300 Hour Mat + Reformer Pilates Teacher Training
Starts January 2027!
We’re thrilled to share details about our next instalment(s) of both: Mat and Reformer Pilates Teacher Training Program!
Our teaching partners at Regarding Form teach movement education, exploration, and empowerment; believing passionately that physical intelligence is an undervalued, vital skill that supports a full and rewarding modern life. Through this lens, both as teachers and teacher trainers, they encourage individuals to cultivate their own unique and informed movement practices. These practices should be gratifying, productive, and durable, and facilitate a positive relationship with moving one’s own body.
Bridging Tradition with Creative Adaptation
We approach the Pilates Method from a contemporary angle, offering a discipline that is highly adaptive for any practitioner’s specific needs and goals. Our approach to Pilates is not an exclusive one. We also strive to shepherd the Pilates legacy with care and reverence for its early iterations. With these goals in mind, the Regarding Form Teacher Training offers immersion in the traditional form of each exercise, as well as the tools to rework choreography creatively in deliberate, functional and impactful ways.
The Curriculum Covers
- The Regarding Form philosophy on movement
- Foundational musculoskeletal anatomy
- Fundamentals of functional movement
- Traditional mat and reformer Pilates choreography
- Strategies for adapting choreography to suit a wide range of situations and goals
- Engineering an innovative and creative class
- Cueing techniques
- Visual assessment skills
- Modification considerations
- Building an engaging group class atmosphere
- Considerations for private instruction
Anatomy, Mat & Reformer Pilates Program Structure
- The 20 hours Applied Movement Anatomy workshop
- 100 hours Workshop & Lecture: Movement Fundamentals, Traditional and Adaptive Choreography, Programming, and Teaching Skills (52 hours Mat | 48 hours Reformer)
- 10 BEYOND Mat Pilates Classes*
- 20 BEYOND Reformer Pilates Classes*
- 1 Regarding Form Pilates Private Session (Reformer)
- 65 hours Unsupervised Teaching (30 Mat | 35 Reformer)
- 25 hours Supervised Teaching (10 Mat | 15 Reformer)
- 16 Hours Observation (8 Mat | 8 Reformer)
- 10 Hours Independent Study (5 Mat | 5 Reformer)
- 33 Hours Self Practice (15 Mat | 18 Reformer)
To complete all course requirements, participants can expect to invest an average of 5-10 hours per week (outside of weekend lecture dates) over the duration of the program.
Reformer Pilates
teacher training (300 hours)
Registration is open and accepted on a rolling basis.
Please note that if you are enrolling in the 300-Hour program, the cost of each module is included in the tuition at a reduced rate. If you choose to register for the 150-Hour Mat Pilates Training now and attend the Reformer program at a later date, enrollment is subject to availability.
*The required 30 BECYCLE/BEYOND Mat & Reformer Pilates classes are not included in the course tuition. These classes must be purchased directly from the studio. Participants are eligible to purchase these class packages at a 20% discount.
Scholarhip Information
Based on cohort capacity and other logistics, Regarding Form is sometimes able to offer a limited number of supplemental financial aid awards. Aid ranges from 20-50% tuition relief and does not include cost of required class packs at BECYCLE/BEYOND or any travel or logistical costs incurred to attend the program. Information can be found here.
Interested? Send us an email via the form, and we’ll be in touch
SHIRAH PERRY
Originally from Philadelphia, Shirah began her movement career as a ballet and contemporary dancer. After completing her BFA in Ballet Pedagogy she moved to New York City, where she worked as a dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer. While exploring the dance community in New York, presenting work and participating in local and international dance workshops and festivals, Shirah sought out Pilates as an avenue both to cross-train and as a potential additional source of work. She completed a Comprehensive Pilates certification and began working as a Pilates instructor in New York before eventually landing in Berlin in 2016.
As she gained experience, Shirah fell in love with teaching functional movement and dove headfirst into her work as an instructor. While teaching barre and contemporary Pilates, she completed a yoga certification (200RYT) and pursued continuing education in anatomy, therapeutic exercise for breast cancer and chest wall surgery, prenatal and postpartum exercise, and restorative yoga. She is currently completing a certification as a postpartum corrective exercise specialist (PCES). Shirah has taught in North America, Europe, and Africa, and is the co-founder of Regarding Form.
KATHERINE LAPLANT
Raised in New England with California roots, Katherine came to Berlin by way of Los Angeles where she left a career in TV production to pursue movement instruction. Having discovered a personal sense of physical and mental restoration in building a regular Pilates practice, she was driven to facilitate this experience for other over-scheduled and stressed-out Angelinos. Katherine launched her new career in 2013 with offerings in contemporary reformer Pilates and treadmill HIIT with an emphasis on tough but thoughtful programming. Her resume quickly grew to include personal training, prenatal fitness instruction, and postpartum corrective exercise.
Since moving to Berlin in 2016, Katherine’s practice has expanded to include barre fitness instruction and teacher training. She is additionally certified in the Functional Range Systems as a mobility assessment and training specialist. In 2020, Katherine established a private Pilates studio in West Berlin and pursued continuing education workshops in advanced prenatal concepts and Functional Anatomy for Movement and Injuries. She is the co-founder of Regarding Form.