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Marta Hernandez Studio (formerly The Space Vancouver) - A Pilates and Wellness Studio

Marta Hernandez Studio approaches wellness and transformation as an integrated lifestyle. With strong focuses on structural realignment, core stability and efficiency of movement, Marta Hernandez Studio offers timeless knowledge with modern, highly trained expertise in rehabilitation, injury prevention, and overall fitness and healthy living through the use of modalities of Pilates, GYROTONIC® and Qi Gong. Marta Hernandez Studio is truly a place of self-transformation where people are guided to discover the authentic self by learning to listen and sense the body more deeply. By developing this deeper inner awareness, freedom of expression, creative energy and joy are naturally cultivated. In cooperation with the Physicalmind Institute of Canada, we offer several Pilates training certification programs and specialized courses each year. These courses offer some of the most innovative and cutting edge knowledge and practical application in contemporary movement systems.

10/14/2026

As we are now in 🫁 Lung season according to Chinese medicine, stimulating Liver 14 point can be of great benefit for the lungs. Liver is associated with element of wood and the lungs are associated with the element of metal. Metal 🔪 cuts wood 🪵. This means if there is any blockage, excess or obstruction with liver/wood or weakness in the lungs, then the liver may overpower the lungs, causing shortness of breath or coughing. So we want to keep the liver qi flowing for good lung health. This is a balancing out of the elements in what the Taoists call the control cycle.

Liver point 14, is a very important acupressure point on the liver meridian which is esteemed for its profound influence on liver qi regulation. It addresses a broad range of health issues, but especially those related to the chest, respiration and emotional balance.

More specifically, Liv 14 plays a critical role in enhancing liver health, aiding in conditions such as liver qi stagnation or imbalance. This point is also recognized for its effectiveness in supporting the respiratory system, helping to alleviate symptoms related to the chest, such as tightness or discomfort. Liv 14 can be effective in managing emotional distress and particularly feelings of depression, irritability and frustration.

*Liv 14 is contraindicated for pregnancy as stimulating Liv 14 may lead to complications.

So all in all, good liver health is important for good lung health. 😊

10/06/2026

Moxibustion is a therapeutic method used in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and is commonly incorporated with acupuncture. Used since about 500 BC, moxibustion involves burning ground mugwort to warm certain points along the body to relieve a variety of health conditions. Mugwort leaves are dried and ground into small sticks or cones called moxa which are similar to incense. Moxibustion can travel through the 12 meridians, which carry energy throughout the body. It is able to regulate qi and blood, dispel cold, warm yang and prevent diseases to maintain overall health and well-being.

In TCM, the concepts of yin and yang balance each other, but imbalances can lead to illness. When yang becomes deficient then there may be an increase in cold. Moxibustion is usually good for cases where the disease is brought on by cold pathogens or a certain qi/yang deficiency. Some of the particular ailments Moxibustion is used for are joint pain, indigestion, organ prolapse, gastrointestinal issues, menstrual cramps and infertility.

The best way to experience Moxibustion is with a skilled practitioner. Being a deficient type constitution myself, I have found Moxibustion to be very useful and healing at various times in my life. 🌬️🤍

10/05/2026

“I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.”
~ Haruki Murakami

10/02/2026

…………………………….. 🍂
The capturing
of a moment
too fast
for the mind
to comprehend.
Same journey,
different experiences.
Be true
to you. 🦆

09/30/2026

…………………………..🌬️
The attempt
to walk back time
and fall into the photograph
of the innocent 1970’s family,
never fulfills
the heartbreak
of the unawareness
that time
did not stand still.
Our smiling faces
and invincible bodies
feel like a dream
to the an aging heart.
The decades that blew by
like turning pages.
Each one symbolized
by a feeling
that will never
be felt again.
Did I grow
or accomplish enough
to satisfy
the standard set.
Or was it measured
by the fun
and enjoyment
of the ride.
I stare
at the wide eyed girl
and imagine gifting her
the vision to see her life
laid out in the story.
Would she believe
or make other choices,
had she the foresight?
Does it matter
or did it matter,
when there is
only this now.
This breath of time.
I can stretch it
or shrink it.
I can paint it black
or gold.
Conscious autonomy
our greatest gift
and foe.
The Gemini mind
that sees both
beauty and darkness
as one in the same.
The lessons learned
bring me to this point.
To live each day
as if there will be
no others like it.
Because there won’t.

09/23/2026

As we’ve neared the end of the earth element season in our transition to fall, 🍃 now is a nice time to continue any purging we might need of the spleen which is the organ associated with the earth. The spleen and its affiliate yang organs of the stomach and pancreas, relate to how we nurture and feed ourselves, especially in this harvesting time. If we’re stressed and worried, sometimes we’re prone to addictive behavior. Releasing some of that anxiety consciously, with the guttural 🌬️ Hooohhh sound can be super powerful and give us an overall sense of groundedness as we surrender to the support and safety of Mother Earth . 🌎

09/22/2026

…………………………..🍃
Languishing leaves,
please fall
back into place.
My heart still lies
with the joyful play,
and autumn
is not yet welcome.
A nervous
schoolgirl forever,
dreams
of golden tan lines
and bare feet,
yet the warm
cool breeze
says otherwise.
Sunsets still pink
pulling the edge
of summer.
Denuded trees
expose the obvious.
That nature
is adamant
to take its rest.
Who am I
to cause a scene.
The spoilt child
that refuses
to go to bed
when the sun falls,
but wakes up
each morning,
more exhausted
than the last.
I dry my eyes
for the death
of each flower
and spider
and nature’s
giant exhale.
Succumb
or relinquish.
One is far
more honourable
than the other,
I agree.
So I mature
and accept
my bridled heart.
Solemnity embraces
the clouds
and the cold
and lights the fire inside.
Dreams of cups of tea
and warm feet.
Reading books
under covers
and follow the body
that listens to weather.
A replenishing dip
underground.
A seed in winter,
waiting for spring.

09/17/2026

…………………………🌤️
Be soft,
the cloud said.
As I look
out my window
and take cues
from the sky
for today’s
temperament.
Be calm,
the water said
as I listen
to the lapping
against my stern wall
of stone.
Stand firm,
the tree said.
The wind of change
is coming.
Walk forward
the earth said.
As I vacillate
between which path
or neither,
to take.
Grow beauty,
the flower said.
As I criticize
the face
that stares
back at me.
Shine your light,
the sun said.
As I dim
my rainbow
with worries
and plights.
Dream gently,
the star said.
As it tries to enter
my top door
of obtrusive thoughts.
Burn intensely
the fire said.
As my heart
embers glow sadly
with past hurts.
This may be
your only chance.

09/15/2026

………………………….👑
And I would be
the queen of my life,
had I heard
the bird song
of my soul.
Had I seen
the multiplicity
of stars
reflecting
in the dew drop,
perhaps
I would be wearing
them as my crown.

The paths that were uphill
and the paths that wandered.
While it felt as though
freedom was beyond reach,
the path was always moving,
traveling closer
to the my castle.

I close my ears
to humanity’s noise
determined
to have a day of light.
I open my eyes
to the darkness
of shadows.
And feel
as a last resort.
Feel into emotions
that blow on the wind
and ebb with the tides.
Whose emotions are they?
If I am only empty space.
The thoughts
that Emptiness ponders.

Ringing in my ear
or high-pitched frequencies
from other worlds?
This life
of gathering ailments
alongside of wisdom
is hard
to come to terms.
The sad reward
for surviving life
feels a cruel joke
played by whom?

Yet an ocean scented breath
brings a deep peace
in old age.
Youth’s folly
to appreciate
the simple joys
in a heart
that has not yet
truly broken.
The armour
of beauty
yet hollow
with false self.
The offering
of a sword
and a life forfeit
in the betrayal
of the sovereign.
Or prostration
of a blood vow
to be true to you.

I smell
an earliest remembrance
and taste my mother’s milk.
I push my crippled father
towards the exit sign.
I am young and old
and all of it in between.
The tethering of breath.
Life’s greatest mystery.

09/09/2026

…………………………………
Nature’s sky paintings
never bore
the curious child.
He who reminisced
the childhood game
of the creation
of new worlds
in the constellations
of his mind.
The colours touch
his dark parts.
Opening like buds
that listen sweetly
to Bach.
He came from the heaven
and will return one day.
To the lifetime cloak
that covers him
as he lay to dream
each night.
A chance
to visit
his original home.
A tether
he will one day
call bliss.
I tell him,
don’t be afraid.
The dropping
of the density
is the ultimate freedom.
The pureness of being.
The riding of clouds. ☁️

Address

1188 Bidwell Street
Vancouver, BC
V6G0C6

Telephone

+16046037557

Website

http://martahernandezstudio.com/

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