Classical Pilates Mentorship
You don’t need more exercises. You need clarity, confidence, and the ability to teach in a real studio.
The Breakthrough Pilates Mentorship is designed for teachers who want more than choreography. It is a structured, ongoing mentorship built to sharpen your eye, strengthen your teaching, and help you grow inside a working Classical Pilates environment.
This is not a certification program. It is professional development inside the studio: weekly mentorship, monthly workshops, practical teaching opportunities, and direct guidance as you refine your work and build your career.
Mentorship requires a minimum 6-month commitment. Most teachers continue beyond that as they develop their teaching and client base.
What This Is
Certification is where many teachers begin. Mentorship is where teaching gets clear.
This is a small, focused environment where your teaching is refined, your standards are raised, and your ability to work with real bodies in a real studio becomes stronger.
You will not just study the Pilates system. You will work on how to apply it, communicate it, and teach it with confidence.
What You’ll Develop
- Greater clarity in seeing bodies and responding with purpose
- Stronger cueing, communication, and hands-on awareness
- Better command of progression, transitions, and teaching flow
- More confidence teaching across apparatus and levels
- A deeper understanding of client retention, progression, and studio standards
- Professional growth in both teaching and business development
How the Mentorship Works
Weekly Mentorship
Ongoing meetings focused on anatomy, cueing, communication, client scenarios, special populations, studio thinking, and professional growth.
Monthly Workshops Included
Mentorship includes attendance to Breakthrough Pilates’ monthly workshops. This allows you to study the system in depth alongside working teachers through ongoing apparatus-specific and level-based workshop training.
Hands-On Development
You’ll work through practical teaching situations, problem-solve real bodies, and build the kind of applied understanding that only comes from direct guidance and repetition.
Professional Checkpoints
Progress is structured through clear milestones, ongoing feedback, and teaching evaluations that support your development without forcing an artificial finish line.
Earn While You Learn
This mentorship is not theoretical. As your level and readiness grow, you can begin teaching inside the studio.
- Begin teaching at the appropriate level as determined through mentorship and evaluation
- Grow into greater teaching responsibility as your skill, consistency, and readiness increase
- Build your own client base while developing inside the studio
- Earn bonus pay tied to the retention of clients you personally bring in
The goal is not just to become more knowledgeable. The goal is to become more effective, more employable, and more established as a teacher.
Your Commitment
Included in Mentorship
- Weekly mentorship meetings
- Attendance to monthly Breakthrough Pilates workshops
- Observation hours
- Self-practice studio time
- Ongoing feedback and progress evaluation
Additional Requirements
- Regular Practically Private lessons
- Private lessons with David
- Consistent personal practice and preparation
- Active engagement in the studio environment
Progression is individualized, but not casual. The work is structured, the standards are clear, and the expectation is steady development over time.
Required Reading
- Return to Life Through Contrology — Joseph H. Pilates & William J. Miller
- The Anatomy Coloring Book — Wynn Kapit & Lawrence M. Elson
- Caged Tiger: Joseph Pilates and His Legacy — John Howard Steel
Who This Is For
- Classical instructors who want to deepen their practice and sharpen their teaching
- Contemporary teachers who are Classically curious and want stronger guidance
- Certified or nearly certified teachers who want support beyond a basic training
- Teachers who want confidence, accountability, and a clearer path forward
- Instructors who want to build a real career, not just collect information
Prerequisites
To be considered for the Breakthrough Pilates Mentorship, applicants should be certified in Pilates or nearing the completion of their test-out process, and physically able to perform intermediate-level work with consistency and control.
After application, you may be asked to demonstrate the Intermediate Mat and Reformer as taught in your certification program.
Investment
$600 per month with a minimum 6-month commitment.
Tuition includes weekly mentorship, monthly workshops, observation, self-practice access, and ongoing professional guidance. Private lessons and Practically Private lessons are billed separately.
Introductory pricing may change for future cohorts.
Apply
This is a small group by design. We work closely, and we select carefully.
If you’re ready to refine your teaching, deepen your understanding of the work, and grow inside a serious studio environment, complete the application below.
