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Many fitness professionals are taught how to deliver exercises but not how to fully understand the movement principles that make those exercises safe, effective, and adaptable. As a result, instructors often rely on memorization rather than movement understanding, making it more difficult to confidently work with diverse clients, improve movement quality, or adjust exercises based on individual needs.

Pilates offers a principle-based approach that helps bridge this gap. By emphasizing breath, alignment, control, and flow, Pilates mat training develops body awareness and movement efficiency that can enhance virtually any fitness setting—from personal training and group fitness to wellness coaching and beginner programming.

In this one-hour live webinar, Tabatha Russell, founder of tabPILATES and longtime movement educator, introduces Pilates foundations through a practical, accessible framework focused on how movement works—not simply how exercises look. Participants will explore foundational mat Pilates exercises while learning how key principles influence movement quality, safety, and client understanding in real time.

Designed for fitness professionals of all experience levels, this session provides a clear foundation for teaching movement with greater intention and confidence. Participants will leave with practical strategies they can immediately apply across a variety of training environments to improve client experience, movement execution, and long-term results.

Upon completion, you will be able to: 

  • Identify foundational Pilates mat principles and explain their role in supporting movement quality and safety.

  • Demonstrate foundational mat exercises with proper setup, intention, and control.

  • Apply simple modifications to accommodate different client needs and ability levels.

  • Use clear, effective cueing to improve client understanding and movement execution. 

Please note: This free webinar is one hour in length. The material for the free, one-hour portion of the webinar is intended to serve as standalone educational information. However, following the live airing, it will be sold as a two-hour course (worth 0.2 CECs), containing the original content plus one additional hour of related education. 

Workshop Policies and Procedures

Cancellations

In the event that the American Council on Exercise (ACE) would cancel a workshop for ANY reason, a full refund will be issued to the participant. ACE is NOT responsible for any other expenses the participant may have incurred.

Refunds

All of ACE's live workshops are non-refundable programs unless approved by ACE's Educational Services Team. For questions, please call 800-825-3636. A $50 cancellation fee will be applied to any approved cancellations.

Rescheduling

Any participant who is registered for an ACE workshop and needs to reschedule their workshop to a later date listed will be subject to a $50 transfer fee and MUST contact ACE's Educational Services Team at 800-825-3636 to verify that a reschedule date is available.

Transfer of Registration

ACE cannot transfer a participant's registration to another participant unless approved by ACE's Educational Services Team. Transferring a registration to another participant is subject to a $100 transfer fee.

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Transfer of Registration

In the event of inclement weather, all workshops will be held as scheduled at the discretion of ACE. Pre-registered participants who are unable to attend their scheduled workshop may reschedule without incurring additional charges so long as their request has been received 7 days following the originally scheduled date. No refunds will be available. In the event that ACE cancels a workshop due to bad weather, participants will be given a full refund or option to reschedule (if another date is available).