Pilatesmith is a Pilates Studio with two locations on the westside of Los Angeles, California. Our focus has always been serving experienced Pilates lovers with a mostly advanced schedule, Private Training, and an Athletic Pilates style. Our style is intense and physical to deliver not only the benefits of Pilates but build overall fitness and stamina for maximum impact to your body’s composition and shape. We’ve always taken Pilates workouts to the next level, and now we want to level-up your Pilates knowledge - so we created Pilatesmith University!
We offer continued education courses to help you master your craft as a Pilates Pro or deepen your knowledge as a Pilates Lover. Pilatesmith University pulls together the best educators from our own backyard and across the country to help you better meet the needs of today's Pilates customer and inspire you in your everyday Pilates practice.
There are 3 different tracks to explore. Check out the course descriptions to see which are appropriate for Pilates Pros, Pilates Lovers, or both!
Athletic Pilates
Special Populations
Health & Wellness Essentials
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“Continued education is what fuels me as a Pilates trainer. I love that Pilatesmith pulls togethers some of the best educators and instructors in our industry and they always have a variety of topics that are also very relevant - from the powerhouse to osteoporosis to CPR to tough Pilates flows. I’ve been to both of their locations and they are beautiful. And the workshops are such a great value!”
Join us for an insightful talk with Jeff, Owner of BOD in Venice, as he dives into the world of DEXA scans and their incredible insights!
A modern program from the studio that made athletic pilates famous in LA!
We love Pilates. Like, a lot. And we recognize that we can introduce Pilates to more people if it's taught the way today’s customers want it: as a sweaty workout that delivers on fitness goals. This 410-hour, comprehensive certification program was built to prepare you for this new era of Pilates-goers who are turning to Pilates as a fitness option. Space is limited - reserve today!
Join us for an empowering and informative 1-hour workshop to wrap up Women’s Month! BeachMama Wellness will lead a conversation on three topics that impact so many women but are often overlooked or under-discussed: incontinence, diastasis recti, and pain in the pelvic region.
Maximize your potential on the Mat! In this workshop, join Pilatesmith Trainer Carla as we talk about the Mat Pilates method and deconstruct some of the key foundational exercises to enhance your understanding and elevate your practice.
Achy knees? Painful hips? Issues with these joints are common and often tied to aging, injuries, and obesity. So whether you’re experiencing joint pain yourself - or a Pilates Trainer working with a client who is - you’re not alone.
Join Lyssa and Lauren, the Co-Founders of Athletic Lab Physical Therapy, and Jessica, the Founder of Pilatesmith, for this workshop that’s all about knee and hip pain and how Pilates can help. We'll talk about Ligament tears, Meniscus injuries, and Patellofemoral pain in the knee, and Labral tears and Iliopsoas issues like strains, tendonitis, and impingements in the hips. We'll also talk a little bit about joint replacements.
Become a lifesaver! Learning CPR and how to handle common emergencies means you’ll literally help save lives because fast action dramatically increases chances of survival. This certification course could make a difference at home, at work, or during the course of your every day life!
Do you want to help your prenatal and postnatal clients feel their core and pelvic floor better? Then this is for you! Join us in-studio or via Zoom.Then this is for you! Join us in-studio or via Zoom.
This 4-hour workshop is led by Erica Bell, a Pilates instructor who specializes in prenatal and postnatal Pilates. In this workshop she’ll teach you specific techniques that will help your clients safely connect to their core and pelvic floor. She’ll share practical, actionable exercises you can seamlessly integrate into your workout programming immediately.
This workshop is part of our Mental Health Awareness Month series that highlights and helps give you access to tools that help you take care of your mental health. One of those tools is: Journaling.
In this session we’ll introduce you to journaling and then guide you through a journaling exercise. You’ll be given prompts designed to be thought-provoking and spark introspection. Once the journaling portion is done, we’ll end with a short and simple meditation that allows you time to reflect on your thoughts and discovery.
This workshop is part of our Mental Health Awareness Month series that highlights and helps give you access to tools that help you take care of your mental health. One of those tools is: Journaling.
This session is a 45-minute sound bath. Different sounds and frequencies are created by instruments that will cause your brain waves to slow and drop you into into a deeply relaxed state.
This workshop is part of our Mental Health Awareness Month series that highlights and helps give you access to tools that help you take care of your mental health. One of those tools is: Meditation.
To practice meditation, we invite you to join our Focus Mat Workout on May 18th. It blends 30 minutes of invigorating Mat Pilates and 20 minutes of guided meditation focused on Self-Compassion. Because we all need more of that!
This workshop is part of our Mental Health Awareness Month series that highlights and helps give you access to tools that help you take care of your mental health. One of those tools is: Professional Help.
Join us for an empowering workshop led by Ilona Varo, a Psychotherapist & Mastery Method coach, where we’ll uncover the keys to overcoming self-sabotage and embracing your fullest potential! As part of this we’ll explore how your Pilates practice can actually be a tool that helps you learn how to get into your body and mind so you can better tune in to what’s going on.
Join Fitness Pro and ELDOA Trainer Tara Lyn Emerson for an Athletic Stretch class featuring the revolutionary ELDOA spinal therapy method created by world renowned Osteopath Dr. Guy Voyer, DO. ELDOA is being used by professional athletes to recover from injury, to feel better, improve performance and enhance posture. In this 1-hour session, Tara will take participants through her favorite, unique high pay-off exercises and stretches to make you feel better and stand taller. Appropriate for all fitness levels.
The Tiffany Burke - Co-Founder of Dynamic Pilates TV, Pilates influencer via @poiseandstrengthpilates, and queen of Reformer flow creativity is coming to Pilatesmith for a workshop April 13-14th! Join us at Pilatesmith Culver City (Los Angeles) for a stop on Tiffany’s Badass Pilates Collective Tour: The Athletic Era! This 2-day Athletic Pilates workshop is a collection of her latest and greatest Athletic Reformer flows that use the Bosu, heavy weights, Chair and TRX.
This workshop is open to Pilates Pros. Observation tickets still available - reserve today!
In March we celebrate women and their superwoman-ness! So Pilatesmith University is hosting a workshop on a topic that's so important to women’s health, yet not talked about very much: the pelvic floor! Join Pilatesmith and Dr. Stephanie Ravalese, PT, DPT from Origin Physical Therapy for a 1-hour workshop about the pelvic floor anatomy, common symptoms and conditions of a weak pelvic floor like dysfunction, prolapse, leaking, and pain, and how to safely strengthen these muscles.
This workshop is open to everyone - Pilates Pros and Pilates Lovers. Space is limited - reserve today!
Back pain is (unfortunately) so common! Doctors often prescribe Pilates and/or physical therapy as a treatment so it’s very common for these worlds to intersect. Join Lyssa and Lauren, the Co-Founders of Athletic Lab, and Jessica, the Founder of Pilatesmith, at Pilatesmith Santa Monica for this workshop that’s all about the most common spine and disc conditions that cause back pain: Herniated/bulging discs, Degenerative discs, Spondylolisthesis, and Stenosis. We'll go over what they are, what they feel like, contraindications (what makes them worse), and how Pilates can help!
This workshop is open to everyone - Pilates Pros and Pilates Lovers. Space is limited - reserve today!
With hundreds of bones and joints in the body, it’s no wonder clients often experience pain, discomfort, or trouble in these areas - especially as they age. And these people often intersect with Pilates, because Pilates is known to improve bone and joint health thanks to it’s ability to effectively strengthen without causing irritation. Lauren and Lyssa, Co-Founders of Athletic Lab, are going to help us get smarter on a few of the most common bone and joint disorders: Osteoporosis, Osteopenia, Arthritis, and Bursitis.
This workshop is open to everyone - Pilates Pros and Pilates Lovers. Space is limited - reserve today!
CrossFit, Tough Mudder, American Ninja Warrior...oh my! This workshop led by popular Balanced Body Principal Educator and Master Trainer Nico Gonzalez will radically expand your potential to appeal to and retain clients who love a challenge and tough workouts. Learn to speak their language while you showcase the importance of the Pilates system in “their world." Discover creative movement sequences on the Pilates Reformer & Chair that will keep your athletic clients coming back for more.
This workshop is open to Pilates Pros - those who are certified or seeking their certification. If you’re not certified, reach out to request to join. Space is limited - reserve today!
Pilates is famously known for working the "Powerhouse" - the area from the diaphragm to the pelvic floor. Joseph Pilates emphasized this area of the body - all Pilates exercises start in the powerhouse! Powerhouse muscles work together to stabilize the body and give the big movements we make their strength and balance. Understanding this important region of the body will allow you to train it more effectively for greater results. In this workshop led by local anatomy and movement expert Russ Pfeiffer, we'll dive into the major muscles and parts of this important region, how they function, how to train them, and everyday applications to Pilates.
This workshop is open to everyone - Pilates Pros and Pilates Lovers. Space is limited so reserve today!
