Start your journey as a professional Pilates teacher with our Classical Comprehensive Certification.
600 hours
Teachers who have already completed a Comprehensive program can bridge to Classical Certification.
450 hours
For dedicated students and teachers to deepen their knowledge and application of the Classical system.
180 hours
Our Classical Pilates Comprehensive Teacher Training Program is a minimum of ten months and requires in person study including ten monthly weekend seminars and 30 one-hour weekly practicums. Toward the end of the first semester, candidates will be required to practice teach lesson during weekend seminar. These practice sessions will count toward the required teaching hours. Students should expect to dedicate a minimum of 10 – 15 hours per week towards their homework, self-practice, observation and mentorship requirements.
Passing a Beginner/Intermediate (Level II) Performance Review on Reformer and Mat
Application and Program Evaluation Fees: $100
$5000-$5400 + required lessons
Books and manuals: $300 estimate
Lectures and Practicums: 120 hours**
Required weekly classes with Qualified Teacher Trainer: 60 hours*
Practice Teaching: 135 hours***
Self-Practice: 75 hours****
Observation of a qualified teacher: 100 hours (80 live or live/virtual)*****
Observation of student teaching by teacher trainer: 20 hours
Assisted teaching with teacher trainer: 20 hours
Homework: 50 hours
Written and Practical Exams: 12 hours
Mentorship Requirements: 8 hours
Weeknd seminars (150 hours) and weekly practicums (30 hours) cover History of Pilates, Anatomy, Special Populations, Teaching/Cueing, Reformer, Mat, Wunda Chair, Arm Chair Barrels, Cadillac/Tower, Magic Circle, Ped-O-Pull, and ancillary apparatus. The course content prepares you for the PMA certification process.
Candidates are required to complete 60 personal lessons with the teacher trainer, not included with tuition. All teacher candidates receive 20% off of classes, passes and memberships at Ridgway Pilates.
Weekend seminars will include practice teaching up to 10 hours. Student teachers may have the opportunity to teach weekday community classes at Ridgway Pilates that also count toward the live teaching requirement. Teacher candidates are paid at an hourly apprentice rate for publicly offered Community Classes, but not for weekend seminar teaching or self-organized practice teaching. Candidates will need to schedule some their own unpaid practice teaching hours, dependent on how many community classes you teach per week and have use of the studio to complete those hours.
Teacher candidates may use the Ridgway Pilates studio “Old School Workout” hours for self-practice and student teaching at no addition cost. Times and days TBD.
Observational hours must be completed with fully qualified teachers, authorized by the program. All hours will be tracked using the program’s observation forms. Some hours may by completed by observing Classical teachers at Pilatesology. A different form will be used for video observations.
Nov 16-17
Dec 14-15
Jan 18-19
Notes:
Dec 21-Jan 5: Studio closed
Jan 1: studio closed practicum that week TBD
Jan 18: begin practice teaching
Feb 22-23
March 22-23
Notes:
March 17-21: Studio Closed
April 12-13
May 17-18
June 7-8
July 19-20
Notes:
Written and practical final evaluations are administered in August 2025
Once hour practice session.
One hour practice sessions.
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To develop a new teaching style
To grow a new teaching vocabulary
To advance your vocal cueing, alignment and learn new hands on techniques.
To connect to the lineage of Joseph Pilates through the teachings of Romana Kryzanowska, Jay Grimes and Kathy Grant.
Our program blends academic study with your real life teaching, integrating your existing clients with the acquisition of a brand new skillset. We teach you the "why" of each move. We will support you each week with your clients so that you transform your own practice as well as theirs. We develop your program design skills from the ground up. You'll learn the original system as Joseph Pilates handed it down. You'll become part of a distinct lineage of teachers who were trained under Romana Kryzanowska, Jay Grimes and Kathy Grant as you work with and through our comprehensive program that aims to fill in the blanks with all that you missed the first time you trained. Your clients will be with you every step of the way. We provide you content built solely for working instructors so that you can fully integrate your new education with your existing work.
RPTT Bridge candidates have passed and completed a minimum 450 hour comprehensive program covering all apparatus in a comparable Pilates teacher training program.
$4200-$4500 plus lessons
Seminars and Practicums: 180 hours
Required weekly classes with Qualified Teacher Trainer: 60 hours
Practice Teaching: 85 hours
Self-Practice: 75 hours
Homework: 50 hours
Mentorship meetings: 30 hours
Case Study: 10 hours
Observed teaching: 10 hours
Weekend seminars (175hours) and weekly practicums (30 hours) cover History of Pilates, Anatomy, Special Populations, Teaching/Cueing, Reformer, Mat, Wunda Chair, Arm Chair Barrels, Cadillac/Tower, Magic Circle, Ped-O-Pull, and ancillary apparatus. The course content prepares you for the PMA certification process.
Candidates are required to complete 60 personal lessons with the teacher trainer, not included with tuition. All teacher candidates receive 20% off of classes, passes and memberships at Ridgway Pilates.
Teacher candidates may use the Ridgway Pilates studio during regular business hours for self-practice and student teaching at no addition cost. Times and days TBD.
Weekend seminars will include practice teaching up to 20 hours. Student teachers may have the opportunity to teach weekday classes at Ridgway Pilates at the comprehensively certified teacher rate. Those hours also count toward the live teaching requirement. Candidates can count their own client teaching hours toward practice teaching hours.
Mentorship appointments are designed to support you through a wide range of topics including personal practice, pedagogy, student programming, problem solving, studio business, and identifying professional development pathways. These sessions are completely tailored to your needs.
This training program is designed for serious students who want to deeply learn the Pilates system to get the most out of their practice. The complete program takes nine months to complete and requires in person study including nine 16-hour weekend seminars and 30 one-hour weekly practicums. Learning modules are broken into four semesters. You will be attending seminars and practicums with teacher candidates.
$950-$1100 per semester + estimated $300 in books and manuals
9 Weekend Seminars: 8 hours each Saturdays and Sundays
Weekly Practicum: one hour each
Free Participation in Saturday Teacher Apprentice classes January 2025-July 2025
Dec 14-15
Jan 18-19
Notes:
Dec 23-27 & Jan 1: Studio closed
Jan 1 practicum will be rescheduled to a mutually agreeable date.
Feb 22-23
March 22-23
Notes:
March 17-21: Studio Closed
April 12-13
May 17, 24
June 7-8
July 19-20
August 9-10
One hour sessions
One hour sessions on Wednesdays.
We can make this work for your schedule. Let’s chat!