Comprehensive Course

The Polestar Comprehensive Pilates Teacher Training Course provides a unique environment for licensed and certified Rehabilitation Professionals to receive in-depth instruction in Pilates rehabilitation principles, teaching techniques, self-mastery and practice, and for Fitness Leaders & Pilates enthusiasts to become a certified Pilates Studio teacher. Join a global community of teachers, master every piece of Pilates equipment, and be guided by New Zealand’s most experienced faculty team to find your unique voice as a movement professional.

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Comprehensive Studio & Rehabilitation Series: Advanced Pilates Professional Training

Master the complete range of authentic Pilates equipment in our most thorough and prestigious certification programme, the Polestar Comprehensive Pilates Teacher Training Course. This comprehensive course transforms dedicated students into elite Pilates Studio/Rehabilitation Practitioners, qualified to work alongside medical and allied health professionals across diverse healthcare settings.

As our most advanced offering, the Comprehensive Series provides significantly deeper expertise than our Mat or Reformer courses. You’ll develop sophisticated skills in human movement science, enabling you to design and deliver bespoke conditioning and rehabilitation programmes for a broad spectrum of clients.

The programme is thoughtfully structured over 8 to 9 months, combining one weekend every few months of hands-on training with flexible online learning modules. This balanced approach ensures thorough understanding whilst accommodating your existing commitments.

Whether you choose to focus solely on this complete certification or combine it with our other courses, we offer the flexibility to create a training schedule perfectly suited to your professional aspirations and timeline.

Sign up now to elevate your practice to the highest professional standard and unlock the full therapeutic potential of classical Pilates instruction. Your journey to becoming an elite Pilates practitioner starts here.

Learn how to teach Pilates Reformer from the best in the world

WHY CHOOSE POLESTAR

With over 30 years of experience training Pilates teachers and movement professionals in more than 80 countries, Polestar is recognised as one of the world’s most prestigious schools.

Polestar is also a global community of Pilates professionals who continually explore and integrate the latest research in movement science, while preserving the essence of Joseph Pilates’ original method. This international reach provides a unique perspective that fosters innovation, creativity, and effectiveness in the way we teach Pilates and movement.

The New Zealand Faculty Team delivers the curriculum, giving you access to a group of educators with some with a strong movement background and also physiotherapy backgrounds, who have worked in the Pilates industry for a minimum of 10 years, and some for over 30 years. The support of this national faculty ensures that your learning is never reliant on just one person – it is an entire team committed to guiding, supporting, and educating you throughout your Pilates journey.

The Polestar Comprehensive course is unique in that we provide almost double the hours of in-person, hands-on Practicums and Mentoring compared to other Pilates Teacher Training courses!

This means the following for you:

Enhanced Movement Assessment Skills

  • More hands-on practice means better ability to spot postural imbalances
  • Increased confidence in identifying movement compensations
  • Stronger clinical reasoning abilities for client programme design

Superior Teaching Technique

  • Double the practice hours builds muscle memory for cueing and demonstration
  • More mentoring creates refined teaching methodology
  • Better ability to modify exercises for different body types and conditions

Real-World Readiness

  • Extensive practicum hours simulate actual teaching environments
  • Reduced anxiety when working with first paying clients
  • Better preparation for handling unexpected client needs or limitations

Competitive Advantage

  • More thorough training distinguishes you from other instructors
  • Clients recognise depth of preparation through teaching quality
  • Higher earning potential due to superior skill set

Comprehensive Foundation

  • Extra mentoring hours provide ongoing professional support
  • Better understanding of movement science principles
  • Stronger foundation for potential specialisation areas

Professional Network

  • Extended training time builds relationships with experienced mentors
  • Connections with fellow students create referral opportunities
  • Access to ongoing professional development community

Risk Reduction

  • More supervised practice reduces chance of client injury
  • Better understanding of contraindications and modifications
  • Enhanced professional liability protection through thorough training

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Give the time to listen to your heartbeat and the flow of your blood, and you will discover a different side of yourself.

November 4, 2024

I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Polestar Pilates in Auckland for the incredible experience I’ve had during the six-weekend- 12 days course. The dedication and expertise of our mentors—Maree, Emily, and Jo—have made all the difference. Their wealth of teaching experience and patient guidance have inspired us to become educators ourselves.

I chose Polestar Pilates because of its focus on understanding body structure and movement principles, as well as the in-depth study of anatomy. This course is not just about learning how to perform exercises; it offers over a month of reflection and understanding after each class, allowing us to truly connect with our bodies.

I know many potential students may hesitate, thinking, “I’m not flexible” or “I don’t have a rich background in this.” I want to reassure you that Polestar Pilates is a choice you will not regret.

Pilates is a journey of dialogue with your body. Among the many relationships in our lives, the one we have with our own bodies is the longest. So take a moment to pause, give yourself the time to listen to your heartbeat and the flow of your blood, and you will discover a different side of yourself.

Thank you, Polestar Pilates& mentors Maree, Emily, and Jo, for this transformative experience!

GIGI

Gigi LI

Great Foundation

November 3, 2024

Polestar exercises repertoire are backed by movement principles and scientific reaserches. They are meticulously developed to allow movement efficiency.

This gives assurance to students, instructors and clients that will will be able to achieve their goals an have and awesome pilates experience.

To an instructor, Polestar gives you the credibility and advantage in the market.

To a client, going to a Polestar studio, gives assurance of good qualified professional facilitating the best results.

The Comprehensive Course is well structured, full of information and tools to assist the student and it is delivered in a good pace.

There is no doubt that Polestar is one of the best Pilates schools and I am glad I made the right choice to join them.

Douglas Machado

Polestar outshines in the Pilates Community Teacher Training.

October 30, 2024

Polestar Pilates Comprehensive Course is a indepth Pilates Course which is thorough in all aspects of the Training starting with Professionally Trained Teachers and Mentors with Physio or Movement specialist backgrounds gives you a deeper undertstanding of Joseph Pilates Method .The platform and Pilates Materials are educational and precise with precision training. For those who are serious about wanting to be a Qualified Pilates Practitioner I would highly recommend this.

Nola Rae McLean

Polestar is different!

December 9, 2023

I chose Polestar after going through the Rehab process in my own body after a severe injury. I really found the Polestar methodology really lifechanging, I found a passion, and it’s been the best thing and best experience ever.

I’ve had the support of Mentors; it’s an environment where they really care about you and not just that you know what the coursework is but that you succeed in the real world in a workplace environment.

Polestar has a big scientific background and ongoing research to support their teachings and that was really a big appeal for me.

The depth of knowledge that is shared in the course is beyond anything I’ve experienced before and it supported my previous training but to a level that I was able to use to explain further to clients and just have more confidence with my own teaching of Pilates.

It’s really given me all the confidence that I can have now as a teacher – I can’t recommend it enough. The professional development that’s given by the whole Polestar community and also the mentors here are just outstanding.

I’ve been around a few other courses with other people who’ve done other courses as well and Polestar is different!

Jamie

“The Icing On The Cake Type Experience”

November 26, 2023

I got into Pilates as an extension of the physiotherapy degree I did in the UK, and I first came across Polestar as I’d heard of it as this kind of “the icing on the cake type experience”.

I thought you know what, I think I’ve got enough of a foundation myself, but I really want to learn about “the icing on the cake” so I got into Polestar Pilates and never looked back.

And from that experience, and that sort of thirst for knowledge that makes sense, learning about the wisdom of the body, I then went into Polestar Mentoring and Educating as well, which has extended my understanding of Polestar and what Polestar moves through the world.

Polestar has influenced my life: it’s taken me away from just the science behind the physiotherapy and it has opened thousands of doorways. It’s opened my eyes into the art of the human body, it’s opened my eyes into the whole world of Energy Medicine, which is now what I love and what I live.

So it’s a real door opener and I’d recommend Polestar to anyone that has a human body. After completing the comprehensive Polestar Pilates Rehabilitation Course and Exam, my effectiveness as a practitioner has dramatically increased.

Clients now enjoy the dynamic mixture of integrating theory, hands on treatment and unique movement experiences within the Pilates studio. This ensures that as well as facilitating structural change within our clients bodies’ we can also teach the movement strategies and neuromuscular patterning specific to that client needs, work & leisure pursuits.

Outcome measures are significantly improved and client enthusiasm and compliance is tremendous. As a business owner, Polestar Pilates has enabled me to offer clients an array of Private Physiotherapeutic options which allows them to feel part of their healing process with Pilates being a holistic and affordable lifestyle choices.

Jenni Abdelnoor Physiotherapist

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