Mat certification allows you to teach Pilates using just a mat — no equipment. Reformer certification qualifies you to teach on the reformer in studios or private sessions. Comprehensive certification includes all five apparatus (mat, reformer, tower/cadillac, chair, and barrel) and prepares you to work with a full range of clients and needs.

Yes. Most people start with mat or reformer and build from there. You can always upgrade to comprehensive by taking additional apparatus courses.

Yes — the anatomy course is required before testing out. It ensures you understand movement from the inside out and gives you the tools to teach safely and confidently. It’s online, self-paced, and you can start it anytime.

It depends on your pace. The in-person course takes two weekends, and you can complete your supplemental hours over the next few months, depending on your schedule.

Yes — you’ll complete a practical exam once your hours are finished. It’s designed to show that you can teach real people safely and effectively, not to trick you.

They’re the real-world experience you log after the course. You’ll move through the work in your own body, watch others teach, and practice teaching yourself.

Personal practice means doing the exercises in your own body. Observation means watching instructors teach real clients or classes. Practice teaching means you teach someone while getting feedback — it can be a friend, a classmate, or a client.

Because knowing exercises isn’t enough — you need to embody them, watch how bodies respond, and learn how to communicate the work. This is what makes you a great teacher.

Yes to both. If you’re local, you can apply for our apprenticeship program. If not, we’ll help you figure out how to complete your hours at another approved studio.

You can begin observation and personal practice once you’re enrolled, but practice teaching must wait until after you complete the course.

We provide tracking sheets you’ll fill out and submit when you’re ready to test out. It’s simple and organized.

That’s totally normal. You can move at your own pace — most people take a few months (even up to a year!) after the course ends to complete their hours.

Our Mat and Reformer Courses are offered once every two or so months. The other apparatus are only offered 2 or three times per year so if you are planning to do a comprehensive certification, try to make sure you sign up well in advance as spots are more limited in those.

We strongly recommend attending the full course, but if something unavoidable comes up, you can join another training completely free of charge!