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OUR STORY

Originally named En Route Movement, our studio was founded in 2007 by Jenn Marie Maynard-Earle. Jenn Marie created a truly unique studio that provides a most genuine movement experience. Welcoming, inviting, honest, humble and truthful were the inspiring qualities for her as she kept the studio alive and thriving for 7 years. But as life often changes, in 2014, Jenn Marie left Salt Lake City and passed the studio onto Bre Dumke Helfrich.

Breanna Dumke Helfrich, MSc, PhD, known as Bre, shares the same love for Pilates and the GYROTONIC® Method that Jenn Marie cultivated at the studio. Having survived a mountaineering accident in 2010, it was Pilates that took her rehabilitation beyond her expectations. Upon graduation with her MSc in Health and Exercise Science at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, she moved to Denver to further study Pilates. Bre completed her comprehensive Pilates training through Balanced Body in 2011 and has since taught Pilates at several studios in Colorado, South Dakota and now Utah.  Forever a movement nerd, Bre decided to take her teaching knowledge further in 2013 and began her training in the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® . She is now a Certified Level 1 & 2 GYROTONIC® Instructor and is also trained to teach on all accessory equipment; the Archway, GYROTONER®, Jumping-Stretching Board, and Leg Extension Unit. Additionally, she is a Certified GYROKINESIS® teacher. She also recently earned her PhD at the University of Utah in Health & Kinesiology with an empahsis on Cognitive & Motor Neuroscience. Forever grateful to those who have helped her along her teaching and healing journey, her teaching is infused with a deep sense of patience, curiosity, and joy.

While it has been an honor to continue En Route Movement, in 2019 we rebranded as Movement Design Lab. Our goal is to help teach you how your body is truly designed to move so that you can enjoy all aspects of life.

OUR TEACHERS

 In addition to Bre, we are pleased to also have Kate McDermott, Laura Blakely, Tatiana Stevenson, Allison Shir and Victoria Vassos as our community of talented teachers here at Movement Design Lab! All of our teachers have a deep understanding of human movement interwoven with their own unique perspectives with this work. Please click each teacher’s photo for their personal bio.