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We have a fantastic new online learning resource for you that allows you to learn anatomy while practicing and enjoying fascia-focused movements.

We gladly invite you to the Slings Myofascial Training Introductory Workshop that will take place on 25 March 2022.

Join Karin:
Saturday 19th of March from 11:00 – 12:30 Switzerland time

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Off for a great start in the new year with our Webinar Series 2022: By booking a bundle you get now unlimited access to the webinar recordings.

The master classes with Karin from the transformative Mountain Retreat in the snowy Swiss mountains are now available as On Demand Practice on Vimeo.

To create the resource-oriented Calendar 2022, Karin and her photographer Felix projected images of places worth visiting onto the studio wall. What…

We have yet another exciting book release to announce: The second edition of the Slings Essentials book is another gem that Karin diligently created.…

We are delighted to announce the release of the even more refined 2021 edition of our rich Slings in Motion Blend Manual. It is now available on Amazo…

Our Webinar Series 2021 is now available on Vimeo! Enrich your media centre with one – or all – of our top-class webinars.

Three things that connect Tom Myers, author of Anatomy Trains, and Karin Gurtner, are their great appreciation for integral anatomy and body-minded…

These live online Group Coaching Sessions are all about YOU, YOUR movement execution of Slings exercises, YOUR embodiment of the Slings concept and…

We often get asked by our students if it is possible to mix and match our live online courses with face-to-face courses. We are happy to tell you:…

We are thrilled to offer you the latest addition in the Slings live online curriculum and launch the accompanying course manual in full colour on…

We are thrilled to invite you to the 2021 Slings Myofascial Training webinar series with Karin Gurtner starting on 23 January 2021.

As a sign of deep appreciation and gratitude for the Anatomy Trains family, Tom Myers and the Anatomy Trains team have created a special event and are…

Friday 18 December 2020, 4pm-5:30pm (Swiss Time). In this Slings Myofascial Training master class, Karin invites you to join one of her favourite…

12 - 13 December 2020. We are thrilled to be part of this incredible online conference in which latest fascia research and functional movement…

We love this podcast where Dr. Carly from Healing Ground Movement and Heidi Savage, movement anthropologist and art of motion educator and editor,…

For the international movement community, a Contemporary Pilates Open Source Library, containing nine in-depth manuals (English) with detailed…

The Deep Front Line: A New Concept of Core. Presented by Tom Myers and Karin Gurtner.

22 November 2020, 09am - 6pm.

Save the date! Intelligent exercise is nourishment and medicine. In this free webinar, four different people share four different challenges, and how…

This course will be recorded with 30 days of access to the recordings provided. In order to access the recordings, you must sign up prior to course…

We are pleased to inform you that we will be holding more live online courses this year. The next Anatomy Trains in Motion Live Online course with…

Tired of sitting and watching endless Zoom lectures? Let’s move together! "Simply Profound: Fascia in Movement" is a live online webinar with Tom…

We are excited about the 4th edition of the worldwide bestselling Anatomy Trains book by Thomas Myers, and – drum roll please – Karin’s contribution…

The current situation with COVID-19 is extremely dynamic. Making health-oriented choices and implementing corresponding changes swiftly is of upmost…

Celebrate with us: the release of the SLINGS ESSENTIALS MANUAL + the EMBODIMENT VIDEO LIBRARY!

Would you like to use the time at home to practise regularly with the art of motion team, connect around the world with likeminded teachers, fuel up…

The offer of online practices and education has increased enormously in the last few days. On one hand this is a very pleasing development, on the…

CANCELLED. "The Deep Front Line: A New Concept of Core."

Join Anatomy Trains author Tom Myers and pioneer of Anatomy Trains in Motion and Slings…

An invigorating conversation between Karin Gurtner and her good friend and multitalented movement educator James Mattingley. James and Karin exchange…

Check out our new Conventions & Events page on our website. A fantastic overview of all conventions and events where Karin Gurtner and her dedicated…

Since it is getting a bit chilly here close to the Swiss Alps, we mentally travelled to Sydney to connect with our wonderful host Paola Raffinetti.…

This month we travelled a bit further North to chat with our Norwegian Host Therese Hansen. Therese is a manual therapist and lives in Bergen on…

The Anatomy Trains in Motion Learning Cards are now available as a paperback.

Meet Rikke Abel-Bache. Rikke our super host from Denmark is a trained physiotherapist, a dietician and Yin Yoga Teacher. In our meet our…

Anatomy 201: Applied Principles of Movement is an online course where you learn more about functional and integral anatomy that’s relevant for yoga.

On Saturday the 31st of August we celebrated our company anniversary with 130+ special people in Berne and many more around the world – it was…

Meet Steph Grey our valued host from Ireland. Steph Grey owns the beautiful Pilates Studio Live & Breathe Pilates in vibrant Dublin where she hosts…

Anatomy Trains in Motion flashcard set by Karin Gurtner and Tom Myers. Inside this box you will find 80 learning cards that will assist your study of…

Enjoy this 20-minute Slings practise with Karin. Experience a diverse blend of exercises that utilises and enhances a broad spectrum of muscular and…

Slings? What, why and how? Do you currently offer Slings classes or movement therapy & Slings on your timetable but have put the “writing a…

New courses: Anatomy Trains in Motion with Cristina Ferri in Ticino (CH) and Castellammare (IT) and Slings in Motion II & III with Mumu in Piacenza…

art of motion meets the requirements of Yoga Alliance as non-Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (non-YACEP).

Founded in 2001, the Pilates Method Alliance is the professional association for Pilates teachers.

!!! NEW LOCATION !!!

Happy Birthday to us! Come and join us on the 31st of August 2019 to celebrate our 15th anniversary. Let's raise our glasses to…

We're excitied to be part of the 2019 Summer School of Anatomy Trains Australia and New Zealand. Are you a Structural Integration graduate? Come and…

Join Anatomy Trains author and master bodyworker Tom Myers and creator of Anatomy Trains in Motion Karin Gurtner on Maui January 21-26, 2019 for an…

Awesomeness is in the pipeline and the world is your art of motion oyster!

We are honoured to be featured in the current issue of the Yoga Journal - America's #1 Yoga Magazine. Check out Karin's article under their "Anatomy -…

Audio-education to take away. "We are a Body" is an interesting podcasts with Karin about what moves us and how movement therapy can be integrated by…

The science is clear: our body’s movement can change our inner state.

The new "Contemporary Pilates with FlowTonic® Pads" Vimeo On Demand album is online!

Welcome to our digital campus! Scheduling a course with Karin has never been this easy thanks to the new art of motion Online Academy.

Are you based in Honolulu, Hawaii? Take a look at what Tom Myers has to say about our upcoming course, Anatomy Trains in Motion.

We hope you had a peaceful and a happy Christmas with your loved ones and a healthy start into the New Year.

The new Slings in Motion Video On Demand album is online!

Thomas Myers - cartographer of Anatomy Trains, author, educator and practitioner of integrative manual therapy - speaks about art of motion education…

A look behind the curtain, discussing and experiencing Anatomy Trains in Motion and the anti-fragility of fascia with Thomas W. Myers and Karin…

As I sit here on a cold but sunny morning in WA, preparing for the upcoming courses in Melbourne (and with a bit of gentle pushing from Mone about…

Seemingly simple, yet so clever. Watch this new video about the 3 Leg Float variations - explained by Karin Gurtner.

In great detail (yes, we love anatomy), Karin elaborates on the movement anatomy of the Developé, while weaving in trainings aims and tactile…

Let Karin tell you more about the Slings Myofascial Training concept, the individual courses of the curriculum and the benefits of this unique…

Find out more about Bonnie in her Teacher Feature.

On November 10th the SVGS (Schweizerischer Verband für Gesundheitssport und Sporttherapie) is celebrating its 20th anniversary at Schulthess clinic in…

This video explains the exercise 90/90 Shift: Buoyant movement with variations explained by Karin Gurtner with Martina Palmer.

Hip Release is a buoyant exercise with a specific breathing pattern and movement rhythm. It focusses on a balanced interplay of muscles and fascia as…

Lecture 4: A Slings in Motion exercise and tactile cueing.

Join Martina and Karin for a new way of experiencing Pelvic Curl. Enjoy tactic cueing in a different way and appreciate this moment of partnering.

Join Martina and Karin for this divine yoga partner stretch, experiment with your arm and leg positions and enjoy the deep stretching.

How do you maintain an upright posture? Where does coordination come from? Or seemingly elusive sensations like spaciousness, weightiness or buoyancy?…

A Contemporary Pilates exercise and tactile cueing.

The new Anatomy Trains Australia EMAGAZINE just came out - with an interview with Tom Myers, an article by Jaap van der Wal as well as an item about…

Slings Myofascial Training: 10 Fascial qualities translated into movement.

Karin Gurtner and Monica Fischer Straub are looking forward to meet Christian Heel at the Spiraldynamik annual conference in Zurich this november.…

Join Karin Gurtner and Mumu Morwitzer talking about Anatomy Trains in Motion. The most comprehensive course to understand Tom Myers' Anatomy Trains…

This new video clip is part one of a series comprising 4 lectures:

The Pilates Alliance of Australasia (PAA) is an independent and not-for-profit organisation established by the Pilates industry as a regulatory body…

December 3 will be sweaty in Hamburg, Germany.

I am introducing you to our 'Contemporary Pilates Flow with Props & a Dash of Slings Myofascial Training' by Karin Gurtner, art of motion training in…

It’s DONE - the brand new edition of the Contemporary Pilates & Props course book (in German)!

Our Swiss summer and West Australian winter have both been a bit lacking in sunshine. So let's savour the sunny days and make the most of them by…

We have some exciting news:

Karin has created 19 new movement sequences for you!

The album is called 'Your Daily Practise' and has been…

The Contemporary Pilates and Slings Myofascial Training educations for movement professionals and therapists.

In May of 2015 we started with a website concept and we hoped to go live at the end of the year. Well, it took a couple of months longer, but it has…

New video Talk: Neutral Pelvis