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Welcome to the Official Website of
The Pilates Method Alliance®

The Pilates Method Alliance® (PMA®) is the international, not–for–profit, professional
association dedicated to the teachings of Joseph H. and Clara Pilates. Our mission is to foster community, integrity, and respect for diversity; establish certification and continuing education standards; and promote the Pilates method of exercise.

We invite you to share with us in our organization.The alliance has been created as a nonprofit organization dedicated to unity, professionalism and to advocating educational standards.

What's New?

Join us for the PMA's 10th International Educational Conference! Save the date! November 4-7, 2010 Long Beach, CA

This conference marks a decade of work by the Pilates community to unify, network, share and professionalize. We have accomplished an enormous amount in the last ten years, and now we're turning a corner with our New Vision which will give you more ways to be actively involved.

Click here for our 2010 online brochure.

Click here to find out more.

Click here to register for the conference.

REGISTER TODAY FOR THE PMA-CPT EXAM!

Thanks to our dedicated hosts worldwide, we are pleased to offer the paper and pencil exam at a variety of locations this year. Please note the On-Demand version of the exam is always available.

June 12, 2010 in Madrid, Spain. Completed applications must be received by May 13, 2010.
June 26, 2010 in Mexico City, Mexico. Completed applications must be received by May 27, 2010.
July 8, 2010 Balanced Body’s Pilates on Tour Conference in Chicago, Illinois. Completed applications must be received by June 7, 2010.
November 4, 2010 PMA 10th Annual International Educational Conference in Long Beach, California. Completed applications must be received by October 5, 2010.

Questions? Contact Amy Bloom Havlin, amybh@pilatesmethodalliance.org or call
+1 305 573 4946 x205

The Results are in!
Pilates Teacher Training Summit! Dallas, Nov 7-8, 2009

The weekend was deemed an extraordinary success by delegates who valued the high quality of presentations, the opportunity for community building, and the face to face dialogue and open discussion with the PMA staff and board.

The result of the weekend was that the majority of schools present agreed to cease using the work `certification' to describe the result of teacher training as of July 1, 2010. Those that made this commitment are listed below.

The group also agreed that the PMA will create a `Registry of Schools'. Delegates suggested and agreed upon a list of initial criteria required to be included in the Registry.

Click here to read the full report.

Questions on this report? Contact Ray Infante,
rayi@pilatesmethodalliance.org or call +1 305 573 4946x208

Fostering Future Professionals

The PMA would like to thank the following companies for their support of the PMA's Fostering Future Professionals Program (TM):

Balanced Body University - Sacramento, California

Balancepoint Pilates Teacher Training - Halifax, MA
Body Arts & Sciences International - Costa Mesa, California

Core Dynamics - Santa Fe, New Mexico
CovaTech Pilates - Milan, Italy

Inspirah - Mexico City, Mexico
K Pilates - Mesa, Arizona

Korries Pilates Place - Wildomar, CA
Midwest Pilates Institute - Fitchburg, WI

Namaste Yoga & Pilates - Mexico City, Mexico
Pilates Associates Teacher Training Institute - Ithaca, New York
Pilates Center of Boulder - Boulder, Colorado

Pilates Center of Las Vegas LTD - Las Vegas, Nevada
Pilates Chicago, Inc. - Chicago, IL
Pilates Sports Center - Encino, California
Polestar Pilates Education – Coral Gables, Florida

Power Pilates - New York, New York
Studio Pilates De Cannes - Cannes, France

Tensile Strength Studio Inc - Lake Barrington, IL
The Ron Fletcher Company, Inc. - Tucson, Arizona
TheraPilates Physical Therapy - Santa Cruz, California

Vital Balance Pilates - Redondo Beach, California

We appreciate their support with bringing new Pilates teacher-trainees into the PMA community. Thank you!

For information on Fostering Future Professionals, please email Denise Dixon, Membership Manager, at denised@pilatesmethodalliance.org