Center Stream Pilates opened in 2014 excited to bring the best Pilates movement training to Louisville, Colorado. Today, we are a community of genuine movement junkies who love the way Pilates brings joy and ease to everything we do.
Center Stream Pilates is inspired by movement that flows when it’s freed from obstruction. There’s wisdom in learning to find your flow. We guide your journey and balance your mind and body towards deep strength.
About Tracy
Tracy Bodden, Studio Owner + Pilates Instructor
In 2003, Tracy’s Pilates training was inspired by the healing she experienced recovering from spinal injuries. She set out to learn to create sessions that balance the body to be both energized and relaxed. Now she helps seekers find solutions, remove restrictions and improve their movement. Tracy enjoys the challenge of providing effective Pilates for a diverse audience including teacher trainees, athletes, yogis and active agers. She’s seen how Pilates works for everyone. Her studies and experiences developed her intuitive ability to progress clients in injury recovery. With a playful approach to this mindful practice, a session with Tracy lifts the spirit as well as the body.
Tracy received her Pilates Instructor Certificate from The Pilates Center of Austin in 2007. After apprenticing under Cara Reeser’s direction, she was invited to continue teaching at Pilates Aligned in Denver, Colorado. In 2013 she opened Center Stream Pilates. Seeking the brightest movement teachers to advance her skills, she looked toward Irene Dowd, Michelle Larson, Mary Bowen, Tom Meyers, Mariska Breland and Madeline Black.
Tracy continued studies with her mentors - certified in Wendy LeBlanc-Arbuckle’s master teaching program Passing the Torch in 2012 and Cara Reeser’s Kathy S. Grant Heritage Training in 2019.
Additional Certificates - Pilates for Neurological Conditions and Balanced Body Core Align
About Michelle
Michelle Garcia, Pilates Instructor
Michelle Garcia grew up in sunny South Florida enjoying ocean life and staying busy playing soccer and running track.
Being active and always looking for the next innovation in movement and exercise, in 2002, she discovered the Mari Windsor Pilates DVDs, and quickly fell in love.
Pilates became a passion and she was Mat certified in 2004 and equipment certified from the Kane School of Core Integration shortly thereafter. She’s been teaching Pilates now for over 16 years.
While teaching at a Physical Therapist office in Palm Beach, FL she was introduced to Redcord – a suspension based modality using the instability of ropes for balancing and body weight for resistance. Redcord and Pilates went hand-in-hand and she was certified in 2013 as a Redcord Active Specialist.
In 2014, Michelle relocated to Boulder, Colorado. The transition to mountain life was easy as she quickly picked up hiking and mountain biking and discovered the healing benefits of Reiki. Always the student, she became certified in Reiki 1&2 in 2017.
Since moving to Colorado, Michelle has been teaching at Center Stream Pilates Studio. There, surrounded be a strong core group of instructors, she was introduced to Core Align and became certified in 2019.
Michelle has a fun and lighthearted teaching style with emphasis on clear communication and cues. While training with Michelle, you will always be at ease and know what it expected of you. You’ll most certainly laugh as you get stronger and build confidence and a more knowledgeable relationship with your body. Michelle has a unique way of making people feel more alive and vibrant while helping them become pain free. Trust you will leave your sessions feeling great!