Teaching Pilates Is Harder Than Your Teacher Training Made It Seem
➤ Real clients don't fit neatly into textbook categories. They show up with back pain, osteoporosis, joint replacements, old injuries, limitations—and sometimes several of those at once.
➤ The “right” exercise depends on the person. An exercise that works beautifully for one client may be ineffective—or inappropriate—for another.
➤ And ultimately, you're the one who has to decide what to do. What to teach. What to modify. What to leave out. When to progress. And when to change direction.
You don't need more exercises.
You need to know how to make good decisions with the exercises you already know.
Pilates Encyclopedia makes you a better decision-maker.
A Pilates Teacher's Reference Library
You already know exercises.
PE helps you understand them deeply enough to know when to use them, who to use them with, how to adapt them, and what to do when they're not working.
A Thinking System When The Answer Isn't Obvious
Use the ADAPT Pilates Method to Observe → Investigate → Learn instead of blindly following rules or protocols.
What You Can Expect as a Member
(Everything That's Yours When You Join)
When You're Not Sure What To Teach
Understand what you're trying to accomplish and choose exercises based on the person rather than copying a sequence.
When A Client Can't Perform An Exercise
Figure out why. Is it mobility? Control? Strength? Understanding? Fear? Or simply the wrong exercise?
When You're Working with a Condition or Limitation
Understand the relevant precautions and contraindications without reducing the person to their diagnosis.
When an Exercise Isn't Working
Learn what to observe, what to change, and how to determine whether your change actually helped.
When you need another option
Find variations, regressions, progressions and related exercises without disappearing down an internet rabbit hole.
When you want to understand Pilates more deeply
Study exercises, movement skills, anatomy and teaching principles so that your decisions become less dependent on someone else's rules.
How It Works
1
Observe
What is actually happening in front of you?
2
Investigate
Change something. Try another exercise, position, cue, load or apparatus.
3
Learn & ADAPT
Did it help? What does that tell you about this person—and what should you do next?
Better Teaching Starts With Better Decisions
BECOME A MEMBER
Still have questions?
Not sure if Pilates Encyclopedia is right for you? Tell us about your teaching situation, and we’ll help you decide.
Become The Teacher Who Knows What To Do
Study exercises, movement skills, anatomy, and teaching principles so you can rely less on someone else's rules—and more on your own understanding.
BECOME A MEMBER
Stop Collecting Exercises.
Start Building Expertise.
