
Required Hours for Certification
TMM is a 500+ hour Certification Program. This allows certified TMM Instructors to sit for the National Pilates Certification Program. Below is the breakdown of the required hours needed to complete and sit for TMM’s exam.
Hours required outside of class time must be recorded and completed before sitting for the exam. These log sheets will be turned in prior to taking one’s exam. Any missed class hours must be made up 1 = .5 privately with a TMM Master Instructor at the private hour rate.
Practice Teach:
You teaching another person.
Observe:
You observing ANY certified instructor of any Pilates program.
Perform:
You practicing the work
Mat (Complete)
Virtual lecture the week before class begins 3 hours
Class Time: 2 weekends totaling 32 hours
Practice Teach: 25 hours
Observe: 25 hours
Perform: 25 hours
Total: 110 hours
Reformer (Beginner & Intermediate)
Virtual lecture the week before class begins 3 hours
Class Time: 2-3 weekends totaling 40 hours
Practice Teach: 30 hours
Observe: 30 hours
Perform: 30 hours
Total: 133 hours
Advanced Reformer
Virtual lecture the week before class begins 3 hours
Class Time: 1 weekend totaling 12 hours
Practice Teach: 10 hours
Observe: 10 hours
Perform: 10 hours
Total: 42 hours
Cadillac (Complete)
Virtual lecture the week before class begins 3 hours
Class Time: 2 weekends totaling 32 hours
Practice Teach: 25 hours
Observe: 25 hours
Perform: 25 hours
Total: 110 hours
Chair (Complete)
Virtual lecture the week before class begins 3 hours
Class Time: 1 weekend totaling 15 hours
Practice Teach: 12 hours
Observe: 12 hours
Perform: 12 hours
Total: 54 hours
Barrels (Full)
Virtual lecture the week before class begins 3 hours
Class Time: 1 weekends totaling 15 hours
Practice Teach: 12 hours
Observe: 12 hours
Perform: 12 hours
Total: 54 hours
Basic Anatomy Workshop
Live or Virtual: 2 hours
Total: 505 hours
TMM Exam Rates
Includes written and practical testing components
Single Modality: $275
Duo Modalities: $400
Reformer All Levels: $350
3-6 Modalities: $600
Full Certification / +500 hours: $450
Certification Cost Sheet
Mat Work (B/I/A)
22 Contact Hours: $1150
Foundational Reformer Work (B/I)
43 Contact Hours: $1350
Advanced Reformer Work (A)
12 Contact Hours: $550
Cadillac Work (B/I/A)
35 Contact Hours: $1100
Chair Work (B/I/A)
12 Contact Hours: $550
Barrels Work (B/I/A)
18 Contact Hours: $800
Certification Options
$5500
Total Contact Hours: 158
Total Program Credit Hours: 505