THE DANAHER METHOD

Myofascial Release | Pilates | Strength Training

About the Method

The Danaher Method is a synthesized blend of myofascial release, Pilates & strength training empowering clients towards, grace, strength and balance.

The approach empowers the client to understand their own movement patterns & muscle imbalances. Clients accumulate skills, find balance and level up their movement practice in a thoughtful way.

Catherine (Danaher)’s teaching approach is informed by her background in athletics, anatomical knowledge and work as a personal trainer, self-myofascial release practitioner and Pilates instructor.

Sessions take place at The Floor on Atlantic, 310 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn.

CATHERINE DANAHER

Pilates | Personal Training | Group Fitness | Corporate Wellness

What We Do

PRIVATE TRAINING

Private sessions combine modalities - Pilates, Myo-fascial Release and Strength Training. Sessions are anatomically led with strategic exercise progressions. The approach empowers the client to understand their own movement patterns & muscle imbalances. Clients accumulate skills, find balance and level up their movement practice in a thoughtful way.

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PRE-NATAL & POSTPARTUM

Organized in class semesters, we offer pre-natal and postpartum small group training. The series is designed to be a welcoming and supportive space that helps pregnant and postpartum parents connect to your body, understand and access muscles of your core & pelvic floor and safely incorporate strength training into your routine. Most importantly, each class is an opportunity to share, connect and feel supported.

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GROUP FITNESS

Weekly group classes blend the physicality of Pilates and Strength Training with calming Myofascial Release, in a welcoming space.
Classes are hosted at The Floor on Atlantic in Brooklyn and Online.

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CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS

Corporate Wellness Programming focuses on muscle release & stress relief. We partner with organizations of all sizes.
Programming is inspired by founder, Catherine Danaher’s, 15 years of working in the corporate world in SF, Hong Kong and New York.

CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES

ON-DEMAND CLASS LIBRARY

Our digital library makes movement accessible. Explore over 60 videos ranging in modality from Myofascial Release to Pilates to Strength Training.

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FEEDBACK

Hear What Clients are Saying

I needed help reintroducing fitness into my life but was struggling with confidence and lack of motivation. Not only did she help me get back on track, but through her intelligent and compassionate approach, I’ve achieved more than I had thought would be possible in my fitness and recognize further health benefits.

Carolyn,
Personal Training Client

The Danaher Method is my favorite workout in NYC...I love the mix of HIIT and circuit training with barre and Pilates influence.

Catherine is a knowledgeable and attentive instructor, keeping a quick class pace but always sharing modifications. She has such a warm and welcoming energy, no wonder the TDM community is so amazing. I now strength train privately with Catherine 1x/week and I’ve never felt stronger. I highly recommend Catherine and TDM to anyone looking to level up their fitness routine!

Nina,
Personal Training Client

Working out with Catherine is amazing. She has the perfect combination of intensity and humanity, and you finish your work out feeling amazing and powerful....The only decent thing to come out of COVID was finding Catherine"

Julie K., NYC

"I have noticed a difference in my endurance and balance since starting the TDM Light program. Catherine has a wonderful way of encouraging you, explaining how to do each exercise and suggesting modifications. And she makes it fun!

Linda, SC

Client notes from the past 2 weeks 🤍🤍

It is a GIFT to spend my time helping people feel good, learn about their movement patterns and to give them tools and information to connect to & level up their movement practice

#personaltraining #pilatesbrooklyn #selfmyofascialrelease

➡️ thedanahermethod.com/smallgrouptraining

Fall 2026 classes meet weekly Sept 12-Nov 7
Space is limited. Register Aug 8 - Aug 31.

Daily, I am humbled by something I thought would feel easy and instead it feels hard
Conversely, sometimes I feel 10x stronger than I did before my son was born.
Everything is temporary.
Everything is a work in progress.
Everyday is a lesson in patience and kindness to myself (and others!).

If you want to explore ways to work together, see the link in bio for:
Classes
1:1 waitlist
Prenatal & postpartum offerings

Since early in 2025 I’ve been offering support for your pregnancy & postpartum journey (postpartum classes came at the request of a member of the community and, from that, an entire program has developed).

I offer safe & effective Online Classes for Pregnancy & Postpartum Recovery. These classes are self-paced and available for you to complete on your own time. As a new mom myself, I know how precious free time is.

I also offer In-Person Classes that are organized in seasonal cohorts. In these classes, pregnant and postpartum moms come together to move, breathe and connect to your body.

The next set of cohorts will begin in September and right now I’m gathering information to put together the Fall groups. If you’re interested, please add your information and share this with a friend!

Your input informs the groups - prenatal, newly postpartum or you’re a few months/years postpartum but still looking for support rebuilding.

➡️ thedanahermethod.com/smallgrouptraining

If you wake up with sore hands and it’s difficult to uncoil your fingers, suffer from “mommy wrist” (like me!), or are human and use phone a lot this is a class to try.

The class: Healthy Wrist & Hand Roll & Release
Where: the TDM Online Class Library in the Roll & Release channel

This class is available to rent and is included in your online library subscription - our weekly live stream classes are included in your online subscription too.

*I’m using @tuneupfitness therapy balls

➡️ thedanahermethod.com/onlineclasses

#mommywrist #mommywristpain #healthyhands #wristmyofascialrelease #healthywrists

Our second Pelvic Health workshop with @beyondbasicphysicaltherapy

The workshop covered pelvic floor anatomy and physiology, core coordination and intra-abdominal pressure. Then, we practiced ways to incorporate these concepts into life and movement. Attendees learned breathing techniques, self-myofascial release and exercises for optimal core coordination.

It was important to us that attendees walk away with increased body-awareness and actionable strategies for movement.

If you couldn’t join but are still interested in this topic, you’re in luck! We cover lots of these concepts in our Body Organization online class, in our prenatal + postpartum classes.

PLUS, on the TDM online library we have classes that are dedicated to these concepts.

For additional resources on pelvic health including a • • •Pelvic Health Guide
•Online classes for a healthy pelvic floor
➡️thedanahermethod.com/pelvichealthform

It’s like a yawn for your spine into fire for your glutes & hamstrings! Coming to the next Body Organization class, our online, low impact class where you’ll practice breathing techniques, strengthen deep core muscles, build healthy hips and arms plus strengthen the muscles of the glutes & lower-back. This class will blend modalities across Pilates, strength, myofascial release and rest.

Fridays at 8:00pm
Join thru the link in bio!

For me* 6 months postpartum is:

• Feeling strong and weak equally

• Core feels great but my arms feel like they are falling off my body and “mommy wrist” needs constant tending.

• My ribcage does.not.want.to.move which means I’m doing thoracic mobility (like this) as much as I can

• Exercise comes in 15min chunks of free time, and that’s enough for now

• Reminding myself that everything is temporary

TDM has tools to support you during your pregnancy & postpartum journey. That looks like:

• In-person prenatal & postpartum classes in Brooklyn (where we move like I am in this vid)

• Online classes for each trimester & recovery

• 1:1 sessions online and IRL

#myofascialrelease #selfmyofascialrelease #postpartum pilates

This week was the last class for the Spring cohort of our small group training. This is a group of prenatal and postpartum moms who meet weekly.

I lead a class that teaches breathwork, helps rebuild and bring awareness into core muscles, introduces techniques to calm the nervous system and teaches a myofascial release practice to help with chest and shoulder tightness and tightness, frankly,everywhere.

But the best part of the class is where everybody talks about what’s going on their life, how they feel in their pregnancy and postpartum journey, information is shared, advice is given, everyone helps each other.

I’ve been teaching this class for almost 2 years with the cohorts shuffling seasonally. This season, was my first time teaching the group since having a baby and that lent an entirely new perspective.

I’m so grateful for these groups, for being able to hold the space and for the members of the group who helped me as much as I’ve helped them.

UPDATE: In May, DROP-IN classes will be offered.
7 classes only.
Weds 12:15pm
Sat 8:45am

For information on upcoming classes & cohorts:

➡️thedanahermethod.com/classes

➡️thedanahermethod.com/smallgrouptraining

DROP IN CLASSES!!
Weds 12:15 & Sat 8:45am in May

Cohorts offered seasonally. Next group will begin Fall 2026.

You can find more information & register below:
Classes:
➡️thedanahermethod.com/classes

Cohort Information:
➡️thedanahermethod.com/smallgrouptraining

Have you ever tried self-myofascial release for your chest?

Great if you…

…sit at a desk
…spend time on your phone
…sleep on your side
…are pregnant/breast feeding
…strength train
…are any body really

It is an essential area of the body that I address with my clients all the time. There’s two great online classes to support this too…

On prenatal/postpartum specifically…

With the prenatal and postpartum clients that I work with, something that frequently comes up is tightness in the chest and shoulders. This is because of many things, including changing shape of the body and postural changes (e.g. more of a rounding forward). Using a @yogatuneup ball for self-myofascial release can be a game changer in supporting posture and overall comfort.

Practice this with us :
• Take an online class (specifically “Chest & Shoulder Rebuild” or “Heart Opening Fascia Release”
• Join our online body organization class
• Take a class with us in the studio

➡️thedanahermethod.com

And the most important take away is that @thejillmiller is a genius teacher (and a fun person). Follow her if you don’t already!!
#fascia #selfmyofascialrelease #fasciascience

All the healthy hip, core and thoracic movement stuff as I program for our Strength, Stretch & Release and Body Organization classes

Fridays 8am *online
Saturday 10am *in studio

Visit the website for class schedule

A TDM Case Study: I had a virtual 1:1 session with someone I’ve known a long time. She was a client in the prenatal + postpartum small group training program and since then she has had kid #2 and moved to another city.

She reached out for an online 1:1 session to help with some very uncomfortable sciatic and lower-back pain. It was pretty amazing how just 1 session had a major impact on her wellbeing and reducing pain.

This month we’ve been talking about the roll of the pelvic floor. With this client it was about the pelvic floor connection to lower-back and sciatic pain.

On the blog (and in the March email), we have a Client Case Study where I’m talking about our session, my approach to this client how we were able to get her out of pain.

Read about it at
➡️thedanahermethod.com/blog

#prenatal #postpartumcare #pilates #personaltrainer

Joy 🩶

Read about how I worked with this client on the blog

➡️ thedanahermethod.com/blog

Live footage of a movement teacher and new mom trying to:
1/ Rebuild my core
2/ Stretch my tight chest/shoulders
3/ Rebuild my posture
4/ Calm my nervous system

All in the 2.5 minutes of free time I have in a day 😵‍💫

I started teaching this program more than a year ago at the request of a client who was 2yr postpartum. She had gone back to her regular workouts - long walks, strength training - and was experiencing intense sciatica and lower back pain. After some physical therapy sessions, her prognosis was to rebuild her core strength.

Postpartum, she’d gone back to her normal routine (which I know we are all dying to do) but needed more support connecting to her core, rebuilding her pelvic floor and strengthening her inner unit. She asked if I could put together a movement program and I said yes. That was last January and here’s what she said after the 8 week series.

“This pelvic floor focused strength class has been so instrumental to my journey 2 years after having my firstborn and actively going through a second pregnancy. Catherine dedicates her time learning about each member’s body and helps build a workout plan that strengthens the core and pelvic muscles. She also helps explain how each muscle group works in clear detail and incorporates breathwork techniques to help reinforce the muscles. I highly recommend this class for all new moms, moms in general or anyone looking to reconnect with their body !!! “

The Small Group Training series is a gentle, welcoming class series for pregnant and postpartum parents to come together to move, breathe and connect. It’s designed to be a welcoming and supportive space to help you connect to your body, understand and access muscles of your core & pelvic floor and safely incorporate strength training into your routine.

This next session is my first time teaching these series since going thru pregnancy / labor / recovery myself which has unlocked an additional layer to fold into the work.

Sessions begin in March
➡️ Register thru thedanahermethod.com/smallgrouptraining

Here for all the normal, real person things…

For online classes, prenatal & postpartum care and information on working together
➡️ thedanahermethod.com

I’m sharing some thoughts / learnings / on exercise during third trimester. This is based on my experience as a Pilates teacher, as a personal trainer and as someone who works with pregnant and new moms.

Everyone’s experience is their own, pregnancy is incredibly personal and no ones experience is the same. Here I offer some thoughts, I hope you will take what serves you and leave what doesn’t.

Our Prenatal + Postpartum Training resumes in March for the Spring semester (March - May). To learn more:

Join our mailing list for expecting / curious / postpartum moms
➡️ thedanahermethod.com/prepostnatalcommunity

Learn about prenatal & postpartum small group training
➡️ thedanahermethod.com/smallgrouptraining

Explore our online classes
➡️ thedanahermethod.com/digitallibraryinfo

Body Organization: A low impact class where we practice breathing techniques, strengthen deep core muscles, build healthy hips and arms plus strengthen the muscles of the glutes & lower-back. Joy!

Find the schedule on our website

#onlineclass #pilatesmeetsrelease #bodyorganization

Can you do this? Sit down and stand up from the floor without using your hands? Let’s work on it together.

Opportunities to move together:
• Live stream classes
• The Danaher Method Online Class Library
• Private Training with Catherine
• Prenatal and Postpartum support
• Studio Classes Spring 2026

#letsdothis

Mamas back teaching classes! Live online classes in January. I hope you’ll join me🩶

Body Organization
Monday’s: Jan 12, Jan 19, Jan 25

All levels are welcome

$12 for Digital Library Subscribers*
$20 for non-subscribers
*subscribers will receive a booking code

To register:
➡️ thedanahermethod.com/workoutwithus

A personal note to close out the year…
2025 was really something…I am blessed that through this practice I help people feel good in their bodies. I’m a firm believer that when we feel good in our bodies we are better able to share goodness & peace with the world around us. May we take some of that into 2026.

Thank you for being a part of this year. I hope you’ll join me in a soft, peaceful, and healthy 2026

#2025reflections #thedanahermethod

Between full schedules and broken routines, balance can feel hard to find, but small tools can make a big difference.

•Breathe + hum to calm your nervous system
•Release jaw & face tension with simple fascia work
•Stick to movement that feels familiar and doable
• Give yourself permission to be human

These 4 simple shifts can help you feel more grounded during the busiest time of year. The full blog is linked in stories.

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