Karin's World

Seriously the best way to spend the Easter days: Anaotmy Trains in Motion in Dubai!

Karin travelled to Israel for the Anatomy Trains in Motion premiere and had a blast.

Lots of laughter and hearty conversations over a long delightful lunch in Copenhagen with Kristine – pure joy!

My work flow this Tuesday – captured by Felix Peter

Nehme schöne Erinnerungen aus Hawai’i mit mir...

8 grossartige Anatomy Trains in Motion und Slings Kurstage – viele super produktive Meetings – 5 bereichernde Seziertage – 1 Super Bowl Abend...

Did you know that we are a family owned and operated business? While our operations team has expanded over the years, it still is special when our...

I am very happy to have met this amazing woman from Brazil in Madrid - thank you Ana creating a fascia-focussed movement that I believe will bring...

Counter-partners with tremendous postural, movement and wellbeing energy: the Superficial Back Line and Superficial Front Line. For the last three...

What a pleasure and honour to present at the Spiraldynamik Kongress 2017 together with my good friend Monica Fischer Straub! The Spiraldynamik-savvy...

What a pleasure and honour to present at the Spiraldynamik Kongress 2017 together with my good friend Monica Fischer Straub! The Spiraldynamik-savvy...

Staying in Toledo for a few more days to catch up on sleep and work has been really good …..

What a treat to spend quality time with my wonderful friend Therese (who also hosts art of motion education courses in Norway) and the gorgeous Kari...

Skills, knowledge and curiosity – what a pleasure and what a privilege to spend time with such skilled professionals and whole-hearted human beings!

25 amazing people - osteopaths, athletic coaches, physiotherapists, exercise physiologists, Pilates and Yoga teachers, university teachers - from...

Amazing Anatomy Trains in Motion course in Madrid – I didn’t want it to stop!

25 open minds – each with a wealth of knowledge and a big heart – travelled from all around the world to Madrid to share knowledge. I loved each...

Teamwork at its best!

Thank you, Spanish translator extraordinaire Mario!

Thanks, Wonder Woman Rosa for taking such good care of everything!

Thank...

I am feeling dizzy of tiredness – but we did it! Martina and I actually managed to film all of the Slings Essentials tutorials and practical...

With Mone’s assistance, Martina and I were off to a great start at the art of motion film studio in Berne! This time around the focus is on Slings...

Doing 3 new (non-work related) things a year is the rule – Martina, Mone and I had so much fun on the backs of these friendly and very patient horses!...

3 courses and 1 Pilates Essentials certification – we had a wonderful week at our education base in Berne!

After part 1 of Pilates Flow for...

4 amazing courses in 1 week – all of us at art of motion truly love teaching and learning with the wonderful people with whom we move forward… Many...

Such a great extended weekend at our education base in Berne! While a very focussed group of future instructors wrapped their head around Pilates...

A wonderfully educational day and evening full of laughter with our educators and office team – the time just went way too quickly... next time it’s...

When 20 of us meet, good things come about – discussing educational matters and barbecuing alike. Mone and I are very happy and proud to work with...

Brain and fascia were engaged, strengthened and stretched to equal measure in the 5 days of the Slings foundation education in Moscow. What a...

This is learning enthusiasm: when the power temporarily went off, mobile phone lights went on and the Slings education in Moscow seamlessly...

The first Slings Foundation Education in Russia starts tomorrow – I am very happy - thank you Elena for preparing the ground for another milestone!

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Wonderful day in Moscow – walking and working slowly – best course preparation in a while!

A new Slings in Motion ‘My Practise’ video series with Saskia Blaser and me is done and coming out soon! Even camera woman Mone immediately felt the...

Monica Fischer Straub and I will be presenting together at the Spiraldynamik Event 2017.

For this special occasion, we filmed a series of educational...

First art of motion FlowTonic video series with Antonia and me in the making – get your sliding pads (and adductors) ready!

How amazing to have such talented and skilled teachers in the international art of motion education team – thank you Stephanie and Kiki, grazie...

Grande finale after an intense week of teacher training: dining in an enchanting castle in Piacenza with Mone, Leanne, Cristina, Antonio, Stephanie,...

Anatomy Trains in Motion teacher training week in Italy: Filming and technical support by Mone plus Skype visit from our Australian educator Bonnie.

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A summery 38° in Piacenza. Felt 45° inside of Cristina’s amazing 150m2 studio with 6m high ceilings. The 4m2 of cool tile floor were fully utilized...

Presenting, learning, (self-)assessing at the international Anatomy Trains in Motion teacher training at Cristina’s movement palazzo aka Studio 38 in...

Master classes, lectures, discussions – 5 days of intensive Anatomy Trains in Motion teacher training with our international art of motion teacher...

In and around Nassau you not only find amazing beaches but very smart, skilled, and inquisitive Pilates teachers, physical therapists, fitness...

A big thank you to Denise Carter for being such a great Anatomy Trains in Motion host in Bahamas – and a heartfelt thank you to Kiki for once again...

I am very much looking forward to teaching Anatomy Trains in Motion at Pilates Bahamas – grazie mille Cristina for setting it in motion and thank you...

Reconnecting with my beautiful friend Suvali was definitely one of the very best things about being in Vancouver.

Last day – for a short while only I hope - of stretching my mind in Vancouver.

Loved where I lived in Vancouver

I didn’t just fill pages about the benefits of movement while in Vancouver...

Thanks to my beautiful friend Suvali I actually got to see places in and around Vancouver - I loved our hike up the Chief.

Anatomy Trains in Motion in Vancouver – I couldn’t have wished for a better premiere in Canada! I was so warmly welcomed and for all of the 3 days...

My first day (ever) in Vancouver – and what a day!

In the last three and a half weeks I taught in Kazan, Moscow, Oslo and Torun, met more than 80 wonderful (without exception) movement and bodywork...

All good things are three – that is certainly true for the 3rd Anatomy Trains in Motion course in Torun.

It’s easily explained: combine (1) a group...

Thank you Therese Hansen for hosting Anatomy Trains in Motion in Oslo with great professionalism, care and warmth – working with you is an absolute...

A truly mind-expanding and invigorating Anatomy Trains in Motion course in Oslo – full of thoughtful questions, insights and moving moments! A big...

Liquid sunshine upon arrival in Oslo – works for me, as in, I like it here regardless of the weather and I got an extra lot of work done. It’s good to...

Time to look behind the scenes of the grand 2-day photo shoot in Moscow with star photographer Fixu (Felix Peter) and post some fuzzy selfies. On the...

Another one-of-a-kind photo shoot with the legendary FotoGigant Felix Peter – today in the metro system of Moscow with my talented, spontaneous and...

Onwards and upwards with world class photographer and world class friend Felix Peter in Moscow - at the 107-meter-tall Monument to the Conquerors of...

Enchanted Moscow – breathtaking art, architecture and sights, fragranced by the scent of lilac – truly magical …

Alya Shevchenko and Lida Lavrukovich – you made me feel very, very welcome and looked after in Kazan – Спасибо!

And an additional big Спасибо Lida...

I have just fallen in love with another part of Russia and its people: Kazan.

What a pleasure to teach Anatomy Trains in Motion here and meet these...

Un petit peu of work and abondamment of fun in Paris with Martina - my beautiful friend and art of motion educator in Australia.

Hanging out in and around the Eiffel tower… too good!

Martina and I loving every step in Paris!

Joie de vivre avec Martina!

Today in Aarau: the FEEL-ing was exactly right! Great energy, wonderful people, lots of focus and just as much fun – what an amazing event!

Thank...

There is only one person who can spend 23 days in a row in a basement with me to film educational videos and feel she is in an educational holiday...

ELearning beta version kicked-off by Mone and first part of the new video project completed (sort of) by me – tan improved too – success in Rome!

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Putting good wishes out into the world at La Fontana di Trevi – and other masterpieces! And with a felt few million people visiting Rome over Easter...

Our annual ‘Thinking Retreat’ started on Tuesday with the Colosseum in sight – a good start!

Last week at our education base in Berne: 3 courses in 4 days with 65 skilled and dedicated movement professionals and physiotherapists as well as 7...

Today at the art of motion office in Berne: celebrating the day … and more!

Double course-joy at our education base in Berne last weekend: Magic Circle, Toning Balls and Roller used creatively in Contemporary Pilates & Props...

Today we concluded the first international teacher training for Anatomy Trains in Motion and Slings Myofascial Training in Toledo – Monika and I feel...

"Embodiment and dedication" were the words that kept coming to my mind throughout the Slings Foundation Education in Toledo – thank you Susan, Lucy,...

The art of motion education team is growing! Today was the start of the first international teacher training in Toledo. Thank you Cristina (Italy),...

Whenever I share its depth with physiotherapists, osteopaths and sport science people, I am reminded how amazing Contemporary Pilates is – and how...

Today the first Slings Myofascial Training foundation education in Toledo starts! I am very much looking forward to (re)connecting with people from...

Today in Toledo: Anatomy Trains in Motion special day with two special ladies – Marta and Pilar from Akrostudio (we were way too engaged to take...

At the last minute, we added an Anatomy Trains in Motion course in Berne – and I am so glad we did! Thanks ladies for turning your schedules upside...

The Anatomy Trains in Motion premiere in Copenhagen was one of THESE courses – where everything was just RIGHT – GREAT actually - from super host...

After weeks of rain a glorious day in San Francisco – just before my departure, how lucky am I! Although I didn’t write the book I planned on writing,...

The image sums up my last 5 weeks in San Francisco: writing, writing, writing.

I am just looking up briefly to apologize for not responding to any...

Slings in Motion introduction day in Moscow: a premiere and beautiful finale of my education year! I love people whose sense of adventure moves them...

We have reason to celebrate: the Anatomy Trains in Motion course book in Russian!! It’s exciting to see my writing in Cyrillic and I am very happy...

Anatomy Trains in Motion in Moscow: amazing movement professionals and therapists with lots of skills, knowledge, open mindedness, curiosity – and...

Evening stroll in winter wonderland with my lovely Russian translator Natalia.

When the Deep Front Line meets the Arms Lines in Slings in Motion III you never quite know what’s going to happen … the last 4 days were amazing –...

Slings in Motion I & Slings in Motion III at our art of motion education base in Berne last week. It was moving – and educational – and an absolute...

On the weekend we celebrated movement and a wonderful friend and art of motion educator - Rachel.

The energy is indescribable - the Lateral Line and Spiral Line in motion never disappoint. Neither do the course participants – on the contrary, they...

In the last 3 days our education studios in Berne were buzzing with good energy! 50 movement professionals and therapists came together to advance the...

Norway really suits me …..

Mange takk Therese for bringing Anatomy Trains in Motion to Norway and thank you for your hospitality and generosity, for great conversations and many...

Movement anatomy and conversations were (in the best possible way) turned upside down at the Anatomy Trains in Motion course!
I have been thoroughly...

Usually one of us arrives when the other departs or we cross mid-air – therefore it was a great pleasure (and premiere) for once to teach in the same...

Double the Anatomy-Trains-goodness at Pilates Zentrum Dortmund!
Anatomy Trains in Motion in one studio + Anatomy Trains Structure and Function in...

Bursts of colour and swirling leaves - European autumn really is beautiful and I certainly enjoyed my time here in Amsterdam. Besides, the long walks...

The time flew by at the Anatomy Trains in Motion course in Amsterdam …. It was such a pleasure to teach; personal setting, skilful movers and...

Work-wise it has been a rather grey-day, but city-wise it has been vibrant. Such a stunning and colourful autumn day in Amsterdam!

It has been 25 years since I have been in Amsterdam – with my then-boyfriend and now best friend Carmine. I remember having a lot of fun, dizzying...

Now that I have seen a bit more of Madrid, El Retiro Park definitely has to be added to the places that invite taking a break for contemplation and...

What a Spanish premier of Anatomy Trains in Motion!The 3 days were as interactive and dynamic as Madrid is lively, as rich and educational as the food...

A great day spent with great people: Anatomy Trains in Motion hosts Pablo and Pilar from Akrostudio.

Tomorrow the first Anatomy Trains in Motion...

Madrid - vibrant city and a good place for thinking outside the box and working creatively.

It’s not only Italian coffee that is incomparable – it’s also the Anatomy Trains in Motion courses in Piacenza!

Fascia connects – on the weekend...

Yesterday the Anatomy Trains in Motion course in London finished – describing it deserves a big word and in capital letters too: BRILLIANT! Thanks to...

Today star photographer Felix Peter and I wanted to go for a leisurely coffee ….. and then the usual happened – a sip of coffee and a lot of fun with...

A big round of applause for Sue, Susanna, Saskia, Antonia and Angela for achieving their Slings Myofascial Training Diploma!! 5 exceptional women and...

After teaching in the USA and Bali, the first education course in my homeland could not have been better! 30 amazing women from the fields of...

Slings Myofascial Training-magic happens when a group of diverse movement teachers and structural integration practitioners from the UK,...

Hugging the only certified Italian Anatomy Trains teacher – what an achievement, well done Cristina! Something to be celebrated properly when I am...

The USA premiere of Anatomy Trains in Motion & Slings was 3 times special…..

Special because of the people who attended; in sum total, a wealth of...

From the whirlwinds of Europe to the charm of the coast of Maine. It smells of forest and water – the perfect place to unwind my somewhat knotted...

Spirit refreshed and brain disentangled (or at least less intertangled) – I am very much looking forward to tomorrow’s start of the US premier of...

3 events in 3 countries in 3 days – it was amazing!

Friday Slings Immersion in Bregenz hosted by my wonderful friend Daniela Mayer – there was...

Last weekend was a big educational weekend at art of motion:

• Functional Pilates Choreography,
• Pilates Essentials certifications
• and the Slings...

Revising my resilience article has been the final Lisboa-project. Place and timing were exactly right – nice when seemingly nonmatching ‘pieces’...

Thinking creatively inside the box …. exactly right at times.

Monika joined me in Lisbon for our annual thinking-retreat – it’s going well (as you can see)….

Last year a lovely taxi driver in Scotland told me that “rain is liquid sunshine”. I loved that –I do however, love the dry kind as well.

Here an...

Work and reverie nicely balanced …..

Thinking well in Lisbon .... and grateful for the bursts of colour that brighten up a world that seems dark at times ……

Slings Body Reading: recognizing structural relationships, gaining insights into the body story and developing coherent Slings movement strategies. ...

Hands-on and hand to heart – the touching themes of last week’s art of motion education courses in Berne. Pilates Tactile Cueing to the left, Slings...

On the weekend our educational studios in Berne were buzzing with good energy: Pilates Essentials for movement professionals to the left, Slings in...

Pilates Essentials for Physiotherapists – what a treat to teach!

It is such a content-rich, detail-oriented 5-day education, full to the brim with...

Embryo in Motion with Jaap van der Wal - what an extraordinary learning experience and what an extraordinary teacher, thinker, phenomenological...

Like fascia, the art of motion education team is in constant motion! I loved to see and catch up with so many of my lecturers during the Slings...

Slings in Motion I: expansive, dynamic, moving, melting. Superficial Back Line and Superficial Front Line in motion – definitely above and beyond...

Slings Essentials education: the best way to start the week! Thanks the 24 brainy women, who absorbed buckets full of information! I admit that I...

ATiM at my Bernese doorstep …… I have hardly ever seen 24 people move with such smooth synchronicity during the Anatomy Trains in Motion class – I was...

Who is lucky enough to have two translators who can tactile cue, demonstrate exercises and be good company all at once! Elena, Natalia and I certainly...

There is something about Russia …and definitely something special about the Easter Anatomy Trains in Motion course in Moscow!

Maybe the combination...

On the map Torun looks just a step away from Bern - it’s a longish step in real life ….

No complaints though; it was easy travelling, I got a fair...

Scandinavian yin and yang – what a fine Danish-Finnish balance! Yesterday the first Anatomy Trains in Motion course in Helsinki fin(n)ished - no...

Here the recipe for an Italian Anatomy Trains in Motion course fantastico: 

• Take 22 skilled and open-minded movement professionals (blend Italian,...

At the art of motion film studio, which occassionally serves as a makeshift photo studio: Last tactile cueing photos with Antonia (gold star...

On Thursday we had our annual art of motion team event. With about half of the team participating, we aimed to double the learning and laughing – we...

Yesterday at the art of motion head office ...... a good day!

Berlin had the Copenhagen-effect on me – I don’t want to leave! Although I didn’t move out of my 500 square meter ‘writing-radius’ after my birthday,...

What a wonderful day: delicious coffee, time to ponder and wander quietly, sunshine, art and culture - my kind of birthday….. Thank you very much for...

Last day of videoing yesterday .... for a while anyway.

Outside the art of motion film studio it had been snowing. It was lovely and lasted for at...

On Thursday Martina and I finished the Anatomy Trains in Motion video project! I am now preparing for the biggest one starting on Monday: Slings in...

There is one person I can think of who can work with me for 28 days in a row in a (chilly) basement, have no breaks during the day, listen to me...

My twin sister Monika is really quite extraordinary – it’s still hard to believe that within a few months she turned the open space in the basement...

We did it! The first part of our contemporary movement art film project is done…….

2 albums, each comprising 18 functionally choreographed movement...

Our art of motion film project has started! I don’t know how she did it, but Monika built us a professional film studio. Daniel provided top...

3 years ago Tom offered me to leave my footprints on his trapezius – the beginning of Anatomy Trains in Motion and a balancing act that has been...

Here is what happens when Julie and I have an Anatomy Trains project: our brains sync. As dissection partners we revealed the abdominal layering and...

Plenty of enlightening moments at the fascial dissection course with Tom Myers and Todd Garcia (an anatomy gem in a desert city)! Add lots of...

One more serene beach walk and appreciative glance at the ocean today – how quickly one can fall in love with places, people, pets and life rhythms…....

An eclectic range of work has filled my last few Californian days (diverse and slightly odd like the photo collage). The quiet before this year’s...

Productive days in Santa Monica. Though I haven’t written THE book, but I have re-written A 70-page course book: BODY READING. It’s part of a course...

This year I am celebrating Christmas differently..... and because my mum Marion and I would smile about the same things, I made this card:

• The...

10 days ago I arrived in Santa Monica with a firm plan: to complete/rewrite/write my art of motion book. Thanks to those who have been inquiring about...