Building up your Reformer without the nonsense
Social media can make the Reformer look like a circus—fast, flashy, and full of tricks. But is that really a Reformer workout?
In this energetic workshop, we return to the original Reformer exercises taught by Joe and the Pilates Elders: strong, athletic, precise, and purposeful. Learn how to safely build advanced skills step by step, even in a group class setting.
Discover simple progressions you can use in your beginner and intermediate classes to help students move confidently toward advanced work.
No trends. No gimmicks. Just authentic Pilates and a clear path to more advanced exercises.

Move better – Perform better
Whether your clients are weekend warriors, recreational athletes, or competitive professionals, Pilates can help them move more efficiently, perform better, and stay injury-free. Every sport places unique demands on the body, creating specific patterns of strength, mobility, and movement. Over time, these demands can lead to small compensations that become habits, and habits can eventually lead to pain, reduced performance, or injury. In this practical and energetic workshop, we will explore how Pilates can identify and address these compensations before they become a problem, helping clients develop greater body awareness, balanced strength, mobility, coordination, and resilience. Learn how to apply Reformer exercises to support athletic performance, improve recovery, and help clients of all levels—from recreational exercisers to serious athletes—move smarter, feel better, and get more out of the activities they love.

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.

Michael and Ton had the privilege of working with many of the Elders directly or with their direct protégées. 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.