Pilates Certification in the Bay Area
Qualified Pilates professionals are in demand!
There is no way to get proper Pilates certification from one weekend course. If you are driven to help people understand the benefits of Pilates and how it improves everyday life for everyone. If you want to help people rehabilitate from injury. Or be able to teach clients about the bio-mechanics of movement and the benefits of Pilates…You need more comprehensive training.
The Pilates industry is becoming a truly booming business. There are opportunities abound for qualified instructors. Whether you want to work in a Pilates studio, a fitness club, or a therapeutic clinic, for instance. You need to get certified from a reputable Pilates training institution.
First, Ask Yourself…
If you are eager to pursue a career teaching Pilates, first consider these questions.
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Are you more interested in leading group classes or conducting one-on-one private Pilates training sessions? Or do you hope to do both?
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Do you want to teach Pilates mat work? Or the equipment-based repertoire of exercises? Or will you teach a combination of the two?
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Do I enjoy speaking in front of large groups? (you will essentially be on stage!)
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Am I self-motivated?
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Am I okay trading job stability for job flexibility?
In group classes, Pilates instructors adhere to a predetermined sequence of exercises. This ensures that participants receive a balanced, whole-body workout. In private sessions, the workouts must be customized to meet the client's individual goals and needs. Pilates teachers usually offer a combination of group classes and private sessions. This allows you more work opportunities. It is also a good career move, as many facilities require Pilates staff to be trained in both options, to accommodate demand.
Why Teacher Training?
Teacher training prepares you for the a rewarding career that is full of exciting prospects and challenges. They will make you better at what you do which in turn implies that you will be able to better assist your clients. Soulful Pilates training program will make you more knowledgeable in the field and deepen your practice of Pilates. The training program has a flexible schedule with weekend classes for those who work during the week. You will train in a friendly learning environment, with easy to follow modules. These help enable you to grasp the concept of Pilates as well as all the moves in relatively quick time. Teacher training is also a must for anyone aspiring to advanced Pilates training techniques.
Soulful Pilates and the PSC Program
Soulful Pilates is a San Francisco PSC Training Center. We offer a Comprehensive Pilates Teacher Training for aspiring instructors. Master Teacher Véronique Dumont offers Pilates Sports Center Teacher Training Program.
The PSC program is Internationally recognized program with a Cutting Edge Approach to Pilates Teacher Training. PSC teaches a contemporary approach to the method developed by Joseph Pilates in the 1920s. One that preserves the essence of the original technique but incorporates today’s knowledge and principals.
Small class sizes and high contact hours with review and anatomy provided. Students will learn the Classical and Progressive approach to Pilates all in one program. Using a beautiful, organized photographic manual. Our instructors are successful. Often sought after and return to us for continued workshops year after year.
Soulful Pilates education respectfully and comprehensively presents the works of Joseph H. Pilates. Our innovative Soulful Pilates approach teaches the repertoire as well as movement principles. Also, the practical day to day instructional applications of each of the exercises. At Soulful Pilates, we encourage you to explore and create your own voice and style as a practitioner as we believe this approach respects the past and innovates the future.
This all-inclusive 450+ hour course includes:
- Pilates Mat
- Reformer
- Cadillac/Trapeze Table
- Wunda Chair
- Philosophy of Pilates
- Assessment and alignment protocol
- Anatomy
- Equipment safety course
- Programming for any level of client proficiency
Upon completion of your Pilates Teacher Training program. You will be prepared to take the PMA Pilates Certification™ exam if you desire.
Full 16 Week Course: $4,900.00 minus $500 deposit
OR Modular Courses:
- Start Up Program / Fundamentals – $300
- Pilates Mat – $1000 (Deposit of $100)
- Reformer – $2000 (Deposit of $100)
- Cadillac – $1000 (Deposit of $100)
- Chair – $1000 (Deposit of $100)
More information here:
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Download the PDF application here.
Meet The Master
Véronique Dumont-Thoma
(Studio Founder / Master Trainer)
Véronique focuses on helping students build strength. As well as gain freedom of movement through improved flexibility and balance. All while keeping classes dynamic and challenging. She has enhanced her training by learning from renown bodywork experts like Eric Franklin. Véronique expanded her knowledge through an intensive Pre and Post-Natal pilates training program with Stephanie Forster.
By 2012, she became a certified CoreAlign instructor in all three levels. Véronique integrates this natural movement system into her private pilates instruction. She completed the Pilates Sport Center Barre training in 2012. She most recently became a Master Teacher Trainer from the PSC's Pilates Master Teacher Training Program. Véronique is excited to offer a wide range of Pilates-based training programs to clients and aspiring Pilates instructors.
Soulful Pilates: A Beautiful Location
Soulful Pilates is a fully-equipped Pilates studio in the upper Haight-Ashbury / Cole Valley neighborhoods. Close to the Inner Sunset and Panhandle. Offering private, semi-private and small group classes Soulful Pilates is perfect if you live around Oakland or San Fransisco.
It is conveniently located in a tree-lined residential community on the corner of Waller and Clayton Streets. Just one block from Haight Street and two blocks from Cole Valley's eclectic mix of boutiques, cafes and restaurants. There is street parking nearby and public transportation within a short walk of the studio. Soulful Pilates is also equipped with Balanced Body certified equipment.
Stop sitting behind a desk from 9 to 5. Stop feeling like you are getting the most out of your career. Make a change! Turn a hobby into a lifestyle and a career! Empower yourself and others through the teaching of Pilates and make a difference now!
