Franklin Method Educators & Trainers

Marcy Schafler, owner, Mind Over Movement Pilates Studio, is an International PMA Certified Pilates instructor. Marcy is Balanced Body Faculty for Comprehensive Pilates, Anatomy in 3D, MOTR and a CoreAlign Master Instructor.

With a background in movement as a teenager, she always put movement in her life, but not as an educator. When her corporate career didn’t fulfill her desires, she contemplated a career change. Her career as a Pilates instructor began at the ripe young age of 45. Marcy’s Pilates training began at Movements Afoot in New York City. There she trained with Doris Pasteleur Hall (a student of Carola Trier) and Lesley Powell.

In 2006, Marcy participated as an instructor in a study led by Urogynecologist, Dr. Patrick Culligan, of the Atlantic Healthcare System on the rehabilitation and support of the pelvic floor. Marcy is a cancer surthriver (her own coinage). Surviving both uterine and breast cancer. Pilates has had a huge an impact on her ability to come through the challenges of surgery, radiation and rehab. “Continuing education is such an important part of our growth and often gets overlooked when we are teaching for awhile. I love working with and taking other instructors workshops. There is always something new to learn.” Which led her to studying with Elizabeth Larkam in 2010.

Marcy’s has just become a Franklin Method Level 1 Educator. The Franklin Method uses imagery and bone rhythms to enhance movement to be more efficient, better balanced and prevent injury.  Look for workshops coming to the studio soon.