DETROIT MICHIGAN AREA
fall 2025

COMPREHENSIVE & INCLUSIVE
CLASSICAL PILATES TEACHER TRAINING
760 Hour Certification

Welcome to Rebel Collective™️, we can’t wait to learn more about you. We approach rigorous Classical Pilates teacher training differently. Our comprehensive approach centers you, by delivering tools that give you ownership over the process. We are dedicated to helping you and supporting you while you learn this complex system. This approach ensures that upon graduation you’ve harnessed your unique voice, with our support, in a way that makes you a safe and effective classical instructor ready to build a career in a more diverse Pilates industry.

We understand that choosing your education partner is more than finding a place to learn, it is an investment in your personal and financial future.

Rebel Pilates Collective™️ teacher training spans nine seminar weekends. Topics of study include and are not limited to, ethics, professionalism, pathologies, anatomy, alignment protocols, comprehensive exercises on all apparatus, safety, tactile cueing, common mistakes, building blocks, challenges, modifications, variations as well as beginner, intermediate, and advanced classical orders. Our expert faculty will guide you through your entire learning journey and beyond.

HOST:
Embody Pilates & Function
37699 Six Mile Rd. suite 100
Livonia, MI 48152
embodypilatesandfunction.com

Course Schedule

Module Times:

Foundations:
Friday 2pm -7pm
Saturday 12pm - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

Systems Modules:
Friday 12pm-6pm
Saturday 12pm-6pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

Faculty:

Kristin Schley

Foundations Of Pilates Seminar 1

  • September 26-28, virtual

System One: Beginner & Fundamentals

  • Seminar 2, October 10 - 12

  • Seminar 3, November 14 - 16

  • Seminar 4, January 16 - 18 (2026)


System Two: Intermediate & Progressions

  • Seminar 5, February 20 - 22

  • Seminar 6, March 20 - 22

  • Seminar 7, April 17 - 19

System Three: Advanced & Applications

  • Seminar 8, May 15 - 17

  • Seminar 9, June 12 - 14

Register

Immediately upon registration you may begin your observation and guided practice hours, auditing modules and discovery and connection inside of our virtual community.

Course Fee Schedule:


Early Registration $7300
Early Registration Payment Plan, $730 / month for 10 months

Registration $7500
Registration Payment Plan, $790 / month for 10 months

Late Registration $7900
Late Registration Payment Plan, $900 / month for 9 months

Comprehensive Classical Pilates Teacher training

Many students complete their course in one year. That said, if that is not the case there is no penalty for needing to extend the time in which it takes them to complete this comprehensive training program.

Required Elements

  • We highly recommend that you acquaint yourself with the fundamentals of Joseph Pilates and allocate at least 75 hours to practice Pilates on your own prior to your first training weekend. This will not only boost your confidence but also equip you with some familiarity to Pilates so you can actively participate in the seminar with enthusiasm. 

  • 600 hours of combined observation, student teaching and practice.  

  • Anatomy & Physiology 1 & 2 at a college level or equivalent before the practicum. We have a course that meets this requirement - see our registration email  for information on The Lab | Anatomy or see our FAQ page for a way to do the anatomy requirement for free.

  • Three written and practical exams throughout the course. Students take a series of what we call “level assessments” as part of a cumulative Practical Exam.  The components include video submissions, in-person teaching, written case studies and a quiz. This is also referred to as your Practicum.

  • Return to Life by Joseph Pilates is required reading. Titles written by Blandine Calais-Germain, especially Anatomy of Movement are helpful supplements to your anatomy journey. The Anatomy Trail Guide is a valuable anatomy text and can assist a beginner teacher in recognizing and recruiting particular muscles and muscle groups.

Enrollment includes course audits for life for all students in good standing.

“Learning how to understand and recognize postural alignment in a body really helped me understand Pilates as a uniform system, as well as how to organize a flow and have intentional cueing. RPC™️ taught me that!”

— Happy Student Whitney S., obtaining her 2nd certification with PBTT

What’s next?

Once you complete registration you will receive a welcome email explaining the next steps. Your manuals will be waiting for you when you arrive on the first day.  And remember, once a student, always a student. We encourage students to audit modules throughout the program and after graduation. This auditing process takes zero extra financial investment on your part and is an investment we make in you. We invest in our collective by keeping continued development accessible. 

We look forward to meeting you and beginning this journey together!