Tower Teacher Training

Briarhill SC - Galway

SUZIE DODD PILATES ACADEMY

UPCOMING TOWER TRAINING COURSE DATES

JULY IN GALWAY @ PILATESCENE GALWAY - 18th/19th | 18th - 11:30-6 pm and 19th 10-5pm. There are four spaces left.

TOWER TEACHER TRAINING GALWAY OVERVIEW OF THE COURSE

A practical, teacher-focused course designed to help you teach the Tower with clarity, confidence, and great programming. If you are a keen student with over 2 years experience you are also very welcome.

If you love classical work but want a modern, usable way to teach real bodies in front of you—this training is for you.

Who it’s for

This course is for Pilates teachers who want to:

• Add Tower to their teaching toolkit - its called the workhorse of the studio for a reason.

• Improve cueing, set-ups, and exercise choices on the Tower - adding Tower ads to your skillset as a teacher.

• Get better at seeing what’s happening in a body—and knowing what to do next - the tower gives you a great frame of reference and lets you really understand the habits and patterns in students bodies - this can be hard to spot on a mat.

• Teach with more structure, consistency, and confidence - its the Pilates Method.

What you’ll learn

You’ll learn how to teach Tower in a way that’s:

• Clear: strong set-ups, simple language, and consistent teaching points

• Practical: what to do with common compensations and “real life” bodies

• Classical-informed: rooted in the work

• Immediately usable:

What we’ll cover

Exact modules can vary depending on the group, but we’ll typically cover:

• Tower set-up, safety, and exercise logic (so you know why you’re choosing what you’re choosing for your client)

• Key Tower exercises and how to teach them well (including common misalignments and how to spot them and best cues to stop them)

• Modification for different bodies and different goals

• Programming: how to structure a Tower session that flows and makes sense

• Observation skills: what to look for, what matters most, and how to choose one effective correction

Outcomes

By the end of the training, you should be able to:

• Teach a safe, effective Tower session with confidence

• Choose springs and set-ups with intention

• Spot common patterns (biases, inhibitions, compensations) and respond appropriately

• Cue more simply—and get better results

• Build a session plan that’s clear, progressive, and client-appropriate

How the training works

Expect a blend of:

• Demonstration + breakdown

• Hands-on practice teaching

• Feedback that’s direct, supportive, and immediately actionable

• Plenty of time for questions (the nerdy ones are welcome)

• You will have a full online learning video library to access after the course

Prerequisites if you want to teach Tower:

• Mat-certified (recognised Mat Pilates qualification required)

Location

Training takes place at PILATESCENE in Galway Briarhill Shopping Centre

About your teacher - Suzie Dodd

I have over 20 years of Pilates teaching experience and am known for warm, high-standard teaching that’s both classical-informed and realistic for modern bodies. You will learn loads and enjoy the process.

FAQs

Is this course certified?

This course is a professional development training designed for qualified teachers and is certified by Suzie Dodd Pilates Academy and Balens EU

Do I need Tower experience already?

No of course its an advantage but not necessary —mat certification is required, and we’ll build from foundations to more complex work. It will bring your mat and reformer to another level.

What should I bring?

Grip socks, a notebook, and clothes you can move in.

How do I book? On the button below

Ready to train?

If you want to teach Tower with confidence and clarity—and you want a training that’s practical, detailed, and supportive—this is for you. If you don’t want to go through the rigmarole of Comprehensive Training but do want to do Tower this is the course for you. I did my training in pieces and I highly recommend it because then each piece makes sense as you have taught more classes - the more you teach between trainings the better. Nothing beats the students for learning how to teach. Plus comprehensive training is very expensive. For these reasons I have broken down my trainings into affordable and learnable pieces that you can use in many studios.

Book your place (there are 8 spaces).This course is fully insured by Balens Europe BV, once the prerequisites have been met - a Pilates Mat Course Level 1. If you are a keen student and don’t want to teach but want to learn more you are very welcome.

This course takes 11 hours in person to complete over 1 weekend plus your own homework if you wish to certify, which will realistically take another 20 hours or more depending on your experience. It is hard to quantify something that you can go on learning and practicing forever - you will never get to the end of it. It is an intensive enjoyable program designed to give you the knowledge, skills and confidence to teach beginner,intermediary and advanced tower pilates classes based on the Classical Archival work as designed by Joe himself. If you are a keen student this course will bring you a lot farther than classes. I only take 8 students on this course so you will learn so much and get so much being in this small group.

The beauty and depth of the work on the Tower is intense and intensely enjoyable - I warn you - you will want one of these on your wall at home

QUALIFICATION IN TOWER TEACHER TRAINING GALWAY

If you wish to certify you will be required to submit homework showing that you have a good understanding of the tower and that you can teach a selection of exercises - this will be videos of you teaching a student and uploading to Whatsapp. This takes some practice and time and will ensure that you succeed and become a great teacher. You will also have to design class plans, and submit feedback on online classes.

After qualifying you can gain insurance with Balens BV Europe

COST OF THE COURSE

The cost of the course is 650 euros. A non-refundable deposit of 250 euro is required to book a place. You can pay the balance 2 weeks before the course.

PREREQUISITES

In order to certify and attain insurance you need to have a Mat Pilates Teacher Training achieved ,If you are coming just for your own enjoyment there are no prerequisites- but if you are a complete beginner it wouldn’t be a good starting point - no matter how fit you are. Of course if you just want to learn more about tower and not certify that is absolutely fine and many people do.

Please ensure you read the terms and conditions. If you are not sure or you want to chat give me a call - 0863137219