Frequently Asked Questions

No, we bring the equipment to make it easier on you.

Yes, visit the Pilates Shop on our website to choose the equipment that you would like to incorporate into your workouts.

No, this is because we bring more equipment to be used during the session than the client will have. If the client owns all the different apparatuses, we are willing to discuss a discount for the client. 

Yes, as long as you obtain clearance from your primary care provider and provide a written note to your instructor before your scheduled session.

Of course, we will modify your workout to protect you and your baby during this exciting time. However, we will require a doctor’s note if you are in your second or third trimester with doctor’s limitations for your workout. 

Each session is 50 minutes long. However, the instructor will be at your home for an hour to set up, sanitize, and tear down the equipment.

You will receive a welcome letter that includes all necessary forms to be filled out before your first intake session. Having these forms filled out will maximize the benefits of your intake session so please make sure that you have printed, signed and emailed the forms back to Sunrise Pilates prior to your intake appointment. 

Yes, packages are offered under the services tab on our website. 

Yes, we have a discounted price for joint sessions with a partner or friend. Joint sessions can be found under the services section.

Yes, each Pilates instructor is a certified instructor and/or Nationally Certified Pilates instructor.

Everyone. We do not discriminate. Sunrise Pilates values the fitness goals of individuals and communities. 

Yes. Due to children and teen’s spines still forming we offer modified sessions to meet the needs of our younger clients. 

Yes, Sunrise Pilates is an affiliate partner with other fitness companies. As an affiliate Sunrise Pilates offers products that can be used in alliance with the Pilates Methods. However, you are able to find a link to each fitness company’s website to browse more products!

Yes, Pilates is meant to protect the joints and body structure while increasing the heart rate, lengthening the muscles, and strengthening the muscles in each session. 

Sunrise Pilates has one instructor that is a certified TRX Trainer and is able to incorporate TRX suspension training into the Pilates session. If you are interested in TRX Suspension training, please make sure to let your instructor know. 

Pilates is excellent for improving all other forms of movement. Pilates increases mobility, stability, flexibility, strength, coordination, balance, blood circulation, and better posture. Celebrities use Pilates to enhance their sports performance. Additionally, CrossFit trainers have used Pilates to enhance their performance of CrossFit workouts. However, Sunrise Pilates does not discriminate against any form of fitness method. All fitness methods have their benefits. 

Yes, the Sunrise Pilates website is secure and protected with Secure Sockets Layer. This means that anytime you enter personal information on our website it is protected with SSL. 

Once a student completes the Comprehensive Teacher Training Program through Sunrise Pilates the student will have an understanding of the anatomy and physiology associated with the Pilates movements, Different types of variations and levels of a move, an understanding of common mistakes, learn modifications for each move, understand the foundational history of Pilates, acquire business skills to create their own Pilates Business, be eligible to take the National Pilates Certification Exam, qualify to work in a Pilates studio, and add experience to their professional and/or academic resumes. Additionally, Sunrise Pilates values furthering education and supports each student on their path to a medical, health or fitness career path through recommendation letters, experience, and opportunities to apply for the Sunrise Pilates Annual Scholarship.

Yes, a student can purchase all courses for a discounted price. The entire Comprehensive Teacher Training Program can be found under the Pilates Shop on the website. 

No. However, we offer an unlimited amount of time to complete the course/s.

Yes. However, some courses are in the process of being improved and are not yet ready to purchase. If interested in the Comprehensive Teacher Training Program, please send us an email to redeem our discounted preordered price. 

The courses can be purchased separately to allow students to focus on one apparatus at a time and offer the option to easily finance the entire Comprehensive Teacher Training Program as they complete each apparatus. Each course will count toward the entire Comprehensive Teacher Training Program that enables the student to qualify to take the National Pilates Certification Exam. However, the student will receive a certificate of completion for each apparatus and can decide to be a Pilates instructor only in that apparatus. This means that the student will be qualified to offer Pilates instruction to the public in the apparatuses that they are certified in. 

Yes, the Sunrise Pilates Comprehensive Teacher Training Program will enable the students to qualify to take the National Pilates Certification Exam and learn more apparatuses than required for the National Pilates Certification Exam to make Sunrise Pilates students more marketable in the workforce. 

This question is answered in our online orientation webinar prior to starting the program and is currently offered once a month. In the online orientation webinar, the student will learn how to access the course, the hours required in participation areas, support information, receive the course manuals and have any additional questions answered regarding the program.

Yes. Support is offered to each student as much as is needed. Sunrise Pilates values motivated students that want to succeed. There is support available 7 days a week from 5AM to 9PM PST in order to accommodate a variety of schedules. 

The student will need a training manual, Pilates socks, workout outfit that is not loose, and the apparatus that is being learned about. If the student does not have an apparatus the student may find a studio closest to them that may cost additional fees to use the equipment, or the student can purchase Pilates equipment at a deeper discount than what is offered on the Pilates Shop on the website. 

The apparatuses that are included in the Comprehensive Teacher Training Program are the mat, reformer, Cadillac & tower, spine corrector, ladder barrel, Pilates ball, magic circle, and Jumpboard or rebounder. Each apparatus can be purchased separately except for the magic circle and Pilates ball since both are included in each course. 

If the student does not have an apparatus the student may find a studio closest to them that may cost additional fees to use the equipment, or the student can purchase Pilates equipment at a deeper discount than what is offered on the Pilates Shop on the website. If a Sunrise Pilates Studio is close to the student, the student may use the equipment for free as long as it does not interfere with a schedule Pilates class. 

500. The hours will be broken down in detail in the online orientation webinar. 

No. The client may begin to gain an understanding of Pilates through movement by signing up for the online Pilates personal session. We will be implementing a Pilates JR. Summer Program in the future but for now the Pilates Teacher Training Program can only be offered to students or individuals that are 17 and older or a senior in high school that is about to graduate.  

Yes. Options for student insurance will be provided in the online orientation webinar. Student Pilates Insurance is very affordable and covers the student for an entire year. 

No. However, this program is in process of becoming an ACE accredited Continuing Education Provider. Which means that students that want to work in the fitness industry will be able to use Sunrise Pilates courses for continuing education credits. 

The Comprehensive Teacher Training Program will prepare high school students for life after high school by providing a professional skill set that can allow them to work through college. Additionally, this program will introduce students to anatomy and physiology which will prepare the student for anatomy and physiology at a college level. Pilates requires discipline, motivation, education, practice with exams and learning essential business skills in the Pilates field. Sunrise Pilates works hard to provide a well rounded professional and academic approach for each student to succeed upon completion of the Comprehensive Teacher Training Program. 

Yes! A student has many options upon completion of the Comprehensive Teacher Training Program. A student can choose one apparatus and instruct using one apparatus to their clients, build a business that incorporates Pilates on many levels, work as a Pilates Instructor at a Pilates Studio. The national Pilates Certification Exam enables a student to have a title of credibility. Pilates is not fully regulated by a government agency. There are two companies that are trying to create an accreditation process. The NCPC is one of those companies. The NCPC is accredited with an agency that accredits agencies making the National Pilates Certification more credible. However, a National Pilates Certification does not dictate how well a Pilates Instructor will instruct. 

Yes. Any forms that are required for the program must be signed by a parent or guardian before a student under 18 can participate. 

Yes. Any forms that are required for the program must be signed by a parent or guardian before a student under 18 can participate. Even if the student turns 18 years old during the duration of the program the student still began as a minor and must have the documents signed before a student can begin the program under the age of 18. 

There is no payment program. However, the owner of Sunrise Pilates purposefully designed the Comprehensive Teacher Training Program to be broken down into separate courses in order to provide students the ability to learn at their speed and financial capability. Sunrise Pilates also offers an Annual Scholarship program that contains scholarship to the college of the student’s choice or Sunrise Pilates Scholarships that can be used toward any of the courses within the Comprehensive Teacher Training Program or apparatuses.