Core Pilates

01/11/2026

Wow, what a full and lively weekend in Mannheim. 🤍

So many encounters with familiar and new faces, so much shared practice, conversation, and so many opportunities for me to learn, too. I am leaving with gratitude and confidence in what we can build together.

This was the convention, which takes place every two years in a different location in Germany.

The video shows our morning Workout. It really moved me to see how openly people approached practising independently within a group. Taking responsibility for their own practice, giving themselves time to feel, and being curious about what they might discover.

I am very happy to see more and more people willing to explore this way of working. To go deeper into their own experience of movement and consider how what they discover might carry over into everyday life.

What also stayed with me was how thoughtfully people came to their practice, and how generously colleagues supported one another. This sense of means a great deal to me. There is so much we can learn when we give each other room to practise, observe, ask questions, and share.

I learn from these encounters just as much as I hope to contribute. is an important part of my work at . And I think being together like this did all our hearts some good.

If you are looking for a community of people who share a deeper interest in the Pilates method, perhaps we will meet at the next convention. It is an opportunity to exchange ideas with fellow teachers and experts from across our field, reconnect with colleagues, and make new friends.

Come with your questions, your experience, and your curiosity. I would love to see you there.

Thank you to everyone who shared this weekend with us. We look towards the future with confidence—and say, see you again. ✨

29/10/2026

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27/10/2026

A little glimpse into my work today 💚

This is what practicing looks like at our studio in : people working on their own practice, learning the exercises and discovering how the different pieces of the method connect.

We also offer online group classes, private sessions, workshops, and our Teacher of the Contrology Method education program.

What we offer is the opportunity to learn . And in the words of its originator, Joseph Pilates:

“Contrology is the complete coordination of body, mind and spirit.”

Curious to learn more? You’re always welcome to get in touch. 💚

If you’re interested in our Contrology Lifestyle Card, you can use the Halloween promo code CONTROLOGY2026 until November 8. 🎃

25/10/2026

What changes when people can choose their own focus within their practice? 🌱

In our Open Studio Workouts, I regularly observe people making connections without being given a specific instruction.

They learn through their own movement, by watching others, and by listening to feedback given to someone beside them. They take that information and explore how it applies to their own practice.

Research supports the value of autonomy, competence, and belonging in learning. Observing others can also support the development of movement skills. These principles are part of how we work in our .

The culture in the room matters, too. When people practise independently, explore, and respect each other’s individual abilities, I see newcomers gradually becoming familiar with that way of working.

My role is to provide a clear framework, support safe practice, and offer guidance that leaves space for people to make their own decisions. This is also central to what I teach in our .

Choosing a focus gives someone an opportunity to notice, assess, and reflect: What am I working on? What has changed? What do I want to explore next?

What I often observe alongside this is enjoyment and a sense of personal achievement. People recognise something they have discovered or accomplished for themselves. ✨

That growing ownership of their practice is an important part of .

A heartfelt thank you to the women from the Netherlands—it was such a pleasure to work with you. 🤍 I’m grateful for the wonderful friendship between Anke Niemeyer’s Yoga Pilates Twente and Core Pilates by Simone Hörster here in Berlin. I’m already looking forward to the next time we meet!

24/10/2026

Sometimes I pause and think about what a fulfilling profession I have—and how grateful I am for the people it has brought into my life.

Ank Niemeyer from Yoga Pilates Twente is one of them. She trained with me when I was still a Master Instructor for Peak Pilates. Today, she has four studios in the Netherlands, and we continue to work together regularly. There is something very special about accompanying each other over so many years within our .

This weekend, Ank came to Berlin with a group of enthusiastic Pilates practitioners. We started with an Open Studio workout, then explored more deeply: “the real teacher in the room,” the one exercise, and the connections to our center—how to find them and take what we learn in one exercise into another.

Tomorrow, we will build on yesterday’s discoveries. Sometimes, the work is in giving ourselves time to practice what we have understood, until we can find it again for ourselves.

And between the workouts, there is life: a lovely lunch together, trying percussion instruments in a music shop, morning coffee, and a sound bath planned for tomorrow.

I am also curious to hear what they discovered in Berlin yesterday. People who visit me here so often tell me about something in my own city that I have never experienced. Their curiosity becomes mine.

It makes me think how lovely it is to combine a city trip with a . A chance to explore somewhere new, spend time together, and give your practice some attention. A little .

If you ever feel like coming to Berlin—with a friend or a group from your studio—you are very welcome to get in touch. I am happy to help you think through a visit and find time for us to work together at .

For me, this is one of the joys of teaching: the trust that grows over time, the shared discoveries, and the people you get to keep learning with. 💛

20/10/2026

I can’t deny it: our Teachers of the Contrology Method are becoming real 💎gems. And it makes me so happy to witness their growth. 🌱

Once the method is understood and lived, it shows in more than the way we move. It shows in how we teach, how we approach challenges, and how we live our lives. 💫

“The way you do Pilates is the way you do life.”
— Jay Grimes

And of course, it is always a work in progress. For all of us. is something we keep exploring, practising and learning to live, every day.

You can join our training throughout the year. If you would like to become part of this journey, write to me for our new brochure with the 2027 dates.

You are also welcome to join individual events as a guest—to work with us, meet our community and experience the method for yourself.

11/10/2026

Beyond knowing your craft, kindness comes from doing the work.

This weekend was very special to me. It touched me to see our together in the room, without fear or competition. Alongside one another, with one another, giving each other positive energy—and carrying that same spirit into their Open Studio teaching.

Knowing your craft and doing everything correctly is not enough to make you a kind teacher. To see the athlete in front of you, to understand their struggle and respond with compassion, you need your own experience of the work.

You remember what it feels like to search for a connection, to get stuck, to need time. Having gone through that process yourself can help you appreciate what another person is working through. For me, this is part of : developing understanding through your own experience.

Of course, there will always be things we cannot feel or fully understand. Our experience is never exactly someone else’s. means leaving room for that, too.

But the more you feel the work in your own body, the more understanding you can bring to your teaching—and the more intuitively you can sense what is possible in that moment.

Seeing this come alive in the way our teachers move and teach made me deeply happy. Always a work in progress. Always, always, always. And I am grateful that we get to walk this path together, keeping alive through our own work and .

If you long to look beyond the exercises—to understand the Pilates method more deeply, the lifestyle that comes with it, and the big picture—get in touch with me and become part of our community.

This weekend was fully booked, but there are still guest places for our next training weekend in November. You are welcome to begin the full teacher training programme or simply spend one weekend with us, moving, learning, and sharing the work.

I’d love to hear from you.

10/10/2026

09/10/2026

Hard to believe how much our TCM community has grown in such a short time.

Half of our future Teachers of the Contrology Method are already certified Pilates teachers, ready to dive deeper into .

Half come from the Netherlands and Belgium; the other half live in Germany, with roots in America, England, Australia, Italy, Russia and Poland. I love this mix. Our different backgrounds broaden the conversation — and the culture we create in the room is part of our training: how we learn, teach and live Pilates.

Today began with “opening the hip” — hip extension. Where does it belong within the Pilates exercise? How can it connect the legs to the trunk while we reach away from our center? We explored these questions throughout our practice, feeling, observing and learning to teach those connections.

Less about collecting new exercises, more about understanding familiar ones — and how they all return to the one exercise running through the method.

In “How to Teach a New Student,” we explored the mindset we bring to . How do we set expectations and treat newcomers as capable athletes, so they leave feeling like athletes and return with that same mindset?

Thank you to both participants who helped us explore this, especially Alex, our fantastic first-timer. Discovering his boxing background was such a fitting coincidence!

And to make the day even sweeter: coffee and birthday cake. Thank you, dear Dani!

I love growing alongside you all and can’t wait for tomorrow — especially our community dinner, with more time for stories, conversation and connection.

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04/10/2026

Oops, we’re doing it again! 💛

Join us October 9–11 in Berlin for 17 hours of practice, exploration and learning with our Teachers of the Contrology Method community at .

We’re almost fully booked, with just one or two guest spaces left for this !

Curious about our ? Come for the weekend, meet the community and experience how we practise, teach and carry forward. If you join the training later, the workshop can count towards your programme.

Message me to join!