Merve Alpay

Website

https://www.gyrotonicistanbulcenter.com/

About

Genetic spinal stenosis in her early twenties led Merve to research into various means of rehabilitation and body-mind integration. She started practising yoga to release the tansion of her body while her dance education around her 15 years old. And after she learned her injury, she was introduced to pilates in 2005. This was the beginning of the revelation as for the first time after the limitation of illness, she could take control over her condition and bring change from within.

In 2008 she decided to open her own pilatesstudio in her neighbourhood to introduce people the tools to heal themselves and to start breathing. And at the end of that year she qualified as a GYROTONIC and GYROKINESIS trainer and bring this brand new method to her country as a first Turk.

In all these years of body work journey; she found chance to attend educations of; JuliuHorvath, Shiva Rea, Judy Orlandella, Cyndi Lee, Mirka Krafsow, PT John F. Barnes, Alexander Bohlender, Madeline Black, Julia Steils and many other proffessionals.

She keeps working in her studio to teach ;elders how to move safely in their golden years, athletes and dancers how to move organic and free with ease. And she is giving GYROTONIC and GYROKINESIS teacher trainings for the teachers who want to go deep in movement and learn the art of exercising.

Merve believes that the body must be seen as a whole, needs to move in a harmony, with the rhytm and breathe. Her aim is to help people to sense their bodies outside to inside and vise versa, move with ease, in a flow and catlike and as a result build a deep strength.

İstanbul doğumlu olan Merve Alpay, çok küçük yaşlarda başladığı dans hayatına genetik faktörlü bir sakatlanma onu engelleyene kadar devam etti. Bu sakatlık, bugün eğitmen yetiştirdiği, rahatsızlıkları sebebiyle egzersizi yaşam tarzı haline getiren öğrencileriyle  çalıştığı, genç bale öğrencileri ve atletlerle yaptığı dersler sayesinde dinamizmini koruduğu Anadolu yakasının en kapsamlı egzersiz stüdyosunu açmasında büyük rol oynadı. Bugün hala alanında kendini geliştirmeye devam eden Merve Alpay’ın en önemli misyonu  yaşadığı semtteki insanlara nefes aldırabilmek, bedenleriyle, tekrar bir olmalarını sağlamak, bedenin ve yaşamın  içinde rahatlamalarına katkıda bulunmaktır. 

 

2009 yılından beri GYROTONIC dersi veren Merve, 2012’de GYROTONIC ve GYROKINESIS Pre-Trainer olmaya ve böylece Türkiye’de ilk GYROTONIC ismini taşıyan stüdyoyu açmaya hak kazanmıştır. GYROTONIC Istanbul Center bünyesinde eğitmenler yetiştirmeye ve dünyanın bir çok yerinden davet ettiği master eğitmenlerle, bu mesleğe gönlünü koymuş ülkemiz eğitmenlerini buluşturarak, onların eğitim becerilerini geliştirebilecek devam eğitimlerini almalarına alan açmıştır. 2018 yılında, ülkemizdeki ilk GYROTONIC Final Sertifika eğitimi yurt dışından gelen yabancı eğitmen adaylarının da katılımıyla gerçekleşmiştir. 

2019 yılında pilot açılan Master Eğitmenlik programına davet edilen dünyadaki 23 kişiden biri olarak, program gerekliliklerini tamamlayarak eğitmenlik eğitimleri vermeye hak kazanmıştır. Kendini geliştirmeye, öğrenmeye ve öğretmeye devam etmektedir.

Günümüzde GYROKINESIS ve GYROTONIC, JUMPING STRETCHING BOARD Master Trainer’ı olarak eğitimler düzenleyerek Juliu’nun renkli dünyasını öğrencilerine öğretmektedir.

 

My Qualifications

  • GYROTONIC® Apprentice
  • GYROTONIC® Trainer
  • GYROTONIC® Pre-Trainer
  • GYROTONIC® Master Trainer
  • GYROTONIC® Jumping Stretching Board Master Trainer
  • GYROKINESIS® Apprentice
  • GYROKINESIS® Trainer
  • GYROKINESIS® Pre-Trainer
  • GYROKINESIS® Master Trainer

My Training

  • GYROTONIC® Level 1 Pre-Training Course
  • GYROTONIC® Level 1 Foundation Course
  • GYROTONIC® Level 1 Final Certificate Course
  • GYROTONIC® Applications for the Shoulder Girdle
  • GYROTONIC® Applications for Scoliosis
  • GYROTONIC® Applications for the Pelvic Girdle
  • Gyrotonic Level 2 Pre-Training Course (legacy)
  • Gyrotonic Level 2 Course (legacy)
  • GYROTONIC® Applications for Pre-Post Natal (legacy)
  • GYROTONIC® Jumping-Stretching Board Course
  • GYROTONIC® Pre-Trainer Update Course
  • GYROTONIC® Applications for Dancers Level 1
  • GYROTONIC® Level 1 Update Course
  • GYROTONIC® Pre-Trainer Update Course
  • GYROTONIC® Applications for the Fascial Body
  • GYROTONIC® Applications for Scoliosis
  • GYROTONIC® Level 2, Program 2 Pre-Training Course
  • GYROTONIC® Pre-Trainer Update Course
  • GYROTONIC® Archway Level 1 Course
  • GYROTONIC® Pre-Trainer Update Course
  • GYROTONIC® Pre-Trainer Update Course
  • GYROTONIC® Pre-Trainer Update Course
  • GYROTONIC® Pre-Trainer Update Course
  • The GYROTONIC® Method- Lost and Found
  • GYROTONIC® Jumping-Stretching Board Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Level 1 Pre-Training Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Level 1 Foundation Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Level 1 Final Certificate Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Breathing Course (legacy)
  • GYROKINESIS® Lotus Blossom, Program 1 Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Pre-Trainer Update Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Level 1 Update Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Pre-Trainer Update Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Rejuvenation Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Lotus Blossom, Program 2 Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Pre-Trainer Update Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Pre-Trainer Update Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Pre-Trainer Update Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Pre-Trainer Update Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Pre-Trainer Update Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Pre-Trainer Update Course

Teacher Training Course Schedule

Virtual Class Schedule

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“The ultimate aim is to be at home in one’s body, to be at one with the nature of oneself, and to experience exercise as a creative and delightful experience.”
– Juliu Horvath