“This is the best workshop I’ve had in years, maybe ever!! I feel inspired to go back to teaching this next week…..
—Sandra Marcello
Houston, Texas

“Everything was great! I can’t wait to use the exercises on my clients
—Vanessa Bishop
Cedar Park, Texas

“I’d like to thank you for sharing your wisdom during the recent POT in Hong Kong…….I’m still tingling from being able to do Control Balance with such ease and control, so thank you for giving me that experience!”
—Seok Wah CHEONG Singapore

“Madeline is fantanstic!! Useful information for teachers at every level!! Hands on!”
-Attendee at Pilates On Tour - San Francisco 8/23/09

“Great information. Amazing teacher of teachers. You really make the information easy to understand analytically & physically”
- Attendee at Pilates On Tour - San Francisco 8/23/09

“I had a lot of questions about the leg work in my mind, but after I took this class I got a lot of them answered.”
-Attendee at Pilates On Tour - San Francisco 8/23/09

“Madeline, is the da Vinci of movement. No other instructor unites
science and art so masterfully that observers are immediately
empowered to make the work their own. She is not to be missed.”
-Jennifer Whittemore

“Madeline is truly a genius. I appreciated the balance of anatomy/kinesiology & practical demos.”
-Pam Yourish

“I enjoyed the Sole to Spine workshop with Madeline. The course material was well organized and stayed directed. I wanted more!”
- Laura Pennock

“I took the workshop this past weekend at Rolates. I went to my ballet class (that I take for fun with a bunch of old dance enthusiasts) today and my hips and body felt amazing. I almost did not want to do the class because I didn’t want to mess myself up! My hip sockets felt free and my legs moved better than I have ever experienced. I am so surprised because I did not realize I was doing so much at the workshop for myself- for my own body. The workshop was fantastic. I thought I was learning for the sake of understanding and teaching others, not in my own re-hab, but what an effect. I cannot express how exciting that was.”
- Vivian Piccone Jung

Madeline Black has written an in-depth article for Pilates-Pro.com titled Pilates for Feet. Madeline explains how important the feet are to how we engage the body. From the article, you can gain an understanding of how the feet have a direct influence on your core, influencing pain issues in the hips, knees and neck. Included are some foot corrective exercises.

Read the Pilates for Feet article on the Pilates-Pro.com Web site.

Inspired by a Madeline Black workshop, New York Pilates and Yoga instructor Jennifer Whittemore is producing a Madeline Black workshop entitled From Sole to Spine: An In-depth Exploration of the Relationship between the Foot and Structures of the Pelvic Bowl, May 2-3, at Rolates Pilates in New York City.

To help spread the word about Madeline to the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut Pilates community, Jennifer conducted a series of audio interviews where Madeline talks about her background and work related to her upcoming NYC workshop.

Listen to the three-part interview by following these links:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

“I so enjoyed the workshop last weekend in Austin. I’ve been utilizing the concepts you taught with great results!”
- Judy Anderson

“I wanted to express to you how amazing I feel after finishing the weekends workshop with you. Not only does my body feel better physically, but emotionally I feel inspired. I am so fascinated with body mechanics and feel that the information I learned this weekend is what I have been thirsting for. I am so thankful for the opportunities I have had to learn from you and look forward to more. Thank you for making the trek to Austin and for sharing so much with our group this weekend. I cannot wait to get my hands on my students this week and help them to feel more freedom in their movements. I wish you all the best in your teaching and traveling and hope to see you again soon!”

- Kati Freytag