Find your pathway
Start with what you want to teach
There is no single route into teaching Pilates. There are three, and the right one depends on the work you want to do. Find yours below, then read the course that starts it.
Teach Group ClassesStart with Matwork. Add Reformer when you want to teach group Reformer classes too.
Start
Matwork only
MAT TEACHER
Teach Mat group classes in the studios, gyms and health centres.
Add
GROUP CLASS INSTRUCTOR
Teach Mat and Reformer group classes.
Already Mat qualified somewhere else?
You can start at Ultimate Reformer. Ask us to check your qualification.
Teach In the StudioOne course, taken on its own. No Matwork or Reformer needed first.
One course
Studio Rehab
The Comprehensive course
Mat, Reformer and the full studio apparatus, all in the one course.
You can teach
STUDIO INSTRUCTOR
Teach every piece of studio apparatus, to all levels, with individual assessment and programming.
Allied health professionals
If you are already qualified in allied health, this is the one course you need to add Pilates to your current skill set. No academic units required.
Going further?
Studio Rehab is one of the three parts of the full Diploma. See the Diploma pathway.
The full DiplomaAustralia's most complete Pilates pathway, and the one that unlocks health fund rebates.
This is the full Diploma pathway
Start with either of these two
DIPLOMA OF POLESTAR PILATES COMPREHENSIVE INSTRUCTION METHOD
11292NAT · Nationally recognised training
- Teach every apparatus, at every level.
- Your clients can claim health fund rebates.
- The pathway into mentoring and educating.
Before you start, whichever pathway you choose
Every Polestar course asks for the same three things. An HSC or equivalent, 25 hours of personal Pilates practice, and anatomy and physiology, either Polestar’s online course or HLTAAP001 from another provider.