TEACHER TRAINING

Comprehensive teacher training - matwork and apparatus

  • Qualify to teach both matwork and studio apparatus classes.
  • Comprehensive students will typically train for between 14 -24 months.
  • They will be required to log a minimum of 1200 hours of study during the training period.
  • At the end of the course, students will be assessed teaching a small studio group and a private class (Practical Assessment), will take a written Theory Exam, and hand in written course work comprising 2 case studies and one essay.

Meet a comprehensive trainee

Kathy Adler
Kathy Adler, Comprehensive trainee - Belsize Studio (London)

What was your first experience of Pilates?
I started Pilates almost exactly four years ago, in the studio of David Katz at what was then Holmes Place, now Virgin Active, in Crouch End. I was hooked from the very first session - I'd done lots of other things before, but knew from that first moment that this was the thing for me. And that hasn't changed at all!

What is you pilates experience to date?
I've done a lot of matwork, many classes, with many different teachers, here, in the US and in South Africa, and I've always enjoyed them. But the studio is my first love... I should say that I'll be 64 in October and so far it all seems to be going well!

What inspired you to train as a teacher?
I've worked as a teacher in a very different area all my life, so I soon had the idea that I would like to teach. But it wasn't possible until this year, for me to start my training.

What career did you have before you started training?
I am an art historian, and was for eleven years Director of Education at the National Gallery, London, before retiring at the end of October 2006.

What do you wish you had known about pilates before you started training?
I don't think there's been anything I wished I'd known before I started. I always knew the training would be challenging and stimulating, and that's what it's proved to be.

Below is a list of studios providing comprehensive teacher training. For more information about start dates, prices and application procedures please contact the individual Teacher Trainer directly.

Comprehensive teacher training providers


Pilates Off The Square
Pilates and GyrotonicŪ Studio
4 Mandeville Place
Marylebone
London
W1U 2BG

Telephone : 020 7935 8505
Fax : 020 7935 8895
www.pilatesoffthesquare.co.uk
 Training Centre for Pilates Excellence Pilates & Yoga Movement
Quex Road Methodist Church
Quex Road
Kilburn
London
NW6 4PR

Course directors:
  Hana Jones and
  Anne-Marie H.Zulkahari

Telephone : 020 7624 3948
info@pilatesyoga.com
www.pilatesyoga.com
Belsize Studio
5 McCrone Mews
Belsize Lane
London
NW3 5BG

Contact : Avigail Ben-Ari
Telephone : 020 7431 6223
pilates@belsizestudio.com
www.belsizestudio.com
 Backlund Pilates
121 Dawes Road
(Entrance on Gironde Rd)
Fulham
London
SW6 7DU

Contact : Madeleine Backlund
Telephone : 020 7386 7040
info@backlundpilates.com
www.backlundpilates.com
The Brigid McCarthy Pilates Studio
12 Coillesdene Drive
Joppa
Edinburgh
EH15 2JD

Telephone : 07931 275 179
bmtt@bpfd.demon.co.uk
www.mccarthypilates.co.uk
 The Scott Studio
Pithers Yard
High Street
Castle Cary
Somerset
BA7 7AN

Contact : Suzanne Scott
Telephone : 01963 350 001
info@thescottstudio.com
Kelly Lynne Goulon
South Kensington
London

Contact : Kelly Lynne Goulon
Telephone : 0750 349 5796
 Laban (Pilates Studio)
Creekside
London
SE8 3DZ

Contact : Jessica Moolenaar
Telephone : 020 8691 8600
info@laban.org
www.laban.org
The Thoughtful Body Pilates Studio
Flat 1
5 Vernon Street
Derby
DE1 1FR

Contact : Rachel Swindle
Telephone : 01332 349 500/ 07949 653 832
info@thethoughtfulbody.com
www.thethoughtfulbody.com
 Trevor Blount Studios
1st Floor
5 Harrington Road
London
SW7 3ES

Contact : Trevor Blount
Telephone : 020 7584 0680
trevor@trevorblountpilates.com
www.trevorblountpilates.com
Windekind Studio
Fochlaan 9
8300 Knokke-Zoute
BELGIUM

Contact : Ingrid Lootvoet
Telephone : +32 (0) 50 60 14 31
ingridlootvoet@hotmail.com