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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.

05/28/2026

This thank you note from my student brought true tears to my eyes. I’ve been teaching this Pilates Teacher Training for over 20 years. And while I’ve always approached the work from a deeper place than most, I think my years of experience has finally turned into a deeper wisdom where I take my students from the physical into the energetic/emotional and into the spiritual. My trainings and explorations of different modalities have been woven together to approach this work in a much more holistic way, while still honouring the true essence of Pilates.

I’m so lucky to attract the right students at the right time and the gifts I share with them, go both ways. I feel I also learn so much from my students and the blessings are mutual. The only sad part is when it ends. I hope to stay connected with each of my students. So please reach out, as each one of you, from all my past trainings has touched me in a special way. So grateful for you all and I hope your careers in Pilates are successful and joyful as you spread the seeds of healing to your students….. 🌾

05/27/2026

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Dynamic Sliding Pilates Workshop
June 13/14 (Saturday and Sunday)
10-5pm each day
In Person

Tuition $435+$85 materials
DM me for any questions or to sign up

This course offers a beautiful blend of my background of Qi Gong, Dance, Gyrotonic and Pilates! Come explore more advanced concepts and principles in the deep work of Dynamic Sliding Pilates.

Unlike the regular Pilates matwork where the movements are more linear, with a start and stop quality, Sliding Pilates uses movement in a variety of dynamic planes and with motions that loop back into themselves in coordination with the breath.

With the use of the discs and the Pilates vocabulary, Dynamic Sliding Pilates incorporates the work of the reformer and the classic matwork to create a more complete and complex workout. The discs slide on the floor guiding arm and leg movements. And at the same time the feedback from the floor also offers the opportunity to utilize deeper muscular connections by closing the kinetic chain.

Dynamic Sliding Pilates conditions the body by offering motions that increase the fluidity of the spine, while also opening the joints and stretching the musculature of the body in a supportive and strengthening manner.

Come join me in June for this great workshop that is designed for the advanced student or the Pilates instructor who is looking to inspire their Mat classes. You’ll leave with so much new material but also incredible new knowledge. I’d love to share this deep work with you! 🙇🏻‍♀️

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05/25/2026

As the weight of the world can sometimes be overwhelming, there’s no better way than learning how to manipulate our own energy. ✨ This exercise helps us to move energy through and down the body and into the earth, much like an animal would move their stress down and through their body. I imagine or visualize the ripple that moves through an animal’s back and skin as they dissipate stressful encounters.

This movement is quite hard for a lot of people as the tension and rigidity in the body is often very high. We aren’t meant to carry so much stress in our bodies, so it’s important to learn how to release excess emotional energy. Nature 🌳 and animals 🐈 are my teachers.

If anyone wants to learn these life-changing practices, come move with me! 😌

05/14/2026

I’ve been loving the Mung Bean Hitting practice that is a preparation or ending for the Tendon Nei Kung practice. While I still enjoy my Bamboo Hitter, there is something about the weight of the mung beans that leaves me with a more grounded feeling in my body.

Thank you to my wonderful teacher for gifting me with this thoughtful tool for my continued Qigong studies.

The practice involves hitting of the internal tendon meridian/sinew channels of the arms and legs in a particular order. And then a hitting of the external tendon lines of the arms and legs. It’s actually a short practice but is a great way to learn the meridian system.

The Taoists found that mung beans could absorb the excess yang energy in the body that could potentially cause overheating or manifestations of poisonous toxins in the body. So it’s a great practice for detoxification when applied externally to the body.

The Tendon Nei Kung practice is such an amazing practice but also perfect for this time of the year as the liver rules the tendons. And we are now in liver season. 🐉 Good tendon health is what keeps us flexible and strong over a lifetime. 🐎

Who wants to learn this practice with me?!

05/13/2026

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I drink
from the cruel waters
and walk
the despondent streets,
to remind myself
of what I would be
if I wasn’t who I am.
Honest work pays
for the prized petrol.
The purity
and sweetness
of the love
of my youth,
though tainted
by the world,
continues on
without option.
I touch the tree
to feel the gentle.
And the rings,
remind me
of how far I’ve come.
Stirring the present
and ancient ash
that feeds
the fading bloom
that hardly got started.
Such,
it feels
for my outer beauty
and life,
to be frank.
Inner peace,
smooth out the pain
of a life half gone.
Like a blanket,
I’m soothed
by its kind,
weighted embrace.
Who am I,
without this body
and accomplishments?
I walk the forest paths
to lose myself
in the child
who blows dandelions.
I squeeze out
the white healing medicine
and rub
my battle wounds.
Who knew
that child’s play
would become
reality one day.
I listen,
to stop seeing.
I feel,
to stop thinking.
A woman’s will
is different
than a man’s.
And yet I must adhere
to his rules.
Oh, what
would the world
look like
had we gained
a seat at the table.
It might have been worth it
had at least
I’d met olden day
chivalry.
But the stakes
so high,
they see blind.
So I fight like
the tenacious thorn
of raspberry.
And accept,
just as the bird
has accepted the airplane.
Every last drop
of my energy
squeezed out
to pay the mad
who run the show.
I find happiness
in nothing,
to prove my point,
in protest.
The simplicity
of a wood scented breath,
is all I need to be free.
We revolve
around and around the hours,
day by day.
And yet
there is nothing
but this now.
Who sold us the original lie
that we continue to buy?
And when
do we boycott this store.
How exhausted
and sick
do we need to become
before death
looks better than life?
My revolution
is the love of nature
and my own true nature.
Because,
although they
would have us believe
we did not own
even this,
we know
it’s our super power.

05/12/2026

🩵 Jetsons launchpad 🚀 Where are we going!? 🪐

05/06/2026

Tendon Nei Kung works with the heart, blood 🩸 and its pulse. When the heart contacts and expands, the tendons also expand and contract subtlety. This natural elasticity of the veins and arteries, is also found in the tendons invoking a whole body unification through circulation.

Unlike muscles that eat a lot of energy and oxygen, tendons are more efficient and give us a more youthful, bouncy quality in the body, similar to the springbok or the horse, which is why it’s a great longevity practice. Come practice this amazing with me! 💚🐎

05/05/2026

It’s important to get our circulation and lymphatic systems moving for good blood flow and removal of toxins, to help maintain healthy energy. But as we age, it sometimes becomes harder to do certain movement practices like running, etc., due to injuries and whatnot. This practice is an easy and gentle way to get those systems moving without expending too much energy. The bouncing is similar to jogging 🏃🏽‍♀️ and the tapping stimulates the lymph as the lymph nodes are everywhere in the body. Enjoy….. ☺️

04/29/2026

“Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence.” ✨
~ Tennessee Williams

04/28/2026

While we keep
an eye
on the future,
we know
deep inside,
that there
has only
ever been
one moment.
The Now.
And the next Now,
and the next Now……

Address

1188 Bidwell Street
Vancouver, BC
V6G0C6

Telephone

+16046037557

Website

http://martahernandezstudio.com/

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