Kathy Van Patten is the founder of the award-winning Movement Center of Boston and GYROTONIC® Boston.  She is one of a few GYROTONIC Authorized Master Trainers as well as a GYROKINESIS® and Specialized Equipment Master Trainer.

Kathy conducts GYROTONIC and Pilates teacher trainings throughout the US and worldwide with regular trainings in Boston, MA, Atlanta, GA, Kinnewick, WA, Miami Beach, FL, San Jose, CA & Barcelona, Spain. Over the past 15 years Kathy has trained more than 600 GYROTONIC and GYROKINESIS Instructors, some of whom have gone on to become Master Trainers.

Her teaching studio in Boston, The Movement Center of Boston and GYROTONIC® Boston, is fully equipped with all of the latest GYROTONIC Equipment and a beautiful GYROKINESIS mat room.

As a founding member of PMA, Kathy’s approach to Pilates is grounded in ‘classical’ methods and she is certified through five different programs: The Pilates Method of Body Conditioning (Romana Kryzanowska), Power Pilates®, Stott Pilates®, Polestar Pilates®, and The Method-Pilates®. Over the past 20 years Kathy has trained more than 1,000 Pilates Instructors, many of whom have gone on to become teacher trainers. Her client-focused approach has earned praise from clients and peers, who voted her ‘Best Pilates Studio’ and ‘Best Pilates Instructor’ in Boston Magazine.

Kathy travels worldwide to train teachers and present at conferences. She has presented at Body-Mind-Spirit, Pilates on Tour, Pilates Style, Body Control Conferences in London, Power Pilates in New York and Dallas, Texas, and Peak Pilates in Barcelona, Spain. Kathy has a B.S. in Education from New York University and has been teaching and studying dance for over 40 years.