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How to Become a Truly Client-Centred Pilates Teacher

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 And why so few instructors today are equipped to do so Becoming a client-centred Pilates teacher means moving beyond choreography to understand real clients’ needs.  Current training often fails to prepare instructors for today’s diverse population.  Through Pilates education reform , Mbodies offers a new approach focused on assessment, empathy, and Pilates for real people . In an ideal world, every Pilates teacher would leave their initial qualification with the ability to confidently assess, understand, and adapt movement to serve real clients; not just theoretical ones.  Yet in today’s industry, many instructors, through no fault of their own, are simply not prepared for the very people they meet in class: older, stiffer, post-rehab, pre-surgical, arthritic, uncoordinated, and often anxious. It’s time we admit something uncomfortable:  Much of today’s Pilates education is robotic, reductive, and removed from reality. From Overcorrection to Under deliv...