CLASS PLANNING • REFORMER

How do you create engaging, creative Pilates classes while staying true to the principles that define the method?

This workshop explores the art of class planning through thoughtful sequencing, guiding participants in building classes that progress toward an advanced Pilates exercise without losing the essence of Pilates. We’ll examine how creativity can deepen, rather than replace, the method, using purposeful movement choices that maintain clarity, flow, and intention.

INJURY • INVERSION • MAT • REFORMER

Not one, but two workshops with Chrisen Presence.

With 16+ years in Pilates, Chrisen brings a practical, contemporary approach to education — exploring the skills that transform good instructors into exceptional teachers.

HANDS ON CUEING • APPARATUS

Explore how intentional, effective touch can enhance your teaching across the Pilates apparatus. Learn practical techniques to help clients better understand their bodies, refine their movement, and create greater connection.

MAGIC CIRCLE • MAT

Discover creative ways to use the Magic Circle to deepen strength, precision, alignment, and connection. Explore how thoughtful placement and intention can enhance Powerhouse actions and transform your mat teaching.

PRE/POSTNATAL • MAT

How can you move beyond the do’s and don’ts to confidently support pre- and postnatal clients?

This theory and practical workshop explores the changes that occur during pregnancy and early postpartum, helping you understand the why behind common recommendations. Learn practical tools to modify exercises, adapt your teaching, and confidently work with pre- and postnatal clients in group classes. This is not a certification, but a practical introduction designed to build your knowledge and confidence.

BIOMECHANICS • REFORMER

A 2-hour workshop for Reformer Pilates instructors covering biomechanics, movement analysis and cueing that actually lands, plus injury-aware programming so you can adapt on the fly. Discovery-based format - instructors feel the movement pattern in their own body before the cueing is explained, so it sticks.

PAIN • SPINAL INJURIES • MAT

How do you work confidently with clients experiencing spinal and lower back pain — without second-guessing every decision?

This practical, evidence-informed workshop explores how to navigate common challenges when working with clients in pain, adapt your approach to individual needs, and build a stronger framework for 1:1 practice. Through real-world examples and discussion, you'll leave with practical tools and greater confidence working with some of the most common issues you'll encounter as a teacher.

STRENGTH • MAT

What does it actually mean to train for strength in a Pilates context — and how far should you push?

This workshop explores the principles of strength training and how they apply to Pilates practice, examining concepts such as progressive overload, intensity, and training to failure within the framework of the method. We'll look at how to programme more effectively for strength outcomes, appropriately challenge your clients, and bridge the gap between Pilates and modern strength science — without losing what makes Pilates, Pilates.

FEET • REFORMER

When people hear Pilates, they often think abs. The “powerhouse” is billed as the key to a strong Pilates practice, but movement doesn’t start and end at our center. It is a whole body endeavor in which every part of the whole is mutually dependent on the others. 

The feet are our primary point of contact with the ground. These highly adaptable, intelligent structures shape the way force is received, distributed, and expressed throughout the body. If our Pilates practice is meant to improve the way we move beyond the studio, the quality of this interaction deserves our attention.

This workshop explores how understanding the feet in Pilates can offer whole body impact, transforming not just the way we teach and practice Pilates, but our movement capacity both in studio and in life. We will translate anatomical and experiential understanding into actionable body-reading and cueing strategies that promote improved function and connection — from the ground all the way up.

OBSERVATION • APPARATUS

Teaching Pilates is never just about knowing the exercises. It's about learning to read what's in front of you — and responding with intention.

This open, discussion-led workshop explores how to understand the client’s body in real time and make informed choices about what to use in the studio. In turn, we’ll explore how understanding the apparatus helps us determine where and how to place a client’s body, creating a more responsive and individualised approach to teaching.

Thoracolumbar Fascia • Apparatus

A workshop for Pilates instructors to explore a holistic and sensory approach to the thoracolumbar fascia and its relationship to the soft tissues and bony structures. Working on the apparatus, we'll use the concept of the three spheres of weight - head, ribs and pelvis - to investigate spinal organisation and promote greater balance and ease through the torso.

Nowadays we are all shaped by prolonged sitting, screens and repetitive positions. Using the modern desk body as a reference, we will cultivate a dynamic postural support through folding and unfolding, rather than bracing and holding. Our goal is to develop practical strategies that move beyond simply correcting alignment and create the conditions for the body to reorganise itself through movement, finding a more useful balance of length, tension and support.