Gyrotonic: the art of movement

Edited by Barbara Bonacini, Studio Metapilates Reggio Emilia

This incredible discipline was born in the United States in the 1980s, by the Hungarian dancer Juliu Horvath. After a few years, Juliu breaks his Achilles tendon and this injury suddenly ends his career as a dancer. After the injury, Juliu begins the individual practice of Yoga;

deepens thus the study and the intensive practice of Yoga developing a system called "Yoga for Dancers", with which it creates and deepens the advanced level that will take the name of Gyrokinesis®. Subsequently his creative energies allowed him to develop the Gyrotonic Expansion System ® as we know it today.

Gyrotonic ® is a new training method that stimulates the joints and exercises the muscles. Allows the body to stretch and strengthen at the same time.

The Gyrotonic ® is based on key principles of dance, yoga, martial arts, swimming, and does so through spherical movements, with constant resistance and without interruption.

Each exercise is accompanied by breathing, which used properly regenerates the proper functioning of the diaphragm, leaving a pleasant sensation of fluidity and mobility.

Every sport activity needs strength, flexibility and coordination. The Gyrotonic® provides super athletes of today and tomorrow not only this, but also a higher degree of resistance, versatility and grace in all movements.

This special discipline takes place mainly on some machines designed specifically for Gyrotonic ®. The tools you use during training are fully adaptable to the needs of each body and to different levels of condition. Moreover, they completely eliminate the shocks produced at the beginning and at the end of the movement by conventional machines, which is the cause of many injuries.

WHO IS IT FOR?

Gyrotonic®, thanks to its adaptability and extreme versatility, has no limitation of age, sex or health conditions. His practice is for everyone.

The particularity of this discipline allows to draw benefits in a rather short time.

The necessities that push us to seek, therefore to choose, a physical activity rather than another, change according to priorities and personal experiences. The only requirement is to want to do something for ourselves, the desire to get better is in fact the best push to start feeling better.

scoliosis
hernia
rigidity
incorrect posture
future mothers and new mothers
growing adolescents
professional sportsmen (golfers, tennis players, swimmers, dancers etc.)

Gyrotonic ® includes various exercises and different in-depth sections in the therapeutic and sports fields. There are specific exercises for golf players, therapeutic exercises, exercises to train the muscles and tone them.

BENEFITS

Gyrotonic ® helps to find psycho-physical well-being, improving mobility, posture, muscle tone and giving a feeling of energy to the whole body.

Gyrotonic ® is the most exclusive and effective training method, from which you can derive benefits such as:

correct posture
tonic musculature
strong and elastic spine
healthy and mobile joints
harmonious physique
relieves back pain
helps to regain strength and energy in our body.

THE LESSON

The lesson takes place privately and lasts 60 minutes. The beginning of the actual session is preceded by an evaluation of personal characteristics. The progressions of the exercises vary depending on the person, his body and his possibilities, but above all we take into consideration his goals.

For the teaching of the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM ® the Metapilates Studio uses a certified teacher, as well as the original equipment supplied directly by the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM ®.