YMCA Level 3 Diploma in Instructing Pilates Studio Reformer

 

Pilates Qualification

Just which pilates qualification to pick, can be a daunting prospect. When I first started out – trying to find a Pilates teacher training school was a nightmare.  There were loads of schools out there ranging from being really cheap to really expensive. Some were a few hours and some were over a few years…others (South Devon College etc) expected you to have other fitness qualifications before even starting the level 3 course! Others offered a bewildering number of gym, yoga, PIYO, HIT, aerobic fitness qualifications add ons! How on earth are you supposed to know what qualification it is that you need???

No 1.    What Pilates Qualification do I need?

The most sought after Pilates certified qualification that most gyms / fitness centres will ask for is a LEVEL 3 DIPLOMA IN TEACHING PILATES.  In particular the YMCA qualification. Saying that I know some of the more expensive (very)  training schools might not offer that exact qualification, however they do carry the name behind them, like Stott Pilates.   But it really depends on where you want to work and whether or not you’ll have to get a certain type of qualification. The above qualification is probably the safest route to go down. 

Just ensure it is a Pilate ‘certification’ at the conclusion of your teacher training. You wouldn’t want to go through all that expense to get a worthless pice of paper that wasn’t worth the paper it was printed on!.

So now that you know WHAT qualification you need….

YMCA Level 3 Diploma in Instructing Pilates Studio Reformer

No 2.  How much should I expect to Pay for a Pilates Instructor certification?

Again they range from £1000 right up to the top end, which I’m not sure about, but I do believe they are in the thousands. My advice is to go for the best that YOU can afford even if it’s a little bit of a stretch.  If you go for the cheapest you’re not necessarily going to get the best deal for your money. The more skin you have in the game – in other words – the more you have paid to do something the more effort you will put into doing it. Until you know you’re going to fall madly in love with teaching Pilates and doing it for the rest of your life – invest the best you can now, without needing to rob a bank and then spend a year or two becoming more experienced AND then look to converting your qualification. Many of the more expensive training providers (like Body Control) do offer conversion courses and this way you’ll know for sure that it will be worth the investment.

No 3.   How many Practical Days do I get?

The third thing is how many practical days do you get?  I’ve seen some 6 practical day courses and then again for those that are doing the longer courses you’ll have a lot more practical hours. The Level 3 Diploma wants you to be able to teach the Classical Routine.  The Classical (vs the Contemporary) which are the original 34 exercises that Joseph Pilates came up with and they’re taught in a set order.  Baring in mind he was teaching gymnasts and ballet dancers so they are quite advanced movements. And I assure you the average Jo Bloggs or Mrs Miggins that comes in off the street with a hip replacement and arthritis are not going to be able to do them. (We know this because we actually run our own Pilates studio.- Elite Pilates Services) So how will YOU know how to create safe and effective lesson plans if all you have in your tool box are the 34 exercises (albeit with a few modifications)? 

 

There are some courses that offer ONLY the Classical and there are some courses that offer some extra exercises. We have actually created another workbook with over 35 BONUS exercises so that you have more to work from, thus ensuring you can be safe with the people that come through your door and they’ll come back because you’re not expecting them to fling their legs over their head on their first visit to you (unless they really want to of course!).   So with us you get the 34 exercises + an extra 35 exercises.   We certainly aren’t happy with any of our trainee teachers walking away with just the 34 Original Exercises, hence we created an extra manual, which has been approved by YMCA. You will be more than able to confidently instruct group fitness classes.

NO 4.  LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION

So you’ll have the cost of your course AND travel expenses to look at, especially if you’re planning on travelling.  I did my training in Southampton, which meant I had to travel up there and pay for accommodation every time I went.  Not only the accommodation but don’t forget you have to eat while you’re there too! So not only was it the financial cost of the course and the financial cost of accommodation and food, which could quite easily add another £500 on top of the course fee,  but it’s a cost from a point of TIME, which is something you’ll NEVER get back.  It was a 3 hour car journey there and a 3 hour journey back, if I was lucky!

No 5.   Learn From Someone that Does What You Want to Do

Is the place where you’re going to do your learning actually doing what you want to do and do they specialise in teaching PILATES and not every other gym qualification on the market?  In other words ……  If you were going to learn how to drive a Ferrari (oooh I’d love too!) – would you go to a specialist driving school or a place that showed you how to drive cars and tractors?  Bearing in mind how much a Ferrari costs… I know which one I’d go for! Has the training provider you’re looking at got first hand experience working in the industry, running their own studio and facing all the challenges good and bad, that comes with it, so that they can TEACH YOU…. ….not just about Pilates, but the challenges you’ll have in terms of medical restrictions when dealing with clients and also about running a business too.  Learn from someone who has done it themselves and made all the mistakes.  This will save YOU money, time and energy and something I wish I had thought about when I started! (yes I had 6000 flyers printed, which are still sat in my garage! LOL) There are a few schools out there that also run their own studios.  They are the ones you should be looking at.

NO 6.  What / Who or is  or was – REPS  

AKA Register of Exercise Professionals and they are recognised WORLD WIDE! Those on this list have gone through an approval process and have been certified as meeting the national standard expected of training providers and they regularly undergo quality assurance checks. You can find us on the REPS register and you will also receive 20 points when you complete your qualification with us.

No 7.  TRUST IN YOURSELF

This is one thing I live by.   There are times when I need to make a decision and I’m sitting on the fence. There’s usually only one thing left to do and that’s to go within and see how I really FEEL about it. YOUR OWN GUT FEELING will lead you in the right direction.  TRUST IT. I remember Oprah Winfrey once said on TV “don’t ever ignore your gut.  Your instinct will save your life”.

YMCA Level 3 Diploma in Instructing Pilates Studio Reformer

And whilst choosing a Pilates Training provider is not a life or death situation, if you are like me, you want to make sure you get the best for your money and you want to make sure that you’ll enjoy it and be fully supported all the way.   Your gut will already tell you which schools don’t fit for you and which ones do.  We may or may not be a fit for you, but hopefully the information in this post will give you some guidance about how to find the right school for you.

I do hope that you have have an amazing journey with Pilates (and teaching Pilates) and enjoy the satisfaction of helping people that it brings.   Not to mention that we get to do what we love as a “JOB” and create a business around a life that we love.

 

Lots of love from Newton Abbot 

Tanja x

Read my other Blog Post How Do I Become a Pilates Teacher

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We are based in  Kingsteignton Newton Abbot close by to Torquay in South Devon. We have Teacher Training students from mainly the South West of England but from further afield such as London, Birmingham, and Llandrindod Wells Mid Wales. 

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Oh how our mind likes to play tricks with us and offer unsolicited advice! 🤯

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You have this thought about becoming a Pilates or Yoga teacher, but then…..

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You get these thoughts

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❌ ​ I’m too old

❌ ​ I’m too young

❌ I’m too overweight

❌ ​ I can’t do all the exercises

❌ ​ I don’t have enough time

❌ ​ I don’t have enough money

❌ ​ I’m not flexible enough

❌ ​ I don’t have enough experience

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And I’m sure we could probably think of about 100 more things to add to the list……🙈

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If you’ve followed me for a while you know I love the analogy of Usain Bolt. 🏃‍♀️

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The fastest man on earth.

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Well if we were to believe in what we were thinking…

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He would actually be the second fastest man on earth and his COACH would be the first.

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Get what I’m saying ❓

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Do you even know what his coach’s name is?! ​𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕

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BUT do you think he did a pretty good job at training Usain? ​ HELL YEAH!

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So when it comes to deciding whether or not you want to do your teacher training based on your flexibility (or lack thereof),

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𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑒. ​

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During our Level 3 Pilates & Yoga Practitioner courses we take you through a variety of teaching skills training where you are purposely not allowed to demonstrate exercises so that you actually learn how to teach through verbal instruction.

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What happens if you break a leg or have a cold and you can’t demonstrate. ​ 𝐀 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬. ​ They teach by watching and facilitating.

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Not being able to do some of the exercises or not being able to touch your toes often crops up when I speak to people about doing their Pilates or Yoga Teacher Training and what I always say is this:

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Thanks to medical science, people are living longer.

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A LOT LONGER. ​

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Just because people age it doesn’t mean they want to stop moving, but they also don’t want to harm their bodies and they know they can’t do the things they used to do.

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There’s not much in the way of pilates or yoga classes for over 70’s (as an example). ​ There isn’t much offered in homes for patients to do some movement and stay as strong as they possibly can. ​

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The secret is this:

𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉. ​ ​

So it really doesn’t matter whether or not you can touch your toes, stand on your head or if you’re 70 years old. ​ ​

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💜 We like our teachers to be like us.

💜 We like our teachers with all their flaws (especially if we have the same flaws!).

💜 We like our teachers to understand what we’re going through.

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THERE ARE OTHERS OUT THERE JUST LIKE YOU, who would LOVE to come to your class, because they know YOU GET THEM. ​ You UNDERSTAND how they feel and if “you can do it” that also means “they can do it”.

On our Level 3 Pilates & Yoga Practitioner Courses, we teach you how to create classes that will help the youngest and the oldest to get the most out of their class! ​ (in my picture – the youngest person was a 35 year old lady and the oldest was a 75 year old man!)

𝑺𝒐…..𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒛𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒓 _____________ (𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌) 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝑷𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒀𝒐𝒈𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓!

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There are so many people out there waiting for someone like you to take the leap of faith!

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Lots of love

Tanja xxx

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The post Think you’re not bendy/flexible enough to become a teacher appeared first on Elite Pilates Teacher Training.

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I get it, you may be seeing this industry growing.

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Which is great from our point of view to see so many people following their dreams to do what lights them up and gives them a sense of satisfaction!

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But here’s the thing: ​ ​

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🤜 Not all teacher training is created equal. ​

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In fact did you know that the Level 3 Pilates and Yoga Practitioner courses are designed for teaching “fit and abled” bodies. ​ ​ So basically you’re trained on how to teach people with no issues.

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HOWEVER….

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As we run our own studio and we do “this” for a living, we know that it is ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑦 𝑢𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛 100% ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ. ​ Someone in the class is going to have a sore shoulder, or sciatica or they’ve had a hip replacement. ​ ​

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𝑊𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒’𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

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Being a good teacher and having clients come back to you again and again and again, is about knowing your clients and how you look after each person within the class environment.😍

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👉 Many of the medical conditions that we teach you are the conditions that we come across in our studio on a regular basis such as:

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✔️ ​ sciatica,

✔️ ​ Fused spine

✔️ ​ Scoliosis

✔️ ​ fibromyalgia,

✔️ ​ Osteoporosis,

✔️ ​ arthritis,

✔️ ​ bulging discs,

✔️ knee/hip replacements

✔️ neck/shoulder issues

and the list can carry on……

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It’s for this reason that we also include this additional training on medical conditions on our courses and Paul shares his knowledge and experience in doing rehab with people for over 20 years.

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💜 ​ 𝐵𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑢𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑝 𝑢𝑝 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝐹𝐵 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 🙂 💜

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If you can help each individual in your class get the most out of their exercise, by modifying and adjusting it or even give them something else to do then they will keep coming back to your classes and that’s how you’ll grow your business and your income.

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𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔!

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If you’re ready to be one of those teachers that stands out from the crowd then just get in touch to get a prospectus which goes through the courses in more detail 🙂

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Lots of love

Tanja

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In my opinion anyone can become a teacher. ​ Apart from the nerves of standing up in front of people, teaching isn’t “hard”, but it still doesn’t mean you’ll be any good at it! 🧐

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Think of all the classes you’ve attended before and can you remember classes that weren’t great or classes that were awesome.

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Can you pinpoint what made that difference for you?

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𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮…

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👉 Feel Seen❓ ​ ​ Was the teacher paying attention to what YOU were doing ❓

👉 Feel Safe❓ ​ Were the exercises appropriate for you and you weren’t being pushed to do something your body physically couldn’t do❓

👉 Feel at ease enough to ask a question if you wanted to ❓

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More often than not this is what I hear from clients who might have tried classes on holiday or I hear from new clients. ​ ​

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If you teach like the teacher above, I would say with my hand on my heart, that is NOT a good teacher.

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Having the knowledge in your head and being able to cater for and adapt exercises so that each person is safe, yet still being challenged takes skill and education.

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This is what we are exceptionally good at in our own studio.

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This isn’t a hidden talent …

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This is something that YOU can do too….

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With the right training …..

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𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 “𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭” 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫!

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Which one do YOU want to be ❓❓❓

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Just food for thought 😉

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Lots of love

Tanja

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Personally, I love to read about other people’s experiences when I’m looking at different services or products, so let me introduce you to Janine.

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Janine started her course with us and then boom Covid hit, but we worked around it and now she’s teaching her own classes in Plymouth 🙂

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“In the beginning, although I really wanted to do my teacher training, I did have some reservations. I’ve done Pilates for a few years, but there are still things I can’t do (not sure I will ever be able to do them) and my core and flexibility are not as good as I would like.

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𝑺𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 “𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝑰 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔” ?!

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But Tanja put my mind at rest and was encouraging and as she says ‘Usain Bolt’s coach can’t run as fast as him!’ 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝐼 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑡!!

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I looked at a couple of training venues but I chose Elite as it seemed a lot more personal. They offered more than the basic course and weren’t about the hard aggressive sell like the other company I had contacted. It seemed more about helping you as a teacher rather than take your money, here are the moves now off you go!

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The course was really well taught and very informative, not just learning the moves but teaching us alternatives and what to look out for as well as learning which muscles are used.

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There is also a catalogue of online materials to refer back to whenever you need it even after the course has finished which I don’t think anywhere else offers.

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Tanja and Paul are very supportive and happy to help with any issues. We had another lockdown in between our weekends so our second half of the course was delayed, but they worked around this and sent supportive messages and emails.

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They were very accommodating and flexible with finishing the course as a few of us wanted to finish before Christmas and some wanted to defer until the new year. They worked out some weekends that would suit everyone so those of us that wanted to qualify before Christmas were able to.

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𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 – 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑠 𝑟𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑!

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As strange as it may sound the best part of the course for me was getting through my practical assessment. I was very unsure of myself and lacking in confidence for the first half of the course but by the time it came to the assessment part I felt a lot better about what I could do (even though I was a bag of jelly for the whole hour ). 😝

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It felt so good teaching a class. I think that is down to how well the course is taught and the teaching practice we are able to do.

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I think it took the time off, in between the sets of weekends, to process everything we had learned. The first 2 weekends are very full-on and it’s a lot to take in – I found it quite overwhelming to start with.

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Although when you have that time to think about everything you have learned you realise that you have taken in more than you think and all the extra teaching practice given at the studio helps massively (even though its nerve-wracking at the time )😝!!!!

I can’t wait to start teaching my own classes now!

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I absolutely get it 😬

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You’re new to running classes (or perhaps you’ve been doing it a year or two), BUT you still feel so overwhelmed as there’s always SO much to do. 🤯

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So what should your main focus be in order to build your business❓

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Remember the faster your grow your business, the quicker you can start to outsource some of those time consuming jobs or anything you hate doing. ​ 🕺

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Here’s 3 things you should have as your main focus:

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𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆

I have made this mistake soooo many times. ​ ​ As soon as my numbers are high I stop marketing. ​ And then the next thing is I’m running around for more clients. ​ ​ ​

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Now my adverts are constantly running. ​ Sometimes I increase my budget and sometimes I just have them on a drip feed BUT there’s ALWAYS adverts running.

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𝑪𝑼𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑴𝑬𝑹 𝑺𝑬𝑹𝑽𝑰𝑪𝑬

➡️ No one likes crap service.

➡️ ​ Get to know people’s NAMES. ​ You will not believe how valued that makes people feel!

➡️ Good admin response times – but have boundaries. ​ I have had clients messaging on FB at 5am!! ​ That’s a NO NO!

➡️ I send new clients a welcome card

➡️ I send birthday cards

➡️ I send anniversary cards

➡️ I send “thinking of you / sympathy card”

➡️ Every now and again I”ll give someone a free class or a free massage

➡️ I will make sure that when I’m teaching I have spent some time during that session with each of the clients in my class – It might be that I’ve just stood next to them and not spoken directly with them, but I’ve made eye contact and I’ve given THEM my energy for those few minutes.

➡️ I don’t believe the customer is always right and in fact many a time clients have complained and they got it wrong. ​ BE RESPECTFUL but firm.

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𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝐼 𝑑𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠. 💜

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𝑷𝑨𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑻𝑬

People will know when you’re not passionate about what you do. ​ ​ Educate yourself. ​ Go to your own classes and make sure you have your own practice as it will give you lots of ideas to keep your classes fresh and exciting.

There have been times where I’ve lost my mojo, we all do at some point. ​ ​ I pay other teachers to teach so that my clients get the best service, even if it means I need to take a step back.

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𝑩𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑵𝑬𝑺𝑺 𝑺𝒀𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑴𝑺

Record everything you do.

Create templates to save you time.

Try and get as much of your business automated as possible. ​ It will save you LOTS of TIME, ENERGY & MONEY

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𝑭𝑰𝑵𝑨𝑵𝑪𝑰𝑨𝑳 𝑬𝑫𝑼𝑪𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵

Get a good accountant / bookkeeper who will make sure you’re doing it right and get your ready for expansion! ​

There’s nothing more depressing than finding out 6 months AFTER you’ve hit the VAT threshold that you owe thousands of pounds because your accountant wasn’t ontop of it

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𝑆𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 – 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡.

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Know what your goals are everyday work towards them 🙂

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Lots of love

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Whatever the reason, there are a few things that have always cropped up in the conversation and I have put them into 4 categories.

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1️⃣ 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉

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Unless your background is a ballet dancer or gymnast, most teachers I know have thought this in the beginning. 🤸‍♂️

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As my mum would say “you’ll never know unless you try!” 😍

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Although yes, there’s a bit more to it I agree!

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I’ve had people do their training with me even though they have never done a pilates class before and I’ve had someone that’s done online classes for 20 years.

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👉 𝑁𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟.

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Yes it’s helpful when you have got experience, but sometimes people pick up “bad habits” and it’s harder for us to correct them (𝑜𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚) than it is to work with someone who has no preconceived notions ….. It’s a blank canvas and that has it’s benefits.

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Our courses are designed to build your confidence with each and every exercise we do over the course of the training and we have fun doing it. ​ We create a safe environment where it’s okay to mess up, 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒕 ❣️ ​ ​ The sooner you get used to making oopsies the sooner you relax and enjoy the experience of teaching!

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2️⃣ ​ 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔

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If you’ve been in our world for a while, you might have heard to me talk about Glen Mills? ​

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Do you know who he is?

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He is only the coach of the fastest man on earth, Usain Bolt. ​ ​ 😲

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And do you want to know another interesting fact about Glen Mills ❓

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𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝑵𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔.

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So you think you can’t become a pilates or yoga teacher just because you can’t stand on your head ❓

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How about Richard Williams ❓

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Father and coach to the Tennis Queens of the World – Serena & Venus Williams. ​

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And guess what ❓

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Although he had some tennis lessons, he never played professionally AND has 𝑵𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹 won any grand slam tournaments. 😲

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There you have it ❣️

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𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑒’𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑇𝐸𝐴𝐶𝐻𝐸𝑅𝑆, 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 ❣️

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3️⃣ ​ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕

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Time for a bit of a pep talk!

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If you really want to do something 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑾𝑰𝑳𝑳 𝑴𝑨𝑲𝑬 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬 𝑻𝑶 𝑫𝑶 𝑰𝑻 ❣️

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🤜 “I don’t have time” is an excuse. 🥴

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It could be you’re not serious about doing your teacher training or it could be self doubt and your own limiting beliefs using the time thing as a reason not to do the course.

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𝐼𝑓 𝐼 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝐼𝐹 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡 11 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑢𝑠, 𝐼 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡. 💸

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Now don’t get me wrong, there is 𝑁𝑂 𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 from me about whether or not you think you have “time” to do the course. ❤️

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Even when I did my own course, I had to take annual leave to fit the course in as I was working full time in the police working shifts and my training was 4 hours away from me, so I also had to stay over night. ​

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👉 I’ve often travelled to other parts of the country or even abroad to attend seminars and events because it’s something 𝑰 𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑳𝑳𝒀 𝑾𝑨𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑫 to do! 🕺

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Our course is approximately 360hours of blended learning, which is stuff you do in your own time and then there are 11 practical days with us, held over the weekends. ​ ​ ​

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𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑌𝑂𝑈 𝐶𝐴𝑁 𝐷𝑂 𝐼𝑇.

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The best part is that although we aim to get you through the practical days over a 3 month period, you do actually have 2 years to complete all the elements of the course – 𝑠𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛’𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒 ❣️

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4️⃣ 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕

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I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “You get what you pay for” and it’s no different when it comes to choosing who you want to do your training with.

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And I get it, it’s a big decision to make.

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Not only is it the cost of the course itself, but it’s the travel expenses too.

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Imagine you chose to do your training which was only 3 or 4 days and by the end of it you still had no experience with teaching real people or having an opportunity to read people’s bodies or if you finished and still didn’t feel confident enough to start classes, ​ then was the money worth spending ❓

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Don’t you want to qualify feeling super knowledgable and feeling so confident that you couldn’t wait to get your classes starting knowing that you’re prepared for anything that comes your way and even if something odd does cropp up, knowing you still have access to your training provider to get support ❓

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Our course is 11 days because we run a successful studio and we know what you’re gong to come across in your classes AND we’ve added additional content so you have a deeper understanding of various medical conditions AND whole bunch of other exercises to use with your clients to ensure your classes are accessible to most people and this is 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑌𝑀𝐶𝐴 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑢𝑚. ​

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👉 BUT it’s what we feel you need in order to be a GOOD teacher!

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✅ 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒏, 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕 ❣️

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So there you have it – the 4 biggest things that stop people from doing their teacher training.

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I hope that if you experience one of these things that what I’ve shared here with you will help you overcome these barriers and motivate you to take the leap!

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If you want more information about our courses get in touch and we’ll send you a prospectus and you’ll be able to see exactly what you get with the course and how much value and additional training resources we have for you to make your experience with us with every penny!

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Lots of love

Tanja x

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Petra joined us for Pilates Teacher Training and I wanted to share her story with you, as I know that many of you have similar feelings and doubts, as Petra!

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𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑃𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒:

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“When I started this course I really wasn’t sure I’d be able to teach Pilates at all. There was so much to learn and remember and then having to stand up in front of everyone and actually teach was very daunting.

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Even as I was going to my third weekend of the course I still didn’t feel confident that I would be able to.

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But that third weekend was a game-changer for me. Lots of different exercises like ‘defend your position’ where we had to confidently explain why we did something a certain way or cueing an exercise and my fellow course mates did it all ‘wrong’ so I had to correct them. These were so useful and when Tanja asked me on the last day to describe how I felt with one word I said 𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑭𝑰𝑫𝑬𝑵𝑻 😊

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Both Tanja and Paul are excellent teachers and they make you feel so good about becoming a teacher yourself and I would recommend their teaching course to anyone who wants to become a GOOD Pilates teacher”

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𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝑨𝑩𝑺𝑶𝑳𝑼𝑻𝑬 𝑳𝑶𝑽𝑬 ❣️❣️❣️

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Watching our new teachers on their first weekend and they’re nervous (as you would expect) and they develop their skills over the following weekends …..

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and then on the last weekend BOOM….

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You can literally see everything slot into place and that’s when our learners BECOME TEACHERS!

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And this is what my 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠! ​

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💠 ​ ​ Have fun

💠 ​ ​ Actually follow through and teach their own classes

💠 ​ ​ Help massive amounts of people as they know how to feel present with them

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We’ve spent years designing our courses so you can get the most experience, knowledge and confidence as you can, within the time that we have you and it works, just like it worked for Petra and all the other teachers that have completed their training with us 🙂

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𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑷𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕! ​

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Lots of love,

Tanja

The post Petra Story appeared first on Elite Pilates Teacher Training.

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If you’ve got children you might remember that phase they went through where they’d keep asking 𝑊ℎ𝑦? 𝑊ℎ𝑦? 𝑊ℎ𝑦? 𝑊ℎ𝑦? 𝑊ℎ𝑦? 𝑊ℎ𝑦? Or perhaps you remember being that child!

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As humans our brains pretty much stay the same, but because our parents would get so annoyed at us for asking “𝑊𝐻𝑌?”

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We’ve stopped expressing that curiosity in everything around us.

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𝑊𝐻𝑌 is important when it comes to choosing the exercises / poses you plan on using in your lesson plans.

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𝑊𝐻𝑌 was important when you’re decided whether or not to do your teacher training.

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𝑊𝐻𝑌 is important when you decide there’s something you want to achieve for example run a marathon or have a successful business.

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One of the first things I ask people that want to do their teacher training is ​

𝑊𝐻𝑌do they want to become a teacher?

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If their ​​𝑊𝐻𝑌 is not strong enough then I always suggest they wait a bit.

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I have found from experience that people that go on to do their teacher training when they weren’t sure in the first place, either end up not using their qualification or not being a very good teacher – 𝐵𝐸𝐶𝐴𝑈𝑆𝐸 𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑅𝐸’𝑆 𝑁𝑂 𝑃𝐴𝑆𝑆𝐼𝑂𝑁!

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𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 – 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒 – 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡’𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠.

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And when I mean passion I mean your love for the subject, whether you choose to teach or not.

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Think of instances in your own life.

Ever been on a course where you could tell someone just LOVED their subject and how their eyes lit up when they were teaching compared to someone who was just doing it because it was part of their job description.

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Getting your qualification isn’t easy. It does take work and effort and doing some things that will make you feel really uncomfortable.

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BUT….. when you think of 𝑊𝐻𝑌 you want to do it, it’s your 𝑊𝐻𝑌 to keep moving forward.

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Same as running a marathon. If you’re training for a charity or it’s on your bucket list, you’re more likely to stick with the training and doing your miles because there’s passion in your heart to keep going. You’re doing it FOR something or someone else.

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𝑊𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑊𝐻𝑌. They are passionate about pilates or yoga and some of them really want to help other people.

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𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠.

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Yes our businesses are successful and bla blab la, BUT I have been in tears some nights, I’ve been up until all hours of the morning making a website and then losing it!

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When I first started teaching, I was still part-time in the police and sometimes I’d finish at 7am after a night shift and then teach at 09:30 and another class afterward.

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𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐸𝑉𝐸𝑅𝑌𝑇𝐻𝐼𝑁𝐺 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎 𝑟𝑢𝑛-𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑜 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔.

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🤜 ​ But at no point did I ever think of giving up.

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𝑊𝐻𝑌?

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𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑊𝐻𝑌 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼’𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑝𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑.

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Paul (my husband) lost his job too so we HAD to make this work or go find a JOB, and there was no way I was going to do that!

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But one thing I can promise you is that when you have achieved your goal 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐎 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃.

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If I knew then what I know now, I would probably still be in the Police, as it was absolutely crazy what we did! However, now that I’m on this side of it….

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👉 ​ 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆!

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WHY did YOU want to become a teacher ❓ ​ What is driving you (or not) to grow your business ❓…. What motivates you (or not) ❓

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I do love connecting with you all!

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From my heart to yours!

Tanja

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So here are the key steps to closing the sale…

1. LEARN THEIR NAMES!!!! (you will be surprised how much impact this has!)

2. Give your new client attention during the class for example if they said they want to try pilates because of a bad back then make sure during the class you say “this is great for your back” etc

3. After the class don’t leave them alone – we all know what it’s like being the new kid on the block!

4. Tell them what your packages are AND GIVE THEM A FORM with the information, I actually share examples of my forms with my private mentoring clients.

5. Offer them an incentive to register, but have a deadline on it

6. MAKE IT EASY!

7. Follow up!

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I was actually trained by one company to try and get people to sign up on the dot right there and then – and to be honest – this did NOT feel good to me.

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You may have a different opinion or sales training and you have to go with what feels right for you!

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If you do NOT offer your services or give them information – they are less likely to join!

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So there you have it – IF YOU WANT FULL CLASSES THEN MAKE SURE YOU OFFER YOUR SERVICES. !!!!

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𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. ​ 𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝐸𝐴𝑆𝑌 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑢𝑝!

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Tanja x

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