The gyrotonic expansion system®
The Gyrotonic Expansion System is a unique, holistic approach to movement. Some of the benefits of a regular Gyrotonic practice include a healthier, more supple spine, increased range of motion, greater joint stability, improved agility and athletic performance, and a deep internal strength. Experienced Gyrotonic trainers offer personalized sessions that are adapted to fit the needs of all ages, and abilities, from seniors, to those recovering from injury, to highly skilled professional athletes.
The Gyrotonic method is an original and unique movement method that addresses the entire person, opening energy pathways, stimulating the nervous system, increasing range of motion, and improving strength and movement efficiency. The Gyrotonic method is practiced in group or private classes under the instruction of a qualified Gyrotonic trainer. With Gyrotonic exercises, each movement flows into the next, allowing the joints to move through a natural range of motion without jarring or compression. These carefully crafted sequences create balance, efficiency, strength and flexibility.
The Gyrotonic method is an original and unique movement method that addresses the entire person, opening energy pathways, stimulating the nervous system, increasing range of motion, and improving strength and movement efficiency. The Gyrotonic method is practiced in group or private classes under the instruction of a qualified Gyrotonic trainer. With Gyrotonic exercises, each movement flows into the next, allowing the joints to move through a natural range of motion without jarring or compression. These carefully crafted sequences create balance, efficiency, strength and flexibility.
SPECIALIZED GYROTONIC® EQUIPMENT
The human body is designed to work as one harmonious system, to follow arcing and spiraling paths of motion, and to transition from one movement to the next smoothly and efficiently. Gyrotonic method creator, Juliu Horvath, designed a specialized line of equipment around these natural movement patterns. Because Gyrotonic equipment is highly adjustable, it can be customized to fit each persons unique physique and ability, adapting for things such as height, arm/leg length and range of motion.
Juliu Horvath - Gyrokinesis® & Gyrotonic Expansion System®
The Gyrotonic Expansion System was created by Romanian-born Hungarian Juliu Horvath. Horvath was born in 1942 in Temesvar, Romania. His love for movement was apparent from the time he was a small child. He began to study dance when he was 19, and by the time he was 21, was a principle dancer for the Romanian National Ballet Company. While on tour in Italy in 1970, he defected from Romania. After receiving political asylum in the United States, he moved to New York City.
In the early 1980’s Horvath began teaching a new movement system that was based on six years of studying yoga and meditation; he called this system “Yoga for Dancers”. Initially “Yoga for Dancers” was taught at Steps on Broadway and at Juliu’s own location - White Cloud Studio. In the beginning, most of Juliu’s students were professional dancers. As demand for his classes grew, and the diversity of his clientele increased, Juliu refined Yoga for Dancers, creating a class format that almost any person could perform, regardless of age or state of health.
Horvath named this refined version of Yoga for Dancers the Gyrokinesis Method. The original Yoga for Dancers movements are still taught as part of the Gyrokinesis Level 2 Program. At White Cloud Studio, Juliu continued to develop and refine this method - developing the Gyrotonic Method and the Gyrotonic equipment. The Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis Methods quickly gained an international following, becoming popular in Europe, Asia, Australia, and the USA. The Gyrotonic Expansion System has now grown to encompass over 13,000 Trainers in 84 countries.
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