Membership

How to Become a Member

Are you a Training Provider?

  • Membership of the Society for the Pilates Method (SPM) is open to specialist Pilates teacher training providers, based in the UK.

  • To qualify for SPM membership, a training provider must offer matwork teacher training and a full programme of studio apparatus courses through to advanced level, with that training delivered by suitably experienced tutors.

  • We fully recognise and support that teaching approaches, course content, curriculum, and course structure will differ across SPM members. We do not believe in a prescriptive approach to training.

  • We welcome training providers who share our values to uphold the integrity of the Method and to ensure that all current and future students have access to the full body of work through the courses they attend and the expertise of the tutors who deliver them.

  • Matwork and apparatus training and certification must be approved against the new SPM standards and independently endorsed by PD: Approval, our Quality Assurance partner.

For more details, please contact the Society at info@thesocietyforthepilatesmethod.com 

Are you a Pilates Teacher?

Full SPM membership is only open to Training Providers (Professional Membership).

 Individual teachers can appear on the SPM Register of Teachers (annual membership currently £30).
 
If your parent organisation is an SPM Professional Member, please speak to them for more details.
 
If you are an experienced Pilates teacher who wishes to be recognised by the SPM, we are opening a new Registration Scheme in August 2025.

 

Purpose

This scheme is open to experienced Pilates teachers who are not aligned to a training provider or membership body which holds SPM Professional Membership.
It offers a ‘grandfathering pathway’ to enable teacher to gain registration on the SPM Register of Teachers through:
  • the recognition of a teacher’s qualifications
  • the further knowledge and skills that they have gained through teaching
  • their commitment to ongoing professional development as they work towards the professional standards defined by the SPM.

Scope

This pathway is available to Pilates teachers with significant experience (see ‘Phasing’) who do not hold an SPM-approved qualification, but who meet the required professional standards through their prior learning, ongoing education, and teaching practice.
 

Phasing

There are initially two phases within the SPM Registration Scheme:
Phase 1: The scheme is open to teachers with a minimum of 10 years of continuous Pilates teaching experience. This phase commences in August 2025.     
Phase 2:  The scheme is open to teachers with a minimum of 5 years of continuous Pilates teaching experience. This phase goes live in late 2025. 
            

Application Process

Applications will be made direct to Membership Administration in the SPM – email admin@thesocietyforthepilatesmethod.com
Details of the full process will be published here shortly.