Stott Pilates Intensive Mat-Plus (IMP)
September 11 @ 4:00 am - September 21 @ 9:30 pm
| $1505
Two Long Weekends: 9/11-9/14 + 9/18-9/21
Thursday-Friday 4pm – 9:30pm
Saturday-Sunday 11am-4:30pm
This is our first weekday evenings and weekend training to meet the request of our 9-5ers, school teachers, and students!
The STOTT PILATES® Intensive Mat-Plus course teaches you the science and the art of instructing Pilates.
This training will allow you to plan and guide private sessions or group classes with the STOTT PILATES Level 1 (essential and intermediate) repertoire of exercises for a wide range of clients.
You will leave with a solid foundation and required skills to develop effective and motivating Pilates Matwork programs.
You’ll be taught by experienced Instructor Trainers who will mentor you on your education path.
This course is ideal for experienced studio and fitness instructors, personal trainers, sports therapists, physiotherapists and those with a background in dance looking to improve their range of skills and enhance their employability. This course is for people looking to obtain the finest Pilates education in the industry. However, any Pilates enthusiast looking to enhance or change careers can book this course if they fulfill the anatomy requirements, such as the anatomy course online.
What you will learn
- The STOTT PILATES Five Basic Principles
- Essential, Intermediate, Power workouts
- Flex-Band, Fitness Circle and Arc Barrel variations
- Effective communication and observational skills
- Verbal cueing and imagery for performance enhancement and client motivation
- Theory and practice of postural analysis
- 63 exercises plus modifications for specific body types, postural issues and conditions
- How to incorporate resistance equipment to support and intensify exercises
- Exercise layering related to effective program design
- Workout composition for personal and group training
Requirements of certification
- 40 hours of instruction and supervised teaching
- Minimum of 10 hours of observation
- Minimum of 30 hours of physical review
- Minimum of 15 hours of practice teaching
- Total: 95 hours
Observation, practice teaching and physical review
A minimum number of hours of observation, practice teaching and physical review are required for all courses and should be completed between instructed sessions at any STOTT PILATES® facility. Additional training may be required before certification. Practice teaching and physical review hours must be logged outside of class time. The practice logs must be submitted on your exam date (either written or practical exam). If the student fails to submit all the logs within 7 days from the last portion of the exam, the entire exam will be void.
Observation
Includes watching sessions taught by a STOTT PILATES Certified Instructor or relevant STOTT PILATES videos.
Physical review
Means physically performing the exercises learned in class. Taking a class with a STOTT PILATES Certified Instructor or working out with video can qualify as physical review hours, and can be completed individually or with other students.
Practice teaching
Hours can be fulfilled by instructing family, fellow students, friends or clients.
Continuing education credits
STOTT PILATES 4.0
canfitpro 4.0
ACE 4.0
Admission requirements
- Working knowledge of functional anatomy and prior participation in an anatomy course that covers in detail the human musculoskeletal system and includes muscle attachments, actions and basic biomechanics. Acceptable courses include the STOTT PILATES Functional Anatomy course or a university or college level anatomy or physiology course (minimum of 20–25 hours of in-class instruction). Online courses may be accepted provided they amount to a minimum 20–25 hours of learning and include homework assignments, tests and/or a final examination
- Minimum 30 hours participation in Pilates classes/workouts
Recommended
- 3+ years teaching movement or fitness. Applicants with a strong history of Pilates participation and/or experience instructing students/clients in another field may also be considered
Tuition:
Tuition $1,505
Course Material $275
TOTAL: $1,780
15% discount on course and material if register by July 11, 2025
Registration
Submit application to info@inversionyoga.com
Once admitted, $500 non refundable deposit must be paid at time of registration
Course fee paid 1 month before the course starts
Payment plans are available as needed with 50% down payment paid 1 month before the course starts
Pay with cash or check save 3% (cc fees)
Course Material
2 manuals:
- Comprehensive Matwork
- Matwork & Reformer Support Material
Digital Videos:
- STOTT PILATES® Principles
- Essential Matwork Repertoire
- 4th Ed.; Essential Matwork Express
- Workout 1: 30 min
- Essential Matwork Express Workout 2: 45 min
- Intermediate Matwork Repertoire, 4th Ed.
- Intermediate Matwork Express Workout: 20 min
- Intermediate Matwork
- Express Workout: 30 min
- MerrithewTM Education & Accessory Overviews
Recommended (not part of course package)
- Total Body Sculpting
- Fitness Circle® Challenge
