Instructor Workshops & Education Series

Studio³ Mat & Reformer Skills Development Workshops for Instructors

Areas of Focus: Mat & Reformer
Ideal For: New & Established instructors
Dates: April 28, May 5, May 26, June 2
Time: 2pm - 5pm
Maximum # of Participants: 6
Cost: $400 for all 4 dates
$145 for individual dates
(HST not included)
To Register: Please register above or contact Samantha at info@studiopower3.ca

Why should I participate?
After completing their Pilates certification, the next step for new Pilates instructors is to establish their clientele. Oftentimes, figuring out how to program for diverse populations and ‘real’ clients can be a challenging and overwhelming experience.

These workshops are designed to provide instructors with the tools, guidance and support to program smartly and effectively so that they can build, and sustain, their clientele.

What are we doing?
The Studio³ Mat & Reformer Skills Development Workshops is an interactive program, where a large part of the content will be determined by the participants.

If you’re joining us, you’ll have the opportunity to submit the exercises, questions and client concerns that you’d like to review 2 weeks prior to each class and a selection of those will be integrated into the session.

By comprehensively breaking down a selection of exercises from all levels, you’ll gain a stronger understanding of how to create Pilates programs that are progressive, appropriate and structured in a way that makes sense for your client - regardless of their level.

And by engaging with other instructors in a guided format, you’ll be able to discuss and review client programming that can often be inspired by fresh content and different perspectives.

We believe that the tools needed to be great Pilates instructors are found in the questions asked - questions like:

A. What is the exercise objective?
B. How can we effectively cue and correct? What should we be looking for?
C. What are the common disconnects?
D. What are some supplementary programming options to make an exercise more accessible and/or challenging?

And we hope that by working to answer these questions, each participant will leave with a better understanding and more comprehensive knowledge of how to make use of the following teaching tools and approaches:

• Strong verbal skills (effective cueing, correcting and explaining of exercises)
• Tactile cues (appropriate hands on assistance)
• Visual tools (what to look for, where to look and how to integrate into teaching)
• Prep and Structure (planning, creating and layering your Pilates programs)

We want to encourage thoughtful, customized programming that is geared towards the individual client and their particular needs and to engage participants in a dialogue of the interrelationship between client retention and ongoing professional and self development.

So who do we have in mind?
Any and all Pilates instructors are welcome, but these workshops are designed for those who have recently completed (1-3 years) or are near to completing their certification program. Client teaching experience is recommended but not required.

For questions about format, individual date content and/or for more information, please email us at info@studiopower3.ca

Format: Online or In Person
Length Options:  3 hrs (mat), 4.5 hrs (equipment) or 6 hrs (mat & equipment)
Equipment: Mat based (Online or In Person), Equipment based (In Person)
Ideal For: Instructors in training, New instructors and Established instructors

This workshop will access some of the more challenging, advanced level Pilates exercises to introduce innovative programming and functional sequences for your clients. 

Our Advanced Programming Development workshop focuses on mat based exercises, equipment based or a combination of both.

This workshop will include:

• A comprehensive breakdown of select intermediate/advanced Pilates exercises
• An interactive discussion of targeted muscles and the key exercises to strengthen
• An understanding of using select exercises as building blocks
• The appropriate use of exercise modifications and variations.

Format: Online or In Person
Length Options:  3 hrs (mat), 4.5 hrs (equipment) or 6 hrs (mat & equipment)
Equipment: Mat based (Online or In Person), Equipment based (In Person)
Ideal For: Established instructors

It’s not uncommon for instructors to find that the traditional Pilates workout and approach can initially be too challenging or limiting for some client’s range of motion and/or movement accessibility. This workshop will address challenges in programming. 

By introducing indirect programming options in the form of spirals and rotations, we can re-introduce more traditional programming so that the exercises are more effective and efficient. 

In this workshop, participants will learn the benefits of adding rotations and spirals into their clients' workouts to improve their overall Pilates experience. 

This workshop will include: 

• Specific movement sequences that are accessible for clients
• Modified exercises for the experienced essential/basic intermediate client
• A breakdown of the differences between spirals and rotations 
• A dynamic discussion of the value of integrating spirals and rotations to improve clients’ Pilates workout
• An integrated workout of the learned exercise sequences and known Pilates exercises that moves participants through the benefits of indirect programming

Format: Online or In Person
Length Options: 3 hrs (mat), 4.5 hrs (equipment) or 6 hrs (mat & equipment)
Equipment: Mat based (Online or In Person), Equipment based (In Person)
Ideal For: Established instructors

Building from the Level 1 Spirals & Rotations workshop, Level 2 will teach longer and more complex movement sequences that can be included into an intermediate/advanced level Pilates workout.

In this workshop, participants will learn the sequences in a comprehensive detailed manner before being guided through an intermediate/advanced Pilates workout that integrates the learned.

This workshop will include:

• Longer, more complex movement sequences that can be included into an intermediate/advanced level Pilates workout
• An intermediate/advanced Pilates workout that integrates the Level 2 spirals and rotations sequences.
• As in Level 1, an exploration of indirect programming as sequences that move the client differently from the specific movement within the targeted Pilates exercise to achieve strength, awareness, mobility and efficiency.
• Learning different ways to mobilize, stabilize and create awareness in the body.

How is this different from Level 1? This Level 2 workshopped workout will expand on the rotation and spiral exercises in Level 1 to create full body sequences. The continued purpose is to:

• Provide clients with a challenging workout to improve their Pilates experience
• Move in different and simultaneous planes of motion
• Explore spatial and proprioception awareness.

The goal of these movements is to offer instructors a different approach to programming with the intent of assisting their clients to access some of the more challenging Pilates exercises.

Format: In Person
Length Options: 3 hours
Equipment: All equipment
Ideal For: Instructors in Training, New instructors

This workshop is about understanding the intent of the first 1-3 sessions with new clients so you can assess where their strengths and weaknesses lie.

Learn how to engage clients in these initial workouts so that their movement experience shows them both what they can do and what they have the potential to do in training with you.

We’ll focus on more the practical Pilates exercises that are key to add into the introductory sessions as well as how to integrate the foundational Pilates principles over a sequence of exercises as they pertain to that individual.

This workshop will include:

• Learning how and what to learn from your clients initial workouts in order to program effectively
• Discussion on how integrating the principles through exercises is a better tool for retention and awareness
• Discussion of the key factors of how adults learn so that they are engaged in their workouts, retain what you’ve introduced and continue to work with you.
• Exercises that can assess, adapt and address clients issues in order to build programming
• 2 programmed workouts that exemplify integration and progression.

Format: In Person
Length Options: Additional 3 hours
Equipment: Mat & Equipment based
Ideal For: Instructors in Training and New Instructors
Prerequisite: Initial Revisiting the Introductory Pilates sessions Workshop*

*This workshop is offered as an additional 3 hours workshop to the first Revisiting the Introductory Pilates sessions to make it a full day (6 hours) workshop

This adjacent workshop will include:

• Real client movement assessments
• Reviewing Par-Q, questionnaire
• Breakout groups for programming development
• Deeper dive into working with new clients and how to retain them successfully with the 40/60 rule

Format: Online (lecture/discussion style workshop)
Length Options: 3 hours
Equipment: Mat based & small equipment
Ideal For: New and Established Instructors

Offered as a standalone or complementary lecture discussion to any Studio3 workshop, this workshop discusses in greater detail how to teach adults movement.

We’ll touch on different teaching approaches that take into account what motivates adults to learn something new and maintain a regular practice.

Participants will engage in a discussion that is structured around how to program effectively so that improved self awareness and cognitive skills parallel the overall physical progression of every workout.

This workshop will discuss:

• The importance of learning better self awareness within the context of movement
• The instructors role and limitation in assisting clients with greater self-awareness
• The components of an andragogical (adult) teaching approach and how they can be integrated into teaching Pilates more effectively
• Examples of a dynamic adaptive model of teaching Pilates exercises that includes a regression/progression approach to programming
• Differences between ‘high level awareness’ and ‘granular’ programming as tools to assess a client’s coordination level and proprioceptive awareness
• Strategies to program for clients based on awareness/proprioceptive assessments

Format: Online (lecture/discussion style workshop)
Length Options: 4 hrs
Ideal For: Instructors in Training, New Instructors & Established instructors

As you complete your Pilates certification, knowing what to do next is imperative in successfully establishing your Pilates business and career.

Whether your dream is to own a bricks and mortar studio or have the freedom as an independent contractor, learning how to clearly define your goals and understanding the key steps to achieving them translates into a confidence and focus that will draw clients and studio owners alike.

Taught by Studio³ owner Carla Ricalis, this workshop will provide participants with a comprehensive checklist of some of the key elements that need to be in place in order to move seamlessly from their certification to the start of a successful and rewarding Pilates career.

This workshop will discuss:

• Business models: clearly define what your career looks like to you
• Startup capital and initial costs: what’s optional, what’s not
• Setting up your business: what comes first and why
• Insurance: what, where, why and how much
• Sole proprietor vs incorporation: what makes sense for you
• Accounting & Bookkeeping: getting you started
• Getting hired and approaching studios: how to prepare and what to ask
• How to market yourself: when and where