few.