PILATES 450 Hour Education

PILATESwiss students/Interns in our programs can choose from different ways to attain these hours including personal training with one of our mentors, attending alternative workshop hours or attending a number of our various group classes. Class attendance/coaching is intended to immerse you in a studio environment so that you experience all aspects of studio life.

watching content, which are always directly related to a workshop’s content. Student do these hours at home before, after or during the individual workshops.

PILATESwiss students can go in the speed or order they wish when completing the workshops. The required workshop program is:
Pilates Mat Class Basic, Pilates Mat Class Expert, Pilates Postnatal, Pilates Chair, Pilates Barrels, Pilates Cadillac, Pilates, Reformer, Pilates Reformer Exam Day

To meet the requirement of Pilates teaching  experience, you must prove this two years after your first workshop at the latest. Our unique intern to mentor approach empowers you to develop your confident personal style. We recommend some of the teaching be done at one of our studios.

Documents are available in English or German and lessons are possible in both languages.

Mat Classical and Expert Level (small apparatus like rings, rollers, balls, springs and discs) sequences, alignment and recruitment of local muscles)

Visceral Core recruitment (PILATESwiss^® unique breathing technique)

Alignment of special populations (Pilates specific anatomy and physiology for groups like post natal women, rehab clients or seniors)

Adjustments (corrections and the recommendation of modifications)

Method and Didactical Instruction (Your own personal teaching tools for competent teaching)

Reformer Pilates groups and personal training

Cadillac Pilates groups and personal training

Chair Pilates groups and personal training

Barrels Pilates groups and personal training

Swing Pilates groups and personal training

Special Topics (Pilates Barre Fusion or Pilates Reformer on the Mat)

You will learn how to reach and accompany your students at their individual levels. Through repeated practice you will gain a competence for teaching and corrections.

Further to the required workshops included in the 450 hour studio program schedule, You can decide to register for these exciting additional workshops The duration hours of these workshop hours can be counted towards your class attendance/coaching hours.

Pilates Barre Fusion, Pilates Reformer on the Mat Pilates 

If you are not registering for the entire program, but have attended PILATESwiss^® workshops in the past, it is possible to attend and put together further workshops to complete your 450 hour teacher education program. Space permitting you may apply to repeat workshops you have already attended and may do so at 50% the advertised tuition.

You have practiced Pilates for at least one year

You are mentally ready for the challenge of a professional teacher training and can commit the time required for this journey

You are open for personal growth and development

You are physically fit for the practical part of the program

You want to be an open motivating personal Pilates partner to your Pilates clients.

Then join us. It will be challenging and interesting and will represent a new chapter in “the story of you”.

PILATESwiss^® students are evaluated in the following manner:
Evaluations and exams take place continuously throughout the program in the form of the reformer exam day or in the multiple choice and practical evaluations at the  various workshops It is mandatory for all students to read and teach based on the content of PILATESwiss^® Core Anatomy Script, which you will receive before the start of the program.

You can put together the 450 building block hours of the program when you attend our workshops, work through the required self-study content or attend classes/coaching. When these building blocks of the comprehensive program have been accomplished you will receive PILATESwiss comprehensive diploma. Not only are we proud of our internationally acclaimed and globally-active graduates, but, after attending PILATESwiss you can apply to sit the NCPT exam.

Please be aware we take no responsibility should the NCPT change their conditions and requirements to sit their exam during the time of your enrollment at PILATESwiss^®.

Step one
Decide which of the dates of the Required Workshops you’d like to attend and register.

Step Two
After registering for your program schedule, send us a confirmation mail to let us know you are entitled to your student package to receive your log form and course information. Congratulations. You are now eligible for the student/intern benefits.

The Benefits of being a student/Intern in PILATESwiss^® 450 Hour program.

Personal support/access to the Mentor Team.

50% reduction on machines rentals for student practice at our studios. If you don’t have access to a studio, or don’t have a workout buddy, PILATESwiss^® enables exclusive access for those enrolled in our program.

Voucher of 150.- Swiss Francs. to be redeemed towards your required coaching with program director, Karolina Schmid.

Fast tracking into quartet machine groups at studio PILATESwiss^®. We usually require a minimum10 privates with us in order to gain access to one of our quartet sessions.

If you purchase any of the additional PILATESwiss^® Pilates workshops, these workshop hours can be counted towards the 61 required class attendance/coaching hours

Gain double credit; Students attending both the PILATESwiss^® YA 200 Yoga Teacher Training program and the PILATES 450 hour Pilates Teacher Education program can count our Pilates Yoga Flying workshop toward the required yoga self-practice hours

A heartfelt Welcome to your PILATESwiss^® teacher training program!

PILATESwiss^® meets you halfway;

If you live far away or are on a budget. It is possible to complete  some of the class attendance/coaching hours by attending workshops from the  additional workshop list. The rest of the hours, can be completed during either our private sessions or attend in-person group classes each week, the cost of these sessions is not included in the workshop tuition.

Karolina Schmid 
Pilates method Alliance PMA certified. Yoga Teacher Educator. E-RYT500 Educational Director PILATESwiss^®

Dr. Jeannette Munzinger Petrich
Yoga Teacher, Surgeon, owner Gelenk Zentrum Zurich

Marina Morsellino
PILATESwiss^® Teacher Mentor, Pilates Method Alliance Certified, YA 200 Yoga Teacher

Negar Marazzi
PILATESwiss^® Teacher Mentor, Health Coach

Anja Joos
PILATESwiss^® Teacher Mentor, Pilates Method Alliance Certified