Pilates Teacher Training
We are thrilled that you are interested in continuing your Pilates education with us! Please see below for more information about the Pearl Pilates Studio certification program led by Jeanni Chrisman.
Your Trainer: Jeanni Chrisman
Jeanni has been teaching Pilates since 2000 and GYROTONIC® since 2008. She has spent her life exploring different movement systems and has always had a desire to learn and share her discoveries with others.
Jeanni opened her first studio in 2007 to provide a supportive environment offering high-quality instruction for every age, gender and fitness level. In 2006, she became a certified Teacher Trainer for the Pilates Method. She loves working with people that share her passion and want to become Pilates instructors, continuing the amazing work that Joseph Pilates started over 50 years ago.
She developed the Pearl Pilates Certification course to share her years of experience and devotion to the study of the Pilates system, and is excited to continue to develop the program to make it even more supportive for the next generation of new teachers.
Pearl Pilates Teacher Certification
Course Overview
Course Objective:
This Pilates teacher certification course will instruct you how to design, lead and modify Pilates sessions and classes for all skill levels. Certification is achieved through a mix of course work, apprenticeship and testing.
Course Structure:
Full Pilates certification courses are taught over the course of 6 weekends.
Weekend Intensive 1: Pre-training - Pre-training can be taken within the full certification, as a standalone course for prospective instructors, as continuing education for certified teachers or by studio clients looking to deepen their own personal practice.
Weekend Intensives 2-4: Mat and Reformer
Weekend Intensive 5: Cadillac
Weekend Intensive 6: Chair
Apprenticeship Contact Hours:
500 total apprenticeship hours over 2 years are required to become certified.
In addition to the 90 contact hours obtained during the full studio certification course, an additional 410 apprenticeship hours are required. Apprenticeship hours include a mix of observation, self-practice, practice teaching, assistant teaching and classes.
Certification Testing
Completion of the course is marked by passing two tests - an in studio “Test Out” and a written certification exam.
Once all required coursework, apprenticeship hours and testing is complete, you’ll be a certified Pilates instructor!
Learn More
Find more information about Pilates cerification here, or contact us directly with any questions!
Pre-training only: $800
Full studio certification: $6,000
Includes:
● Pre-training*
● All blocks: mat, reformer, cadillac, chair (total value of $7,800; 102 hours)
● 5 private sessions and or duos with Jeanni* - required; scheduled at certain points (total value of $500)
● Two years full access to studio to earn hours
*Pre-training fee ($800) is applied to full studio certification cost for those committing to full studio.
A Pilates Primer: The Millennium Edition (Return to Life & Your Health)
Anatomy of Movement (Blandine Calais-Germain)
Anatomy of Movement: Exercises (Blandine Calais-Germain)
A Busy Person’s Guide to Easier Movement (Frank Wildman)
Pearl Pilates Studio manual will provided the first day of full studio certification training (intensive weekend two)
All instructors (for assistant teaching, observation, & classes/privates) must have been certified for at least one year and approved by the educational director.
CEU’s for current apprentices, teachers, PT’s/OT’s as well as other disciplines may be available
For CECs, attendance is required and a certificate of attendance provided.
Apprenticeship period begins following the completion of Intensive Two. No previous Pilates sessions can be applied toward apprenticeship requirements.
“As an educator and professional development specialist, I understand the art and craft at skilled teaching when I see it. Not only is Jeanni an accomplished Pilates practitioner, she is a master teacher with a gift for making her teaching process visible to her apprentice teachers. When it came to choosing a Pilates teacher training program, I wanted a program that not only focused on proper Pilates technique, but that also coached its participants on best pedagogical practices. I found it with Jeanni and Pearl Pilates.”
- Ellie Gilbert
