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"Naomi is a fabulous teacher who explains things super clearly whilst also encouraging and challenging your own thinking.
Naomi takes you from having no experience to feeling confident to teach a full class! If you’re thinking of getting your qualification, look no further!" - Shannon M.
Why qualify in both Mat and Reformer?
Reformer Pilates is one of the fastest-growing sectors in UK fitness, and demand for qualified instructors is outpacing supply. But the instructors who build the strongest careers, and command the best rates, aren't just Reformer specialists. They teach both.
Mat Pilates is the foundation of the method. It's what Joseph Pilates built the whole system on, and understanding it properly makes you a better Reformer instructor, a more versatile teacher, and someone who can work in any environment: studio, gym, community setting, or private practice.
Holding both qualifications also opens doors a Reformer-only instructor can't reach: gym classes, community class programmes, and private client work that doesn't need studio access at all. You'll also be well on the way to comprehensive training using all apparatus to teach the full Pilates Method.
A career
you'll love
With your Level 3 Mat pilates and Reformer qualification, instructors typically earn:
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£25-£60/hour teaching group studio classes
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£40-£80/hour working with private clients
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£40-£150/hour teaching your own Mat Pilates community classes
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The flexibility to build a schedule that works around your life
One of the best things about teaching Mat Pilates is that you can do it anywhere! You could be teaching on a beach, in the park, online, traveling the world on yachts or cruise ships, or even running your own retreats!
"I am now teaching at multiple studios and have had really positive feedback on my classes!" - Emily T.
Two qualifications
Your choice of how you get there
Each component of the bundle is completed separately but built to work together.
Component 1: Level 3 Mat Pilates
Both Mat options include the anatomy and physiology theory completed online before your live sessions.
Live Virtual
Delivered live online over 12 weeks with Naomi Di Fabio. September - December 2026.
Weekly sessions Wednesdays 10-11:30am or 6:30-8pm, you can fit around your existing commitments, with real-time tuition and feedback, not just a video to watch and submit.
Suits you if: you want flexibility and can't commit to a fixed week away.
You're ready to teach as soon as your live sessions and practical hours are complete.
Your YMCA Level 3 Diploma follows once you've passed your assessments, typically within 4 to 6 months.
"Being a busy mum with my own reflexology business, I wanted to add another string to my bow... the course fit in well with a busy week and life." Natasha Z.
Component 2: Reformer Pilates
Your Reformer training covers the classical and contemporary Reformer repertoire, spring mechanics and apparatus knowledge, class programming, client screening, and teaching skills for group and one-to-one sessions, in a real working Reformer studio near you.
Level 3 Reformer Pilates qualification
A regulated qualification to teach groups and one-to-one clients, awarded by YMCA Awards and sitting on the Regulated Qualifications Framework, the highest level of formal accreditation currently available for Reformer Pilates in the UK. It's also what EMD UK's Reformer Pilates Method scope of practice requires.
Entry requirement: a Level 3 Matwork qualification (completed as part of this bundle, or already held).
Suits you if: you want the full regulated qualification and are completing, or already hold, your Level 3 Mat.
"If you're looking for an up-to-date, evidence based course that will build your confidence as a teacher, this is the one to book!" Deniz K.
In-person training for both Reformer options is 2 long weekends (6 days) at your chosen studio, with online theory completed beforehand in your own time. You're ready to teach as soon as those days are complete; your certificate or YMCA Level 3 qualification follows once assessments are passed.
Upcoming Reformer courses
Location
Studio
2026 Dates
Guildford, Surrey
Hkôre Studios, Clasford Farm
W1: 11–13 Sep · W2: 16–18 Oct
Glasgow
LunaLove, City Centre
W1: 25–27 Sep · W2: 31 Oct–2 Nov
Cambridge
R3form, Marleigh
W1: 9–11 Oct · W2: 13–15 Nov
Malmesbury, Wiltshire
Nimble & Wild
TBC 2027
London
Thirty Eleven Pilates
TBC 2027
Payment plans are available on all bundles. A deposit of £500 secures your place on both courses included in your bundle.
Not sure which bundle is right for you?
If you don't yet hold a Level 3 Mat qualification and want the YMCA Level 3 Reformer, choose Bundle 2 or 4, you'll complete Mat first, then move into the Reformer course.
If you want to get started quickly and decide about the full regulated Reformer route later, Bundle 1 or 3 is the natural starting point, and you can upgrade your Reformer Certification to the YMCA Level 3 for £500 whenever you're ready.