YA FIT Pilates Academy · Teacher Training
Become a Reformer
Pilates Instructor.
Learn how to teach the method, in the room where it was built. Comprehensive reformer instructor certification, in studio, in small cohorts.
The Program · Fall 2026 · October 3 to December 20
Train where the method was built.
This is not a certificate course. It is an apprenticeship in a working studio, on the reformers your clients will use, with the instructors who teach every day. You leave able to guide a full room from the first cue to the last.
Format
In-person, in-studio, in small cohorts. Every session is on the reformer with a lead instructor present. Observation hours, assisted teaching, and supervised practice are built into the program, not added after it.
Curriculum
Anatomy and movement principles. The full reformer repertoire, foundational through advanced. Cueing, correction, and modification. How to build a class that holds its structure and never repeats. How to see ten bodies at once.
Certification
A practical assessment, teaching a full class to a live room, and a written evaluation. Graduates receive the YA FIT Reformer Pilates Instructor Certification.
After
Graduates teach community classes at YA FIT on Friday evenings, and the strongest are considered for the schedule. Many of the instructors on our floor came through this program.
How It Works
Four steps. One room.
Train in person
Every session is in the studio, on the reformer, with a lead instructor present. Anatomy, the full repertoire, cueing, and class structure, taught hands on.
Observe the floor
Sit in on live classes at both studios. Watch how a full room is read, corrected, and carried from the first cue to the last.
Teach with guidance
Assist, then lead. Community classes on Friday evenings put you in front of a real room with support beside you.
Certify
A written evaluation and a full class taught to a live room. Pass, and you hold the YA FIT Reformer Pilates Instructor Certification.
Who It Is For
- Committed practitioners who want to teach what changed them.
- Fitness professionals adding the reformer to their practice.
- Instructors from other methods who want to teach the way this room does.
No prior teaching experience is required. A consistent reformer practice is.
Investment
A $350 deposit holds your place and applies to tuition. Here is how to secure it.
- Click Book Now.
- A YA FIT member? Choose Book without membership. Tuition is separate from your membership.
- Check Use payment plan. The total changes from $3,900 to $350.
- Enter your card and click Book Now. You pay $350 today. The balance follows in monthly installments.
Ten places per cohort. Fall 2026 begins October 3 in Agoura Hills.
Apply
Tell us about yourself.
Applications are reviewed as they come in. We will reach out within two business days.
Prefer to talk first? 818-357-3919 or info@yafitpilates.com
The Next Cohort
Ten places.
October 3.
Small cohorts mean every trainee is seen. A $350 deposit holds your place. Click Book Now, choose Book without membership if you are a member, check Use payment plan, and the total becomes $350.