People are often put off by the price of a private Pilates session.
Real authentic and well made equipment is expensive to make and buy. Not only do you pay for the equipment and it’s accessories separately but the shipping and import duties are very high too. Good teachers choose good quality equipment for your safety and for the Pilates work to feel correct in your body.
Real teacher training that involves hundreds if not thousands of hours, being monitored and evaluated making sure you are ready to teach, with training costs ranging in the tens of thousands! You cannot just learn to teach the correct Joseph Pilates Method on a weekend course. For teachers from Great Britain this includes international travel to learn and grow, which adds in additional costs.
Below is an example of the price of just a reformer. Then there is a rough estimate of other factors before a teacher provides a session price.
Sessions in the Uk market are far under market prices compared with a more world wide valuation. Mostly due to the value of correct teacher training being under valued. Unfortunately lots of the UK training is offered over a weekend or an add on as fitness training, as the word Pilates has no governing body, anything can be called Pilates. True Pilates teachers have undergone intense training that takes years not days.
