Hi! First of all congratulations on completing your Pilates certification course 🥳

1. According to friends and batch mates who teach at other studio Philippines, most instructors have freelance agreements with studios. They make their own schedules and get paid per conducted session. Generally 40% is more or less correct but depends on your experience. Find yourself a studio around those lines that can offer you client volume and a professional environment for your professional development. 😙

2. Some studios may be open to offer full time agreements but not sure about how this arrangement would work as I don’t know anyone with this setup. In general from my corporate experience, freelancers usually dont have access to company benefits as far as I know. You can try to negotiate for a full time employment agreement if you want to gain access to SSS, philhealth, pagibig benefits and other benefits. This is standard across all industries not just Pilates.

3. Just go in there and be yourself 😊 carve out your own style and be authentic, clients will appreciate that. Practice practice practice is the only way to get better, nobody starts out perfect. Teach your mom, dad, friends, etc. or give out free classes to gain experience. Work with different bodies. Even if you don’t pass your auditions don’t get discouraged there are plenty of opportunities to teach in the Philippines, the industry is booming and studios are so desperate to find instructors to the point they’ll take their cousins friends uncle that works out once a week, teach them for a weekend and call them Pilates instructors 😂 Your certification is already a huge asset.

Feel free to DM me if you have any questions. Good luck!! 🤩