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Meeting, Managing, and Motivating Clients: A Whole Person Approach for Pilates Teachers

Meeting, Managing, and Motivating Clients: A Whole Person Approach for Pilates Teachers

Dec 14, 2025
 

In today’s fast-paced world, clients arrive in the studio carrying more than tight hip flexors and rounded shoulders. They bring stress, self-doubt, and sometimes fear. As instructors, our ability to recognize where a client is emotionally, mentally, and physically can make the difference between short-term attendance and lasting transformation. This workshop bridges the gap between movement and mindset, helping Pilates professionals understand the person behind the posture.

Pilates for Active Aging

Pilates for Active Aging

Teaching Pilates to seniors focused on active aging requires thoughtful adaptations and an understanding of their unique physical and mental needs. Pilates offers tremendous benefits such as improved flexibility, core strength, balance, pain management, and mental well-being, making it ideal for the senior population.

Yoga on the Chair

Yoga on the Chair

September is National Yoga Month, and we celebrate this complementary mind-body-spirit modality alongside our beloved Pilates practice. Rather than viewing these disciplines as separate entities, we embrace the philosophy of Pilates AND Yoga—two powerful movement systems that enhance and inform each other.

Shoulders: Strength, Stability and Standing Posture

Shoulders: Strength, Stability and Standing Posture

Shoulder dysfunction is increasingly common, often stemming from modern lifestyle habits such as prolonged sitting and excessive screen time. These patterns can lead to postural imbalances like rounded shoulders, forward head posture,and kyphosis, resulting in inefficient or dysfunctional shoulder movement—often without any pain. As instructors, it’s our responsibility to recognize these patterns and guide clients toward more functional movement.

Walk this Way

Walk this Way

Want to help your clients walk better, feel stronger, and move with ease? Walk This Way is a focused workshop that blends Pilates-based strength and mobility training to improve gait,...
Cherea Hatcher

Pilates for Every Body: Upholding the Legacy of Inclusion and Equity

By Cheréa “Ray” Hatcher, Peak Pilates ® Level 2 Graduate “Every person in the world should do Pilates,” said Joseph Pilates, the creator of the practice that bears his name....
Pilates for youth

Pilates For Youth

Pilates For Youth Virtual Workshop With Nancy Gwinnell Hurd Joseph Pilates has these words to say about Pilates for Children "First, educate the child. In childhood, habits are easily formed—good...