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How to become a GYROTONIC® Trainer
How to Become a GYROTONIC® Trainer
Blog Content // Education // April 28, 2025
Are you interested in learning how to become a licensed GYROTONIC® Trainer? Every Gyrotonic Trainer starts out right where you are—falling in love with the method, session by session. The Teacher Training Program is designed to help you deepen your personal practice while learning how to guide others skillfully. There are two in-depth teacher training […]
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Passing the Torch: Debra Rose on the Legacy and Future of San Francisco GYROTONIC®
Blog Content // Interviews // April 10, 2025
Debra Rose shares her journey with San Francisco GYROTONIC®, a studio that has played a foundational role in the global Gyrotonic community. She reflects on its nearly 40-year evolution—from a small space with limited equipment to an established studio housing a historic collection of early Gyrotonic equipment models. In this conversation, Debra discusses her experiences […]
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Bony Landmarks: Using Bones As a Guide to Observe Movement
Education // April 19, 2024
Introduction Our sincere thanks to Dr. Justine Bernard for creating this enlightening article. Read on as Master Trainer Justine Bernard unveils the fundamental role of bones as navigational tools within the Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis Methods. Offering a glimpse into her recent Master Class: Using Bones as a Guide to Observe Movement, she delves into how […]
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The GYROTONIC® Method and Neuroplasticity
Blog Content // November 03, 2023
Many thanks to GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® Master Trainer Angela Crowley, who wrote this article and gave her permission for us to share. Introduction Neuroplasticity is an exciting, quickly expanding, and respected field of science and medicine, providing vast new applications to us as somatic therapists. The GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® is uniquely conducive to positive neuroplastic […]
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Juliu Horvath on the Origins of the Ultima® XS
Blog Content // Education // Interviews // August 01, 2023
INSPIRATION I started on this project about thirty years ago. I had the idea to create the two equipment models [the Pulley Tower Combination Unit and GYROTONER®] together, but I tried, and I didn’t have the skill at that time. So, I tried all kinds of combinations, but nothing was good enough to be commercially […]
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Finding Possibilities: Teacher Training for the GYROKINESIS® Method in a Wheelchair
Blog Content // Interviews // July 19, 2023
Dana Gingras is a renowned choreographer, filmmaker, performer and a specialized GYROKINESIS® and GYROTONIC® Master Trainer. She is the Master Trainer for Liz Winklaar, a Gyrokinesis Level 1 Trainer. We asked her to share her experience working with Liz and adapting the material for her training and practice. You can read more about Liz, here. […]
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Awareness and Imagination: The GYROKINESIS® Method from a Wheelchair
Blog Content // Interviews // Testimonial // July 19, 2023
Liz Winkelaar is a Gyrokinesis Trainer, choreographer and dancer. She earned a Master’s degree in Canadian Studies at Carleton University, leading to an interest in Disability Art and Culture and to Propeller Dance. In addition to dancing in Propeller Dance’s company, she has taught outreach workshops for Propeller, assisted with the children’s program, and pioneered […]
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Teaching the GYROTONIC® Method From a Wheelchair
Blog Content // Interviews // March 07, 2023
Lorenzo Spadafora is a GYROTONIC® Trainer with a spinal cord injury, practicing and teaching from a wheelchair. I first heard about him from his Master Trainer Igor Abba and was so inspired by their story that I asked to interview them both. Below is my talk with Lorenzo. Lorenzo: I’m in Pesaro in Marche region, […]
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Complementing your Pilates Practice with the GYROTONIC® Method
Blog Content // Education // Interviews // Testimonial // Tips for Trainers // February 03, 2023
4 highly-credentialed movement professionals share their experiences What do you get when you sit down to talk about movement with highly credentialed movement professionals, Dawnna Wayburne, Julie Cordier, Miriam Friedrich-Honorio, and Angela Crowley? Inspired is the first word that comes to mind, but we’re not sure that totally captures the experience, the wisdom, and the […]
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Banking on Change, One Trainer’s Journey to Trusting a Path of Ease
Blog Content // Interviews // January 26, 2023
Estelle Brack is a GYROKINESIS® and GYROTONIC® Trainer & Pre Trainer as well as a snowboarder, kitesurfer, economist, and banker. Cina Canada, Media Coordinator for GYROTONIC® International Headquarters, had the chance to sit down for an interview with Estelle at a Gyrokinesis breathing course led by Juliu Horvath, the founder of the Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis […]
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