BALANCED Body Education has launched a new professional education programme specifically designed to up-skill instructors already teaching in a fitness setting In a move to plug the growing gap between consumer demand for Group Reformer Pilates and qualified instructors.
“Our new programme teaches all the fundamental Pilates techniques, skills and progressions needed to deliver engaging and results-driven Group Reformer classes, while also encouraging a degree of instructor creativity, said Joy Puleo, director of education at Balanced Body®.
“Created with fitness professionals in mind, our aim was to develop an accessible and flexible education programme, without sacrificing the quality of movement, that would hold relevance to the instructor’s wider work with clients.
“Some Pilates education has a reputation of being long, expensive, rigid, and esoteric. We are breaking down those barriers whilst maintaining our exceptional education standards.”
The programme fully aligns to Balanced Body’s incumbent Pilates Reformer Instructor programme and delivers certification equivalent to the completion of Levels 1 and 2 of 3.
If instructors complete the new Group Reformer education and feel they want to extend their knowledge and learning, they can seamlessly join the Reformer Pilates Instructor Level 3 to explore more creativity and put their own stamp on signature moves.
The new Balanced Body Education offering was created in direct response to global market demand. As consumer interest in Pilates continues to rise, due largely to its exposure in the media and across social media channels as a favourite amongst high profile celebrities and athletes such as Harry Styles, Margot Robbie, Ronaldo Cristiano and Lebron James, the availability of ‘oven-ready’ qualified instructors has lagged.
Joy added: “The market is crying out for quality education that upskills existing club-based instructors to deliver Group Reformer Pilates classes, in a concise timeframe.
“Our new education programme is not a watered-down version of our incumbent Reformer Pilates Instructor Training. It is a specialised programme which delivers essential Pilates content to qualified instructors and allows instructors to begin teaching while learning.”