Swiss Pilates Institute
Swiss Pilates Heritage Studios
Studios that teach to the Swiss Pilates standard and host our trainings in their own city, led by Swiss Pilates Educators. Every Heritage Studio has a certified Swiss Pilates Professional Teacher on its team.
Where Swiss Pilates trainings take place
Heritage Candidate in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
SoPilates
Hosts The Pilates System Training, step 1 of the programme, in Kuala Lumpur.
26 Nov – 13 Dec 2026
Places available
The Pilates System Training in Kuala Lumpur
Step 1, with Sabrina Vongsuravatana at SoPilates
A Heritage Candidate is a studio on its way to the title: a member of its team is completing the Swiss Pilates pathway to the Professional Teacher Certificate. Our own trainings take place in Bangkok and on residential retreats in France.
Host the Swiss Pilates programme in your studio
A Swiss Pilates Heritage Studio is a studio where the Swiss Pilates approach is part of everyday teaching, not only of the weeks when a training takes place. There is one condition for the title: at least one certified Swiss Pilates Professional Teacher teaches at your studio.
If your team does not have one yet, your studio starts as a Heritage Candidate and trains one member of the team to become a Professional Teacher. Hosting is how you get there.
1
You choose your nominee
A committed instructor of your team who plans to stay with you. If a certified Professional Teacher already works at your studio, you are a Heritage Studio from the start.
2
Your nominee trains with you
The nominee takes step 1, The Pilates System Training, in your first hosted training, together with your participants.
3
Steps 2 and 3 within 18 months
Step 2 in Bangkok or France, then the step 3 video assessment, recorded at your studio.
4
Your studio carries the title
As soon as your nominee holds the Professional Teacher Certificate. Heritage Studios get first choice of Patricia’s tour dates, are presented in Swiss Pilates channels and meet once a year.
The training comes to your studio
Heritage Candidate
Step 1: The Pilates System Training
15 teaching days, 85 hours, on Mat, Reformer, Chair, Barrels and Cadillac, with recovery days in between. Your students do not have to travel.
Heritage Studio
Step 2: Skillful Teaching Integration
Once your studio carries the title, your graduates continue with step 2 at your studio. Step 3 is a video assessment your teachers record there.
Workshop
Precision Pilates with Patricia
Two days, three hours each, with Patricia Duchaussoy herself, open to your clients and instructors. A good first step before a training.
Every hosted training is led by a Swiss Pilates Educator, invited personally by Patricia and approved by Swiss Pilates Institute. Your studio hosts the training; it is not run by your own team.
What it takes
Your studio, your team, your room
The team
An established studio with regular classes and its own team of instructors, committed to the Swiss Pilates approach. Before you sign, at least five people have shown interest in the training.
The room
A bright, quiet training room for up to 16 participants, ideally with daylight. Participants work up to six and a half hours a day, so it has to be quiet, the air-conditioning included.
Local work
Marketing and finding participants, a welcome for them, the Educator’s accommodation near the studio, airport pick-up and local transport, and an interpreter in non-English markets.
The equipment
Reformer, Tower or Cadillac, Chair
one of each for every two participants
Spine Corrector or Arc Barrel, mat
one for every participant
Ladder Barrel
at least one for the group
Participants share the Reformer, Tower and Chair in pairs, taking turns to practise, teach, observe and correct. Missing equipment? We supply the machines we teach on
What we bring
Swiss Pilates Institute’s part
The training
The Educator, who leads the training and gives your team feedback; book and manuals, our e-learning platform, the examination and the certificates for every participant.
The organisation
The Educator’s flight, a registration link for every participant and curriculum updates. A hosting agreement for three years; each training date is booked on its own.
Partner Service (optional)
Your studio listed on swiss-pilates.com, regional campaigns on Meta and Google, answers to every enquiry within 24 hours, online registration and payment with a studio dashboard, and ready-made texts and visuals.
Your studio stays independent. The Educator works for Swiss Pilates Institute, not for your studio.
From the first message to your first date
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Read the guideline
We send you the Heritage Studio guideline with all terms and costs, and talk it through with you.
3
Choose your date
You receive the hosting agreement and a cost overview for your first date, and decide once you have both in writing.
Bring the Swiss Pilates programme to your city
Write to us on WhatsApp. A person from our team replies.