250-Hour Reformer Pilates Teacher Training
Take your Pilates expertise to the next level with our Reformer Pilates Teacher Training
Whether you’re brand new to Reformer Pilates or a longtime student,
This training empowers you to create engaging and inspiring Reformer experiences that clients love.
You’ll dive deep into the mechanics and versatility of Reformer exercises, mastering the adjustments, modifications, and progressions that make sessions truly transformative. Under the guidance of experienced trainers, you’ll learn how to seamlessly integrate technique, rhythm, and flow, helping clients build strength, flexibility, and balance.
No prior teaching experience required.
Join our Movement
Pilates for the People is more than a studio. It is a MOVEMENT making Pilates more accessible.
We believe teaching is relationship-based and not a performance.
That’s why individual mentorship is a huge component of our training.
When students feel seen, heard, and supported, they’re able to access a deeper level of transformation.
If you’d like to teach with more heart, this training is for you.
You’ll Learn How To…
Teach beginner, intermediate, and advanced Reformer Pilates exercises in a safe, effective way
Design classes using intelligent layering strategies to help your students build strength, mobility, and, most importantly, confidence
Hold space for students in a way that helps them deepen their mind-body connection
Incorporate props and modifications to create affirming learning spaces
Bring the Pilates Principles alive in your class to respect the method
Adapt our Cadillac/Reformer combination machines to different body types
More Things You’ll Learn…
Deepen and refine your own Pilates practice
Find confidence in your voice inside and outside of the studio
Develop clear, meaningful, and inclusive language to guide movement
Give supportive and appropriate verbal and physical adjustments
Build long-term relationships with clients
Practice and develop comfort with multiple teaching modalities, including group, duets, and one-on-one
And Also Learn How To…
Assess a client’s strength, range of motion, balance, and posture
Build a tailored program for each client’s individual needs
Support people with neurological, joint, and bone health conditions
Support pre-and post-natal clients
Incorporate functional movements seamlessly into your classes
Prevent the overuse injuries most common to Pilates
Meet Your Instructors
Learn how to teach Pilates as healing, mindful movement from mentors who have been teaching for the right reasons since 2007!
Lindsey taught her first Pilates mat class in 2007 to faculty and students at Virginia Tech. Movement helped her heal after trauma from gun violence and disordered eating, and she’s passionate about creating trauma-informed, inclusive, and affirming studio environments. Lindsey took her first anatomy class at the tender age of 16 and hasn’t stopped nerding out about the human body since. She’s taught thousands of hours of classes, trained dozens of teachers in yoga and Pilates, and is proud of all of the lives her team has changed for the better.
“Lindsey is wonderful teacher and I have learned so much from her in such a short period of time. I have learned to not take myself so seriously and through seeing Lindsey in her own practice, I have been able to find more joy in my practice as well.”
— Silvia, Teacher Training Graduate
Start Your Journey
Mark Your Calendar
Registration for Our Limited Spots Opens on May 28th
Spaces are limited to ensure that we can provide one on one support and a small group learning environment.
Once we’ve reviewed your application and accepted you to the program, you’ll be eligible to secure your spot when we open registration. We recommend marking your calendar for the day that registration opens as space is very limited. We only have 8 spots per cohort and already have more applicants than spaces.
Once you’ve successfully secured your spot, you’ll receive our teacher training agreement and payment details so that you can book your spot with your first payment.
Your investment for this training is $3000. Most teachers at our studio see a financial return on that investment in their fourth month of teaching, but depending on how often you teach, it may be sooner.
The return on investment in terms of your personal growth and the your health is priceless!
A note: completing the training does not guarantee you a teaching spot at the studio. Graduates will still be required to interview, audition, and complete onboarding. If you complete the full requirements of the program and utilize the trainers as mentors, you will be well prepared to audition and begin your Pilates career with us at For the People.
Upcoming Trainings
Saturdays Meet from 12-7:30p & Sundays Meet from 8a-4:30p
2025 Cohort
July 12-13 - Foundations of Movement & The Art of Teaching
July 26-27 - Reformer Foundations
August 9-10 - Reformer Progressions
August 23-24 - Pilates as Healing Movement
September 27-28 - Integrated Practice
October 4-5 - Cadillac/Trapeze Table Foundations
November 8-9 - Cadillac/Trapeze Table Progressions
December 6-7 - Chair
January, 2026 10-11 - Barrels & Myofascial Release
2026 Cohort
February, 2026 21-22 - Foundations of Movement & The Art of Teaching
March 7-8, 2026 - Reformer Foundations
April 11-12, 2026 - Reformer Progressions
May 16-17, 2026 - Pilates as Healing Movement
June 6-7, 2026 - Integrated Practice
July 18-19, 2026 - Cadillac/Trapeze Table Foundations
August 1-2, 2026 - Cadillac/Trapeze Table Progressions
September 26-27, 2026 - Chair
October 17-18 - Barrels & Myofascial Release
Matwork is woven throughout the comprehensive curriculum to help you make connections between the major movements in the Pilates system.
The following five modules together comprise our 250-Hour Reformer Pilates Teacher Training Program: Foundations of Movement & The Art of Teaching, Reformer Foundations, Reformer Progressions, Pilates as Healing Movement, and Integrated Practice.
Note: While we do our best to keep dates consistent, they are subject to change. Don’t see a date that works for you? We’re flexible (pun absolutely intended!)—reach out and let’s see what we can make happen. If you miss a weekend during your cohort, you can make that weekend up the next time that module is offered.