In a move to plug the growing gap between consumer demand for Group Reformer Pilates and qualified instructors, Balanced Body Education has launched a new professional education program specifically designed to up-skill instructors already teaching in a fitness setting.
“Our new Group Reformer program teaches all the fundamental Pilates techniques, skills and progressions needed to deliver engaging and results-driven Group Reformer classes, whilst also encouraging a degree of instructor creativity,” explains Joy Puleo, Director of Education for Balanced Body®.
“Created with fitness professionals in mind, our aim was to develop an accessible and flexible education program, 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 program fully aligns to Balanced Body’s incumbent Pilates Reformer Instructor program 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 continues: “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 program is not a watered-down version of our incumbent Reformer Pilates Instructor Training.
It is a specialized program which delivers essential Pilates content to qualified instructors and allows instructors to begin teaching while learning.
In November, Balanced Body Education partnered with Ten Health & Fitness to deliver an international Educator training conference at the Ten Health & Fitness training centre in Notting Hill, London. 20 Balanced Body Educators from around the world attended to become proficient in delivering the new Group Reformer education including several UK-based Educators.
Joy adds: “Our team of global Balanced Body Educators are now ready to roll out our Group Reformer education program.
In the UK, the Group Reformer education program can be delivered at one of our partner venues or at a Balanced Body customer’s studio.
“Our goal as a company is for as many people as possible to experience the benefits of Pilates. Right now, accessibility is limited by a lack of qualified instructors.
With our new Group Reformer education offering, we are addressing this need and creating professional growth opportunities for fitness instructors and new business channels for operators.”
The Group Reformer program is available for booking now. For more information, contact program manager Christine Crooks at Christine.crooks@pilates.com .