4 workshops during the weekend of Saturday June 14 & Sunday June 15, 2025

A big thank you to Morten Dithmer for sharing his knowledge with clarity, humor, and passion. This weekend left participants not only more educated, but also more embodied and empowered!

We had the following 4 Workshops:

• Pelvic Power for Core Support
• Imagery for Healthy & Strong Knees
• The Dynamic Abs – Another Approach to Core Training
• The Mighty Psoas – Muscle Complex Extraordinaire

The Franklin Method is a revolutionary approach that combines mindful movement with anatomy and visual imagery, creating a holistic way to enhance your teaching practice and deepen your connection with your clients. Morten’s expertise will guide you through innovative techniques and experiential learning, focusing on how to optimize movement patterns and improve body awareness.

Morten Dithmer is a Franklin Teacher Trainer, Vice Director of the Franklin Method® Institute and a major creative contributor to the Franklin Method®. He has taught at numerous famous institutions and conferences around the world as well as at countless studios and spaces where the body takes center stage. Morten brings an eclectic background and perspective to his teachings. He originally trained as a dancer at the Rotterdam Dance Academy. His choreography and dance work gradually evolved into a career as a Vaudeville Artist which extended over 20 years. He is also an instructor in Osteopathic Bodywork and had a private practice in Tokyo. He has trained in the martial art of Aikido for 30 years and holds a 6 degree black belt and an instructor’s degree. Morten Dithmer is originally from Denmark but now spreads his time almost equally between the continents from his home base in Japan.

BREATHING - from insight to perception - master class with Raf De Groote

On Saturday 7 December from 2pm to 4pm, Raf De Groote was a guest at Pilates Works for a master class on breathing.

Raf is a musician-flute player and has taken multi-year courses to become a Body Mapping teacher for Musicians and is a Franklin Method Movement Educator level 3. He has since combined these and many other insights.

Reading people and their body use in movement intention, seeing and releasing blockages and passing on well-founded body knowledge is his passion.

Workshops - Wunda Chair -  Classical Reformer - On the Mat with Joe & the Elders (Part 1 & 2)

Michael and Ton are internationally recognized Pilates Teachers, presenters, educators, consultants, and innovators, and travel the world sharing their knowledge and experience. They were the last two people to do a true apprenticeship (no manuals or seminars) with Romana Kryzanowska. In 2000 Romana asked them to become Teacher of Teachers for her original International Pilates Certification Program in NYC. As Teacher Trainers and Supervising Instructors at the uptown Pilates Studio, Michael and Ton worked closely together with Romana and her daughter Sari Mejia Santo, training, guiding and testing hundreds of apprentices through the program. During this time they also collaborated with Physical Therapists at Performing Arts Physical Therapy in NYC.

Michael and Ton believe that Pilates is both an Art and a Science. It is an Art because it requires ability in execution and it is a Science because it is based on a systematic theory. It is this systematic theory, with concepts and principles, that is the common thread in all approaches, traditional and evolved.

Michael and Ton eventually left their positions at the Pilates Studio, and used their knowledge and experience to create and set up several customized independently owned and operated full Pilates certification programs internationally. Together they developed and created - the revolutionary TRIADBALL™ the first ball of its size created specifically for the Pilates method.

Their work today incorporates the work of all the Pilates Elders and their knowledge and experience of other movement and therapy modalities. In their private practice, they have worked with numerous A-list celebrities and are currently working with professional athletes from the NFL, MLB, NBA and PGA. As life long students Michael and Ton are currently in their advanced studies of Spiraldynamik® based out of Switzerland and are the representatives for Spiraldynamik® in the fields of Pilates and Fitness in the USA.

The workshop took place on Saturday, 27 May from 1:30pm to 4pm.

During this workshop, we learned how to make the following preparations ourselves:

• a spicy and relaxing foot bath
• a deliciously fresh body scrub
• an oil for stiff and tired muscles
• a healthy, green after-workout drink

Elke is a master herbalist graduate of the European Academy of Natural Health and has completed the Pilates MAT training at Pilates Works. Find out more about Elke at: www.frankieconnects.com

30 - 31 Oktober 2019 - 2-daagse training met Eric franklin

• Embodiment of Fascia Training for a Strong Back

Pilates Works was proud to welcome Eric Franklin in our studio for a 2-day training course with 22 participants from Belgium, Germany & the Netherlands.

Eric Franklin, founder of the Franklin Method, is a dancer, movement educator, university lecturer and successful author.He has shared his imaging techniques in his teaching since 1986. Eric teaches at universities and arts educational schools throughout the world including New York University School of the Arts, the Royal Ballet School and the Laban Center in London.Read more about Eric Franklin and the Franklin method at franklin-method.com

11 - 12 juni 2015 - 2 Franklin Method workshops met Morten Dithmer

• Imagery for a Healthy and Youthful Spine
• Increase your Energy and Release Stress Through Natural Breathing

Morten Dithmer is the associate director, co-visionary and major contributor to the Franklin Method.

He is a Franklin Teacher Trainer and teaches worldwide. Morten brings a potent mix of experience from dance, osteopathy, martial arts and comedy to his teaching. He was trained as a dancer at the Rotterdam Dance Academy in Holland, with a career in the performing arts extending over 20 years. He is an instructor in osteopathic bodywork and had a private practice in Tokyo for 12 years. He holds a 3rd degree black belt and teacher’s license in Aikido, a martial art.

23 - 24 april 2014 - 2 Franklin Method workshops met Morten Dithmer

• Organ Movement for Health, Strength & Flexibility
• The Jaw Workshop

Morten Dithmer is the associate director, co-visionary and major contributor to the Franklin Method.

He is a Franklin Teacher Trainer and teaches worldwide. Morten brings a potent mix of experience from dance, osteopathy, martial arts and comedy to his teaching. He was trained as a dancer at the Rotterdam Dance Academy in Holland, with a career in the performing arts extending over 20 years. He is an instructor in osteopathic bodywork and had a private practice in Tokyo for 12 years. He holds a 3rd degree black belt and teacher’s license in Aikido, a martial art.

20 - 21 april 2013 - 4 Franklin Method workshops met Eric Franklin

• Pelvic Power for Stability and Balance
• Dynamic Abdominals, Integrated Iliopsoas
• The Art and Science of Best Cueing for Movement Education
• Liberated Breathing: Diaphragm & Pelvic Floor Synergies

Eric Franklin, founder of the Franklin Method, is a dancer, movement educator, university lecturer and successful author.

He has shared his imaging techniques in his teaching since 1986. Eric teaches at universities and arts educational schools throughout the world including New York University School of the Arts, the Royal Ballet School and the Laban Center in London.

Read more about Eric Franklin and the Franklin method at franklin-method.com

2 workshops met Eric Franklin

• Happy Feet
• Relax Your Neck - Liberate Your Shoulders
  

Eric Franklin, founder of the Franklin Method, is a dancer, movement educator, university lecturer and successful author.

He has shared his imaging techniques in his teaching since 1986. Eric teaches at universities and arts educational schools throughout the world including New York University School of the Arts, the Royal Ballet School and the Laban Center in London.

Read more about Eric Franklin and the Franklin method at franklin-method.com

workshop met Ann Van Huffel & Christl Muls

Deze workshop is volledig gewijd aan pilatesoefeningen om je voeten te versterken en te versoepelen. Het op de juiste manier stimuleren en behandelen van de voeten heeft immers een niet te onderschatten positief effect op de knieën, heupen, rug en schouders.

Tijdens de workshop geven we een grote variatie aan oefeningen met verschillende ‘props’, waaronder tennisballen, knikkers, elastieke banden, de Pilates ‘toecorrector’ en ‘footcorrector’...

Kortom, een volledige sessie ‘footwork’ om je fit te voelen van top tot teen!