As a physiotherapist for over 20 years I have been exposed to many approaches in fitness and rehabilitation. For the past year I have had the good fortune of attending Pilates & Therapeutic Release & Restore sessions with Kathleen. My personal physical experience of the Keller Method of techniques has been quite astounding. Despite my lifelong commitment to fitness, surprisingly my core strength, body awareness and posture have all improved as a result of my training with Kathleen. My chronic neck condition has benefited, as well as my general spinal flexibility and hip girdle strength.
I have attended her Release Therapeutic Ball Courses and I recommend them highly to anyone who wants to learn how to highly effectively release their own muscles. I have seen the remarkable results she achieves in helping clients achieve greater functional movement, postural reeducation and core control, and I will continue to refer clients to her.
Kathleen has an extensive background in many fitness disciplines, but has truly found her calling in Pilates and Therapeutic Ball techniques. She is an astute observer of human posture and form, and does a fantastic job of cueing any group or individual she works with to obtain the right response in their body. Her clients and course participants love her and how she makes their body feel! Kathleen is bright, dynamic and so passionate about what she does that working with her is an experience your body will thank you for in years to come!
Adam Wood Bkin. CSCS
Strength & Lifestyle Coach, Calgary, AB, Canada
Director A.I.R. Training System Inc.
tel: 403-827-1118
As a result of years of injury and training on the Canadian National Bobsleigh Team with coaches that lacked an understanding of wellness in combination with performance, I really appreciate passionate movement experts. It is on this note that Kathleen Keller’s expertise shines, she is one of the rare professionals that knows what makes the difference. Kathleen is a highly inspiring movement expert. Her ability to evaluate postural compensations, correct them, and provide hands on integrated anatomical knowledge in movement makes me smile as I write this testimonial. I would highly recommend one-on-one sessions with Kathleen for athletes as well as business people who are looking for wellness and performance. My sessions with Kathleen have noticeably improved my daily posture and my maximal strength.
Thank you for bringing The Keller Method to Saskatoon!A number of years ago I survived an accident where I was thrown from a car which rolled on me tossing me into a field.My sternum and back were broken - T4 vertebra crushed and multiple rib fractures. My spine was stabilized with Herrington rods fusing it from T1 to T8.
Over the years, pain management and recovery have been an ongoing process. In spite of using Yogic breathing techniques, I have for the past few years been struggling with breathlessness with exertion or even just when talking.
During the Release - Anterior & Posterior Arm Chains course, as we were working along the thoracic vertebrae, I noticed my breath would catch and stop momentarily. I then experienced releases that resulted in deeper breath with greater ease. After the course I noticed an immediate imporvement in my breath.
A few days later I had a cranial sacral therapy treatment.I informed the therapist of the breath release I’d experienced during the course. As she was working on me, quite spontaneously, my chest expanded with the breath filling the trachea – it felt like a four inch tube filled the core of my body as it expanded and filled with light extending all the way down into the base of my spine!It was amazing and, what is even more amazing is that the benefits are lasting.In order to continue to improve and sustain this function, I continue to work with the therapeutic ball techniques on a regular basis.
So thankyou Kathleen, TKM has triggered amazing and continuing results for myself as well as for my clients.
Miho Araki
Celebrity Fitness Director of Fitness Programs Indonesia
I can’t say enough about Kathleen Keller! She is an exceptional educator of Pilates instructors and she brings extreme value to our company! Facing the barrier of communicating to non- English speaking students, her time spent in Jakarta is always very challenging. Her students always comment that she really takes care of teaching them importance of the basic knowledge they need to be safe and effective instructors.
She possesses all the qualities to take a person with little or no knowledge and make them into a very competent Instructor. Kathleen has gained the respect and trust of our senior instructors even those that have being teaching dance and aerobic programs for over 16 years. Our instructors are continuing to develop their skills and confidence under the guidance of Kathleen and they are learning very quickly.
Michelle Chang
Myofascial ReleaseTherapist, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kathleen Kelleris a rare and precious combination indeed! Not only does she possess all the professional qualities necessary to be a highly respected Pilates instructor, she has a natural ability to deliver her training or therapeutic session from the heart.
She is sincere, compassionate and simply loves to share her experience and huge amount of knowledge with passion (oh yes! and she makes me laugh, and one of the best ways to learn is when one is entertained!).
What makes Kathleen such a rare commodity is that she does not just motivate her students, she EMPOWERS them. This innate quality that she is gifted with, has inspired so many who have come into contact with her, students, clients, friends and even her own Chiropractor and Therapist (me for instance).
To sum it up, Kathleen is a person with a HUGE Heart and to me she is Angel Kat!!
I have spent the last several years trying to manage a chronic shoulder and elbow problem and have explored countless modalities of treatment and exercise regimes to help the healing and strengthening of my arm. My physiotherapist suggested I seek the help of Kathleen Keller and The Keller Method™.
Kathleen’s knowledge of Pilates and of stretching are exceptional and her patient and countless corrections of positioning and technique are helping me correct years of body compensation and incorrect technique. I am relearning correct posture and gaining skills that can be worked into a home practice or taken back into the group class setting, whether that be Pilates, yoga, weight training or basic stretching.
However, it is Kathleen's application of Therapeutic Balls that sets her apart and that has made such a big difference for me. There isn't a body part that Kathleen can't stretch, relieve and improve with her collection of balls and for me, this has translated to relief of pain, an easy to do regime outside of the studio, and a travel friendly work out.
The Keller Method™ has worked for me. I can attest personally to the benefits of The Keller Method™ and would highly recommend Kathleen’s one on one instruction for anyone working through a new or old injury, for someone looking to start a core strengthening program or for someone who routinely goes to classes and just wants to polish their technique.
