About Ginny
Heart-Centered Pilates Instructors from across the nation rely upon Pilates Communication Expert and Master Educator Ginny Massie to highlight the “unspoken teaching skills” required to provide magnetic group classes and enriched movement experiences for clients so they can show up as the confident leader of the room with a schedule full of dream clients.
A results-focused “connector of mental and physical knowledge,“ Ginny is your secret weapon to rock client success and your bottom dollar.
Ginny Massie is a graduate of Balanced Body Pilates Education (BB), one of the first to graduate from BB and then go on to become a BB Master Instructor; she is also certified with the National Pilates Certification Program (NPCP) and adds to her education yearly with mentors across the industry.
Ginny Massie has taught over five hundred clients since 2004, all with their own unique conditions, mindsets, and abilities. Being able to traverse the learning styles and body conditions of so many individuals formed the keys that Ginny now uses to tap into the emotional background tied to movement.
Coming into teaching Pilates from a “non-mover” background herself, allowed Ginny to look beyond the physical when teaching and tap into the human connection. Using diverse communication skills, along with her intuitive nature, she created a compassionate learning environment for her clients which allowed them to excel in their movement.
Understanding there is a lack of education for instructors on the finer arts of teaching, she has been a passionate advocate for empowering Pilates instructors with broad communication skills, teaching strategies, and movement knowledge deeply rooted in the Pilates system and movement science. Ginny has been mentoring Pilates instructors for thirteen years and teaching Balanced Body Education to the next generation of Pilates instructors since 2015. Ginny lives in Apple Valley, MN with her husband, three kids, and two adorable, yet spoiled, ragdoll cats.
In 2020 Ginny established Samakaya Pilates and Movement, a boutique Pilates studio focusing on private sessions and the healing modalities of movement in a quiet one-to-one setting. And in 2021 as a master Pilates teacher, Ginny founded Beyond the Basics Pilates Training Systems to help empower heart-driven instructors to go beyond their basic training. These programs provide powerful skills in the teaching arts so that instructors can provide transformational experiences for their clients and become known as outstanding leaders of movement in their community, ultimately enhancing their bank book allowing them to continue teaching Pilates as a career for many years to come.