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This informational overview will give the insider low down about Core Dynamics and the Pilates method.

Core Dynamics Pilates is headquartered in Santa Fe, NM and has been offering Pilates instructor training since 1996. The Core Dynamics program is historically based upon the movement teaching legacy of first generation Pilates master Eve Gentry who had studied with Joseph H and Clara Pilates for more than 25 years. The training program was first developed by Eve's protege Michele Larsson in 1996 and is now owned and directed by Kevin A. Bowen.




'There is no bad movement only movement badly done'



'Pilates, is not a mindless series of exercises. It is a concept, a philosophy!'


- Eve Gentry August 20, 1909 - June 17, 1994

Eve Gentry with Joseph H. Pilates -  1957
Stretch your potential


The Core Dynamics program makes sure that each student receives specialized attention for their own personal development as a Pilates teacher with regularly scheduled one on one check in times.

Teach Group classes


Learn to teach not only private sessions but group classes as well. We will develop and fine tune your group class teaching skills as well as successful one on one train techniques.

Our Difference


The Core Dynamics training program offers the following unique features not offered in any other program.

Mentoring with the Program Director

Weekly office hours

Weekly instructor tutorials

Go at your own pace schedule

Payment plans


Kevin Bowen

owner and director:


Kevin has been involved in the health, fitness and Pilates professions since 1988 and is regarded both in the United States and internationally as an advocate and authority for the Pilates method and profession. Kevin has been featured on various news programming from CNN to ABC and quoted and featured in various print publications including the Wall Street Journal, L A Times and Miami Herald. He is the founder of The Pilates Initiative a not for profit organization whose mission is to make Pilates accessible to everyone. He was the Co-founder of the Pilates Method Alliance (PMA) and is now the owner and Director of Core Dynamics Pilates a comprehensive Pilates Teacher Training Program based upon the lineage of Eve Gentry.