One of the biggest misconceptions in Pilates education is that if a client performs an exercise well during class, they've learnt it. Effective teaching isn't about giving more cues, it's about helping clients develop movement they can retain independently. In reality, performing a movement well and learning a movement are two very different things. A client may complete a beautiful bridge while you're standing beside them, providing constant corrections, demonstrations and e

One of the biggest shifts instructors make as they become more experienced isn't learning more anatomy. It's changing how they think about movement. Early in their careers, instructors often cue muscles. "Squeeze your glutes." "Switch your core on." "Activate your lats." While these cues aren't necessarily wrong, they often don't produce the movement quality we're actually looking for. The body doesn't think in muscles. It thinks in movement. Muscles Never Work Alone Every mo