With a life long passion for movement education and over 30 years of teaching experience, Katharine draws from a variety of modalities to craft Pilates based classes that are educational, creative and engaging. Her personalized approach integrates her client’s goals with a system of exercises and specific cueing designed to develop awareness and to achieve optimal patterns of movement. Whether you want to improve your performance or need support recovering from an injury or surgery or just want to feel better in your body, her thoughtful and experienced guidance will support your goals while providing a platform to engage with and learn about your body. Katharine became a devotee of Pilates while studying dance at California Institute of the Arts where she discovered Pilates gave her a balanced foundation from which to move through the demands of dance training and performance. She went on to dance professionally for over 20 years without injury, which she attributes to keeping Pilates a part of her life. After graduating from CalARts, she moved from her home base in Portland to Philadelphia where she went on to be an active member in the Philadelphia Dance Community as a performer, choreographer, producer and discovered her passion for teaching. She received her Pilates teacher training under the guidance of Karen Carlson of Pineland Pilates and later studied the Classical Pilates Method with Romana Kryzanowska and started her private practice in 1994. Her passion to help her clients and her curiosity about the workings of all system of the human body led her to study other modalities including The Franklin Method, Feldenkrais, Thai Massage, Shiatsu, and yoga. Her teaching is influenced by all of these forms as well as her joy for the full bodied and expressive movement of dance. Katharine is thrilled to be back in her hometown and to continue sharing her knowledge and her passion. Offering Privates, Semi-privates, Group reformer and Mat classes. Tues, Wed. and Saturday. Please email Katlive@mac.com with questions.