Balanced Body offers a full range of Pilates instructor certification programs. Whether you are interested in teaching Mat classes, Reformer classes or Pilates personal training sessions on the Reformer, Trap Table, Chair and Barrels, BBU has the resources you need to succeed.

The BB Pilates instructor training program is designed to create thoughtful, creative and successful Pilates teachers. Our curriculum emphasizes the principles underlying each exercise. Our faculty members have a wide variety of Pilates backgrounds from classical to contemporary to fitness and bring their exceptional depth of experience to the training.  CLICK for upcoming dates.

Our program is designed in modules so you can take your first course now and continue your training next week, next month or next year. Each module is self contained so you can take them as quickly or as slowly as your schedule and budget allow. In addition to our instructor certification program, we offer a number of additional modules as well as workshops.

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Why Choose Balanced Body training at Personalized Pilates?
- Meets the highest PMA standards
- High demand for qualified teachers in a growing industry
- Excellent training materials for future reference
- Amazing value for both your money and time
- Modular format allows for flexibility
- Training is thorough and on all the equipment
- Learn Pilates’ principles and the core concepts behind them
- Emphasizes development of critical thinking skills
- Nurturing and supportive environment
- Ongoing support after end of classes
- Continuing education excellence
- Small group training for more individual attention
- Focus on how to develop personalized programs for client
- Help with job placement after training is done
- Workshops available to extend training
- Training with experienced teacher trainer
- Beautiful, well equipped studio learning environment
- Company well known and regarded internationally
- Rewarding and fun service career

These are several aspects of our trainings that set us apart from other training programs. Virtually any competent training program teaches the exercises of Joseph Pilates and the philosophy behind his method. Our program focuses on training teachers not only how to perform the exercises but also how to teach the exercises which is a very different skill. We focus on teaching the instructor in training to work with any body type at any fitness level.

Effective teaching requires in-depth exercise understanding, the ability to work creatively with modifications and variations without losing the original intent of the exercise, the verbal skills to impart this to the client and a well tuned eye to watch for correct alignment. If a teacher has these skills, a teacher can progress a client safely through the original sequence of exercises created by Joseph Pilates. We recognize the uniqueness of each individual trainee and his/her teaching style. We seek to nurture that uniqueness and see it flourish, thus allowing each trainee to bring the strengths of who they are as individuals to their work.

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Side By Side Comparison
Often when you are researching Pilates teacher training it is hard to understand the differences between programs so we have compiled the most important statistics for you in one easy to read chart.  All of this information is from the teacher training program’s websites and is available for anyone to access.  Hopefully, this makes it a little easier to compare apples to apples.

Training Program	Course Prices	Materials Prices	Class Hours	Total Hours	All Equipment Included?	Rehab Protocols Included?	Pregnancy Protocols Included?	Anatomy Included?	Continuing Education Options
Balanced Body	$3830(including Anatomy)	$400	118	500	Yes, all small equipment	Yes, integrated into basic modules	Yes, integrated into basic modules	Yes, Anatomy in Clay	Anything Pilates related
Stott Pilates	$5375	$1463	200	410	No, not the small equipment	Yes, in the ISP module	Yes, in the ISP module	Available separately	Only Stott workshops
Physicalmind Institute	$3555	$222	55	253	No, no small equipment and not much on the Cadillac, Chair or Barrels	No, available as cont ed (C-301)	Yes, briefly covered in C-101	No	Only Physicalmind options

How are we able to offer such a great price for this amazing program?  At Balanced Body we strongly believe in helping people learn how to teach Pilates well for a reasonable price.  Because of our comprehensive curriculum, flexible program and fantastic materials our program is well respected and consistently popular which allows us to bring it to you for an affordable price.

What if I’ve started with another training company and would like to switch to Balanced Body?  This is a common question.  Please contact Personalized Pilates to discuss your individual situation.  We would love to have you join us!

Registration for these courses is done through the Balanced Body online or by calling 877-PILATES (877.745-2837).

 

 

 

If you are coming in from out of town for any of these courses please contact the Hampton Inn at 1-877-776-6464. There are rooms at a special corporate rate for our “Personalized Pilates” group. They also provide a free shuttle that will take you to and from the studio and complimentary breakfast.  You can also book your hotel online with the Hampton Inn.

Personalized Pilates has been providing expert Pilates training for over 10years to individuals, groups and Instructors.  Personalized Pilates teaches a classical approach to the mind-body system of exercise developed by Joseph H. Pilates over 80 years ago.  This method of conditioning develops:

* Core abdominal strength
* Flexibility
* Correct posture and alignment
* Balance
* Streamlined body
* Coordination
* Increased range of motion
* Body awareness
* Enhanced circulation

Personalized Pilates instructors take into consideration each individual’s needs and personal goals and then tailors the workout specifically for that person. The exercises are adapted to meet the needs of the individual regardless of fitness level, age, gender, previous injuries, or physical limitations. Pilates can be challenging enough for the professional athlete yet gentle enough for the rehabilitation client.

“As a Tucson Police Officer, while apprehending a homicide suspect, I suffered a severe spinal injury due to a fall of approximately fifteen feet.  As a result, cervical vertebrae 4, 5 and 6 were broken or crushed.  For a period of nine months, I was virtually paralyzed from the sternum down.  As you can imagine, my total body began to deteriorate – everything – muscles, connective tissue and joints.  Surgery was the only option.  However, good fortune smiled on me.  My spinal cord was twisted and bruised, but not severed and the resulting edema created my paralysis.  After two lengthy surgeries, my mobility and muscle functions were restored, but my body remained in physical shambles.  Neither modern medicine nor pharmaceuticals could restore me to health; but exercise, both physical and mental, could and did.  I regained my strength, my stature and my life.  However, one large component remained – pain, and with that the lack of flexibility and range of motion.  I lived with that for two decades – until June of 2005.  That was when my wife, Victoria and I discovered the magical world of Pilates.  I am free of chronic pain now thanks to this amazing concept and an amazing mentor.”

“Thank you, Katrina.  Because of you, others in my life can now experience the magic.”
- “Thumper” Thornton

Thumper and his wife, Victoria, are now both Pilates Instructors and owners of the Mind to Motion Pilates Studio in Green Valley, Az.

“Five years ago I was shoveling rock in my backyard and twisted wrong.  For three months I had a severe pain form my hip down my thigh.  Also, I had numbness from my leg to my foot.  I finally went to the Dr., she thought it was my TFL and sent me to a physical therapist.   He (PT) took me through some stretches thinking it was my hip flexors (he scratched his head a lot).  I kept going to him twice a week for about a month then he said he couldn’t do anything for me and sent me back to my Dr.  My Dr. sent me to a back specialist who ordered a MRI.  He found that I had ruptured disc which he said was S1, and could not be operated because of the location.  He sent me to a pain specialist who gave me a cortisone shot in my spine, with special instructions to nott jump (Are you kidding? I am an aerobic instructor!). I had to learn to teach and move differently.   I had no pain for 3 years.  Then I started getting headaches and decided to go to a Chiropractor.  He found that my hips were twisted and fixed them.  Guess what? My pain came back!  He told me to strengthen my hips.  At that time I taught step. How much stronger can they get?  I had my friend, a personal trainer, help me do some functional training.  I developed a nice butt out of it, but the pain was still there.  I stopped training with him, and started getting into Pilates more.  It wasn’t until the first day with Katrina that I actually felt good. She was able to stretch me in the ways that yoga or the simple stretches I was doing myself did not. Since I have been in the teacher training program, I have been able to keep my hips and axis in alignment.  My Chiropractor is really pleased and impressed with my progress. He said to me and I quote “Marla, what you really need to do is keep up the Pilates.  Don’t stop!” I can now sleep through the night and the most outlandish thing is I now sleep on my back when I used to be a stomach sleeper (even through my pregnancies) all because of Pilates and Katrina.”
 - Marla Morgan