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ALLEGRO® 2 PLANK BARS ARE BACK! Get yours here ALLEGRO® 2 PLANK BARS ARE BACK! Get yours here ALLEGRO® 2 PLANK BARS ARE BACK! Get yours here close icon Close Balanced Body logoicon Search Balanced Body logo profile icon Sign In Search search icon cart icon menu iconclose icon profile icon Sign In Learn The Path for Instructor Training Begins Here Balanced Body Education® brings the best of movement science to movement education. Our focus is quality of movement and teaching students how to apply foundational principles to client practice and class development. While learning the curriculum, each student is encouraged to find their own unique teaching voice. Supporting our programs is Balanced Body Education’s extensive manual and video library, and a global Balanced Body Educator network that is the best in the industry. We believe even experts need a guide. We’re here to help you explore and create your own voice and style. One that respects the methods of the past, and more importantly, builds your future. Find a Course Find an Event Career Programs BECOME A Pilates Instructor Our signature approach, designed by Nora St. John, teaches the Pilates repertoire, anatomy and science, and the importance of quality movement. We encourage Balanced Body students to explore, discuss and question — in a welcoming learning environment. arrow icon Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Learn powerful therapeutic benefits for any kind of patient with prescribed functional movement and emphasis on core stabilization. Learn more about our Pilates Instructor training and certification specifically designed for therapists and rehab professionals. arrow icon Bridging into Balanced Body Education Bridge into the Balanced Body Pilates teacher training program and join our passionate, highly motivated, and enthusiastic community of Pilates Instructors from all around the world! Learn how to continue or complete your Pilates Instructor training with us. arrow icon Go Beyond Pilates Fitness Professional Programs We believe career advancement starts with education. Grow your teaching skills with our specialized trainings designed specifically for personal trainers and group exercise instructors. arrow icon CoreAlign® Instructor Training CoreAlign is the missing link in training and clinical environments. Becoming a certified CoreAlign instructor will empower you to to assess and improve gait, functional upright strength, deep core and postural strength and endurance, muscular power and dynamic joint mobility. arrow icon MOTR® Instructor Training Take your expertise on the move with MOTR that combines the core training of Pilates, aerobic conditioning, functional pulley system and foam roller training. arrow icon Bodhi Suspension System® Our Bodhi Suspension System teacher training brings the precision and principles of Pilates to suspension training. Suspension training will make you more marketable as a teacher, and complements client training in a Pilates studio, gym or clinic. arrow icon Balanced Body Barre® With Balanced Body Movement Principles as a foundation, our Barre teacher training is dynamic, fun, and functional. Working with light weights, our training provides a recipe for developing strength, flexibility and endurance, empowering clients to be physically strong, resilient, and active. arrow icon Anatomy in Three Dimensions™ Anatomy is the foundation for movement. Deepening your understanding of how the body works empowers you to be a more effective teacher. Here we build the body from the inside out while learning the science, structure, and function of the human body. arrow icon Movement Principles Not just a prerequisite for our Pilates Certification, but the core of the Balanced Body Movement Specialist Certification, this course will guide you in recognizing, improving and teaching fundamental movement patterns. arrow icon How Balanced Body Instructor Training Works Choose a course path plus sign icon The education path you choose determines the career opportunities available to you. With Balanced Body Education there are 4 certification levels. The industry gold standard, Pilates Comprehensive certification , is the most expansive training including Pilates Mat, Reformer, Trapeze Table/Cadillac, Chair and Barrels. Mat and Reformer certification explores the relationship between Mat work and Reformer exercises. The Reformer level certification focuses on exercises, teaching applications and programming specific to the Reformer. If teaching Mat classes is what you desire, there is a certification level that focuses on the Mat repertoire and movement foundations. Complete course(s) with personal sessions and observation hours plus sign icon Personal mastery of movement skills and critical reasoning are part of what makes your classroom experience come to life. Through the practice hours, you are encouraged to personally experience the exercises presented to you in each course, feel and explore equipment set up and understand how to recommend spring choices. The observation hours encourage you to look and see how clients respond and how teachers organize, cue and communicate during sessions and classes. These hours combined provide you the opportunity to ask questions and to see the relationship between what you learn and how you teach. Participate in student teaching plus sign icon Student teaching is where you take the depth and breadth of your coursework and start to put it into practice. It is through student teaching that you gain confidence as an instructor, practice your cueing and teaching skills, and begin to reason critically in actual practice. The student teaching is invaluable because it is where you discover who you are and your unique voice as a Pilates instructor. Pass the practical and written exam plus sign icon Passing the practical and written exams is a critical piece in your educational journey. It is an opportunity to personally present your knowledge and receive real time and invaluable feedback from a Balanced Body Educator whose goal is to help you round out what you have learned and give you options for continued growth so you can be a successful instructor. Once you have passed your exam and become a certified instructor in your chosen program you become part of a strong and committed Balanced Body instructor community. To become a fully certified Balanced Body instructor you must complete the required coursework, hours and pass a written and practical exam. Events July 19 - July 21, 2024 Movement Tour®, Minneapolis Learn More Learn More June 7-June 9, 2024 Pilates On Tour®, Busan Learn More Learn More Acclaimed curriculum 15+ years of time-tested, proven curriculum recognized around the world Experienced instructors Global network of 400+ Balanced Body Educator teaching our now 30,000+ strong community Courses in over 60 countries Learn where you live, or may want to live, thanks to our global educator network. FAQs Why choose Balanced Body? plus sign icon All of Balanced Body educational programs highlight movement principles that are universal to the way the body moves, strengthens and heals. These principles incorporate the most up-to-date biomechanical theories of movement and exercise science. Understanding these principles in relation to the program of study creates a dynamic learning experience which is immediately incorporated into practice. What are the benefits of becoming a Balanced Body instructor? plus sign icon A Balanced Body certificate is the gold standard throughout the mindful movement space and beyond. As a result, our instructors are respected innovators and contributors to the fields of movement science, physical therapy and fitness. A Balanced Body certification gives you access to some of the best instructors in the world, the most innovative educational curriculum, and a wealth of online support such as educational videos, virtual learning workshops and conferences and streaming workouts, and marketing...