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Why More Pilates Sequences Aren’t Enough
Want to listen instead of read? Click to hear this post on YouTube. If you’re a Pilates teacher, chances are you’ve saved more than a few Pilates sequences over the years. Maybe you have screenshots on your phone. Notes from workshops. Videos from social media. Ideas scribbled in a notebook. A folder full of “I should use this someday” inspiration. And truly, I get it. A good sequence…
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Finding Your Own Voice as a Pilates Teacher
Borrow the Wisdom. Then, Make It Your Own. Lately, as a personal practice, I’ve been spending some time with heart-brain coherence meditations. It’s still a newer practice for me, and I wouldn’t say I’m “good” at it yet, but something about it has been helping me come back to myself in a deeper way. Not in a loud or dramatic way. More like remembering something I already knew, but had…
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Be a Leader – Be YOU
What expectations do you put on yourself as a teacher? Discussing expectations of what it means to be a Pilates teacher is not a common topic in the Pilates industry. Nor is it discussed what it means to be a leader. While it’s common to learn about anatomy, alignment, and special conditions, we rarely seek out what it means to be an educator. Yep, as a Pilates…
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Pilates Rotational Exercise for Mat
Call it restorative, call it a movement or an exercise, call it whatever you’d like. This Pilates rotational exercise on the mat is a winner! Clients love it so much after they do it once, they request it again and again and even ask for tips on how to do it at home. And the exercise is…. (drumroll, please…) Telescope Arms! Getting the most out…
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First Reformer Exercise to Teach
The very first Reformer exercise every Pilates instructor should teach brand new clients is how to get on and off the carriage for Footwork, or any supine exercise really. But first, let me ask you this, did anyone ever teach YOU how to get on and off the Reformer? If not, no problem. I’ve got you covered in the video below. And if this was not part of…

