Teacher training
Gain a globally recognised Pilates qualification
Learn from world leaders in Pilates education. Balanced Body training, delivered face-to-face in a fully equipped studio.
Why Balanced Body
Learn From World Leaders In Pilates Education.
Balanced Body have been at the centre of the Pilates community since 1976. Their equipment and education programs are known globally for exceptional quality.
As a Balanced Body Authorized Training Center, we bring the best of movement science to movement education. The focus is quality of movement and teaching students how to apply foundational principles to client practice and class development - while finding your own unique teaching voice.
Face to face
Hands-on studio education is simply the best way to learn to teach.
Globally recognised
Travel and work anywhere with your Balanced Body certification.
Full repertoire
Pre-Pilates through super advanced, with detailed manuals and teaching aids.
Training pathways
Choose the certification that fits your goals
Comprehensive Studio Teacher Training
The gold standard in Pilates education. A comprehensively trained instructor understands the breadth of the Pilates system and can apply the entire studio apparatus toward the goals of the individual client.
What you'll learn
Movement Principles
The prerequisite for every Balanced Body training. Build the Pilates eye: recognise, teach and improve movement skills through fundamental patterns and pre-Pilates exercises.
Mat 1, 2 & 3
The complete mat repertoire from beginner to super advanced, including history, modifications, progressions and small apparatus.
Reformer 1, 2 & 3
Safe set-up through to advanced sequencing, with specific protocols for pre and post-natal clients, osteoporosis and lower back issues.
Trapeze Table / Cadillac
Beginner to super advanced exercises with the detail needed to safely set up and support or challenge every client.
Chair
Standing and upright core work, upper body strength and spinal mobility across Wunda, EXO and Combo chairs.
Barrels
Step Barrel, Pilates Arc and Ladder Barrel for spinal mobility and core strength, including combining the Arc with the Reformer.
Requirements for completion
- Anatomy - a 12 hour course of your choice
- Balanced Body Movement Principles
- Mat 1, 2 and 3 - coursework and test
- Reformer 1, 2 and 3 - coursework and test
- Trapeze Table, Wunda Chair and Barrels - coursework and test
- 85 self-mastery sessions, 65 observation hours and 220 student teaching hours
- Final written and practical test (test-out fee $100)
- Total 520 hours, not including anatomy
Comprehensive Teacher Training
$9,000
Includes
- 10 training manuals
- 19 face-to-face delivery days across Movement Principles, Reformer 1-3, Mat 1-3, Trapeze, Wunda Chair and Barrels
Individual modules
Train your way
You don't need to enrol in a full Teacher Training pathway to learn with us.
Individual modules can be taken for $990 each, whether you're beginning your training, continuing your education or adding to an existing qualification.
Ready to complete your certification? Our Mat, Reformer and Comprehensive course bundles offer the best value, with discounted pricing when you complete the full training pathway.
Individual module
$990
Full course bundles
Save when you train with us from start to finish
2026 dates
Upcoming Teacher Training
September
5-6 September
Reformer 3
October
9-11 October
Chair & Barrels
24-25 October
Trapeze
Looking ahead to 2027?
Our 2027 Teacher Training dates will be released soon. If you're thinking about beginning your Pilates teaching journey, completing your certification or joining us for an individual module, get in touch and we'll keep you in the loop.
Training groups are intentionally kept small to allow plenty of hands-on learning, individual feedback and teaching practice, so places are limited.
Make Pilates your career
Places are limited and cohorts fill quickly. Tell us which pathway interests you and we'll send through upcoming dates, payment plans and everything you need to know.