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Fitting your study around a busy work and family life
Breathe training runs on weekends or weekdays, allowing you to maintain your existing career in full-swing throughout your studies.
Our training is scheduled in standard academic semesters with breaks every school holiday period, giving you a work and family-friendly timetable.
Save your cashflow - Pay by easy instalments at no extra cost
All our courses come with a monthly instalment payment plan at no extra charge. We can tailor a payment plan to suit your study needs and your cash flow. All Breathe payment plans are 100% interest-free. Click here to view prices
Don't settle for a second-rate education
Like any other discipline, being good at doing Pilates isn't the same thing as being good at teaching Pilates. What's more, being good at teaching Pilates is certainly not the same thing as being good at teaching how to teach Pilates.
Breathe Pilates instructor training is designed and delivered using the latest research in education and learning in order to provide you, the student with an intense, powerfully effective and highly satisfying learning experience as well as a nationally and internationally recognised qualification in Pilates.
There are a plethora of resources and support available to you before, during and most importantly after your course to get you on track and keep you on track.
Internationally recognised certified training is your halmark of quality in any industry. The Breathe Pilates instructor training program is accredited with STOTT PILATES®, and is recognised by the APMA (Australian Pilates Method Association) and Fitness Australia as well as major insurers, so you can be sure that your Pilates qualifications from Breathe are well respected and recognised throughout Australia AND around the world in over 90 countries.
Breathe Pilates training is recognised in over 90 countries including:
- Australia and New Zealand
- North America
- UK and Europe
- South Africa
- Asia
- India
- The Middle East
Modular course format: Study at your own pace
(Click on a course title, or scroll down for full details)
 Functional Anatomy and biomechanics: 15 hours over 2 weekends. An ideal way to dip your toe in the water, before deciding to commit to the full Pilates course. Also a fantastic stand-alone course for movement teachers, and those who are curious about anatomy. Click here for prices.
Matwork course (includes functional anatomy): 61 hours over 10 weekends. All you'll need to become a cutting-edge professional matwork instructor. Click here for prices
Clinical Pilates course: 50 hours over 5 weekends. Builds on the Matwork course. Gain the advanced anatomy, theory and hands-on skills to work effectively and safely with musculoskeletal injuries, disease conditions and pregnancy. Suitable for matwork instructors and those who are training on the full studio equipment. Click here for prices
Studio Equipment course: 124 hours over 5-6 months. Builds on the Clinical Pilates course. In-depth exploration of the studio repertoire including Reformer, Cadillac, Stability Chair and Barrels. A pre-requisite for working in a fully equipped studio environment.Click here for prices
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Detailed course content and outcomes
Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics course
The anatomy module is part of the Matwork course, but it's also available for you as a stand-alone course.
Far more than 'what bits go where', this course has lashings of simple, practical application from the very first day. The Breathe Anatomy course has been showered with raving testimonials by ecstatic participants ever since the very first time we ran it. You'll experience the joy of finally understanding how things work.
We definitely don't dumb things down though; you'll be learning the very latest, cutting edge research-based anatomy, physiology and biomechanics. In detail.
It will just feel simple and easy to grasp.
There are no long lists of Latin names to memorise (anatomy is not about lists of words, it's about human bodies!)...
But you will be gobsmacked by how easily you'll be able to locate, name and assess all the major muscles, bones and joints within just a few short hours. Not only that but you'll be able to find the 'tight spots' in muscles and release them with ease, yourself; now that's a skill that will make you much more popular. Fitness Australia certainly thought so, when they accredited this course for a full 15 CEC points (that's almost 2 years worth of points!).
Here's what's covered:
Day 1: Foundations and the lumbo-pelvic region
- Systems of the body and how they relate to movement
- Physiology of muscle: how you can use it in exercise and rehabilitation
- Functional muscle classifications based on current research
- The principles and application of Leverage in biological systems
- How to locate your tension 'trigger points' and release them easily by yourself
- Skeletal anatomy: How to know when the bones are in the right place
- Muscular anatomy of the lumbar spine and pelvis: How the muscles work together to create movement and support for the body
Day 2: The Thoracic and Cervical Spines and the Hip
- Muscular anatomy of the Thoracic and Cervical spines, and how they relate to the Pelvis and Lumbar spine
- How the muscles of the trunk interact and work together as a self-correcting system to create movement and support for the body
- The muscular anatomy of the hip joint: how the muscles work together to create an integrated lumbo-pelvic-hip system for stability and movement
- Basic postural analysis skills for the pelvis, spine and hip: How to accurately identify common postural faults
Day 3: The Shoulder Girdle and Movement Analysis
- Muscular anatomy of the shoulder girdle: how the muscles work together, and the relationship between the shoulder, upper back and neck
- Movement analysis: how to look at any movement and instantly see which muscles are working
Far from the usual dry, boring anatomy training with an instrutor droning up the front while you doze; instead you'll be bouncing home at the end of each day of the course, super-excited and eager to try out your new knowledge and skills on family members and friends, strangers even.
You'll actually look forward to reading and learning more and more, because we'll help you harness your natural, inbuilt curiosity and experience the satisfaction of true learning that wil last you a lifetime.
Interested? Call us now on (03) 9662 1630 or email your enquiry
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Pilates Matwork Instructor course
How this course will make you more employable than any other Pilates course in Australia:
The Pilates Matwork instructor course (which includes the Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics course) will teach you everything you need to know to not only be the best instructor you can be right now, but will fire your thirst for knowledge so that you keep improving year after year, maintaining your passion and excitement in your new career for as long as you want to.
Here's what's covered:
- History and philosophy of Pilates
- How to change a client's movement patterns quickly and permanently
- How to find the perfect exercise variation for each client
- How to make complex exercises seem simple
- Over 100 specific exericse variations so you'll have the exact right exercise for any need from super-beginner to advanced
- How to keep your workouts inspiring
- How to quickly and accurately find your clients' exact postural issues and choose the perfect exercises to correct them
- Confidence teaching groups
- How to generate referrals from allied health professionals
- How to tell immediately whether your client has good form in an exercise, and what to do about it if they don't
- How to effectively target specific muscles with pinpoint accuracy
- Stretching and Flexibility techniques: Why passive stretching doesn't work, and how to effectively elongate a muscle so it stays lengthened.
- How to protect your clients using pre-screening to detect any dangerous medical conditions and refer them to the appropriate medical professional, before they become a problem.
- How to keep your clients coming back
- How to find work easily and build your career as a Pilates instructor
- How to get insurance as a Pilates instructor
The Breathe Pilates Matwork Instructor course will provide you with a complete general Pilates education including all you'll need to know about the technical side of things, AND when you walk out as a new graduate, you'll have so many real-world 'employability skills' you'll have no problem finding work as a Pilates instructor.
We know this because our graduates are the preferred instructors by most of the major studios and clinics in Melbourne. Your certification from Breathe will also be recognised throughout the world including North America, The UK and Europe, Asia, NZ, South Africa and South America and by major Australian insurers.
Interested? Call us now on (03) 9662 1630 or email your enquiry
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Clinical Pilates instructor course
After doing this course, you'll look forward to working with injured clients, and they'll be lining up to work with you.
The Clinical Pilates course will take away the fear of the unknown. After this course never more will you be worried and in the dark, fumbling your way through a 'standard' rehabilitation workout with your injured clients.
We'll teach you a simple, elegant yet incredibly powerful system for assessing, programming, progressing and if necessary referring your injured clients. We'll give you valid confidence, clarity and a sense of calm empowerment when working with even seriously injured clients. Wouldn't that be awesome?
The clinical framework you'll learn in this course is so simple and so intuitive that you'll find it hard to believe it's based on the latest cutting-edge research in exercise rehabilitation; here's how we've managed to do it:
We've scoured the literature, and travelled the world to find the best research, the best clinicians and the best teachers. Our system incorporates all the important aspects of work by world-leading researchers like McGill, Hodges, Richardson, Hides, Lee, Vleeming, Myers and Moseley.
We've analysed thousands and thousands of pages of academic research papers, and found the parallels and the patterns. We've refined these down to a simple, flowing system for clinical problem solving that is so stunningly effective BECAUSE it's the concentrated essence of so much powerful research. This system is like a proton pill for rehabilitation...
...Easy to apply and game-changing.
What you'll learn in the Clinical Pilates course:
- Comprehensive assessment so you'll know all the right questions to ask, and how to record your clients' information for easy retrieval later.
- Advanced postural analysis: How to analyse posture quickly and with incredible accuracy
- Muscle testing: how to precisely determine the length and strength of any muscle
- Myofascial release: how to teach your clients to self-release their tight areas with simple techniques for immediate relief (they'll love you for this!)
- Advanced stretching techniques: how to safely, powerfully and precisely target any muscle with highly effective therapeutic stretching techniques.
- Biofeedback techniques: how to tell if a client's 'core' muscles are functioning properly, and how to fix them if they aren't.
- Anatomy trains: how to tell if an injury to one body segment is being caused by poor function at another body segment (which might be pain-free and at the other end of the body).
- Clinical Reasoning skills: how to use the underlying principles of evidence-based rehabilitation to problem-solve effectively
- Advanced assessment: how to determine with incredible accuracy, whether individual spinal vertebrae are being stabilised correctly (and how to fix it if they aren't).
- Advanced clinical techniques for switching on lazy muscles: how to get the right muscles doing the work, every time.
- Dynamic testing: how to observe your client moving and detect dysfunctional patterns that could be contributing to their injury
- How to effectively and safely strengthen any muscle whilst protecting injured tissues
- How to generate unlimited referrals from allied health professionals, and how to write referrals
- Red flags that will tell you it's time to refer your client
- How to work with clients with chronic conditions
- How to research medical information, so you know your stuff every time.
- How to ensure your clients do their homework exercises diligently.
By the end of the Clinical Pilates course you'll be ready, and raring to head back to work, armed with a long list of effective techniques to do with all your 'problem' clients.
Not only that but you'll have a simple, intuitive system for problem-solving, which is also so powerful and versatile that using it will set you so far ahead of any other instructors in your area that if you're not careful you'll send them out of business.
...Or you could tell them to come and do the Breathe Clinical Pilates course.
The Matwork course is a pre-requisite for the Clinical Pilates course.
Interested? Call us now on (03) 9662 1630 or email your enquiry
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Studio Equipment Pilates instructor course
Includes Reformer, Cadillac, Chair and Barrels
Utilising the full range of studio equipment will allow you to realise the full potential of your teaching skills, and offer your clients superior value, versatility and freshness in every workout.
If you're serious about working in a professional studio environment, you'll know that certification on the full range of equipment is a 'price of admission' to working at the top level. Full certification will set you apart from other instructors, and will widen your skillset way beyond the basic matwork.
The Matwork course is a pre-requisite for the Studio Equipment course
Here's what you'll learn in the course:
- Detailed breakdown of over 300 exercises on Reformer, Cadillac (aka Trapeze table), Stability Chair and Barrels: how to keep workouts fresh, versatile and exciting for even the most jaded client. You'll learn muscular emphasis, mobility and stability challenges, indications and contraindications progressions and regressions for every exercise so your toolbox will be stocked full!
- Advanced Programming skills: how to use the full range of Pilates equipment to target your clients' weak areas with needle-like precision and facilitate amazingly quick progress, even for clients who have plateaued
- How to advance your clients quickly and safely yet with imperceptible smoothness so they don't even realise you're making the exercises harder; OR how to make them feel they're working incredibly hard with just a few minor adjustments
- The full advanced repertoire of Pilates exercises - just for fun!
- How to work effectively with dancers, martial artists and athletes
When you graduate from the Breathe full certification, you'll already be at the forefront of industry professionals and you'll feel a justified confidence, and complete readiness, eagerness to 'get out there' and teach Pilates.
Don't wait. Enquire today by filling in the form below right now, and start a conversation with us.
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Breathe Wellbeing Pilates instructor training Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane Australia. We offer STOTT PILATES instructor training and certification in our Melbourne CBD studio at 289 Little Collins Street Melbourne and at Club Rhythm at 76 Melbourne Street, Adelaide South Australia SA Australia as well as Revive Pilates Ashcroft, in Brisbane QLD.
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"Excellent: Challenging, interesting, exhaustive."
"I loved it! The most valuable parts were the round-robin teaching and small group teaching - brilliant.
Raph's knowledge and coaching, and his willingness to share, and keep positive and optimistic - so helpful." Dianne Walker, 55, teacher |
"It was brilliant! Thanks for the support and encouragement throughout."
"It’s been great working with everyone at Breathe. As I have said before the course surpassed my expectations and I have been really impressed with the thoroughness and professionalism of, not only the course content, but how Michelle and Raphael delivered it to us.
It was brilliant! Thanks for the support and encouragement throughout and now after. Its really great that we can continue to get together and use the studios to get practice and gain confidence. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend the Breathe studios and instructors to my friends and family”
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"Worth coming all the way from NZ!"
"Great, unbelievable amount of information. I especially loved learning about how different posture types need different workouts, and what to look out for in group classes and one-on-one sessions. Worth coming all the way from NZ!" Nikki Leinert, Social Worker |
"Fantastic. Very thorough. I feel that I have the tools I need."
"Brilliant Course. Interesting, very clear and easy to understand a complex subject. Well worth the money, and fantastic follow up with the practice studio, offers of assistance and course auditing." Nikki Scanu, Personal Trainer |
"It's great to have such a great teacher."
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