How to price Pilates privates, duets, groups and mat classes
A worked guide to pricing Pilates privates, duets, small apparatus groups and mat classes, from rent and equipment to teacher pay, packs and intro offers.
Fitness Business
Running a studio, teacher training, pricing, classes and the business side of movement.
The craft of cueing, and how Pilates teachers find words that land
Anatomical cues, imagery and outcome cues, minimal versus wordy teaching, and a practical way for Pilates teachers to build cues that really change movement.
Big reformer classes and what one teacher can actually see
What one teacher can and cannot see in a reformer class of ten or twelve, where spring changes go wrong, and when a small group or private is the better buy.
What makes good Pilates apparatus, from springs to upholstery
What separates good Pilates apparatus from poor: frames, springs, straps, upholstery, wood versus aluminium, home-built machines and the safety checks to run.
Why the best Pilates teachers never stop being students
A Pilates certificate is where a teacher's education starts. Lessons, workshops, self-practice and reading keep good teachers improving for decades.
Why Pilates teachers join guilds, and what the Pilates Guild is for
Why Pilates teachers join guilds and associations, what the Pilates Guild does for one classical lineage, and how a teacher chooses the right group to join.
Weekend courses, untrained teachers and the cost to Pilates
Weekend Pilates courses versus comprehensive training: why thin training matters, what clients can ask a teacher, and how experienced teachers can help.
Training as a Pilates instructor at sixty or later
Training to teach Pilates at sixty or older: what the course asks of your body, what older teachers bring to older clients, and how to choose a course.
Ten practical ways to declutter your Pilates studio
A ten-point plan for clearing out a Pilates studio, from a props audit and smarter storage to cleaning routines, room flow and the digital mess behind it.
A second career teaching Pilates, started at forty
What retraining as a Pilates teacher at forty involves: the training routes, real costs in time and money, early income, and office skills that carry over.
How Pilates teachers progress clients from basic to advanced
How good Pilates teachers decide when a client is ready for the next exercise, from readiness signs to springs, tempo and transitions, and why slow works.