Pilates Based
MOVEMENT THERAPY
About Enliven
We are a collective of movement practitioners who are passionate about helping people deepen their connection to their bodies and to themselves. Our aim is to create a nurturing, inclusive, and intimate space in which each client can discover and expand their own movement potential and embodiment.
Each practitioner runs their own practice, bringing their unique gifts, influences, and expertise to their sessions.
We acknowledge and are grateful to be living, teaching and moving on the unceded territories of the ʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel ̓ íl ̓witulh (TsleilWaututh) First Nations.
Book Sessions
To book your sessions, go to the online booking link and select your practitioner’s name to see their availability. For expressions of interest, or if you have any questions for our instructors, please contact them directly using their contact information below.
Our Instructors
Suvali
My name is Suvali. I am a movement therapist, offering my clients a journey into wholeness through embodied exploration. I aim to create a safe and supportive environment that allows my clients to learn about their bodies, discover inner strength, improve alignment and mobility, and explore pathways of more easeful, efficient movement.
Because the mind and body are one, as we work together, my clients discover how the psychological realm expresses itself through the body and how movement can help create psychological resource and resilience. As this understanding deepens, my clients develop confidence in their inner wisdom and a sense of wholeness within.
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I draw from twenty-nine years of teaching experience and extensive training in multiple movement modalities, including personal and group fitness training, Pilates, Hatha Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Somatic Movement Therapy, Jill Miller / Tom Myers Myofascial body rolling, Brain and Sensory Foundations, and Dance.
Most recently, I am finishing a master’s program in Somatic Psychotherapy through Bodynamic International in Austria. Bodynamics is founded on a uniform understanding of human development through psychomotoric development (the relationship between cognitive function and physical movement). This embodied system creates psychological support by resourcing the muscles of the body through movement while client and practitioner remain in mutual connection.
Having travelled the world, I have gained international experience in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, and India.
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Individual Sessions: $126 (including tax)
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Ph: 604.339.6960
Email: suvali.enliven@gmail.com
Website: www.elementsofmovement.com
Hana
As a dance artist and Pilates instructor, I have had a lifelong fascination with movement. I believe it can enhance our physical and mental well-being, and transform our assumptions about our own capabilities.
A graduate of Canada’s National Ballet School, I trained extensively as a professional dancer. I turned to Pilates to help me recover from several dance injuries, and I fell in love with its capacity to strengthen and heal through movement. I quickly noticed how the work deepened my understanding of my body, making me feel stronger and more connected to my movements.
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I am a certified STOTT Pilates® instructor, and continue to augment my education through Pilates Process™ and a variety of courses and workshops. I have worked in rehabilitation and clinical settings, and trained intensively with Helen Walkley, a certified Laban Movement Analyst and Somatic Movement Educator.
With more than 20 years of Pilates practice and dancing to draw upon, I bring a unique perspective to teaching. I enjoy weaving my artistry, creativity, and somatic education through my Pilates instruction, tailoring clients’ sessions to meet their individual needs and goals.
Passionate about movement, I create a nurturing, playful environment, where clients can explore healthy, functional movements and build a dynamic sense of alignment, so that they may move with more joy, freedom and ease in their practice and in their daily life.
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Single Private Session: $110 + tax
10 Pack of Private Sessions: $950 + tax
Single Duet Session: $65 + tax (per person)
10 Pack Duet Sessions: $550 + tax (per person) -
Ph: 778.389.0159
Email: enliven.hana@gmail.com
Caitlin
Caitlin Purvis is a trauma-informed classically trained Pilates Teacher who is also certified in Pain Reprocessing Therapy. Caitlin is driven to provide a unique tailored experience to clients in a safe environment. She is a true believer of the benefits associated with maintaining a regular Pilates practice having utilized the Pilates method herself to overcome and manage chronic pain, injury, illness and trauma and having seen incredibly positive and encouraging changes among the clients she works with. Caitlin is driven to continue helping people learn Pilates so they can move better, feel better, and live better.
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Caitlin completed over 600 hours of training at Vancouver Pilates Centre through the Diane Miller Pilates Teacher Training Program and is certified by “Know Your Body Pilates Inc". She also holds a certificate from the internationally recognized National Pilates Certification Program (NPCP). Furthermore, Caitlin completed Level 1, 2, and 3 of Trauma Informed Practice Training from the Trauma Informed Practice Institute and is certified in Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT). She also has experience working alongside a physiotherapist teaching Clinical Pilates for two years.
Caitlin is passionate about learning and continues to educate herself through workshops such as: Spine Anatomy & Core Basics, Freedom of the Shoulders, Hip Connections, Pilates for Scoliosis, Understand the Pelvic Floor, the Myth and Science of Breath, and The Nerve Tour by Gil Hedley.
In Caitlin's spare time, she can be found in nature doing multi-day backpacking and kayaking trips, bike touring, and snowboarding. She was an elite athlete in her youth practicing mainly soccer, softball, waterpolo, swimming and dance. She has a degree in Global Studies and finds additional joy as a singer-songwriter, woodworking artist, growing veggies, puppysitting her mom's dog Finnegan and through travel and learning about other cultures.
Caitlin believes that Pilates is a mind, body and spirit practice which can lead to a life full of joyful movement and quite frankly, a life of more joy. She endeavours to help clients experience this.
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New Client Promo (4 Pack): $380 ($95 p/session) + GST
Private Pilates Session: $115 + GST
Self-led Duet Pilates Session: $65 + GST - p/person, p/session
Teacher-led Duet Pilates Session: $65 + GST - p/person, p/session
Circuit Trio Pilates Class: $50 + GST - p/person, p/class
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Mat Pilates Class (4-8ppl max): $35 + GST - p/person p/class -
Ph: 604.442.5621
Email: caitlinapurvis@gmail.com
Website: www.caitlinpurvis.com/pilates
Booking App: www.caitlinpurvispilates.janeapp.com
Tara
Tara is a Clinical Exercise Physiologist though the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology (CSEP-CEP) with a High Performance Specialization and additional training in pre and post natal health and fitness. As well, she is a Kinesiologist and member of the BC Association of Kinesiologists and an Affiliate of the Canadian Kinesiology Alliance. Tara incorporates Pilates and various manual techniques into active rehab and functional focused training. She is certified in Pilates Mat (Canadian Pilates Institute), Pilates Equipment (Reformer 1, 2, and 3, Chair, Tower, Barrels through Balanced Body), and Functional Movement Screening (FST level 1).
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She is a certified Fascia Stretch Therapist (FST), something she often combines with Soft Tissue Release (STR), creating a session that is tailored to the clients specific needs. Tara is always learning and looking for ways she can provide the most efficient and effective help to her clients. She aims to help others restore balance in their bodies, heal pain and optimize movement.
Tara encourages lifelong enjoyment in movement and an important part of her job is helping clients find the tools to help themselves. Common issues that Tara works with are musculoskeletal conditions and related pain, back pain, postural evaluation and education, rehabilitation and functional re-training.
As a mother of two young children, she has a particular interest in supporting and helping parents care for their bodies through the journey of pregnancy and postpartum. Tara takes a wholistic approach to her work as a Kinesiologist to ensure clients achieve their goals. This includes connecting with other health professionals in order to learn from, and refer to whenever needed. Tara is a cluster member of UBC’s “Advancing the Science of Physiologic Birth Research Cluster", where the mission is “to develop preventive approaches and early strategies to avoid the need for complex interventions and their sequelae leading to complications of labour and birth”.
As a cluster member, Tara has presented on the benefits of exercise in pregnancy and personally recounts “falling in love with pilates all over again while pregnant", as it felt so good to move on the equipment!
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55 Minute Private Session: $130 + tax
85 Minute Private Session: $190 + tax -
Ph: 604.857.3584
Email: optimalmovmentinfo@gmail.com
Website: www.optimalmovement.ca
Location
We are located on the South West corner of Burrard and West Broadway.
Suite #313 - 2515 Burrard Street,
Vancouver, BC, V6J 1Y1
Pay parking can be found on the east side of Burrard Street, north facing, in front of Royal Rose Tattoo Studio. 2 hr parking can be found on the east side of 10th and 11th Avenue.
Contact
If you are interested in being a part of the movement collective, and/or for any rental inquiries, please email enlivenvancouver@gmail.com or contact Hana or Suvali directly.
Hours
M-F: 7:00 am - 8:30 pm
Sat: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sun: closed (available for rentals)