For instructors building their voice
The gap between finishing training and teaching with authority isn't technique. It's the cues that don't come when you need them — and it's the only thing standing between you and the instructor you're capable of being.
Not relying on counting to fill the space. Not scripting every detail in your class plan. Just you, the prepared instructor — because the cues are ready for you right when you need them.
You know exactly what the client's body should be doing. Then you open your mouth and end up counting reps because your mind goes blank.
Same three phrases, every class, every exercise. Clients notice the loop even when they can't name it.
Certifications teach form. They rarely teach the language that gets a client's body to actually respond to you.
What's inside
26 Beginner & Intermediate Classical Mat Exercises, broken down into the cues you actually need, organized the way you move through a class.
Toggle between Phase of Exercise (setup → execution → breath) and Cue Type (Opposition, Imagery, Breath) — whichever matches how you're studying or teaching that day.
Every exercise opens with the exact setup language, so clients are positioned correctly before you ever cue the movement itself.
Linked Pilatesology videos for every exercise, so you can confirm the movement while the cue language is fresh.
Not just anatomical instruction — the felt-sense language and opposition cues that make a cue actually land in someone's body.
Breath pattern woven into the cue sequence for each exercise, not bolted on as an afterthought.
Searchable, fast, and organized to be opened on your phone between clients — not read once and shelved.
Built with classical cueing input from Melissa Castro-Schmidt and Sonje Mayo.
From the instructors who tested it
"I now have a solid foundation of cues to draw from and adapt to different clients and situations. It helped me feel more confident, made my instruction flow more naturally."
"As a new instructor, I feel as though I know the exercise but struggle with cueing in ways that feel authentic to me and also meet the needs of who I am instructing. I love how you provided cues for all the various cue types."
"So concise and clear. I love that the cues give real self-checks instead of just prescribing a fixed range of motion, and the breath pattern ties the whole movement together really nicely."
One-time purchase
The cost of one group class. Reference it for every class you teach.
Before you buy
No — it sits alongside it. Your training manual and certification cover form and technique. This guide covers language: the specific words that turn correct technique into a cue a client can actually respond to.
Yes, with a caveat: it's built with new and early-career instructors as the priority, so if you're several years in with a well-established cueing style, treat it as a way to refresh your language and pick up variations, not a first introduction.
Only you can weigh that against your own budget. What reviewers told us: it's the cost of a single class, and it's meant to be referenced for every class after — not read once. If you're teaching regularly, it pays for itself quickly in prep time alone.
You'll get a confirmation email immediately after checkout with your login link. Access doesn't expire.
The current guide is mat-based, classical Pilates only.
26 exercises. Every cue. One-time $54.
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