Katie Cassady, CPI

Katie is a Pilates teacher, dancer, and choreographer. She is passionate about facilitating movement and believes in empowering people through the development of body awareness, strength, and personal expression. Katie completed her Pilates training through Pilates Process, her dance training at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and holds a BA in Art History from UBC. Katie has experience teaching people of diverse ages and abilities, and is passionate about inclusivity in her teaching practice.

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Catherine Murray, CPI, Physio Rehab Assistant

Catherine came to Pilates following her career as a dance artist. It has been a natural transition to take her love of movement and the details of the human body and relay those to her clients through Pilates.

Catherine is a fully certified instructor whose goal is to help others connect to their bodies and find greater range and ease of motion to take into daily life.

Catherine earned her BFA from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) in 2005, followed by her MFA in Choreography from York University in 2013.

Catherine has over 15 years of teaching experience in a variety of forms and environments. She lives in East Van with her husband and two young sons and is very excited to be part of The Movement Studio team.

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Meet Christabelle, a certified Pilates instructor, Somatic therapist, and counselor dedicated to helping students unlock their full movement potential. She brings a playful yet mindful approach to her classes, fostering a space where students can feel mentally and physically strong. With a background in counseling, Christabelle understands how physical movement is often linked to mental and emotional well-being. She is especially skilled in working with scoliosis, chronic pain, and pre- and post-natal needs, and her trauma-informed approach makes each session a supportive, empowering experience.

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Cinzia Toniolo, CPI, CST, Physio Rehab Assistant

Cinzia discovered the joy of movement in her adult life. Through Pilates she discovered how concentration and imagination could help her connect with deeper structures in her body to find fluidity, balance, and release. Becoming passionate about Pilates, she trained and started teaching in 2002. In 2005 she transitioned into Pilates full-time and began to experience the many rewards of teaching.

Teaching keeps her imagination fueled as it travels through the many avenues connecting mind and body. Through her practice she developed a keen interest in helping clients dealing with pain, managing and progressing through their rehabilitation. She pursued further training in rehabilitation of the hips, knees, shoulders, spinal conditions.

During her sessions, Cinzia observes, recognizes and supports what works well in the client’s movement patterns, and she offers movement options that help the client optimizing his/her movement efficiency and expressive palette. She brings sensitive hands-on skills, careful, stimulating and inspiring language, and movement options that help recognize and resolve movement tension patterns.

Cinzia brings focused, constant, keen attention to her sessions with clients affected by spinal conditions, (arthritis, scoliosis, slipped and herniated disks, osteoporosis), and hip, knee, or shoulder injury. Additionally, she enjoys working with pre and post-partum women, helping them find centre and balance. Cinzia is an avid runner and loves hiking. Her passion for these things has translated into leading classes specifically geared towards runners and athletes seeking to improve their performance.

We are pleased to announce that Cinzia has recently been certified by Dr Martha Eddy to teach Movement for Life, an exercise program tailored for people with breast cancer and we offer supportive programming for folks post-surgery or currently undergoing chemotherapy.

Cinzia works full time from Monday through Saturday. She offers Pilates, Cranio-Sacral Therapy, and Movement Therapy as a a certified DESM Therapist

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Marlis Vos, CPI, Physio Rehab Assistant

Marlis comes to us with a wealth of experience, knowledge and energy. She is fully certified in all Pilates equipment and repertoire, and has been teaching for more than 15 years.

Marlis was introduced to Pilates as a 13-year-old dancer and studied Interdisciplinary Arts at SFU. She continued to pursue a successful professional dance career in Toronto, studying under some of the great masters of dance, Pilates, and movement therapists.

As a teacher, Marlis keeps her studies relevant with the most current innovations and body sciences, incorporating PNF, DMS, cross chain training and fascial studies, with a particular focus on functional movement. With a deep understanding of physiology, Pilates, and an intuitive flair for playfulness, she offers a truly unique approach in her practice. Marlis focuses on simple, practical solutions for improved mobility in your day-to-day activities, whether it’s standing in line at the grocery store or the best way to approach stairs, chairs and automobiles.

“Having suffered my own serious back injury, Pilates has given me the tools to assist others through the injury and recovery process at every stage of the journey”. This passion led her to study rehabilitation through various schools and courses over the years including, ‘Rehab Through Pilates’ from ‘Core Basics’ Centre D’Osteopathie et du Pilates 2009. This deeply informed her teaching practice and it’s evidenced in her intuitive ability to work with the body. She believes that Pilates is a valuable form of therapy often lost in the fitness category.

“I am grateful that I have been successful in assisting so many people in their exploration toward better movement, health, healing and a more balanced life. I teach because of the powerful restorative and versatile healing properties of Pilates. Pilates is the most adaptable form of movement, exercise and therapy for all ages, stages and changes in life. I teach because ‘I Believe’!”

Marlis is available at both our Studio and Clinic locations

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