Health
Pilates combines controlled movement, coordination and deliberate body awareness. This programme introduces foundational exercises step by step and helps you develop a suitable personal practice. Clear movement principles, manageable demands and individual adaptations take priority, without treatment promises or an assumption that every person should adopt one ideal posture.
Request informationYOUR PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
For individuals & organisationsWe agree a start that fits your professional and personal commitments.
OSAM certificates: according to your starting level and learning goals. Company group programmes are usually planned in days or half-days.
Synchronous teaching. Both formats include the OSAM platform for course materials and organisational information.
From an eduQua-certified institution.
An individual quotation confirms the programme, delivery format and applicable fees.
Highly personalised teaching with experienced practitioners working at a high professional level.
FROM KNOWLEDGE TO CAPABILITY
Adults discovering Pilates or wishing to bring more structure to their current practice. Course planning considers previous experience, available equipment and learning goals; particular physical limitations are discussed before sessions begin.
YOUR LEARNING JOURNEY
These modules form the core programme. Where useful, we refine the emphasis, examples and learning activities to reflect your professional context, starting point and objectives.
Explore concepts such as control, concentration and flow through introductory exercises. Clear instructions help you begin and finish movements deliberately. Distinguish personal observations from sweeping claims about supposedly correct or incorrect body shapes, and learn to describe what you actually experience.
Try selected exercises involving coordinated movement of the trunk and limbs. Difficulty increases gradually, with planned rest. Learn to judge the level of effort and select an appropriate variation rather than forcing a movement by adding unnecessary tension or ignoring fatigue.
Observe how different starting positions affect an exercise. Feedback focuses on understandable movement and individual options. The aim is not to hold a rigid ideal posture permanently, but to use different positions with control and distribute physical demands in a suitable way.
Combine active movements with carefully paced stretching elements and rest. Variations allow adaptation to your available range. Take warning signs seriously: exercises are not intended to push through pain or independently replace medical rehabilitation when that is the appropriate form of support.
Practise connecting movement sequences with natural, unforced breathing. Slow repetitions and clear tasks support understanding. Identify which instructions are useful and learn to simplify an exercise when coordination becomes difficult, while preserving the purpose of the activity and respecting your limits.
Build a manageable sequence including preparation, a practice section and an ending. Consider time, equipment and day-to-day circumstances. Swiss activity recommendations provide context for a varied active lifestyle; your practice plan remains adaptable and is reviewed using your own observations and feedback.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND YOUR PROGRESS
Educational direction, subject expertise and adult learning support. Your final trainer assignment is confirmed in your proposal.
DIRECTOR’S PERSPECTIVE
Managing Director
Simon Pawolleck provides OSAM’s overall direction. The focus is on relevant skills, a clear learning structure and personal support that connects professional ambitions with practical progress.
EXPERT’S PERSPECTIVE
Expert to be confirmed
OSAM will confirm the trainer, relevant professional experience and availability for this programme. The teaching connects structured knowledge with practical application and useful feedback.
ADULT LEARNING & ANDRAGOGY
Head of Adult Learning
Federal Diploma of Higher Education in Adult Education
Sandrine Mélé oversees the adult learning approach: coherent progression, active participation and learning methods that take account of prior experience. She supports a structured, practical and human approach to developing competence.
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LEARNERS’ VOICES
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“Excellent quality and personalised practical scenarios.”
GOOD TO KNOW
Adults discovering Pilates or wishing to bring more structure to their current practice. Course planning considers previous experience, available equipment and learning goals; particular physical limitations are discussed before sessions begin. The programme is available to private individuals and organisations, including company teams. OSAM welcomes learners living or working in Switzerland as well as international participants joining live online.
OSAM is an eduQua-certified continuing education institution. An OSAM certificate documents the learning agreed for your programme; eduQua is a quality label for the institution, not federal recognition of every individual course.
OSAM’s work connects individual professional development with the needs of companies in Switzerland and internationally. Client references and learner reviews below offer a practical view of that work.
You develop skills you can apply in real situations, with guidance from experienced practitioners and access to learning materials on the OSAM platform. The programme focuses on these outcomes:
Yes. We start with the established programme and refine the emphasis, practical cases and learning support where useful. Adjustments take account of the individual or company’s professional context, existing skills and goals. The agreed programme is confirmed before enrolment; federal examination requirements remain binding where applicable.
For the OSAM certificate, contact us to review your current level, prior experience and objectives. We will confirm the appropriate entry requirements and any recommended preparation.
The programme described here focuses on personal practice and foundations. It does not automatically provide a professional instructor qualification. Vocational goals and any required association credentials must be reviewed separately with OSAM.
Equipment depends on the agreed programme. An introductory course can focus on simple exercises. Specialist apparatus such as a reformer is included only when expressly agreed and suitable equipment and qualified supervision are available.
The course does not promise treatment and does not replace medical assessment or physiotherapy. Existing symptoms require consideration of whether participation is appropriate and under what conditions. Adaptations should take account of relevant professional advice.
YOUR CAREER, IN PERSPECTIVE
Depending on your experience and qualifications, this subject can support development in the following professional directions.
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Tell us where you want to go. Together, we will define the learning journey that gets you there.
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