Our teacher training courses feature small groups with lots of personalized instruction and coaching from Kathy Van Patten, a PowerPilates Senior Teacher Trainer and GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® Master Trainer.

BodyWorks Studios™ is the New England teacher training studio for POWER PILATES® and a teacher training studio for GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS®.  We are one of the few fully equipped Pilates and GYROTONIC® studios in the United States, which means you can train on all the equipment for both exercise systems in one place.

In addition to our teacher training curriculum, we offer special seminars and workshops by practice leaders such as Bob Liekens, Howard Sichel and Susan Moran (founders of Power Pilates) and Sebastian Plettenberg, Juergen Bamberger, Erika Hassan, Paul Horvath and Juliu Horvath (the creator of GYROTONIC®).
PowerPilates® Teacher Training
Over the years, many hundreds of teachers have achieved their dream of Pilates certification at Boston BodyWorks Studios. We offer the complete portfolio of PowerPilates certification courses including Mat, Reformer, Cadillac, all specialized equipment and CEC workshops.

PowerPilates is a classical approach to pilates exercises and requires extensive preparation for certification. Start on the road to the internationally and PMA-recognized PowerPilates certification. Earn respect as a PowerPilates professional.

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 GYROTONIC® Teacher Training
Boston BodyWorks Studios is the first and only studio in the Northeast to offer teacher training in GYROKINESIS®, GYROTONIC® and all of the specialized equipment, including Ladder, Jumping and Stretch Board®, Gyrotoner® and Leg extension unit®.

We commit to your success and stay with you from your pre-training through your apprenticeship, certification and updates. Learn from Master Trainer Kathy Van Patten and her guest teachers at her beautiful Boston studio.


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Teacher News

Kathy is now certified by Juliu to offer the GYROTONIC Level II Introduction Workshop. She will start offering this three-day workshop in the Fall of 2007. You must have your GYROTONIC Level I certification to attend. Go to the GYROTONIC Teacher Training schedule to learn more.

This April, Kathy presented two very well-received workshops at the Body/Mind/Spirit conference in Santa Clara, CA.  This makes it four years in a row Kathy has presented GYROTONIC and Pilates sessions at this conference.    

This May, Kathy is presenting at the world-wide GYROTONIC Master Trainer conference in Rome, Italy.  She's tempted to stay an additional week in Rome on vacation!   But she's returning right away to the Boston studio and her wonderful clients and teachers.

Lisa Pari is now a GYROTONIC pre-trainer
and will be offering pretrainings with Steve Erwin.

Congratulations Lisa!


Training News

Lots of special events coming soon:

  • Leda Franklin comes soon to conduct her famous two-day Pre-/Post natal workshop in June!
  • Paul Horvath returns to Boston BodyWorks Studios in October to teach his Pelvic girdle workshop!
  • David Rasmussen returns with his wildly popular and updated Golf workshop in January, 2009!
Keep your certification up to date by attending the Pilates continuing education workshops.  We're offering these workshops throughout New England.  If you'd like us to offer a workshop at a studio in your area, please contact Kathy Van Patten.
Reserve your space now!
Call Boston BodyWorks Studios at
617-723-8090