Movement Workshops with Marlis Vos
Your Feet - The Foundation to Core Connection
Strengthen your foundation with Master Teacher Marlis Vos
📅 Date: Sunday, September 28
🕑 Time: 2:00–3:15 pm (75 minutes)
💲 Price: $45 + GST
👥 Capacity: 10 participants
Why Focus on Feet?
Your feet are the foundation of your health. Learn how they connect to core strength, posture, balance, and long-term mobility.
Incorporating the ‘New Science’ & Harvard studies on the importance of toe strength, with a strong base in the Functional + Foundational & Fascial connections to the entire body’s health & performance.
What You’ll Learn:
Simple & easy home exercises + small props that can be practiced & applied to work, daily activities/movement & athletic performance.
Core connection
Balance & posture strategies
Bunion prevention & correction
Plantar fasciitis relief
Simple daily exercises
What to Expect:
Incorporating new science on toe strength and fascial connections, this workshop offers easy, practical tools you can apply at home, at work, and in movement practice.
Benefits include: foot health, arch strength, ankle stability, knee, hip & back health.
About Your Instructor
Marlis has been practicing Pilates for 50+ years and teaching for 20. A former professional dancer, she specializes in postural movement analysis and rehabilitation, working with dancers, athletes, surgeons, and more.
“Feet are often the last thing we consider when we think of our health... However, Feet are the Key to Long Term Health & Core strength!” - Marlis Vos
More to Come
This Intro Workshop is the first of a 3 part series. You can attend one or all 3 (each workshop is separately priced)
Part 1. - INTRO 101 - September 28, 2025
Part 2. - Athletic Performance & The Importance of Feet - TBD
Part 3. - Foot Issues (Bunions, Plantar Fascistic and more) - TBD
Tech Neck Workshop
Relieve pain, improve posture & restore balance with Marlis Vos
📅 Date: Sunday, October 5
🕑 Time: 2:00–3:15 pm (75 minutes)
💲 Price: $45 + GST
👥 Capacity: 10 participants - SOLD OUT
Why Does Tech Neck Matter?
Hours on screens can strain your neck, shoulders, and back. Posture affects not only your body, but also your confidence, energy, and overall well-being.
Many current studies emphasize the effects of Posture in Teens with the direct findings of the importance of Physical & Psychological impact of Postural Education early on contributes to a Big effect on Overall health -from Academic performance, increased self-esteem, social confidence, emotional balance... to prevention of future muscle imbalances, premature pain + spinal aging.
What You’ll Learn:
Simple & easy home exercises + small props that can be practiced & applied to work, daily activities/movement & athletic performance.
What “core” really means (it’s not just a 6-pack!)
Posture strategies for daily life
Connections between neck, shoulders, hips & back pain
Computer & phone use strategies
Restorative practices to relieve strain
What to Expect:
This fun and educational workshop blends Pilates principles with new scientific studies on posture’s impact on physical, emotional, and social health. You’ll leave with simple, effective tools to restore balance and prevent long-term discomfort.
About Your Instructor
Marlis has been practicing Pilates for over 50 years and teaching for 20. A former professional dancer, she specializes in postural movement analysis and rehabilitation, helping dancers, athletes, surgeons, and everyday movers restore alignment and strength.
“Don’t be a Hunchback!! ...it will be a Pain with no Future Gain!” - Marlis Vos