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Mat + Reformer Teacher Training.
400 hours. The combination studios actually advertise for.
Both repertoires, the anatomy underneath them, and the judgement to move a client between mat and machine inside one session — including 27 hours one-to-one with your mentor.
About the credential: Mat + Reformer makes you eligible to sit the NPCP Mat examination and hold the PMC credential, and qualifies you to teach on both mat and reformer. The NCPT is the broader credential and comes with the 450-hour Comprehensive.
What you’ll be able to do.
Not what you’ll have sat through — what you’ll be able to walk into a studio and deliver.
- Teach mat and reformer classes, group or private, start to finish
- Move a client between mat and machine inside a single session
- Set springs correctly for each body, each exercise and each goal
- Build a class plan for a level, a goal and a room of mixed abilities
- Modify or regress any exercise on either apparatus, on the spot
- Correct a client safely, including while the carriage is moving
- Recognise when an exercise is contraindicated and what to offer instead
- Apply for the roles most studios and boutique gyms are hiring for
Four hundred hours, content area by content area.
The curriculum is taught by a Go Pilates Academy instructor. Everything below is identical in both formats — only the location of the hands-on work changes.
Curriculum content areas — taught by a GPA instructor 95 hrs
History and Philosophy of Pilates5 hrs
Live or live online, and in person on the studio days.
Functional Anatomy18 hrs
Live or live online, and in person on the studio days.
Special Populations10 hrs
Live or live online, and in person on the studio days.
Teaching Methodology and Cueing14 hrs
Live or live online, and in person on the studio days.
Mat Repertoire and Magic Circle16 hrs
Live or live online, and in person on the studio days.
Reformer RepertoireThe largest content area in the programme26 hrs
Live or live online, and in person on the studio days.
Safety, Screening and Contraindications3 hrs
Live or live online, and in person on the studio days.
Business Practices and Professional Conduct3 hrs
Live or live online, and in person on the studio days.
How your 400 hours are allocated 400 hrs
Instruction — lecture, repertoire and classroom95 hrs
Taught by a GPA instructor, covering every content area above.
Observation of an experienced teacher90 hrs
You observe experienced teachers — in our live sessions, or a teacher you arrange locally. A written observation analysis is submitted for each one.
Self-practice115 hrs
Structured practice assignments per module, with a practice log and periodic video check-ins. Equipment access required for the reformer work.
Practice teaching — logged55 hrs
You teach real bodies and log every session. We guide you through how to arrange it.
Practice teaching — mentor observing liveOne-to-one20 hrs
Your mentor watches you teach in real time and debriefs with you afterwards. One-to-one, live — the part of the programme that turns knowledge into a teacher.
Mentor sessions — you as the studentSmall group18 hrs
You receive instruction from a GPA mentor and perform the exercises yourself, one-to-one or in a small group.
Assessment — written and practical7 hrs
Written theory examination and a live practical teaching assessment against weighted criteria. Proctored, live or live online.
Every hour is documented. Observation analyses, practice logs and video check-ins are submitted as you go, so nothing has to be reconstructed at the end.
Four hundred hours, accounted for.
Certification hours are not all the same thing. Here is exactly what yours are made of.
hours of your programme are one-to-one with your mentor — watching you teach, and teaching you.
Same syllabus. Same certificate.
Every content area above is identical in both formats. What changes is where the equipment work happens.
- Instruction delivered live over video
- Practical work guided by your mentor on camera
- Self-practice completed on your own equipment
- Your training kit ships to your door
- Eight studio days in Los Angeles or New York
- Hands-on corrections on real equipment, never more than twelve
- Mat repertoire first, then reformer, back to back
- Your mentor continues with you online afterwards
Wondering whether to add Comprehensive instead?
Speak with an advisorHow you actually qualify.
Complete the instruction hours
All 95 hours of taught instruction, covering the eight content areas above.
Complete and document your hours
Observation analyses, structured practice assignments with a log, and logged practice teaching — submitted as you go.
Teach with your mentor watching
Twenty hours in which your mentor observes you teaching live, one-to-one, and debriefs with you afterwards.
Pass both examinations
A proctored written paper and a live practical teaching assessment scored against weighted criteria.
Nothing here is an add-on.
Personal 1-on-1 mentoring
Twenty-seven hours one-to-one across the programme, with a mentor who knows your name and your progress.
Group Practice Lab
You teach in front of others and watch them teach. The rehearsal room for your practical exam.
Functional anatomy included
Eighteen hours, taught live and recorded for life. Many schools bill anatomy separately at $250–$980.
Your training kit
Shipped to your door, so you’re not sourcing equipment before you can start.
Lifetime access
Every lesson and recording stays yours, including material we add after you graduate.
The Go Pilates Club
Workshops, member discounts and a global instructor network, open to you after you certify.
Comprehensive is 450 hours.
It adds the Wunda chair, Cadillac, barrels and multi-apparatus programming — and it’s the certification that makes you eligible to sit the NCPT examination. If you want the full studio floor, it’s only fifty hours further on.
Mat + Reformer, answered.
Why take both together instead of one at a time?
Is the NPCP credential different from Mat alone?
Do I need my own reformer?
Do I need experience before enrolling?
How long does it take?
Can I do this while working full-time?
What happens if I don’t pass an examination?
Can I upgrade to Comprehensive later?
Are payment plans available?
Is this the right certification for you?
A short conversation about where you want to teach, what equipment you can access, and whether this or Comprehensive serves you better. We’ll tell you honestly if a smaller certification is enough.
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