Pilates Teacher Training
This 60-hour mat Pilates certification prepares students to teach classes of all levels. Students can register for each component separately, however, successful completion of all 3 – Pilates Mat, Standing Pilates®, and Practical Teaching Workshop – is required to become a certified Mat Pilates instructor.
Pilates Mat
Date TBA Vancouver
The 24-hour Pilates Mat (Initiation 101 – Fundamentals and Matwork) course is the first step to obtaining a Mat Pilates certification. Students will learn, practice and teach 14 Matwork Fundamentals and 36 Classic Mat Exercises. They will develop a deeper integration of the repertoire into their own body, resulting in a more effective ability to teach.
Students will gain a deepened understanding of:
The internal core muscles that form a cylinder of support around the spine.
Breathing: How it relates to internal abdominals and movement.
Correct body mechanics and postural alignment: Neutral spine and how this aids in efficiency, ease of movement, and injury prevention.
Fundamentals: A movement language used to cue and help reorganize postural patterns.
Increases in physical awareness.
The benefits of Pilates: Increases in bone density, joint mobility, muscle tone, organ function, and overall strength and flexibility of the body.
The original concepts and insights of Joseph Pilates: Concentration, control, centering, flowing movement, precision, breathing.
How to take Pilates into the future: Creating an organic and intelligent workout.
Pilates Mat Fundamentals and Matwork are very practical and can be applied to any fitness regime. Completion of Pilates Mat, Standing Pilates® Mat and Practical Teaching is required to become a Mat Pilates instructor.
Standing Pilates® Mat
Date TBA Vancouver
Standing Pilates® (Initiation 201) is the second course in becoming a Mat Pilates teacher. Standing Pilates® adapts many of the classical Pilates mat exercises to take them into the vertical plane. It provides the link between Pilates floor work and everyday functional movement. Aiding in neuromuscular re-patterning of movement habits, Standing Pilates®, moves toward better alignment and efficiency. In this 24-hour course students learn how to maintain a neutral spine while standing, sitting, walking, bending, or lifting; thus making it a truly functional approach to fitness.
Some of the many benefits of Standing Pilates® are:
Proprioception enhancement: Balance is required, benefitting the aging population and those suffering from neurological diseases such a Parkinson’s.
Deep core strengthening: The pelvic floor, transversus abdominis, multifidus, and diaphragm form a cylinder of support for the spine, benefitting people with incontinence issues or postnatal mothers.
Increase in bone density: Standing on one leg is equal to 4 times one’s body weight, benefitting those with Osteoporosis.
More “real estate”: Hips, legs, and feet are areas of equal focus.
More three-dimensionality: Includes the side body and internal spirals.
This technique is truly an evolution of Pilates, as deeper connections are required to perform these new, complex, standing exercises. Experience the 13 new Advanced Fundamentals. Finish with 24 of the Classic mat exercises reconfigured to Standing Pilates®. After successful completion of Pilates Mat, Standing Pilates® Mat, and Practical Teaching, you will be certified to teach Mat Pilates.
Pilates Practical Teaching
Date TBA Vancouver Online & Interactive
This 12-hour experiential workshop will prepare students with the knowledge and practice they need to confidently teach a Mat Pilates Class. With a strong focus on hands-on cueing, Practical Teaching will give them the necessary tips, feedback, and encouragement to make the transition into becoming a teacher.
Topics covered will include:
How to prepare for your mat classes
Level 1 and Level 2 Mat classes will be discussed
Exercise sequences and transitioning between exercises
Review of fundamentals and exercises from Initiations
Practice of hands-on cueing
Practice with fellow students in groups and in front of the class
Discussions on how to read the classroom energy, how to be in the moment and change the direction of the class if the need arises
Individual feedback on teacher’s quality of voice and teaching style will be offered