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WHErE MoVEMENT
MEETS rITuAL

With studios in East Austin and DUMBO, Brooklyn, Ritual Moves offers modern, embodied Reformer and Mat Pilates (heated + non-heated), private sessions, teacher training, wellness workshops, retreats, and immersive breath and sound events. Rooted in presence and self-compassion, the Ritual Moves Method blends Pilates with breathwork, rhythm, and embodiment for a full-body experience that leaves you feeling grounded, strong, and connected.

  • Our movement is rooted in:

    • Expanding your capacity to be present and immersed in body and in moment

    • Empowering individual choice-making through layered movement and listening to the body’s language

    • Finding harmony between ease and effort

    • Strengthening your relationship to natural vibrations, music and internal and external rhythm

    • Developing strong responsiveness and acceptance to your body’s cravings for rest and ease

    • Building awareness of your body in space and encouraging you to take up space

    • Meeting yourself where you are on any given day, without judgment

    • Celebrating progress and holding compassion for yourself on off-days

    • Developing a practice of encouraging self talk

    • Discerning and becoming sensitive to discomfort versus pain

  • Ritual Moves was founded by Kati Villavicencio, a comprehensively certified Pilates instructor with over a decade of experience and advanced training in Somatic Trauma, Attachment, and IFS (Internal Family Systems). Blending classical Pilates with Somatic Therapy and embodied language and education, Kati developed the Ritual Moves Method to foster deeper body awareness, emotional resilience, and holistic strength. Her teacher training program centers classical Pilates through an embodiment lens, encouraging curiosity, mindfulness, and a compassionate approach to movement and teaching.

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