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So you want to become a Pilates instructor? Where do I start?
If you have decided to become a Pilates Instructor, you may have many questions. This article outlines the path forward.
STOTT PILATES® gives you several ways to achieve certification, and you may do it at a pace that works right for you. Everyone starts at the same place and then may follow a path in several different ways.
There are two foundational courses, Intensive Mat Plus™, and Intensive Reformer. These two courses serve as a foundation on your path towards certification and are prerequisites for any other courses.
Intensive Mat Plus™ (IMP) is 95 hours and covers all essential and intermediate Mat Pilates exercises – a total of 63 exercises.
40 hours in-person instruction
10 hours observation
30 hours physical review
15 hours practice teaching
Intensive Reformer (IR) is 125 hours and covers all essential and intermediate Reformer Pilates exercises – a total of 139 exercises.
50 hours in-person instruction
10 hours observation
40 hours physical review
25 hours practice teaching
In both IMP™ and IR, observation, physical review, and practice teaching hours are done on your own timetable and at your own pace. You can work with the training center or your instructor trainer to understand where and how to do these.
You have three options following completion of IMP and/or IR.
Option 1
Do not take the certification exam and just be STOTT trained, not STOTT Certified.
Option 2
After taking IMP™ and IR courses and requirements, you could choose to take a level 1 exam and be level 1 certified in Mat and Reformer.
Option 3
Don’t take the certification exam yet and complete other apparatus and advanced work.
If you want to become “fully certified”, you would continue to take Cadillac, Chair, Barrel, Essential and Intermediate as well Advanced Mat and Advanced Reformer, Advanced Cadillac, Chair, Barrel. Finally, in order to be fully certified all students are required to take Injuries and Special Populations (ISP)
Level 2 work courses are shorter in length and build upon the two foundational courses.
The coursework does take time, but that’s what makes you a better instructor, and one who will likely succeed in the your career because you will understand how to effectively work with different people and their specific needs or challenges.
Questions about this coursework plan? Contact us directly and we’ll be happy to talk through any of your questions.
You can find us in Mendota Heights at Hello@PilatesLoftFitness.com