Intensive Reformer

Learn to design and lead the Level 1 Essential and Intermediate STOTT PILATES Reformer repertoire for personal or group training settings for a range of clients. You will leave with a solid foundation and required skills to develop effective and motivating Pilates Reformer programs.  Please email ashlee@pilatescenterofomaha.com for questions!  

Details

What you will learn: 

• The STOTT PILATES Five Basic Principles
• Essential, Intermediate, Power workouts
• Effective use of the reformer to enhance torso stability and strength, peripheral extremity conditioning, joint stability, flexibility, balance and coordination
• Effective communication and observational skills
• Verbal cueing and imagery for performance enhancement and client motivation
• Theory and practice of postural analysis
• 139 exercises plus modifications for specific body types, postural issues and conditions
• How to incorporate resistance equipment to support and intensify exercises
• Exercise layering related to effective program design
• Workout composition for personal and group training

Requirements of certification:

• 50 hours of instruction and supervised teaching (these 50 hours will be completed during the course)
• Minimum of 10 hours of observation (outside of course logged hours)
• Minimum of 40 hours of physical review (outside of course logged hours)
• Minimum of 25 hours of practice teaching (outside of cours
• e logged hours)

Total: 125 hours

Observation, Practice Teaching, and Physical Review:

A minimum number of hours of observation, practice teaching and physical review are required for all courses and should be completed between instructed sessions at any STOTT PILATES facility. Additional training may be required before certification. Practice teaching and physical review hours must be logged outside of class time. The practice logs must be submitted on your exam date (either written or practical exam). If the student fails to submit all the logs within 7 days from the last portion of the exam, the entire exam will be void.

Observation (10 Hours)
Includes watching sessions taught by a STOTT PILATES Certified Instructor or relevant STOTT PILATES videos.

Physical review (40 hours)
Means physically performing the exercises learned in class. Taking a class with a STOTT PILATES Certified Instructor or working out with video can qualify as physical review hours, and can be completed individually or with other students.

Practice teaching ( 25 hours)
Hours can be fulfilled by instructing family, fellow students, friends or clients.

Continuing education credits:

STOTT PILATES 5.0
canfitpro 4.0
ACE 5.0

Locations Ashlee Richardson, Licensed Physical Therapist and Lead STOTT PILATES Instructor Trainer, will be teaching Intensive Reformer in 2025: 

Pilates 1901 in Kansas City, MO

Dates:** 

2026 Dates TBD

**(Course meets all posted dates for 50 hours of instruction.  Missed hours must be made up privately at an additional cost)

*Please contact Pilates 1901 for sign up and questions.

Course Sign up and Details for IR at Pilates 1901 in Kansas City, MO can be found HERE!

Pilates Center of Omaha in Omaha, NE

Dates:**: 

2026 Dates TBD

**(Please note, course meets on all posted dates for 50 hours of instruction.  Missed hours must be made up privately at an additional cost)

Times:  Wednesday, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays will meet from 12:00 - 5:30 PM; Sundays will meet from 8:00 AM - 1:30 PM 

A half hour break is scheduled for each day.  

Cost and sign up links for Omaha courses listed in the table below.

Please contact 402-932-7581 for scheduling and private instruction options.