Pilates Teacher Training
Interested in becoming a teacher? You have come to the right place!
After 26 years in the fitness industry I have experienced both amazing trainings for fitness professionals and unfortunately also some not-so-amazing trainings. There are so many choices concerning instructor training programs, from weekend certifications to a PhD in exercise science. This industry is in desperate need of highly qualified instructors and trainers. We have too many in this field who lack experience and proper training, consequently promoting wrong information and ineffective exercises.
I would like to help elevate the industry one instructor at a time.
I recommend picking an in-person (not online or over zoom) Classical Pilates Teacher Training program over a Contemporary program as I believe it’s important to know the roots of the method. The exercises make more sense when learned as a complete method. Classical programs are often more rigorous, making sure each student is well prepared to teach.
The Pacific Coast Pilates Academy
Pilates Life Studio has partnered with The Pacific Coast Pilates Academy to be one of their host studios providing trainees with support, access to lessons and classes, equipment rentals, and eventually teach trainee-led sessions here (after meeting certain criteria within the program).
I wholeheartedly endorse their amazing program. The weekend lectures are conveniently held at The Surrey Pilates Studio, located in Surrey (20-25 minutes drive from Pilates Life Studio). The academy is founded by Veronica McClurg and Matilda Christensen. Veronica (owner of Surrey Pilates) has been teaching Pilates since 1998, first as a STOTT Pilates instructor (contemporary program) and then Classically after graduating from The Pilates Center Teacher Training Program in Boulder Colorado in 2007 and graduating from their Masters Program in 2009. Matilda (owner of Pilates on the Coast ) has been teaching Pilates since 2002, first as a Balanced Body instructor (contemporary program) and then Classically after graduating from The Pilates Center Teacher Training Program in Boulder Colorado in 2006 and graduating from their Masters Program in 2009. Matilda was a Licensed Teacher Trainer for The Pilates Center from 2009 - 2017, then in 2018 created her own Teacher Training program and alongside Veronica continued to educate, lecture and exam trainees for over 15 years. They both also bring to the education table their Level 1 and Level 2 Franklin Method Training, Ball Rolling Certificates, Anatomy Classes plus the experience of presenting many workshops. The Pacific Coast Pilates Academy is their next joint venture.
Pilates Life Studio as a Host Studio
With Pilates Life Studio being a host studio, you have access to attend group classes here, as well as, being able to have privates with Amy (owner of Pilates Life Studio). Amy is in her final year at CBU obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology. She has been a certified personal trainer since 1999, and has completed three 500hr Pilates Teacher Trainings: Mindful Movement Pilates Studio (2020), Balanced Body (2022), and The Pilates Center (2024). She is currently participating in Lesley Logan’s Classical Pilates Masters program, becoming a third generation teacher (in the Jay Grimes tradition).
Amy is already a third generation teacher in the Romana Kryzanowska tradition. The Pilates Center (TPC) in Boulder Co was founded in 1990 by Amy Taylor Alpers and Rachel Taylor Siegel, two famous sisters who trained with Romana (who was Joseph Pilates protege).
Rachel Taylor Segel and I @ The Pilates Center in Boulder Colorado
Kaile Ziemba teaching at one of the lecture weekends @ The Pilates Center in Boulder Colorado
Kaile Ziemba teaching at one of the lecture weekends @ The Pilates Center in Boulder Colorado
Amy Taylor Alpers and I @ The Pilates Center in Boulder Colorado