Welcome to Rare Street Pilates Education
Our mission is simple: to create exceptional Pilates instructors by providing world-class education that combines traditional Pilates principles, modern movement science, anatomy, biomechanics, rehabilitation concepts, and real-world teaching experience.
Our courses have been carefully designed using knowledge and methodologies gathered from leading educators, studios, and training programs around the world. We believe great teachers need more than just exercise knowledge—they need confidence, critical thinking skills, effective communication, and the ability to create meaningful results for their clients.
Inside our programs, you’ll learn:
Pilates principles and technique
Functional anatomy and biomechanics
Exercise programming and sequencing
Client assessment and modification strategies
Cueing and communication skills
Injury considerations and contraindications
Business and professional development
Practical teaching and coaching techniques
Whether you’re starting your journey as a Pilates instructor, looking to deepen your expertise, or wanting to elevate your teaching skills, our courses provide the tools, support, and education needed to help you succeed.
At Rare Street Pilates, we’re committed to sharing everything we’ve learned. We’ve created the training we wish we had when we first started—comprehensive, practical, evidence-informed, and designed to help you become a confident and highly sought-after instructor.
Join our community of passionate movement professionals and take the next step in your teaching journey.
TESTIMONIAL
I had completed multiple Pilates teacher trainings before joining Rare Street Pilates, but despite all the certifications, I still didn’t feel confident stepping into a class and teaching. I knew the exercises, but I didn’t truly understand how to teach them.
The Rare Street Pilates Teacher Training completely changed that.
For the first time, everything clicked. The depth of knowledge, the way the course broke down anatomy, movement, cueing, hands-on corrections, class flow, programming, and even music selection was unlike anything I had experienced before. Instead of simply memorising exercises, I learned how to become a teacher.
The support, attention to detail, and practical teaching skills gave me the confidence to lead classes with ease and professionalism. I now understand how to create engaging, effective classes, adapt for different clients, and communicate in a way that truly helps people move better.
This training didn’t just make me a certified instructor—it made me a confident and knowledgeable teacher. If you’re looking for a program that genuinely prepares you to teach in the real world and gives you every tool you need to succeed, I cannot recommend Rare Street Pilates highly enough. It has completely transformed my teaching and my career.
- Anna S.
Nikkii Behrens
There’s a difference between getting certified and becoming a teacher.
Nikkii, founder of NH, Rare Street and StayRare is an international Pilates educator, studio owner and mentor known for her sold-out live teacher trainings and her ability to turn knowledge into real-world teaching confidence.
Many students come to Nikkii already certified — sometimes through some of the biggest names in Pilates — yet still not feeling ready to teach, structure a class or confidently walk into a studio.
That’s where Rare Street is different.
Nikkii doesn’t teach you to simply pass an exam or memorize a repertoire. She teaches you how to see bodies, understand movement, cue with purpose, adapt intelligently and command a room with confidence.
The result? Graduates who finally feel ready to teach — and who are regularly hired by studios soon after completing their training.
Backed by decades of international experience across Pilates, yoga and holistic health, Nikkii has created the online Rare Street Teacher Training to bring the depth, mentorship and real-world standard of her sold-out in-person trainings to you — wherever you are.
Don’t just get certified. Become the teacher studios want to hire and clients want to come back to.
Chrisen Presence
Anatomy shouldn’t be something you memorise for an exam. It should make you a better teacher.
Chrisen Presence brings 16+ years of Pilates experience, more than 20,000 classes taught and over 1,000 instructors trained and mentored to the anatomy component of the Rare Street Online Teacher Training.
With a Bachelor of Science in Anatomy alongside qualifications in Pilates, yoga, personal training and strength & conditioning, Chrisen has a rare ability to turn complex anatomy and movement science into knowledge you can actually use on the studio floor.
His philosophy is simple: knowing anatomy isn’t enough — you need to know how to apply it.
Chrisen teaches you to understand the body, recognise movement patterns, solve problems and make intelligent teaching decisions — without getting lost in complicated terminology.
His extensive experience as an educator, mentor, studio manager and international Pilates presenter means you’re learning anatomy from someone who understands exactly what great teachers need in the real world.
No memorising anatomy just to pass the test.
Understand it. Apply it. Teach with confidence.