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Become a Certified Pilates Teacher!

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About

Our Pilates Mat Teacher Training program is designed to fit your schedule and budget while covering everything you need to know.

This program prepares you for the Mat Certified Pilates Teacher exam, enabling you to teach Pilates Mat globally with Whole Body credentials.

Duration and Scope

The Whole Body Mat Pilates Teacher Training is a 100-hour program and includes one weekend of online, Zoom-based training.

  • Online Lecture (20 hours)
  • Self-Practice Hours (20 hours)
  • Practice Teaching Hours (20 hours)
  • Observation Hours (20 hours)
  • Online Videos, Testing, and Homework (20 hours)

Upon passing a written and practical exam, you will be a Certified Mat Pilates Teacher!

*Space is limited. Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Course Outline

  1. INTRODUCTION

    27 lessons
    1. Orientation
    2. Liability and Waiver Information and Introduction to Whole Body
    3. Table of Contents
    4. Course Requirements
    5. Course Hour Breakdown
    6. Philosophy of Safety
    7. Practice Hour Log
    8. Levels of a Pilates Class
    9. Sample Classical and Contemporary Class Formats
    10. Levels of a Pilates Class
    11. Creating A Class Format
    12. Classical VS Contemporary
    13. Build Your Own Class Templates
    14. Case Study
    15. Basic Anatomy of Pilates
    16. Dance Terminology and Vocabulary - Foot Positions
    17. Dance Terminology and Vocabulary - Lower Extremity Positions
    18. Dance Terminology and Vocabulary - Arm Positions
    19. Patterns of Motion
    20. Nine Lines of Movement
    21. Definition of Stretching and Application to Pilates
    22. Viewing & Assessing Movement
    23. Common Alignments
    24. Basic Joint Ranges
    25. Pilates Small Props
    26. How to Read This Manual
    27. Live Session - Philosophy of Safety and Basic Terminology

  2. Pre-Pilates

    13 lessons
    1. Head Lifts
    2. Listening Heads
    3. Breath
    4. Doorknob Legs
    5. Pelvic Clock
    6. Piston Legs
    7. Sand Tunnels
    8. Rib Cage Arms
    9. Side Lying
    10. Leg Lifts From Prone
    11. Cat-Cow
    12. Crossovers
    13. Live Session - โ€œBefore the 100โ€ Exercises

  3. LEVEL I-II

    14 lessons
    1. Footwork - All Positions
    2. The Hundred
    3. Live Session - Mat Exercises
    4. Roll Up
    5. Single Leg Circles
    6. Rolling Like a Ball
    7. Abdominal Series
    8. Spine Stretch Forward
    9. Saw
    10. Side Lying Series
    11. Seal
    12. Ceiling Stabs
    13. Tick Tock
    14. Live Session - Practice Teaching with Partner

  4. LEVEL II-III

    13 lessons
    1. Open Leg Rocker
    2. Corkscrew 1
    3. Swan
    4. Swan Dive
    5. Live Session - Mat Class
    6. Single Leg Kick
    7. Double Leg Kick
    8. Grasshopper
    9. Teaser
    10. Can-Can
    11. Cat-Cow - Knees Off
    12. Push Up
    13. Live Session - Basic Anatomy

  5. LEVEL III

    7 lessons
    1. Neck Pull
    2. Shoulder Bridge
    3. Spine Twist
    4. Roll Over
    5. Jack Knife
    6. Hip Circles
    7. Live Session - Mat Exercises

  6. LEVEL IV

    6 lessons
    1. Corkscrew 2
    2. High Scissors/Bicycle
    3. Side Bend
    4. Leg Pull Front
    5. Control Balance
    6. Live Session - Practice Teaching with Partner

  7. LEVEL V

    7 lessons
    1. Leg Pull
    2. Crab
    3. Rocking (On Stomach)
    4. Boomerang
    5. Big Twist
    6. Handstand/Headstand
    7. Live Session - Mat Class

  8. TEACHING

    6 lessons
    1. Teaching Tips
    2. Common Learning Styles
    3. The Art of Cueing & Assisting
    4. How to Spot & Observe
    5. Code of Ethics / Fitness Professionalism
    6. Live Session - Written Test Out Quiz

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