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The Instructor Intensive Workshop Weekend

5 practical Physio-led workshops for qualified Pilates instructors

Second-guessing what to do when a client needs something different?

This is exactly why we are bringing these workshops back for the final time in 2026. Five workshops designed to fill the gaps so many instructors quietly feel:

  • the doubt when an injury walks in
  • the hesitation with a pregnant client
  • the worry that your class is not really building strength

You already love teaching.
This is how you start to trust it.

Join our founder, Kira-Leigh Rule, on 5 and 6 December.

In person in Sydney  |  Live via Zoom
14-day replay for anyone around the world

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Real practical application

Take it into your classes the next day

Whether you are in person in Sydney, joining us live via Zoom, or watching the replay from around the world, these workshops are designed for practical implementation that you can apply the next day in your classes.

How you can attend

In person

Sydney

For instructors who learn best in the room.

  • Practical demonstrations
  • Time to ask questions
  • A small learning environment: maximum 12 participants per workshop
  • Travel to Sydney and attend several sessions across one weekend

Live via Zoom

Worldwide

Learn live from wherever you are.

  • Live teaching and demonstrations
  • Questions and discussion where appropriate
  • The practical learning without the travel
  • Replay access afterwards

Replay

Worldwide

For when the live time does not suit your timezone.

  • Access to the workshop recording
  • A dedicated manual
  • Fourteen days of replay access

Everyone gets the replay. Everyone who books a workshop receives its replay for 14 days after release, including in person and live Zoom attendees. Live and in-person participation includes demonstration, movement and questions, which can differ from watching a recording.

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The moments that test your confidence

The questions you meet in class

Qualification gives you the exercises. The harder part is what to do when a real client does not fit the standard class. These are the questions this weekend is built around.

“What do I modify when a client tells me they have sciatica?”Injury Modifications
“How much load is appropriate for a pregnant client?”Pre & Postnatal Pilates
“Why does changing a Reformer spring completely alter the exercise?”Applied Anatomy & Biomechanics
“How do I know whether my class is actually training strength?”Strength Pilates Principles
“How do I layer exercises without turning the class into a confusing sequence?”Programming & Cueing
Practical answers, from a Physiotherapist, that you can use in your next class.The Instructor Intensive

Build your weekend

Choose your workshops

Select any combination of the five. Your price, saving and payment plan update as you choose, and you go straight to the checkout for that exact combination.

Select one or more workshops above to see your price.

Select a workshop to continue

Early access price applies when all five workshops are selected, until Friday 6 November at 6:00 pm AEDT.

The five workshops

What each workshop covers

Each workshop is two hours, practical and taught by a Physiotherapist. None of them is a new teaching qualification. They are continuing education for instructors who already teach.

Workshop 01

Injury Modifications

Saturday 5 December, 12:00 to 2:00 pm AEDT

A$199

“What do I modify when a client tells me they have sciatica?”

Modify With Confidence. A practical look at six presentations instructors meet every week, taught from a Physiotherapy perspective. The focus is informed exercise modification, not diagnosis.

What we cover

  • Sciatica
  • Neck pain
  • Shoulder impingement and rotator cuff related pain
  • Tennis elbow and golfer's elbow
  • Knee osteoarthritis
  • Lumbar disc herniations

What you can take back to class

  • Understand each presentation well enough to teach around it
  • Know when to progress, modify, stop or refer
  • Practical Mat and Reformer modifications
  • Load and positioning considerations
  • Cueing strategies that keep the class flowing

Included: the live workshop, a dedicated manual and 14 days of replay access.

Workshop 02

Pre & Postnatal Pilates

Saturday 5 December, 2:30 to 4:30 pm AEDT

A$199

“How much load is appropriate for a pregnant client?”

Beyond the Trimester Rules. Taught from a Women's Health Physiotherapist's perspective, this workshop goes past rules of thumb so you can make sound exercise choices for pregnant and postnatal clients, including inside general classes.

What we cover

  • Trimester specific physiological changes
  • Pregnancy warning signs and referral considerations
  • Functional pelvic floor cueing
  • Appropriate exercise loading
  • Diastasis recti abdominis and pelvic girdle pain
  • Postnatal recovery, including vaginal and caesarean birth

What you can take back to class

  • Practical Mat and Reformer modifications
  • Supporting pregnant and postnatal clients within general classes
  • Know when something needs referral

Included: the live workshop, a dedicated manual and 14 days of replay access.

Workshop 03

Applied Anatomy & Biomechanics

Sunday 6 December, 9:30 to 11:30 am AEDT

A$199

“Why does changing a Reformer spring completely alter the exercise?”

Why This Exercise Feels Different. Understand what actually changes when you shift a spring, a joint angle or a body position, then use it to choose and adjust exercises on purpose. This is not a condensed version of the full Applied Anatomy & Biomechanics Certification.

What we cover

  • Applied anatomy for familiar Pilates exercises
  • Leverage and moment arms
  • Force direction
  • Reformer spring mechanics
  • Resistance, body positioning and joint angles

What you can take back to class

  • Practical analysis of bridges, footwork, squats, lunges, planks and upper body exercises
  • Explain to a client why an exercise feels different

Included: the live workshop, a dedicated manual and 14 days of replay access.

Workshop 04

Strength Pilates Principles

Sunday 6 December, 12:00 to 2:00 pm AEDT

A$199

“How do I know whether my class is actually training strength?”

Strength Pilates: Beyond the Burn. One of the most practical and experiential workshops of the weekend. You will move, then work out how to build the same principles into your own Mat and Reformer classes.

What we cover

  • Strength versus muscular endurance
  • The difference between fatigue and strength adaptations
  • Progressive overload, repetitions and sets
  • Resistance selection, tempo and rest

What you can take back to class

  • Apply strength principles to Mat and Reformer exercises
  • Programme for mixed abilities
  • Leave with a repeatable Strength Pilates class framework

Included: the live workshop, a dedicated manual and 14 days of replay access.

Workshop 05

Programming & Cueing

Sunday 6 December, 2:30 to 4:30 pm AEDT

A$199

“How do I layer exercises without turning the class into a confusing sequence?”

The Art of Programming & Cueing. Design classes with purpose, cue with confidence and adjust in real time. Includes practical templates and real class planning examples.

What we cover

  • Purposeful class design for flow, strength and mixed method classes
  • 30, 45 and 60 minute class frameworks
  • Multiweek programming
  • Exercise selection, sequencing and cumulative layering

What you can take back to class

  • Verbal, visual and consent based tactile cueing
  • Managing mixed abilities and real time class adjustments
  • Teaching confidence and delivery

Included: the live workshop, a dedicated manual and 14 days of replay access.

The weekend

Full timetable

All times are Sydney time (AEDT, UTC+11).

Saturday 5 December

12:00 to 2:00 pmInjury Modifications
2:00 to 2:30 pmBreak
2:30 to 4:30 pmPre & Postnatal Pilates

Sunday 6 December

9:30 to 11:30 amApplied Anatomy & Biomechanics
11:30 am to 12:00 pmBreak
12:00 to 2:00 pmStrength Pilates Principles
2:00 to 2:30 pmBreak
2:30 to 4:30 pmProgramming & Cueing

Why learn with Body Form Education

Education that instructors keep coming back for

Body Form Education has trained instructors and studios around the world, and our previous standalone in-person workshops have sold out. That is why this weekend is capped at 12 in-person participants per workshop, and why we encourage you to secure an in-person place early.

66+Studios trained worldwide
2,000+Online CPD students
Sold outPilates Expo workshops
228+Five-star Google reviews
Kira-Leigh Rule, Physiotherapist and founder of Body Form Education

Meet your educator

Kira-Leigh Rule

I am a Physiotherapist, and I have spent my career in the space between clinical reasoning and movement teaching. I trained as a Women’s Health Physiotherapist and as a Clinical Pilates instructor, and I own Pilates and Physiotherapy studios, so everything in this weekend has been tested in real classes with real clients.

I founded Body Form Education because instructors kept asking for the same thing: to understand the why, not just the exercise. These workshops are what I would want if I were teaching your classes: clear, practical and honest about scope of practice.

  • Physiotherapist
  • Women’s Health Physiotherapist
  • Clinical Pilates Instructor
  • Founder, Body Form Education
  • International Pilates educator
  • Studio owner

In their words

What instructors say

Written reviews from instructors who have learned with Kira-Leigh. Read more reviews on Google.

★★★★★
“I’ve had Kira-Leigh run two workshops for my staff, one on pre and postnatal Pilates and another focused on injuries, and both were absolutely incredible. She’s so knowledgeable, but what really stands out is how she breaks everything down in a way that’s easy to understand and makes the information feel so much less overwhelming.”
OUR. Pilates CoStudio owner, staff workshops · Oct 2025
★★★★★
“A standout aspect of the practical intensive was Kira-Leigh’s exceptional expertise. Her mastery of precise movement mechanics, advanced biomechanics, and articulate cueing added immense clinical value to the execution of each exercise.”
Saadia KirstenPhysiotherapist · May 2026
★★★★★
“Over the weekend I have gained so much more confidence in setting up exercises correctly and progressing clients safely. I also gained invaluable knowledge on injury prevention and effective modifications for clients.”
Donna RalstonIn person weekend, Sydney · Jul 2026
★★★★★
“I really enjoyed the Physio-led approach and came away feeling so much more confident with class planning, layering exercises, modifying for different levels and injuries and keeping a class flowing safely.”
Stacey McKenziePhysiotherapist, Darwin · Jun 2026
★★★★★
“It gave me practical, evidence-based tools that I could start using straight away. I feel much more confident teaching group classes now, especially when it comes to modifying exercises for clients with different injuries or movement limitations.”
Daniela AnggitaReformer instructor, Bali · Jun 2026
★★★★★
“Her verbal guidance during face-to-face days really helps bridge theory into confident teaching. The way she covers programming, cueing, and lesson layering feels seamless and empowering.”
Fiona Hallam YogaInjury · Oct 2025

Pricing and savings

The more you book, the more you save

Pay in full, or spread it over five weekly payments. The payment plan total is higher than the pay in full price.

WorkshopsIndividual valuePay in fullYou saveFive weekly paymentsPlan total
5 workshops, early accessA$995A$735A$2605 x A$176.40A$882
1 workshopA$199A$199A$05 x A$47.76A$238.80
2 workshopsA$398A$349A$495 x A$83.76A$418.80
3 workshopsA$597A$497A$1005 x A$119.28A$596.40
4 workshopsA$796A$646A$1505 x A$155.04A$775.20
5 workshops, standardA$995A$785A$2105 x A$188.40A$942

Early access prices end Friday 6 November at 6:00 pm AEDT. Savings are calculated on pay in full prices against the A$199 individual price.

Savings are calculated on pay in full prices against the A$199 individual price.

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

Can I attend only one workshop?

Yes. Each workshop is A$199 on its own, and you can book as many as you like. The more you book, the more you save.

Can I choose any combination of workshops?

Yes. Use the workshop selector to choose any combination of the five. The price updates as you choose.

Can I attend some in person and others by Zoom or replay?

Yes, you can mix formats across the weekend. Just mark your attendance for each workshop at checkout.

Where is the in-person workshop?

In person sessions are held in Sydney.

How many in-person places are available?

In-person attendance is capped at 12 participants per workshop, which keeps the room small enough for practical demonstration and questions. Previous in-person workshops have sold out.

Can international instructors attend?

Yes. Join live on Zoom from anywhere in the world, or watch the replay.

What if the workshop time doesn't suit my timezone?

All times are Sydney time (AEDT). If the live time is not practical where you are, every purchaser receives the replay for 14 days after release.

How long do I receive the recording?

Everyone who books a workshop receives its replay for 14 days after release, whether they attend in person, live on Zoom or not at all.

Is a manual included?

Yes. Each workshop has a dedicated manual.

Do I need a Reformer at home?

No. You do not need a Reformer to complete the workshops. Reformer applications are taught, and if you would like to be in the studio you are welcome to join in person in Sydney.

How do the five weekly payments work?

At checkout you choose to pay in full or in five weekly payments. The payment plan total is higher than the pay in full price. For example, the complete weekend is A$785 in full or five payments of A$188.40 (A$942 total) at standard pricing.

Are these workshops suitable for already-qualified instructors?

Yes. They are designed for qualified Pilates instructors who want more confidence with injuries, pregnancy, strength, anatomy and programming. They build on what you already teach.

Will I receive a certificate?

No. These workshops do not include a certificate. They are continuing education for instructors who already teach.

What are the cancellation and refund terms?

There are no cancellations or refunds once a purchase has been made.

What happens if I cannot attend live?

You can watch the replay for 14 days after release. Live and in-person sessions include demonstration, movement and questions, which can differ from watching a recording.

The next client who challenges your confidence is the reason to keep learning.

Choose the topics you want to improve, join us in the format that suits you, and take practical education back into your teaching.

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