Pilates3T™ is a Pilates Teacher Training program Template that can be used by the independent Pilates studio to implement a quality teacher training program. Pilates3T™ is not a franchise. It is a framework around which the independent Pilates studio can build its own teacher training program. The independent Pilates studio operator purchases the rights to the Template. Pilates3T™ was designed by Marissa Lins, owner of Madison Pilates and the Midwest Pilates Institute in Madison, Wisconsin, after a lengthy and tedious approval process with her state approval board. Midwest Pilates Institute became the first and only state-approved private Pilates school in Wisconsin in August 2011. Why is Pilates3T™ desirable? For the independent Pilates studio owner who is interested in training students to become Pilates teachers, Pilates3T™ quickly shows what is expected of the studio owner in order to provide high-level training to others; and it promotes minimal standardization, thus enhancing the independent studio’s credibility in the health community while maintaining its individuality. For schools that have already been operating, Pilates3T™ will assist in expediting the requirements necessary to become state-approved within your own states jurisdiction.