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Instructor Training / Comprehensive Studio Pathway

Comprehensive Studio Pilates Instructor Course

Master the studio. Personalise the practice.

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  • Course cost

    $8,800

  • Face-to-face

    135 hours

  • Prerequisite

    25 apparatus hrs

  • Starts

    Fri 23 Oct 2026

Teach across the full studio.

Develop a comprehensive understanding of the Pilates system and learn to teach across the full studio environment — Mat, Reformer, Trapeze, Wunda Chair and Barrels — on a variety of bodies and conditions.

Our Comprehensive Studio Pilates Instructor Training combines online learning with face-to-face practical training right here in Wagga Wagga, where you'll learn in a real Pilates studio, practise on real bodies and be supported by experienced Pilates educator and mentor Kara Norris.

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Face-to-face in Wagga Wagga

Learn in a real studio. With real people.

There's a difference between knowing the repertoire and knowing how to apply it.

Develop the skills to teach engaging group classes, work closely with clients in semi-private sessions and design personalised Pilates programs around individual goals, needs and movement.

Learn how to select and adapt repertoire across the studio to create purposeful sessions for the person in front of you.

More than training — true education.

Course structure · 10 modules

What you'll learn

Online modules are self-paced and must be completed before the corresponding face-to-face days.

MODULE 01

Fundamentals

Online lessons

  • History of Pilates
  • Skeletal System
  • Muscular System
  • Muscle + Joint details
  • Terminology (positional, movement + directional)
  • Planes, Axis + Wheels of movement
  • The "Core"
  • Introduction to cueing

Face-to-face lessons

  • Fundamentals repertoire (12 hours)

MODULE 02

Mat Essentials

Online lessons

  • Muscle details + classification
  • Muscular slings
  • Power of touch
  • Safety in the studio
  • Programming Essentials
  • Small apparatus
  • Special populations: mature clients + general conditions

Face-to-face lessons

  • Mat Essentials repertoire (8 hours)
  • Application of small apparatus, programming + special populations (Zoom session)

MODULE 03

Mat Progressions

Online lessons

  • Knowing your WHY
  • Thinking (cueing) outside the box
  • Programming progressions
  • Small apparatus progressions
  • Special populations: osteoporosis + low back pain

Face-to-face lessons

  • Mat Progressions repertoire (8 hours)
  • Application of small apparatus, programming + special populations (Zoom session)

MODULE 04

Mat Challenges

Online lessons

  • Fascia
  • Principles of overload
  • Creating community
  • Programming Challenges
  • Special populations: prenatal training, postnatal training, training during your cycle, menopause

Face-to-face lessons

  • Mat Challenges repertoire (8 hours)
  • Application of programming + special populations (Zoom session)

MODULE 05

Reformer Essentials

Online lessons

  • Muscle details + classification
  • Muscular slings
  • Power of touch
  • Reformer safety + set up
  • Programming Essentials
  • Small apparatus
  • Special populations: mature clients + general conditions

Face-to-face lessons

  • Reformer Essentials repertoire (16 hours)
  • Application of small apparatus, programming + special populations

MODULE 06

Reformer Progressions

Online lessons

  • Knowing your WHY
  • Thinking (cueing) outside the box
  • Programming progressions
  • Small apparatus progressions
  • Special populations: osteoporosis + low back pain

Face-to-face lessons

  • Reformer Progressions repertoire (16 hours)
  • Application of small apparatus, programming + special populations

MODULE 07

Reformer Challenges

Online lessons

  • Fascia
  • Principles of overload
  • Creating community
  • Programming Challenges
  • Special populations: prenatal training, postnatal training, training during your cycle, menopause

Face-to-face lessons

  • Reformer Challenges repertoire (8 hours)
  • Application of programming + special populations

MODULE 08

Wunda Chair

Online lessons

  • Shoulder anatomy
  • Upper limb injuries + guidelines
  • Wunda Chair safety
  • Initial consultations
  • Semi-private + group programming

Face-to-face lessons

  • Wunda Chair Essentials repertoire (16 hours)
  • Wunda Chair Progressions repertoire
  • Wunda Chair Challenges repertoire
  • Initial consultation + semi-private programming

MODULE 09

Trapeze Table

Online lessons

  • Client assessment
  • Safety on the Trapeze Table
  • Hip + knee anatomy
  • Lower limb injuries + guidelines
  • Teaching Tower classes

Face-to-face lessons

  • Trapeze Table Essentials repertoire (18 hours)
  • Trapeze Table Progressions repertoire
  • Trapeze Table Challenges repertoire
  • Initial consultation + semi-private programming

MODULE 10

Barrels

Online lessons

  • Spine anatomy
  • Spinal injuries + guidelines

Face-to-face lessons

  • Spine Corrector / Step Barrel repertoire (8 hours)
  • Ladder Barrel repertoire
  • Initial consultation + semi-private programming
  • Final studio sign-off + assessment

Final step

Final studio sign-off + assessment

Complete all ten modules, then bring it all together in your final studio sign-off and assessment — ready to teach across the full studio.

Before you start

Prerequisite25 hours of studio apparatus

Course requirements

  • 35Observation hours
  • 60Self mastery hours
  • 80Assisted teaching hours
  • 135Face-to-face hours
  • ✓Self-paced online modules — completed before the corresponding face-to-face days
  • ✓Final studio exam

Comprehensive Studio Pilates Instructor Course

$8,800

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Cost includes

  • Fundamentals — online + face-to-face content
  • Mat + Reformer Essentials — online + face-to-face content
  • Mat + Reformer Progressions — online + face-to-face content
  • Mat + Reformer Challenges — online + face-to-face content
  • Barrels, Trapeze + Wunda Chair — online + face-to-face content
  • 10 × hard copy manuals
  • 6 × progress sign-off sessions
  • Final exam
Kara Norris, Pilates Education Australia faculty member and owner of Naturally Norris Pilates

Face-to-face training and mentoring is delivered locally by Kara Norris, Pilates Education Australia faculty member, right here in Wagga Wagga.

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