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Marta Hernandez Studio (formerly The Space Vancouver) - A Pilates and Wellness Studio

Marta Hernandez Studio approaches wellness and transformation as an integrated lifestyle. With strong focuses on structural realignment, core stability and efficiency of movement, Marta Hernandez Studio offers timeless knowledge with modern, highly trained expertise in rehabilitation, injury prevention, and overall fitness and healthy living through the use of modalities of Pilates, GYROTONIC® and Qi Gong. Marta Hernandez Studio is truly a place of self-transformation where people are guided to discover the authentic self by learning to listen and sense the body more deeply. By developing this deeper inner awareness, freedom of expression, creative energy and joy are naturally cultivated. In cooperation with the Physicalmind Institute of Canada, we offer several Pilates training certification programs and specialized courses each year. These courses offer some of the most innovative and cutting edge knowledge and practical application in contemporary movement systems.

11/14/2025

“The piano drips its little notes, like rain dreaming itself whole”.
~ Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

11/12/2025

Massaging my breasts, ovaries and uterus is a practice I’ve been doing in the shower 🚿 for many years now. I can’t start my day without it. It’s a beautiful way to connect my body to the earth and heavenly energies as well as feeling into the sensual aspect of touching and feeling pleasure in my body.

In Chinese medicine, the kidneys rule the sexual organs and the breasts are considered the upper kidneys. As we are making our descent into the winter ❄️ and kidney 💧 season, this could be a great addition to your daily movement practice. Also remember that the sexual energy amplifies whatever emotional energies you are holding, so it’s important to regularly cleanse the womb space and breasts energetically before doing these practices. ✨

11/06/2025

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“The spiral is a spiritualized circle. In the spiral form, the circle, uncoiled, has ceased to be vicious; it has been set free.”
~ Vladimir Nabokov

10/30/2025

“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
~ Aldous Huxley

10/29/2025

🖤…………………….
Although the ocean
appeared calm
to those
who were watching,
the wounded winds
blew ripples
of ancient pain.
Where one current starts
and another begins,
only those
who live in the sky
know.

She faces the broken pieces
with resigned surrender.
A forced introversion,
created out of the ashes
of the distrust of man.
Smiling at strangers,
the safest affinity.
Notes of solace
manipulate the music
of her heart.
The dance of a dancer
in the dance of life,
is one
of tempestuous
proportions.
Like the artist
who feels the death
of the blade of grass
as if it was personal.

The waif walks
and writes her thoughts
like leaves falling from the sky.
Singing the songs of trees
as if they were her family
legends and folklore.
The desire to climb branches
and live in the treehouse
that was never built.
She cries
for the sadness
of her family
and all their dreams
unfulfilled.

The ancient beats
stomp her native heart
back to life.
Autumn‘s last breath,
a still reminder
of the emptiness
and fullness of it all.
Her body
carries the pain
and pleasure
like two lovers.
The angst
and the excitement
bearing the same tone
in her fragile body.
Yet still we revere
one over the other.

A relinquishing embrace
is to allow the life
that was never mine.
There can be no disappointment
if there were no expectations.
My eyes open
for a new chance
each morning
to the ocean
who sprays
its magical beauty
on a new day. 🌤️

10/23/2025

🫁………….
As we are now deep in what Chinese medicine considers the Lung season, we will find that the fall often triggers things related to this organ. The lungs rule, the skin and its counter yang organ is the large intestine. If we have weaknesses in these areas, we might notice imbalances around this time.

This motion brings fresh qi to the abdomen and large intestine while also stimulating movement and flow. Imagine a gerbil’s wheel 🎡 spinning in your lower dantien. The breath is the flywheel and impetus for all movement and our whole being. 🌬️🤍

10/22/2025

🍂………………….
Autumn’s death
in every step
and breath
I take.
My tears run
in perfect unison
with the sky’s.
Each shard
a reflection
of the lifetime’s
unshed pain.
The waves hit
the fearless in me
that wills to drown
in the sorrow.
Knowing that
the letting go
is the greatest surrender
to the beauty of flow.

Autumn’s sadness
in every death
of a nature friend.
Reminders
of the cycle of life
that I will,
yet not happily
accept.
The long nights
suck me into
the dark hole
in the cloth.
The search
for starlight,
a futile affair.
I close my eyes
and look inward
to feel the dawn
of my heart’s fire.
An ember in the ashes.
Yet a sovereign beauty
that will radiate warmth
in the coldness
of my winter.

The sorrow of Autumn
is held in the clouds
and wind.
Blowing through
the old house
of childhood memories.
The leaves weep
from the trees
for those that left
and those
that will be leaving.
Inviting loss
to fill the space
where love once lived.
The cold earth
meets acceptance.
The radical
we must all
eventually
come to know.
Rest, sleep and death
come together
at quiet’s table.

10/10/2025

……………🖤 Dance with Darkness………..

The dance with darkness
is not always in the shadow.
To embrace the mystery
of the feminine unseen
is not a coming home
but a reclaiming of the
ancient seeds
of the dark sister moons.
I scatter them on my life
and the lives of men too.
For in each of us
is a warrior phantom
that stands
with power
and strength
in the dusk
of our simple
and naive
personality Sun.
It watches
and waits patiently
after a life
of hurt’s wisdom,
to protect
the honour
of the soul.

10/07/2025

“The Taoist view of cosmology may seem abstract and simplistic, but modern science has arrived at essentially the same view of creation. All matter throughout the universe is made of atomic particles. The atoms, once believed to be the smallest indivisible particles of matter, have proved under observation to be made of subatomic particles and waves, all propelled into motion by the polarity of positive and negative. Scientists have also arrived at a concept of an original explosion of energy which they refer to as the Big Bang.

Taoists view the universe is a vast ocean of interacting energy, driven by the fundamental interplay of Yin and Yang. Humans are the most complex manifestations of such interaction.

The universe as a manifestation of the five elements is self sustaining. All living creatures are constantly interacting with all of the elements of creation through the process of eating, breathing, sensing, feeling, and thinking.”

~ Mantak Chia and Juan Li, The Inner Structure of Tai Chi

10/02/2025

As we continue our decent into yin and the fall season, now is a good time to build what the Taoists call the three Wei Chi fields.

The first field, closest to the body is our last defense and related to the lungs and spleen. It’s the most physical aspect of the body ie. our skin. When this is penetrated by wind or the elements, we can often catch cold. Imagine white light filling the first Wei Chi field, just above your skin.

The second field is related to the kidneys. I imagine blue light filling this field to build up my energetic body.

The third Wei Chi field relates to our heart and liver. Imagine pink or red light filling up your aura as this relates to our spiritual body.

Imagination and deep embodiment are powerful tools to build your fields for physical and psychic protection. Enjoy… 🖤🧘🏻‍♀️

10/01/2025

Completely humbled by these words, especially coming from a student who is always willing to explore to the nano-degree, the depth of her internal and external movement. It’s equally a gift for me… 🙇🏻‍♀️

09/25/2025

“To prepare for any struggle is largely a work of unburdening oneself. If you carry your past into battle, you are riding to your death. Austerity lifts the heart and focuses the vision. Travel light. A few ideas are enough. Every remedy for loneliness only postpones it. I wish you calm waters, Squire.”
~Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger

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1188 Bidwell Street
Vancouver, BC
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+16046037557

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http://martahernandezstudio.com/

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Marta Hernandez Studio approaches wellness and transformation as an integrated lifestyle. With strong focuses on structural realignment, core stability and efficiency of movement, Marta Hernandez Studio offers timeless knowledge with modern, highly trained expertise in rehabilitation, injury prevention, and overall fitness and healthy living through the use of modalities of Pilates, Gyrotonic and Qi Gong. Marta Hernandez Studio is truly a place of self-transformation where people are guided to discover the authentic self by learning to listen and sense the body more deeply. By developing this deeper inner awareness, freedom of expression, creative energy and joy are naturally cultivated. In cooperation with the Physicalmind Institute of Canada, we offer several Pilates training certification programs and specialized courses each year. These courses offer some of the most innovative and cutting edge knowledge and practical application in contemporary movement systems.