Practice teaching hours can be fulfilled by instructing family, fellow students, friends or clients.
Note, there are no hours required for Injuries & Special Populations or Advanced Level courses.
Mat Pilates Teacher Training Course (IMP)
£1100 Course Fees
£175.00 Course Manual – Comprehensive Matwork
£27.50 Matwork & Reformer Support Materials Book
Required video training materials (online digital or DVD) must be purchased by the students. This provided by Merrithew Connect™ and is not included in the course fee. Please see Merrithew Connect for more details.
Exam Fee: £250. Exams must be scheduled within 6 months of the course completion.
Course Application Form
To reserve your place, please complete and return the course application form ASAP to education@corepilatesstudios.co.uk Once confirmed, please make the deposit payment immediately to secure your place. (scroll down to bottom for bank/payment details)
A non-refundable deposit payment is required:
£200.00 for the course +
£175.00 for Matwork Course Manual (if required) +
£27.50 for Matwork & Reformer Support Materials Book (if required)
Final payment is due by Monday 24 January 2022 latest
Payment options available (see below)
Kick start your Pilates career with STOTT PILATES® Intensive Matwork Plus
Level 3 Diploma – Worldwide Recognised Accreditation
Why Choose STOTT PILATES®
Because the STOTT PILATES education method is unparalleled in the industry for its thoroughness and quality. You’ll be taught by experienced Instructor Trainers who can mentor you on your education path. STOTT PILATES® training has often been called the “Ivy League” of Pilates education. It’s a reputation that we are proud of and a philosophy and method you can build a career on.
Worldwide accreditation.
Increase your marketability as a fitness professional or improve your life skills. The STOTT PILATES® Intensive Matwork Plus course will give you the tools you need to become the best instructor in the industry.
40 hours of instruction and supervised teaching conducted over 2 weeks from Monday to Thursday 10:00am-5:00pm face-to-face at Core Windsor
Our program includes the STOTT PILATES® Basic principles; effective communication and observation skills, verbal cueing and imagery for performance enhancement and client motivation; modifications for specific body types, postural issues and conditions; theory and practice of postural analysis; and exercise layering related to effective program design
The STOTT PILATES® Intensive Mat Plus (IMP) is an intensive Pilates course intended for those already working in the fields of fitness or movement.
About the course:
Learn to effectively design and lead the Level 1 Essential and Intermediate STOTT PILATES® Matwork repertoire, for personal or group training settings for a range of clients. Leave this Pilates teacher training course with a solid foundation and required skills to develop effective and motivating Pilates Matwork programs.
This course is perfect for experienced fitness instructors, personal trainers, sports therapists, physiotherapists and those with a strong dance background looking to enhance their skills and improve their employability. Get the skills required to design and teach essential and intermediate level Pilates matwork classes while integrating small equipment, which will allow you to teach a variety of clients, populations and settings.
This course could be the springboard to embarking in a Pilates instructor career and continuing on to the Pilates reformer.
Note: The course fee includes all printed course materials and exam fees. Students receive the course and support materials upon booking the course.
What you will learn
- The STOTT PILATES Basic Principles
- Essential, Intermediate and Power workouts
- Effective use of the reformer to enhance torso stability and strength, peripheral extremity conditioning, joint stability, flexibility, balance and coordination
- Effective communication and observational skills
- Verbal cueing and imagery for performance enhancement and client motivation
- Theory and practice of postural analysis
- 139 exercises plus modifications for specific body types, postural issues and conditions
- How to incorporate resistance equipment to support and intensify exercises
- Exercise layering related to effective program design
- Workout composition for personal and group training
- Requirements of certification
- Observation, practice teaching and physical review
- Observation and Physical review
- Practice teaching
- 40 hours of instruction and supervised teaching, during the course
- Minimum of 10 hours of observation
- Minimum of 40 hours of physical review
- Minimum of 25 hours of practice teaching
- Total: 125 hours
A minimum number of hours of observation, practice teaching and physical review are required for all courses and should be completed between instructed sessions at any STOTT PILATES facility. Additional training may be required before Pilates teacher training certification. Most importantly, practice teaching and physical review hours must be logged outside of class time. The practice logs must be submitted on your exam date (either written or practical exam). If the student fails to submit all the logs within 7 days from the last portion of the exam, the entire exam will be void.
Includes watching sessions taught by a STOTT PILATES Certified Instructor or relevant STOTT PILATES videos.
In other words, physically performing the exercises learned in class. Participating in a class with a STOTT PILATES Certified Instructor or working out with video can qualify as physical review hours, and can be completed individually or with other students.
Upcoming Course Dates 24 January – 3 February 2022
| DATE | START | BREAK | FINISH |
| 24 January | 11:00 | 1 Hour Break | 17:00 |
| 25 January | 11:00 | 1 Hour Break | 17:00 |
| 26 January | 11:00 | 1 Hour Break | 17:00 |
| 27 January | 11:00 | 1 Hour Break | 17:00 |
| 31 January | 11:00 | 1 Hour Break | 17:00 |
| 1 February | 11:00 | 1 Hour Break | 17:00 |
| 2 February | 11:00 | 1 Hour Break | 17:00 |
| 3 February | 11:00 | 1 Hour Break | 17:00 |
Who’s teaching the IMP teacher training course
As seen on Merrithew Connect, Saulo Ouverney is a Merrithew™ Lead Instructor Trainer. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Health and Physical Education.
As a teenager, Saulo was a gymnast and competed in sports aerobics for eight years. After graduating university he taught fitness classes and private strength training, bringing the mental training he used to have as an athlete to his clients.
In 2006 he was introduced to the Pilates Method and it became his passion. By 2007 he was running his own Pilates studio.
In 2009, he discovered STOTT PILATES®. He decided to leave his job and move to São Paulo to pursue it. In 2013 he became an IT and Merrithew™ Lead Instructor Trainer in 2017
Saulo had a great experience living for a year and a half in the Middle East teaching Pilates, GYROTONIC® and Total Barre®. In 2016, Saulo audited many STOTT PILATES® courses at the Corporate Training Center in Toronto.
Saulo is passionate about Merrithew™ programs, biomechanics and exercise physiology. As he continues along his chosen career path, he is always searching for the latest news and innovations to keep himself up-to-date on the latest in mindfulness and fitness.
How To Join The Course
Step 1:
Download the application form and return completed form to education@corepilatesstudios.co.uk
Step 2:
Create your profile and sign up online
Or call us on 02078541934
Fill out our Request a callback Form
Payment Options
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