What CPE Training has meant to me…. WOW! As cliché as it sounds, CPE has changed my life.

For several years I have wanted to deepen my knowledge of Pilates but just never pursued the idea.  I was a runner and a heavy weightlifter who thought I knew what my body needed.  Boy was I wrong!  Approximately 8 years ago I began to take regular Pilates classes and some private reformer sessions all along.  In 2019 I decided I wanted more.  I began looking into various Pilates training programs but before I could really decide on any Covid took over our lives, so my idea of certification went to the back burner. 

I will turn 50 on December 30, of this year!   My goal is to finish my final test and 600 hours before then.  I am currently on track to do just that! However, it has not been easy at my age to learn a new life path.  It has not only been challenging mentally but also physically.  I was, by many years, the oldest person in my training but I still had to be able to perform the exercises I was learning to teach.  I have grown such mental and physical strength over the past 11 months through this training.  Many times, my mind would tell me I shouldn’t but when my body connected, I knew I could!  When I started my training last January, I had no true intention of teaching.  I ordered a Reformer and a Wunda Chair and planned to use them for my own practice.  Needless to say, that changed!  I started practicing on people to prepare for my test outs and realized just how much I love sharing the magnificence of Pilates with others.

What I love most about this training is the knowledge I now have and will always have.  The core principles of Pilates never change.  I will be able to practice and teach what I have learned until the day I die.  I have confidence in the knowledge I have obtained through my CPE training.  I am not afraid or nervous when any body type client comes in for a private.  When I teach a mat class, I feel like I have been a Pilates teacher my whole life.  CPE did this for me!  The first few meetings were scary, and I was perplexed as to why it wasn’t all coming together.  Now I understand the value of requiring 600 hours.  I count it an honor to say that I am a Classical Pilates Education student and very soon to be a fully certified Pilates instructor at the ripe young age of 50!!

A huge THANK YOU to Stuart Browning for her patience and willingness to help me see this through.  Thank you to Stephanie for videos that I basically know by heart.  And also Thank you to the CPE team that makes all of this possible.