Elevate is the Complete Process
Everything you need, all in one place.
You don’t need to learn gait from one person, the foot from another, the pelvis from someone else, and strength from yet another source.
It’s all here.
The nervous system. The biomechanics. The pressure systems. The gait cycle. The coaching. The application. The community support.
It’s all integrated just like the body.
We created Elevate so you don’t have to keep chasing puzzle pieces.
This is the full picture.
Finally feel clear, confident, and connected in your coaching.
The Principles That Anchor Everything We Teach
This mentorship isn’t about memorizing cues or copying someone else’s method. It’s about learning to see and understanding what you’re seeing.
That starts with principle.
These are the foundational concepts that shape how we coach, how we assess, and how we help people move with more ease and intention.
The 7 Core Principles of Elevate
Planes of Motion
You'll learn to recognize how the body navigates space in all three planes (sagittal, frontal, transverse) and where someone may be overusing or avoiding one. This gives you options and potential for change.
Sensory-Motor Continuum
What a client feels drives how they move. If they can't sense it, they can’t access it. This principle helps you understand the deep link between input and output so you can start changing how someone moves by shifting how they feel and perceive.
Relative Motion
We’re not just looking at positions we’re looking at relationships. What’s the pelvis doing relative to the femur? What’s the ribcage doing relative to the spine? This principle sharpens your ability to see what’s truly moving and what’s just being dragged along for the ride.
Tension
Not all tension is bad. But too much of it where we don't want it can block access to better movement. You'll learn to identify when the body is bracing, holding, or compressing unnecessarily, and how to quickly and effectively release that tension through active movement.
Application & Integration
This is where theory becomes practice. And where many mentorships often miss the mark. We continue to work in person with real clients every day and will show you how to use these principles in your coaching in a way that’s seamless, intuitive, and client-specific.
Internal Rotation is a Downward Force
This one throws people at first. But when you get it, it changes everything. Internal rotation isn’t just a direction, it’s a force strategy. And it’s essential for accessing the ground, creating pressure, and driving movement. Once you see it, you’ll never unsee it.
Understanding Gait
Gait is the ultimate coordinative movement. It is a huge window into center of mass and how a client self organizes to load and propel their body through space. Learn how to use gait to direct your decision making and give your client new strategies to move and feel better on their feet.
Built by Coaches with 40+ years of in person experience
Dr. Jill Zimmerman, DPT and Jill Stewart, Pilates & Strength have spent decades coaching the general population.
We are a rare breed of coaches who have spread into the online space but still continue to work with our people every single day.
If you want to work with people in real life, learn from those who are doing it everyday.
This mentorship distills everything we’ve learned into a practical system that gets you clear, fast.
Lisa Vaughan-Meer
“Jill Stewart, thank you so much. I know all those drills and movements and have had other coaches give these to me but…I have never had anyone coach those to me as well as you did. I am so grateful. What you can see and communicate to me in this work blew me away. I am so grateful.” Lisa Vaughan-Meer
Meredith Seidler
“Jill Zimmerman, I have never heard things presented/explained so thoroughly and clearly. You are a great teacher and it's obvious you put a lot of work into this. It was extremely helpful and yet also frustrating- I wish I understood some of this YEARS ago!”
Dhana Harrelson PT, DPT, PCES
“Coaches need Coaches. Physical Therapists need Physical Therapists, and Jill Zimmerman is a PT that I trust and I highly recommend to others.
“There is nothing better than learning from someone that is gifted at making complicated things seem easy. I've done two of Jill Zimmermans online courses and I participate in her monthly case studies - I have learned SO MUCH from her. She's fun, extremely knowledgeable and someone you absolutely need to follow if you want to improve how you move and how you teach movement.”
What's Included:
Extensive Video Library
- Short, practical, and instantly applicable content
- Watch at your own pace
- Clear insights you can use right away with your clients.
- New content released every week
Monthly Catch Up Calls
- Live Q&A with Jill & Jill every first Tuesday at 10am EST
- Ask questions as they come up for you with your clients
- Troubleshoot client challenges
- Get clarity on key concepts
- Connect with other coaches in real-time, on a regular basis
Private Community Forum
- Be in a room with people who get it.
- Collaborate with other coaches
- Share wins and struggles
- Stay inspired and curious in your work
The Mentorship That Transforms Your Coaching
- Clarifies your process. Know the next steps for your clients
- Renewed confidence in your decision-making because you understand more
- A filter for what’s relevant and useful vs. what’s noise (and maybe a bias)
- Faster, better results that last
- A support system of coaches who get it and want to be the best in their industry
- Excitement and passion for your work again. This is the best part! Light that fire again and change your everyday experience working with people.
