WHAT IS THE KELLER METHOD™ 

"INTELLIGENT MOVEMENT PRACTICES FOR LIFE"

The worlds first blended Method that integrates

Myofascial Chain Anatomy with Therapeutic  Ball Techniques, 

Evolved Pilates Movement and Related Modalities

 THE KELLER METHOD™   is a series of indepth and intensive teacher training courses designed to meet today’s enormous demand for qualified, safe and progressive instructors in body therapies.  TKM™ courses are truly a break-through in Therapeutic ball self-treatment, Evolved Pilates and complementary modalities.  The courses provide the participant with highly effective and clinically proven strategies that can be immediately applied in their practice.

 TKM™  is the culmination of Kathleen's three decades of Health and Fitness industry experience, and the knowledge she has gained from numerous world renowned master educators she has had the privilege to study with in several countries. This includes twenty years of teaching and studying Dance, Stretch and Fitness and over ten years teaching and studying Myofascial Integration, Therapeutic Ball, Evolved Pilates Equipment and Mat, Feldenkrais Techniques, Rolfing Movement and Restorative Yoga.

 TKM™  MISSION:

To empower and educate people to take charge of their own health and well-being.

TKM™ GOALS:

• To provide effective educational programs for successful physical rehabilitation, enhanced peak performance and injury prevention. 
• To embrace a cooperative approach to learning, with consistent attention and creative exploration and to stimulate each individual’s learning process.
• To provide significant mentoring to health industry professionals, within a profound educational program that fosters positive change and personal growth while providing a revitalizing experience.
• To facilitate safe and effective neuromuscular re-patterning to help people create positive and long lasting changes and realize their healthiest bodies.
• To educate and empower people to prevent the stiffness associated with aging to help keep their bodies supple and pain-free.
• To help people free themselves from the damaging effects of daily stress and tension and increase vitality and energy.

The TKM™  Creator Kathleen Keller:

Kathleen is a former National level competitive gymnast.  In Vancouver Canada, in the late 70’s, she began her career as a professional dancer and a teacher of fitness, dance and stretch classes. She taught and performed for nearly two decades until the mid 90’s when she began her Pilates studies and opened her own studio. Kathleen is dual-certified in Pilates Apparatus and Mat by STOTT® Toronto and Polestar® Hong Kong, coupled with an extensive apprenticeship in rehabilitation. 

Kathleen’s related in-depth studies also include:  Kinesis Myofascial Integration® (KMI), Therapeutic Ball, The Eric Franklin Method®, Feldenkrais Techniques®, Restorative Yoga and Rolfing Movement. Her additional edification also includes Body Arts & Science International Pilates (BAS1), California and The Pilates Center, Colorado methods. 

Combined with Kathleen’s three decades of teaching experience, THE KELLER METHOD™ courses offer a uniquely integrative approach that includes adaptations from all of the above complementary and related modalities. The culmination is a well-rounded, one of a kind, progressive and balanced METHOD to achieve overall body wisdom.

Kathleen is an International educator and presenter with experience in many countries. From 2002 through 2006 she expanded overseas, teaching instructors and health professionals her methods in  Asia and Europe. In 2007, she re-established herself in Calgary. She operates her distinctive Therapeutic Ball and Integrative Pilates practice with a team of dedicated professionals out of LifeMark™ Physiotherapy Clinic at Westside Recreation Centre.

Kathleen is devoted to helping her clients and students achieve a life of optimum health with her techniques and to the development of her own teacher-training syllabus, THE KELLER METHOD™.

 ©TKM CANADA 2008