Elevate Your Practice, Transform Your Impact

Trauma-informed education for Pilates teachers who want to make a difference. Earn 12 NCPT-CEC's.

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As a Pilates teacher, you’re already dedicated to helping clients move better, feel stronger, and live healthier lives. But what happens when a client walks into your studio carrying invisible burdens—stress, trauma, or anxiety—that affect their ability to fully engage with movement?

Trauma-Informed Pilates isn’t about changing the exercises—it’s about how you approach and guide your clients. It’s about creating a space where every individual feels safe, seen, and supported.

By integrating trauma-informed care into your teaching, you can:

Build deeper trust with your clients, fostering long-term relationships.
Adapt movements to meet the unique physical and emotional needs of each person.
Empower clients to reconnect with their bodies in a way that feels safe and affirming.

Whether you work with clients recovering from injuries, navigating stress, or simply seeking a mindful practice, trauma-informed care allows you to show up as the teacher they need—compassionate, knowledgeable, and confident.

This program is designed specifically for Pilates professionals like you, giving you the tools and strategies to meet your clients where they are while elevating your impact as a teacher.

Reimagining Pilates Through a Trauma-Informed Lens

Trauma-informed Pilates goes beyond movement—it’s a teaching approach rooted in understanding, empathy, and adaptability. At its core, it acknowledges how trauma and stress affect the body and mind, shaping the way people experience movement and connection.

Trauma-informed care doesn’t require you to be a therapist or know every detail of a client’s story. Instead, it equips you with tools to cultivate safety, encourage self-awareness, and support clients in reclaiming their connection to their bodies—on their terms.

By understanding and implementing trauma-informed principles, you’re offering an experience that honors the whole person—body, mind, and spirit.

By Module 1, I already learned more than I expected to, without it being overwhelming. The program was structured so that it was motivating and easy to complete. It gave me the science behind using a Trauma-Informed Approach and the mind-body connection. I am more confident than ever that and my clients feel more empowered too.

-Carol

What You’ll Learn in This Program

This program is designed to guide you step-by-step through the principles and application of trauma-informed care in the Pilates Method.

Here's an overview of what you’ll explore:

Foundations of Trauma-Informed Pilates

Integrate the core framework of trauma-informed care into teaching. Learn how this approach aligns with the Pilates Method, creating a foundation that transforms how you teach.

Trauma’s Ripple Effect: From Brain to Body

Gain a deeper understanding of how trauma influences the brain, body, mind, and behavior. Learn to identify the subtle ways these impacts arrise during Pilates sessions.

Beyond Definitions: Understanding Trauma

Go beyond surface-level to explore the spectrum of trauma. Gain a deeper perspective that’s essential for teaching with mindfulness, empathy, and meaningful impact.

Guiding Principles of Trauma-Informed Care

Deepen your ability to create supportive, empowering sessions with six transformative principles of trauma-informed care and learn how to implement them in Pilates.

Fostering Trust and Maintaining Boundaries

Learn strategies to address challenges influenced by trauma while maintaining respectful boundaries that empower both you and your clients.

Empowered Teaching: Applying What You Know

Bring everything together by applying trauma-informed care principles to the Pilates Method, enhancing your ability to create empowering, client-centered sessions.

Flexible Learning Designed for Busy Pilates Teachers

This program is tailored to fit your schedule, making it easier than ever to invest in your teaching while managing your other commitments.

Here’s what you can expect:

Self-Paced Learning
Access online modules you can complete anytime, anywhere, at a pace that works for you.
Comprehensive Resources
Get access to detailed course materials, guides, and replays to support your learning journey.
Continuing Education Credits (CECs)
Earn credits to enhance your professional credentials and stay ahead in the field.
Expert Guidance and Support
After you complete the course, schedule a one-on-one session with Beth.

As a survivor I wish this was a requirement for all Pilates teachers. The course was easy to follow, felt liberating, and helped me as a Pilates teacher.

- Amy

Before there was no program to explain how to make classes more inclusive to those who deal with trauma. After the course, I feel more confident than ever.

- Yera

It was so valuable that I had the other Pilates teachers who work at my studio enroll in the course. I would recommend TIPA to any Pilates teacher or studio owner.

-Susan

Meet Your Teacher Trainer:
Beth Sandlin

Hi, I’m Beth. With over 20 years of experience teaching Pilates, understanding trauma has completely transformed the way I teach. Once I began to explore trauma-informed care, I shifted my approach to create safer, more empowering experiences—not just for my clients, but for myself as a teacher. The more I learned, the clearer it became how essential these principles are to truly inclusive teaching.

I’ve been teaching through a trauma-informed lens since 2012 and launched the Trauma-Informed Pilates Approach (TIPA) in 2019 to share this transformative framework with other Pilates teachers. My goal is to help you build client-centered, empowering sessions that make a meaningful difference.

Normal Price: $595

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12hr NCPT Certificate Course

Our school is registered with the National Pilates Certification Program, all students who successfully complete the program will be issued a Continuing Education Certificate that counts towards the continuing education requirement.

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Reimagining Pilates Through a Trauma-Informed Lens