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You owe it to your client's







Client's to day want to experience the full Pilates System. The original Functional Movement System.
By using the wonderful pieces of Pilates equipment coupled with superior up to the minute education, you can create a myriad of Functional Primal Movement patterns [push/pull/twist/squat/lunge]to develope a healthy strong body.



 Certify as a Pilates Reformer Specialist
  • Level 1 Beginner to Improver next course date April 15th

  • Level 2 Intermediate - next course date April 8th

  • Level 3 Adavancednext course date April 15th

  • Reformer Up-Skill workshops click here for details

Pilates Reformer Specialist Qulaification

Who we are

The PROGRESSIVE Pilates Academy  is the most established Pilates Education in Ireland offering REP's and YMCA accreditied courses.
Owner /Founder Joyce Gavin Pilates Master Coach/ Applied Functional Movement Coach - is credited with bringing Pilates to Ireland in the 90's establishing the first dedicated Pilates Studio and School.
We provide the most comprehensive Pilates Reformer Specialist Course in Ireland to date.

What we offer


The PROGRSSIVE System is a course based on the traditional / classical Pilates repertoire while incorporating the most up to the minute Applied Functional Movement Science [AFMS] to allow for client ability/capability adaptations.

Unique learning envoirnment:


The Reformer Specialist Course is modular format from Level I to Level III, and can be taken as a One on One course or Group X course


Full details click here


 The PROGRESSIVE Pilates Academy -

Phone 0894395057

Email: mindbodyeducation@outlook.com

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