Take your practice to a deeper level of study

A School for deeper learning and pathways to nurture your gift of leadership into a career of teaching

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Two Programs, One Studio

  • Yoga Certification Upcoming Dates

    January 2025 // 200-Hour Yoga Pathway: Immersive Study for Dedicated Practitioners and a Foundation for Teaching Certification

    May 2025 // 100-Hour Yoga Teacher Training: The Essentials of Teaching Yoga

    January 2026 // Advanced Certification

  • Pilates Certification Upcoming Dates

    January 2025 // Sunday Advanced Education Series

    January 2026 // 200-Hour Pilates Pathway: Immersize Study for Dedicated Pracitioners and a Foundation for Teaching Certification

    March 2026 // 100-Hour Fundamental Pilates Teacher Training: The Foundations of Teaching Mat and Reformer Classes.

    May 2026 // 200-Hour Complete Pilates Teacher Training: The Professional Course for Teaching Private and classes on all equipment

Find a home for your lifelong practice. Our school is open to you.

The world needs students and teachers who have deeply studied.

Trainings and workshops are designed for

Career Teachers

Are at the forefront of social change and preventative care, they are paving a path for this work to be valued and seen as a regular practice.

Dedicated Students

Who crave a deeper study bring the benefits of this work into their existing careers and life – their deep study creates a ripple through their family, work, and neighborhood.

Both are required to create a true impact in the world.

Take your time to fully engage. Our 500-hour training spans two years, allowing for a comprehensive immersion into ancient teachings. This program is designed for depth and mastery, not a quick-fix certification.

Schedule and Registration

Workshops // Courses
The 200-Hour Yoga Pathway: Immersive Study for Dedicated Practitioners and a Foundation for Teaching Certification
Jan 10
The 200-Hour Yoga Pathway: Immersive Study for Dedicated Practitioners and a Foundation for Teaching Certification

Join our 200-Hour Yoga Pathway: Immersive Study for Dedicated Practitioners and a Foundation for Teaching Certification, starting January 10, 2025! Deepen your practice with yoga techniques, philosophy, and lifestyle integration. Perfect for those seeking a transformative journey or the foundation to guide others.

Led by: Meghan Maris
Cost: $3400 *** Includes unlimited mat classes for 1 year at the Practice Space, a 3-day retreat, and immersive learning that last a lifetime.

Movement Lab: Hands and Feet
Jan 12
Movement Lab: Hands and Feet

Join us for this Movement Lab focused on hands, feet, and weight-bearing challenges. We’ll explore alignment and sensation to uncover movement practices that can help address common injuries or discomfort. Work alongside teachers and students to troubleshoot real-world challenges we all encounter both in the studio and beyond.

Led by: Krista Lennartz
Cost: $42 (25% off for autopay members)

Movement Lab: Hands and Feet 2
Jan 26
Movement Lab: Hands and Feet 2

Join us for this Movement Lab focused on hands, feet, and weight-bearing challenges. We’ll explore alignment and sensation to uncover movement practices that can help address common injuries or discomfort. Work alongside teachers and students to troubleshoot real-world challenges we all encounter both in the studio and beyond.

Led by: Krista Lennartz
Cost: $42 (25% off for autopay members)

Movement Lab: Hips
Feb 9
Movement Lab: Hips

This month's Movement Lab will focus on the hips and lower extremities. We'll explore how to assess hip health in various positions such as standing, quadruped, and sitting, while uncovering movement practices that support stability and mobility. This session will provide practical tools for evaluating and improving hip function, both in the studio and in everyday life.

Led by: Krista Lennartz
Cost: $42 (25% off for autopay members)

Movement Lab: Hips 2
Feb 23
Movement Lab: Hips 2

This month's Movement Lab will focus on the hips and lower extremities. We'll explore how to assess hip health in various positions such as standing, quadruped, and sitting, while uncovering movement practices that support stability and mobility. This session will provide practical tools for evaluating and improving hip function, both in the studio and in everyday life.

Led by: Krista Lennartz
Cost: $42 (25% off for autopay members)

Movement Lab: Pelvis and Low Back
Mar 9
Movement Lab: Pelvis and Low Back

This month's Movement Lab will focus on the low back and pelvis. This session will address common low back sensitivities and issues that arise in Yoga and Pilates practices. We’ll explore how the low back, as a crossroads for various biomechanical structures, often isn’t the direct source of pain, and learn movement strategies to support and improve overall function.

Led by: Krista Lennartz
Cost: $42 (25% off for autopay members)

Movement Lab: Pelvis and Low Back 2
Mar 23
Movement Lab: Pelvis and Low Back 2

This month's Movement Lab will focus on the low back and pelvis. This session will address common low back sensitivities and issues that arise in Yoga and Pilates practices. We’ll explore how the low back, as a crossroads for various biomechanical structures, often isn’t the direct source of pain, and learn movement strategies to support and improve overall function.

Led by: Krista Lennartz
Cost: $42 (25% off for autopay members)

Movement Lab: Thoracic Spine and Breath
Apr 13
Movement Lab: Thoracic Spine and Breath

This month's Movement Lab will focus on the thoracic spine, breath, and upper body mobility. We’ll dive into common misconceptions about mobilizing the upper thoracic spine and how scapular movement influences that mobility. By addressing frequent issues, we’ll explore alternative approaches to improving thoracic movement and enhancing breath awareness, creating a more integrated and effective practice.

Led by: Krista Lennartz
Cost: $42 (25% off for autopay members)

Movement Lab: Thoracic Spine and Breath 2
Apr 27
Movement Lab: Thoracic Spine and Breath 2

This month's Movement Lab will focus on the thoracic spine, breath, and upper body mobility. We’ll dive into common misconceptions about mobilizing the upper thoracic spine and how scapular movement influences that mobility. By addressing frequent issues, we’ll explore alternative approaches to improving thoracic movement and enhancing breath awareness, creating a more integrated and effective practice.

Led by: Krista Lennartz
Cost: $42 (25% off for autopay members)

Movement Lab: Shoulders and Arms
May 4
Movement Lab: Shoulders and Arms

This month's Movement Lab will focus on the shoulders and arms. While the arms are designed for mobility and articulate movement, they often become weight-bearers in mindful movement practices, which can be both challenging and transformative. This session will focus on balancing mobility with stability, exploring how to effectively weight-bear through the arms while maintaining the strength needed for nuanced, powerful movement.

Led by: Krista Lennartz
Cost: $42 (25% off for autopay members)

Movement Lab: Shoulders and Arms 2
May 25
Movement Lab: Shoulders and Arms 2

This month's Movement Lab will focus on the shoulders and arms. While the arms are designed for mobility and articulate movement, they often become weight-bearers in mindful movement practices, which can be both challenging and transformative. This session will focus on balancing mobility with stability, exploring how to effectively weight-bear through the arms while maintaining the strength needed for nuanced, powerful movement.

Led by: Krista Lennartz
Cost: $42 (25% off for autopay members)

Movement Lab: Balance and Dynamic Movement
Jun 8
Movement Lab: Balance and Dynamic Movement

This month's Movement Lab will focus on the shoulders and arms. While the arms are designed for mobility and articulate movement, they often become weight-bearers in mindful movement practices, which can be both challenging and transformative. This session will focus on balancing mobility with stability, exploring how to effectively weight-bear through the arms while maintaining the strength needed for nuanced, powerful movement.

Led by: Krista Lennartz
Cost: $42 (25% off for autopay members)

Movement Lab: Balance and Dynamic Movement 2
Jun 22
Movement Lab: Balance and Dynamic Movement 2

This month's Movement Lab will focus on the shoulders and arms. While the arms are designed for mobility and articulate movement, they often become weight-bearers in mindful movement practices, which can be both challenging and transformative. This session will focus on balancing mobility with stability, exploring how to effectively weight-bear through the arms while maintaining the strength needed for nuanced, powerful movement.

Led by: Krista Lennartz
Cost: $42 (25% off for autopay members)

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The initial 200 hours are dedicated to personal practice. Before we can teach others, we must first deepen our own practice. This foundational phase helps you discover your inner voice and connect with the deeper, experiential wisdom of teaching.

The industry has made it very easy to become a teacher and, in the process, has watered down the efficacy of these practices. By blending learning and becoming a teacher, we bypass the wealth of being a student first.

Master the content with deep personal practice and self-study with the 200hr practitioners programs, offered in both Pilates and yoga.

If these steps of teaching and learning are blended, you’ll ignore the personal sensation in your own experience because you are constantly being pulled out of your practice in an effort to understand how someone else might feel this in their body. Integration is key to teaching.

That is why The Practice Space School has a tiered approach for those wanting to experience deep study for themselves and high standards for those who intend to teach.

In the first portion of all of our trainings, we will help you develop the tools, wisdom, and sensitivities from a conscious source. To learn, be in a community, and integrate the teachings into your own life.

Then you learn to be a teacher.

Gain a deep study without the requirement to become a teacher.

Meet the Program Directors

Meghan Maris

Through over 20 years of devoted yoga practice and teaching, Meghan has dedicated her life’s work to guide others.

She uses the body, breath, mind, and yoga philosophy as gateways to explore the relationship between our inner workings and outer experience.

She advocates building the structure of the postures from the ground up, harnessing the breath as a conduit of electricity, and illuminating the interior with the light needed to examine the contents within – practices integrated into The Practice Space’s Curriculum.

She guides by staying true to the teachings and attempting to remain humble, authentic, and in the spirit of selfless service, offering support and encouragement to all the teachers she instructs.

Krista Lennartz

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Krista, a Portlander born and raised, started teaching movement over 26 years ago.

After receiving her BA in dance education and psychology from Marymount Manhattan College in 2005, she got her certification as a Pilates instructor from the Kane School of Core Integration in New York City.

In 2012, she added yoga instructor (Yoga Bhoga RYT 200) to her skill set, a practice she incorporated into her life and in the studio. In 2015, she received her Master’s in Motor Learning and Control from the Teachers College Columbia University biobehavioral sciences department – the answers she unveiled from that research would change the way she looks at Pilates forever and become the lynchpin of The Practice Space’s curriculums today.

We need teachers, not just skilled practitioners.

Our school is different in two very specifics way, Krista Lennartz and Meghan Maris.

With two masters degrees, these educators facilitate programs that highlight skillful teaching in the mindful movement space.

“You haven’t taught until they have learned.”

Krista Lennartz, the lead educator of the Pilates Program and a supporting educator in the Yoga 500-hour teaching certificate program, received her Masters in Motor Learning and Physical Education from Columbia University in NYC. Since her education, she has practically applied theories to real life teaching and has created a thorough training process to increase teachers efficacy in a studio setting.

Meghan Maris is currently in process of completing her Masters in Yogic Studies and is bringing that wisdom back to the Practice Space. She has hosted the teacher training for nearly a decade but this upcoming year will be unlike anything else with her recent advanced degree.

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Come to the next meet & greet

Join us for a virtual meeting where you can meet Meghan and Krista and ask them all of the questions you have been mulling over.

Meeting time coming soon!