Course Requirements

 

Prerequisites for acceptance to the program

  • 30+ verifiable hours of well-rounded Pilates instruction with a qualified Pilates Instructor. (Holly’s Pilates Village will offer you a Student Discount to complete)
  • Completed application, entrance interview, tuition deposit
  • Signed Student Contract (day 1 of class)
  • Personal Liability Insurance if practicing in your Host Studio

Requirements for Graduation

Assessment-Based Diploma issued upon completing all course requirements including, but not limited to:

  • 142 hours of Classroom Experience with a PSC Master Trainer - Provided
  • 25 hours of Apprenticeship - assisting with the business aspect of Holly’s Pilates Village suited to your interests and abilities
  • 50 hours of Observation in studio with a qualified instructor
  • 100 hours of Practice Teaching and Charting with classmates, family, friends, etc.
  • 40 hours of Self Integration (additional Pilates private, semi private or mat class experience with qualified instructor)
  • 45 hours Client Assessment and Programming Project - assignment
  • 25 hours of an Anatomy Thesis Project - assignment
  • 15 hours Pilates Professional Video Observation
  • Passing scores on tests, reviews and quizzes, practical exams and projects

Requirements for Mat only or any other Modular Course

  • 25 hours of Observation and Apprenticeship with a qualified instructor
  • 25 hours of Practice Teaching and Charting with classmates, family, friends, etc.
  • 10 hours of Self Integration (additional Pilates private, semi private or mat class experience with qualified instructor)
  • 12 hours Client Assessment and Programming Project - assignment
  • 5 hours Pilates Professional Video Observation
  • Passing scores on tests, reviews and quizzes, practical exams and projects
 
 

Materials Required

You will need to purchase this book, not included in course or course fees.

  • Trail Guide to the Body Text
    by Books of Discovery (Edition 4 or 5) a user-friendly musculoskeletal anatomy & palpation text that includes 3 hour DVD

Optional Additions (at a discount if you purchased with Trail Guide to the Body from Books of Discovery)

  • Trail Guide to the Body Student Workbook
    designed to be used with the text, this study guide offers matching, coloring and fill-in-the-blank exercises to practice the information in the text. (Trail Guide “Pack” includes all of the above at a discount: http://www.booksofdiscovery.com/products.php?cat=9)
  • Flash Cards
    2 volumes covering the muscles, bones, joints, ligaments and movements of the human body
  • Audio Guide
    100 muscle tracks on 4 CDs. Each track includes information and palpation instructions.

Optional Suggestions for your Library

(Available new or used on Amazon.com)

Joe Pilates wrote the following two books that you should add to your library:

  • Your Health: A Corrective System of Exercising That Revolutionizes the Entire Field of Physical Education (1934)
  • Return to Life through Contrology (1945)

Also available:

  • Anatomy of Movement
    Blandine C. Germain
  • The Complete Writings of Joseph H. Pilates
    Joseph H. Pilates
  • The Anatomy Coloring Book Second Edition
    by Wynn Kapit / Lawrence M. Elson
  • Anatomy of Movement: Exercises
    by Blandine C. Germain, Stephen Anderson
  • Atlas of Human Anatomy
    by Frank N. Netter
  • The Joseph H. Pilates Archive Collection
    Edited by Sean P. Gallagher and Romana Kryzanowska
  • The Complete Guide to Joseph H. Pilates' Techniques of Physical Conditioning
    by Allan Menezes
  • The Pilates Method of Body Conditioning
    by Gallagher and Kryzanowska
  • Illustrated Essentials of Musculoskeletal Anatomy
    Sieg and Adams