Carol Robbins

I have been a movement lover all my life and a dressage rider from my mid-teens to late 40s. In the mid 90s I started Pilates to improve my riding skills and loved how Pilates was so different from any other fitness I had done.

After my children were in school full time, I took Pilates certification with a view to having other riders as my clients.  Who came instead were people with all kinds of health issues and various goals. Quickly realising I was under-educated to help these clients, I found a mentor and became her student for over ten years. During that time I was exposed to the work of Irene Dowd and continue studying with Irene to this day.  

In 2012 I became immersed in the world of biomechanics, certifying as a Nutritious Movement® Restorative Exercise Specialist (RES) in 2013 and becoming a staff teacher for Nutritious Movement® in 2016. This lead to selling my Pilates studio and focussing on this work to date.  

I continue my training with Katy Bowman, taking advanced training workshops around the world. I have attended and taught at many RES weeks where other teachers are certified and acted as mentor to many teachers going through the NM training. I am also a Dynamic Aging trained teacher, and a two-day Move Your DNA workshop teacher (one of a small handful worldwide).

Teachers and organisations that lend their expertise to me include:
 
Stott Pilates -  Pilates Certification 2000 (Toronto)
Eileen Birks - Pilates and anatomy mentor (Nelson)
Dianne Miller - Advanced Pilates study (Vancouver)
Jill Miller - Roll Model Method certification (Los Angeles)
Gary Ward - Biomechanics of the Lower Limb, Biomechanics of the Upper Body (London)
Irene Dowd - Anatomy, movement (NYC)
Katy Bowman - RES Certification and Advanced RE training (WA)
Integrated Kinetic Neurology (IKN) Level 1 

I certified in Yoga 300TT (at 60 years of age) and MovNat Level 1 (at 59).

Visit my parent site carolrobbins.ca for more information, read blogs and sign up for in-depth courses.