About
Dawnna Wayburne has been closely involved in the area of physical training for most of her life and, since early childhood, trained as a Ballet dancer; Dawnna has been a Registered teacher of the Royal Academy of Dancing as well as an Associate Diploma holder of the Imperial Society of Dancing for over 30 years and has been recognized as a Lifetime member.Since 1973 Dawnna has trained intensively in the Pilates field and has, over the years, worked with Master teachers of universal repute some of whom worked with Joseph Pilates himself. Dawnna was the first to set up a studio in HK that offered both the Gyrotonic and Pilates methods . The success of her programme can be directly related to her ability to develop and maintain high instructor standards and the fact that she has been able to bring together a variety of training techniques to create a unique exercise environment from which clients and students alike benefit greatly.Dawnna is the Education Director of Polestar Pilates Asia Inc.,the Asian Licensee and a Principal Educator for the Polestar Pilates® Education LLC, based in Miami Florida, world leaders in the field of Pilates instructor training for fitness and rehabilitation professionals. She spends a considerable part of her time conducting instructor training programmes in Hong Kong and other cities in Asia.A true movement and training specialist, Dawnna continues to seminars and courses in the fields of both Pilates and the Gyrotonic systems as well as keeping up with her own ballet studio of close to 300 students.
She especially enjoys sharing the work of Juliu Horvath, with whom she first took classes in the the 1990’s at his White Cloud Studio in New York.
My Qualifications
- GYROTONIC® Trainer
- GYROTONIC® Pre-Trainer
- GYROTONIC® Final Certificate Course Master Trainer
- GYROTONIC® Master Trainer
- GYROTONIC® Jumping Stretching Board Master Trainer
- GYROTONER® Master Trainer
- GYROTONIC® Archway, Level 1 Master Trainer
- GYROTONIC® L2, Pre-Training, Program 2 Master Trainer
- GYROTONIC® L2, Pre-Training, Program 1 Master Trainer
- GYROTONIC® L2, Foundation, Program 2 Master Trainer
- GYROTONIC® L2, Foundation, Program 1 Master Trainer
- GYROTONIC® Level 1 with Music Master Trainer
- GYROTONIC® Specialized Master Trainer
- GYROKINESIS® Master Trainer
- GYROKINESIS® Pre-Trainer
- GYROKINESIS® Trainer
- GYROKINESIS® Level 2 Beginner Master Trainer
- GYROKINESIS® Breathing Course Intensive Master Trainer
- GYROKINESIS® Specialized Master Trainer
- GYROKINESIS® Lotus Blossom, Level 1 Master Trainer
- GYROKINESIS® Lotus Blossom, Level 2 Master Trainer
- GYROKINESIS® Happy Moves Master Trainer
- GYROKINESIS® Final Certificate Course Master Trainer
My Training
- GYROTONIC® Applications for Scoliosis
- GYROTONIC® Level 1 as a Musical Journey
- GYROTONIC® Principles Applied to Dynamic Trunk Stabilization
- GYROTONIC® Archway Level 1 Course
- GYROTONIC® Jumping-Stretching Board Course
- GYROKINESIS® Breathing Course Intensive
- GYROKINESIS® Level 2 Beginner Course
- GYROKINESIS® Level 2 Course
- GYROKINESIS® Happy Moves Course
- GYROKINESIS® Lotus Blossom, Program 1 Course
- GYROKINESIS® Lotus Blossom, Program 2 Course
- GYROKINESIS® Rejuvenation Course
- GYROTONIC® Archway (as single course-legacy)
- Gyrotonic Level 2 Course (legacy)
- GYROTONIC® Pre-Trainer Update Course
- GYROTONIC® Applications for Juliu's Wrapping System
- GYROKINESIS® Pre-Trainer Update Course
- GYROTONIC® Jumping Stretching Board Refresher Course
- GYROKINESIS® Cardiovascular Breathing Course- Progression 1
- GYROKINESIS® Cardiovascular Breathing Course- Progression 2
Teacher Training Course Schedule
“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
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