Build Confidence and Purpose with Pilates

Tania Huddart
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Pilates teaching is a craft. Running a studio is a business. This show is about both. Tania Huddart has taught Pilates for more than thirty years, in London, Australia, Qatar, New Zealand and Bermuda, and has written two books for the people who teach it: Teach Pilates with Confidence and Pilates & Purpose. Each episode takes one real question. What should I charge, and what should I pay my teachers? Why doesn't my cue land? How do I find good teachers and keep them? Why do people try one class and never come back? Tania works through it the way she would with a mentee: the story first, then what she would actually do. About twenty minutes an episode. Three things to take away, one question to sit with, and one template you can download and use. Season one follows Pilates & Purpose, for people who own a studio or are thinking about opening one. Season two follows Teach Pilates with Confidence, for newer teachers, and for experienced teachers who have lost their spark. Made for teachers and studio owners. This is not a workout show. The voices in this podcast are AI generated, from scripts Tania approves line by line. Every episode says so at the start.

  1. 2d ago

    How do I keep long-term clients challenged, and keep growing myself?

    In the season finale, Tania talks about flow and transitions, keeping long-term clients challenged without just making things harder, and how teachers keep growing. Then a short walk back through the whole course. Three things to take away Plan your transitions. Flow saves time, adds challenge and beats the boredom, for them and for you.Long-term clients need different, not harder. Change the position or the resistance, go to one arm or leg, add balance, or put two movements together.Keep growing. Film yourself, practise, and set yourself a goal.Inside Teach Pilates with Confidence: this episode comes from Part 3, Planning and teaching your classes of Tania's online course, open now. See what's inside at learn.taniahuddart.com. Read along with the full transcript at taniahuddart.com. Season 6, Inside Teach Pilates with Confidence, walks through Tania's course for Pilates teachers, one part at a time. About the voices: the host and Tania's voice are made with AI. Every word Tania says is her own, and she approved each one.

  2. 2d ago

    How do I plan one class that works for everyone in the room?

    Tania walks through planning one class for everyone in the room: the six movement blocks, a theme with options, a baseline for everyone and then layers, and making it safe to choose the easier version. Three things to take away Start with the six blocks and a theme. Then build in options, so everyone can feel successful.Give everyone the baseline first. Then layer. Simplify, shorten the lever, add a prop or some help, or change the speed.Make it safe to choose the easier version. And cue for safety before anything else.Inside Teach Pilates with Confidence: this episode comes from Part 3, Planning and teaching your classes of Tania's online course, open now. See what's inside at learn.taniahuddart.com. Read along with the full transcript at taniahuddart.com. Season 6, Inside Teach Pilates with Confidence, walks through Tania's course for Pilates teachers, one part at a time. Next episode: How do I keep long-term clients challenged, and keep growing myself? About the voices: the host and Tania's voice are made with AI. Every word Tania says is her own, and she approved each one.

  3. 2d ago

    How do images and stories help people move?

    Tania explains how images and stories help people move: images that carry a thought, a feeling and an action at once, seed images that clients build on, and short stories that make a complicated movement easy to remember. Three things to take away An image carries a thought, a feeling and an action, all at once. Keep it positive.Start with a seed image. Then let your client find their own.A little story helps people remember a complicated movement. And it makes the class fun.Inside Teach Pilates with Confidence: this episode comes from Part 2, Your teaching toolkit of Tania's online course, open now. See what's inside at learn.taniahuddart.com. Read along with the full transcript at taniahuddart.com. Season 6, Inside Teach Pilates with Confidence, walks through Tania's course for Pilates teachers, one part at a time. Next episode: How do I plan one class that works for everyone in the room? About the voices: the host and Tania's voice are made with AI. Every word Tania says is her own, and she approved each one.

  4. 2d ago

    What makes a cue actually work?

    Tania talks about what makes a cue work: keeping it simple, choosing words that carry the quality of the movement, and handing the movement back to your client instead of fixing them. Three things to take away Keep it simple. Imagine a ten-year-old in the room, and leave out the nice-to-know.Choose words that carry the quality you want. Float, melt, lengthen. And use the door and the window, not left and right.Watch, and hand it back. You're inviting a new way to move. You're not fixing anyone.Inside Teach Pilates with Confidence: this episode comes from Part 2, Your teaching toolkit of Tania's online course, open now. See what's inside at learn.taniahuddart.com. Read along with the full transcript at taniahuddart.com. Season 6, Inside Teach Pilates with Confidence, walks through Tania's course for Pilates teachers, one part at a time. Next episode: How do images and stories help people move? About the voices: the host and Tania's voice are made with AI. Every word Tania says is her own, and she approved each one.

  5. 2d ago

    When should I ask, and when should I touch?

    Tania covers questioning and touch: simple and complex questions that get clients solving things for themselves, always asking before you touch, and how to touch with care when you do. Three things to take away Ask questions. A simple one checks what they remember. A complex one gets them solving it for themselves.Always ask before you touch. And if the answer is no, cue their own hands instead.When you do touch, breathe, use your whole hand, and tell them what you're doing.Inside Teach Pilates with Confidence: this episode comes from Part 2, Your teaching toolkit of Tania's online course, open now. See what's inside at learn.taniahuddart.com. Read along with the full transcript at taniahuddart.com. Season 6, Inside Teach Pilates with Confidence, walks through Tania's course for Pilates teachers, one part at a time. Next episode: What makes a cue actually work? About the voices: the host and Tania's voice are made with AI. Every word Tania says is her own, and she approved each one.

  6. 2d ago

    Should I show it or say it?

    Tania looks at two of the teaching tools: showing and explaining. Why to demonstrate first without talking, how to get attention and keep an explanation to one idea, and why one new cue every two or three repetitions is enough. Three things to take away Show it first, without talking. When you talk, they watch your face, not your body.Get their attention, then keep your explanation to one idea. And let them move.One new cue every two or three repetitions. You don't have to fix everything at once.Inside Teach Pilates with Confidence: this episode comes from Part 2, Your teaching toolkit of Tania's online course, open now. See what's inside at learn.taniahuddart.com. Read along with the full transcript at taniahuddart.com. Season 6, Inside Teach Pilates with Confidence, walks through Tania's course for Pilates teachers, one part at a time. Next episode: When should I ask, and when should I touch? About the voices: the host and Tania's voice are made with AI. Every word Tania says is her own, and she approved each one.

  7. 2d ago

    How do I teach the client who learns differently from me?

    Tania talks about teaching the client who learns differently from you: the four learning styles, why we tend to teach the way we learn, and how to use both kinds of feedback, the client's own and yours. Three things to take away Know your own learning style. You'll teach that way, unless you notice it.Give everyone a way in. Show it, say it, let them feel it, and give the reason.Use both kinds of feedback. Let their body speak first, and then add yours.Inside Teach Pilates with Confidence: this episode comes from Part 1, Understanding your clients of Tania's online course, open now. See what's inside at learn.taniahuddart.com. Read along with the full transcript at taniahuddart.com. Season 6, Inside Teach Pilates with Confidence, walks through Tania's course for Pilates teachers, one part at a time. Next episode: Should I show it or say it? About the voices: the host and Tania's voice are made with AI. Every word Tania says is her own, and she approved each one.

  8. 2d ago

    What keeps clients coming back, and what keeps them away?

    Tania talks about why clients keep coming back, and what keeps them away: noticing progress, making each class relevant to their lives, small homework they can own, and the barriers of time, money, childcare and confidence. Three things to take away Clients come back when they feel progress. Help them notice it, and celebrate it.Make it relevant. Their hobbies, their work, their car seat. And give them something small to own at home.Look for what's keeping people away. Time, money, childcare, confidence. And check that the barrier isn't you.Inside Teach Pilates with Confidence: this episode comes from Part 1, Understanding your clients of Tania's online course, open now. See what's inside at learn.taniahuddart.com. Read along with the full transcript at taniahuddart.com. Season 6, Inside Teach Pilates with Confidence, walks through Tania's course for Pilates teachers, one part at a time. Next episode: How do I teach the client who learns differently from me? About the voices: the host and Tania's voice are made with AI. Every word Tania says is her own, and she approved each one.

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Pilates teaching is a craft. Running a studio is a business. This show is about both. Tania Huddart has taught Pilates for more than thirty years, in London, Australia, Qatar, New Zealand and Bermuda, and has written two books for the people who teach it: Teach Pilates with Confidence and Pilates & Purpose. Each episode takes one real question. What should I charge, and what should I pay my teachers? Why doesn't my cue land? How do I find good teachers and keep them? Why do people try one class and never come back? Tania works through it the way she would with a mentee: the story first, then what she would actually do. About twenty minutes an episode. Three things to take away, one question to sit with, and one template you can download and use. Season one follows Pilates & Purpose, for people who own a studio or are thinking about opening one. Season two follows Teach Pilates with Confidence, for newer teachers, and for experienced teachers who have lost their spark. Made for teachers and studio owners. This is not a workout show. The voices in this podcast are AI generated, from scripts Tania approves line by line. Every episode says so at the start.

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