Pause Academy started as a problem we couldn't ignore.
As Pause Studio grew, we kept hiring brilliant, certified Pilates teachers, and kept watching them hit the same wall: they knew their repertoire, but no one had taught them how to plan a class that flows, lead a room with confidence, or build a career clients want to be part of.
So we started mentoring our new teachers one-to-one, sitting in on their classes, giving feedback, and helping them close that exact gap. It worked so well that we decided to turn everything we'd learned into something we could share more widely, and Pause Academy was born.
Right now, that means The Pause Method, our flagship training course. But this is only the beginning. Pause Academy will keep growing, with more courses and resources for reformer Pilates teachers who want to become genuinely great at what they do.
Who Runs Pause
I'm Louise Jackson, founder of Pause. My journey in movement started over a decade ago as a yoga teacher, before I found my way into Pilates and opened my first studio in London nine years ago.
Since then, I've taught thousands of classes and hired hundreds of teachers, and I've watched the same story play out again and again: talented, certified instructors who freeze the moment they're handed a room, not because they aren't capable, but because no one ever taught them how.
That gap is personal to me. I built Pause Academy because I don't think talent should get lost in the space between qualified and studio-ready. Every course we create is my attempt to close that gap for as many teachers as possible, not just the ones lucky enough to land a job at Pause
Learn the Pause Method Today
Stop guessing your way through class planning. It's time to build the kind of classes clients can't stop rebooking. This is the exact system Pause uses to train every teacher on our own team, and it can be yours.
The Pause Method is a clear, repeatable framework built from years of real studio experience based on the three pillars behind every great teacher:
- Remarkable class design — plan classes that flow with intention and keep clients coming back, again and again
- Outstanding teaching skills — lead a room with real confidence and connect with every client in it
- Growth mindset — build the habits and self-reflection that turn good teachers into great ones
- 4 video modules of on-demand training
- The Pause Class Planner
- Peak Exercise Video Library
- Pre-Built Sequence Bank
- Your Teaching Growth Plan
- Lifetime access
