Pilates apparatus is sexy. No doubt about it. To get on the Reformer and then to LEARN how to teach clients on the reformer and other Pilates apparatus is what makes Pilates so darn fun to teach. Everybody wants on those things! We see it in the studio often as well. Clients come in for a Pilates Mat class but can’t help and stare at the Reformer class or private session that is taking place next to them. There’s just something about the apparatus.
But we mustn’t forget that the truest foundation to our beloved method is in the classical Mat work. And it ain’t easy to do precisely or to teach effectively especially in a group class environment which is where you will experience the mat work mostly.
When developing our Pilates education courses so many moons ago, we knew there was a breach in Pilates teacher training. Everybody wanted to go for the grand certification – that of the full comprehensive teacher training courses that were all over New York City. We found that there were so many Pilates loyalists who wanted to learn to teach the Mat so they could teach in a gym environment or conduct at-home private sessions. The investment of a Comprehensive Teacher Training Program just didn’t make sense for this first step into teaching Pilates. And more frustratingly for them most top studios at that time separated the levels so getting the most out of the course training meant timing it appropriately to get in Level 1, Beginner, or Level 2, Intermediate.
Welcome Core Pilates NYC’s Pilates Mat Training Course
As a separate option from our Pilates Comprehensive Immersion Certification, we offered The Mat Training Course 3 times per year to help fill the void in the market. What differentiated our course from the rest was its inclusion of both beginner and intermediate levels as well as an optional apprenticeship which allowed students to have access to our studio the week in between the trainings to observe and take mat classes from the best of the best Pilates teachers in NYC! It’s a formula that has worked wonders for people’s time, budget and to get the MOST out of the learning how to teach Mat effectively. Our Mat Training Course graduates have flooded markets all over the world bringing the classical method of Mat classes and instruction.
What’s even better is that most of them were so happy with their new-found career in teaching Pilates Mat that they soon after chose to up the ante and enroll in the Comprehensive Teacher Training Course at Core to round out their expertise and dive head first into the world of teaching Pilates. They’ve never looked back and we are proud each day to get updates from our network of teacher training graduates who are doing everything from leading retreats in exotic places, to opening home studios, to continuing on working for us!
If you are interested in learning more about our Pilates Mat Training Course or any of our teacher training courses and certifications, please email [email protected] or visit us at our website.