I have had a few new Pilates Instructors observing me in the studio recently and I wrote this little blog to help them in becoming an awesome Pilates instructor. Here are 22 secrets to doing just that! Eye contact. Look into your clients eyes. Understand their story. We are so rushed in our day. It …
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THE INS AND OUTS OF PRACTICAL SURFACES WOODEN FLOORS. One thing I am very grateful for is that I have wooden floors in my Pilates studio. This makes cleaning easy and if I need to move any of the Pilates furniture around it easily slides on the wood. CARPET. If I did have carpet, one …
How many classes per week should I be teaching? What times should I be working? Should I accept any teaching offer? Pay rates. If you are working full time teaching two or three classes per week is a nice start. When I first started teaching Pilates I was also working as a professional dancer and …
I have had a few people phone me up recently and ask about legal requirements for opening up a studio, becoming a pilates teacher, and also what opportunities are out there for Pilates Instructors after you have finished your training. In Australia you can open up a Pilates Studio and call yourself a Pilates Teacher …
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What is your policy for prenatal clients in your Pilates or fitness studio? If a prenatal client in week 20 wanted to start Pilates at your studio and had never done Pilates before, would you let her attend? I often hear that Pilates studios will not allow pregnant women new to the method start at …
“The body and the mind are one. When you identify with yourself as an athlete, and physical strength is your strength, and then you take a hit there (with an injury), you learn a lot about yourself and it can be really mentally debilitating. You can feel really worthless and lost, but it you can …
