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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 […]
View ArticleThe 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 […]
View ArticleJuliu 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 […]
View ArticleFinding 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. […]
View ArticleAwareness 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 […]
View ArticleTeaching 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, […]
View ArticleComplementing 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 […]
View ArticleBanking 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 […]
View ArticleTraining and Teaching with Physical Limitations
Blog Content // Interviews // Testimonial // October 24, 2022
Cina Canada, GYROTONIC® Headquarters Media Coordinator, sat down for a conversation with Gyrotonic Trainer Chandler Moore Sanders about her journey as a movement professional and teaching with a physical limitation. In this interview, she shares about the role that teaching the GYROTONIC® Method has played in her life and how her limited vision has in […]
View ArticleMovement Professional Finds Fresh Inspiration in GYROTONIC® Education
Blog Content // Interviews // Testimonial // September 13, 2022
GYROTONIC® Trainer Chandler Moore Sanders, has always been a lover of movement. Cina Canada, Gyrotonic Headquarters Media Coordinator, sat down for a conversation with Chandler about her journey as a movement professional. In this interview, she shares about how she discovered the GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® Methods and how this system expanded her teaching repertoire. You […]
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