LINKS
 

Pilates

Balanced Body University (BBU)
Tom McCook is a Pilates certifying instructor for BBU, the educational division of Balanced Body. The Center of Balance & BBU Program is designed to create thoughtful, creative and successful Pilates teachers.

Balanced Body
Center of Balance is a dealer for this leading manufacturer of quality Pilates Equipment and Props.

Pilates Method Alliance
Professional organization dedicated to maintaining high standards of teaching in the Pilates method.

Pilates on Tour
Tom McCook is a presenter for Pilates-On-Tour, which brings top instructors to key cities for continuing education training.

Yoga

Ashtanga Yoga
Ashtanga yoga resources, events and classes around the world.

David Swenson - Ashtanga Yoga Productions
Workshops and resources by advanced yoga teacher David Swenson.

Ana Forrest Yoga
Classes, workshops and resources by Ana Forrest.

Purple Valley Yoga Centre
Yoga Shala in Goa, India for Ashtanga enthusiasts.

Sports

Shane Gould
Five time medalist in the 1972 Olympics, and only swimmer to hold every world freestyle record from 100m to 1500m simultaneously, Shane is our friend and colleague from Australia.

Stanford University Swimming
A top swimming team in national and international rankings, Tom McCook was a conditioning coach for the women's team from 1998 to 2003.

Anatomy and Movement

Franklin Method
Center of Balance is a host of teacher training courses taught by Eric Franklin covering Imagery, Experiential Anatomy, Reconditioning Movement, plus special features.

BodyCode System Italy
BodyCode System U.S.
Innovative system of exercise techniques and devices created by Pino Carbone of Florence, Italy including the Pegasus, Geometrix, Elvis "the Pelvis", MasterStretch, ProArch and the Sculptor. Center of Balance is one of the first studios in the US to incorporate BodyCode into our work.

Nutrition and Well-Being

Optimum Health Institute
Alternative health education and cleansing facility. Raw foods, vegetables and sprouts, and wheatgrass juice comprise a major part of the nutritional aspect of the program.

VibrantLiving.org
Workshops, seminars, and retreats for learning about raw and living foods.

Good Works (a list of some of the important organizations we support)

Oxfam America
International non-profit, non-governmental organization supporting self-help development projects, human rights, peace and justice.

Golden Gate Labrador Retriever Rescue
All-volunteer organization dedicated to finding loving homes for unwanted Labrador Retrievers. We were blessed to find Brody through this wonderful network of tireless individuals!

Pesticide Action Network
International advocacy organization advancing healthier solutions to toxic pesticide use and genetically-modified food production.

Amnesty International
Organization working to protect human rights worldwide.

Lance Armstrong Foundation
Research, advocacy, support organization dedicated to helping people struggling with cancer to live strong.

Habitat for Humanity
International organization seeking to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties
Organization helping some 162,000 low-income children, adults and seniors through collecting and distributing more than 30 million pounds of food each year.

Sierra Club
Grassroots organization working to protect communities and the health of the planet.

United Farm Workers
Advocacy organization working to improve the lives and working conditions of farm workers and their families.

The Nature Conservancy
International organization whose goal is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth, by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.

El Porvenir
Organization dedicated to improving the standard of living of poor people in Nicaragua through sustainable self-help water, sanitation and reforestation projects.

Child Labor Photo Project
Team of photographers and journalists working to educate and motivate people into action by bringing home individual stories of children throughout the world.

KPFA
Community-supported radio dedicated to promoting free speech, and cultural and political involvement.

 

Photography

Chris Conroy Photography
Our friend and neighbor whose artistic photos appear on our homepage.