FAQs

Determining the right time to join a training is highly individual. I would suggest a minimum of 1 year experience OR a minimum of 10 classes/sessions. That said, if you’re curious about teaching, you enjoy the practice, and the timing works for your life, then there are a lot of options to help you feel prepared before the training starts. Happy to discuss your specific situation directly - email us HERE.

Yes! Teacher Training is truly an investment into yourself. It’s an excellent way to deepen your practice. You’ll learn more about your body, the practice (its lineage & evolution), and all of the ways it can be incorporated into your life.

While it’s important to be present for as much of the training as possible, we understand that some times things come up. In the event of an absence, make-up hours can be completed by booking additional private session(s) for $150 per hour (this applies to students attending the Mat training virtually as well).

While we hope you will be present for the entire training, we ask that you do not miss more than 10 hours total.

If you know that you will be unable to attend a full weekend, then we will need to make arrangements prior to the training’s start date. Most likely, you will be able to audit the same weekend in a future training.

Yes! Firstly, we wholeheartedly agree - they truly are phenomenal complements. Secondly, both are full-body practices that focus on the breath, and there are a lot of overlapping physical/non-physical benefits. Speaking very broadly and just to the physical components of the practices, there are many differences between the two practices as well: yoga incorporates a lot of freedom of movement and stretching as well as a mix of moving through and holding poses/postures; Pilates, on the other hand, is very strength focused and incorporates a lot of repetitive movements, usually in smaller ranges of movement.

If your intention is to learn a new modality that enhances your yoga teaching practice through acquiring new skills, then I would suggest starting with the 120hr Mat Pilates Teacher Training. All you need is a mat and Mat Pilates classes can often fit in nicely on a yoga studio’s class schedule. If your intention is to make more of a career shift and one day teach in a boutique style studio that has all of the Pilates equipment, then I would suggest embarking on the journey that is the 500hr Comprehensive Pilates Teacher Training.

Absolutely! Teaching Pilates - and the art of facilitation in general - has less to do with your ability to perform an exercise and more to do with your skill at understanding and communicating how to perform an exercise to your client/students. One of the main intentions behind The Lab is getting you to a place where your understanding of the component parts of each movement is so keen that your precise cueing conveys everything the practitioners need to know (without having to physically demonstrate/show them).

Additionally, injuries can often be great teachers. For example, if you have a shoulder injury, you might end up inadvertently becoming an expert on shoulder mechanics, simply through your personal journey of healing your own body.

Yes! The training’s schedule is structured in such a way that it won’t conflict with standard work out hours (i.e. evenings and weekends). Also, there is no rush to complete the hours - take them at your own pace. We do recommend trying to complete them within a year of finishing the training so that the material still feels fresh; but, if you need more time, we can make that work, too!