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

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.

04/23/2026

What I love about all the exercise systems that I teach and study are that they’re all movement based. Although slow, focused and methodical movements are super beneficial, sometimes momentum and flow in movement can be more useful and transformative. I sometimes describe it as “tricking the body”, as the movement moves too quickly for the mind to be able to intervene and thus the muscles get confused and in a way, surrender to the stretch or current of motion.

Often with this Qigong twisting exercise I receive many spinal adjustments, yet they would not have happened had I been moving in a laboured and slow manner.

The Qigong practice is not just a practice of moving the bones and muscles, but also of connecting to our blood, tendons and internal organs. Here you can see me focusing and hitting my organs, for deeper health and healing. After-all, our organs are innervated via the spine.

In Taoism, the ultimate goal is to achieve oneness with the Tao, or oneness with nature. Instead of body parts moving independently from one another we focus on moving our body, mind and spirit as a whole. “The mind leads and the qi follows; the qi leads and the body follows.” 🌀

04/17/2026

So excited to have completed my certification for Tendon Nei Kung with my wonderful teacher

I love how each of these practices adds something unique and more specific to the wholeness of my physical awareness, while also increasing my knowledge as a movement expert and teacher of Qigong and martial arts. 🥋 I love it all but Tendon Nei Kung has a particular quality that I have enjoyed adding to my depth of understanding of the human body.

“The three key instruments that Tendon Nei Kung (tendon changing) uses to develop the tendons are the mind, heart and eyes. As a group the mind, heart and eyes are known in the Chinese language as Yi, which translates as “awareness.” The heart is at the very base of this practice. The ancient Taoists followed the theory that the tendons are directly connected to the heart. When the heart contracts, the tendons lightly contract. When the heart expands the tendons expand. Therefore, a vital step in the Tendon Nei Kung practice is to be able to strongly sense the beating of the heart so that we can move to its rhythm when doing the forms.”
~ Mantak Chia

04/16/2026

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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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04/13/2026

🪵 Spring is considered the wood season in Chinese medicine where the liver organ is most activated. And while it is so beautiful, it can also be a hard transition for the body. We’ve come out of hibernation and are now coming to life, quite literally. Imagine the energy required for a tree to grow its branches. The same is for you. Yet if the dam is blocked as it often is with the liver, things can get uncomfortable. This is why we might want to do a cleanse in the spring or spring clean our house. Easy ways to do gentle cleansing in the body would be to eat dandelion leaves or drink its tea. Perhaps some milk thistle or nettle would also be a nice addition to your morning routine. The liver also likes sour things so some warm lemon 🍋 water is also helpful for gentle detox.

What are some of your favourite spring cleansing routines? I’d love to hear, for inspiration. ✨

04/09/2026

We have a saying in Qigong, “Energy flows where attention goes.” To build energy or strengthen the body’s reserves, it is essential to have mental focus. This same principle of mental focus, could be applied to many things in life.

A beautiful dancer with Kidd Pivot once asked me, “How do I know if I’m building the energy in a specific area of my body?” And my immediate response was to say, just bring the breath to that area. In Chinese the word Qi or Chi means energy or breath.

Focus of the mind and connection to breathing can greatly enhance energy in an area you are looking to build or strengthen. Meditation practices can help us to be able to observe and notice the different flows of energy within us. Without the ability to have deep mental focus, it is hard to know what the body might need physically, energetically or even spiritually.

I urge everyone to have some type of meditative 🧘🏻‍♀️ practice to establish the profound relationship with this amazing vessel we call a body. ✨

04/08/2026

We’ve now moved out of the winter/water 💧season into the spring/wood season. In Chinese medicine, water nourishes wood. 🪵 From the small and dormant 🌚 seed, we now begin to expand our branches on our ascent into the sun. ☀️

By strengthening our roots, we are able to break through our blocks to allow our inner visionary to guide us for better decision-making and flow of creativity.

In Taoist philosophy the organ associated with the springtime is the liver. Practicing Qigong with the trees 🌲 helps to strengthen the liver qi. Feel into the abundance of this Liver/Wood season. 💚🌱

04/02/2026

“Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.”
~ William Wordsworth

03/31/2026

“The notion is called wabi-sabi life, like the cherry blossom, it is beautiful because of its impermanence, not in spite of it, more exquisite for the inevitability of loss.”
~ Peggy Orenstein

03/26/2026

Part 3……………….🖤
The end to my lovely chat with .natasha

Here we discuss our meditation practices as well as my Scream 😱 where I feel a huge purging of my repressed anger. We also touch on our daily walks and our personal creative outlets. And as always we do this as an offering to others in the hopes that you can also find your own daily rituals and bring more of your full presence into your day and thereby discovering more of your authentic self. 🧘🏻‍♀️✨

03/25/2026

“Man is a bird without wings and a bird is a man without sorrow.”
~ Louis de Bernieres

03/24/2026

“There is an inherent wholeness to the movements of animals, whereas for people, aspects of our being tend to become separated: hands from legs, mind from body, body from spirit. Moving with the qi force, and allowing it to move with you, enables you to absorb and combine the external energy with the life force. At this level, oneness with the Tao begins as you learn to move your body in an integrated way. Qi is brought into harmony with the body through sensitization.”
~ The Inner Structure of Tai Chi, Mantak Chia and Juan Li

03/19/2026

“The lamps are different, but the light is the same.”
~ Rumi

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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.