Pilates Teacher Training
Directed by Kelly Kane and Matt McCulloch, the Kane School Pilates certification is a rigorous training program combining the classic principles of Pilates with a modern, clinical perspective on the body. The program crafts advanced teachers with x-ray vision—teachers with solid knowledge of anatomy, biomechanics and injuries as well as the skills to perceive and improve them.
Graduates work in a variety of settings across the fitness, wellness, and medical worlds. The full training includes Foundation Training (Core Muscle Anatomy), Comprehensive Mat, and Basic Training equipment certifications.
3 Steps To Completing Your Teacher Training
Step 1. Foundation Training
Core Muscle Anatomy
Lay the groundwork for learning the Pilates discipline with a comprehensive anatomy foundation. All Pilates certification students must complete Core Muscle Anatomy, or test out with a passing grade on the Kane School Anatomy entrance exam.
Step 2. Comprehensive Mat
Pilates Mat Certification
Get to know the Kane School Core Principles and how they apply to the Pilates method. This in-depth course shapes advanced instructors with a mastery of Pilates mat exercises as well as the knowledge to address biomechanics and postural issues in private and group settings. Includes lecture, self-study and assistant-teaching hours.
In this mat certification program, students master classical Pilates repertory while studying the application of Kane School Core Principles to each exercise. In addition, students build practical application skills with the study of palpation techniques, exercise progressions and modifications, and programming strategies for private sessions and group class.
Step 3. Apparatus Training
Pilates Equipment Certification
Gain a comprehensive Pilates equipment education. Learn choreography on the Pilates apparatus – reformer, chair, cadillac, and barrels – and how to apply Core Principles to equipment sessions. Interwoven through the training is the story of the moving body—its anatomy and biomechanics as well as its common postural problems and injuries or private sessions and group class.
Basic Training: Phase I
The first phase of the Kane School equipment training focuses on mastery of classic choreography on all apparatus: Reformer, Cadillac, Wunda Chair, High Barrel and Spine Corrector. Students begin with basic and progress to intermediate and advanced levels, observing and practicing each exercise. Throughout each choreography level, students cultivate broader skill sets by learning exercise modifications and progressions, palpation techniques, and the art of cueing clients.
Basic Training: Phase 2
With choreography solidified in Phase I, the second phase of the Kane School equipment training delves deeper into programming for injuries and specific populations. Each weekend of this phase hones in on either a specific body region or a special population:
Weekend 1
- Teaching & Touch Primer
- The Healthy Client
- Lumbopelvic Region
Weekend 2
- Head, Neck & Ribs
- Shoulder
- Elbow, Wrist, & Hand
Weekend 3
- Hip
- Knee
Weekend 4
- Ankle & Foot
- Clients Over 60
Each weekend module includes:
Anatomy review and biomechanics
Palpation techniques
Hands-on and equipment assessments of the client
Hands-on and equipment-based releases
Pathologies, treatment, and surgeries
2026 Pricing & Dates @ sound MOVEMENT
Core Muscle Anatomy
$575
(includes CMA manual & Trail Guide to the Body)
Dates
Saturdays & Sundays
11am – 5pm
January 24th & 25th, 2026
January 31st & February 1st, 2026
&
November 7th & 8th, 2026
November 14th & 15th, 2026
Pilates Mat Certification
$1,500
(includes 2 workshop lecture weekends, all observation and practice hours, student card for required mat classes and private sessions, Comprehensive Mat manual, e-workbook)
Dates
Saturdays & Sundays
11am – 5pm
February 7th & 8th, 2026
February 28th & March 1st, 2026
&
December 2026 dates coming soon
Apparatus Training, Phases I and II
$6,815
(includes 7 workshop lecture weekends, all observation and practice hours, class card for required apparatus classes and private sessions,Phase I & II manuals, e-workbook)
Dates
Saturdays & Sundays
11am – 5pm
January 2027 dates coming soon
For more information, please visit kinectededu.com