• GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM®

    At MOVE, our Ann Arbor studio offers in-person private sessions plus Gyrotonic Tower and Gyrokinesis classes. With Gyrotonic training, you’ll focus on stretching and strengthening muscles while stimulating the connective tissue in and around the joints of the body.

    GET STARTED
  • GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM®

    At MOVE, our Ann Arbor studio offers in-person private sessions plus Gyrotonic Tower and Gyrokinesis classes. With Gyrotonic training, you’ll focus on stretching and strengthening muscles while stimulating the connective tissue in and around the joints of the body.

    GET STARTED

GYROTONIC® METHOD AT MOVE

At MOVE Wellness, our experienced Gyrotonic teachers offer both private sessions plus Gyrotonic Tower and Gyrokinesis classes. We are the only local studio where clients can experience the energizing and strengthening of a Gyrotonic workout and the camaraderie of a small group class.

GETTING STARTED AT MOVE

We highly recommend that everyone, no matter how many years of Gyrotonic experience you have, join us for an introductory session. One of our trainers will take you through a great, customized workout on the Gyrotonic equipment. After your session, they’ll help you design a program based on your personal goals and challenges. You’ll get to know the studio, the equipment, and the MOVE community.

Private GYROTONIC® Sessions

Our trainers will use their expertise to create a customized Gyrotonic fitness program for you. In a private session, your MOVE trainer will:

  • Take you through 50 minutes of customized Gyrotonic exercises to help you achieve your movement goals
  • Ensure that you’re training correctly and safely to build strength, prevent injury, recover from existing health issues, or transition from a physical therapy program
  • Provide expertise, support, motivation, and accountability

GYROTONIC® Tower Classes

Classes are limited in size, allowing for the camaraderie of a group class setting with the benefits of a private session. Your trainer will teach Gyrotonic exercises at a level appropriate for your group. In class, you will use a variety of specialized Gyrotonic equipment.  Our trainers and desk team will help you choose the best classes based on your fitness goals.

GYROKINESIS® CLASSSES

Gyrokinesis exercise systematically and gently works the joints and muscles with fluid movements. Gyrokinesis is done both sitting on a stool and on a mat. The Gyrokinesis method works on the entire body through getting the spine to move in all different planes of motion. In addition to building a connected and strong musculoskeletal system, these movements stimulate the body’s internal organs, fluids, and glands. Postures are not held for long periods of time, instead, they are smoothly connected through the use of breath, leaving your joints feeling mobile and decompressed. We’ve had clients say Gyrokinesis feels like a whole body massage!

Elaine doing Gyrokinesis exercise

BENEFITS OF GYROTONIC® AND GYROKINESIS® METHODS

Promotes strong, lean muscles, increases flexibility, coordination, and balance

Enhances joint mobility and articulation to bring ease and balance into movement

Increases circulation of blood, lymphatic fluids, and energy

Relieves low back pain and the postural effects of sitting

Helps prevent osteoporosis and slow the aging process through mental and physical stimulation and regeneration

Improves neurological issues, such as Parkinson’s and MS, through mind-body focus,  concentration and coordination

ABOUT GYROTONIC® TRAINING

Gyrotonic exercises are stretching and strengthening movements coordinated with corresponding breathing patterns. Gyrotonic exercise also promotes neuromuscular rejuvenation, spine and joint decompression, enhanced spinal articulation, core strengthening, mindfulness and overall awareness. The exercises are performed on beautifully crafted weight and pulley-based machines, and involve a series of circular and fluid movements.

CLASS SCHEDULE

NEW CLIENT OFFERS

In Studio or Online Sessions Available

INTRODUCTORY SESSION

$79

The Perfect Way to Get Started
Learn the principles of movement foundational to the Pilates or Gyrotonic methods of exercise, familiarize yourself with equipment, and get a personalized movement plan that’s designed for your unique body.

NEW CLIENT PRIVATE SESSION PACK

3 for $180

First Three Sessions
Accelerate your Pilates or Gyrotonic practice with three 1:1 sessions with an experienced instructor to set individualized goals for your practice.

NEW CLIENT CLASS PACK

3 for $75

First Three Classes
Jump right in with any three classes taught by experienced instructors in a beautiful studio environment. Choose from Pilates reformer, mat-based Pilates and yoga classes, plus Gyrotonic Tower and Gyrokinesis classes.

PRIVATE SESSION PRICING

In Studio or Online Sessions Available

  • TYPE
  • SINGLE SESSION
  • MEMBERSHIP SESSION
  • W/TRAINER
  • $85/per
  • $75/per
  • W/SENIOR TRAINER
  • $95/per
  • $85/per
  • SINGLE SESSION
  • W/TRAINER – $85/per
  • W/SENIOR TRAINER – $95/per
  • MEMBERSHIP SESSION
  • W/TRAINER – $75/per
  • W/SENIOR TRAINER – $85/per

CLASS PRICING

  • TYPE
  • SINGLE CLASS
  • MEMBERSHIP: 4 CLASSES/MONTH
  • MEMBERSHIP: 8 CLASSES/MONTH
  • MEMBERSHIP: 12 CLASSES/MONTH
  • GYROKINESIS CLASSES
  • $30/per
  • $25/class
  • $22/class
  • $20/class
  • TOWER CLASSES
  • $40/per
  • $35/class
  • $30/class
  • $25/class
  • SINGLE CLASSES
  • GYROKINESIS CLASS: $30
  • TOWER CLASS: $40
  • MEMBERSHIP: 4 CLASSES/MONTH
  • GYROKINESIS CLASSES: $30/class
  • TOWER CLASSES: $35/class
  • MEMBERSHIP: 8 CLASSES/MONTH
  • GYROKINESIS CLASSES: $22/class
  • TOWER CLASSES: $30 CLASS
  • MEMBERSHIP: 12 CLASSES/MONTH
  • GYROKINESIS CLASSES: $20/class
  • TOWER CLASSES: $25/class

LIVESTREAM CLASS PRICING

  • TYPE
  • SINGLE CLASS
  • UNLIMITED CLASSES
  • PRICE
  • $15/per class
  • $45/per month
  • PAYMENT
  • Single Charge
  • Billed every 30 days
  • SINGLE CLASS
  • $15/per class
  • Single charge
  • UNLIMITED PACKAGE
  • $45/per month
  • Billed every 30 days

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM®

Promotes strong, lean muscles

Increases flexibility, coordination, and balance

Enhances joint mobility and articulation

Frees the body of pain and restrictions

Increases circulation of blood, lymphatic fluids, and energy

Strengthens the nervous system

Complements/supplements physical therapy and other rehabilitative bodywork

Helps prevent osteoporosis

Helps to slow the aging process through mental and physical stimulation and regeneration

We have Pulley Towers, the Jumping Stretching Board and the Archway. Each of these beautifully crafted pieces facilitates decompression of the joints and stimulation of the whole body. Specific emphasis is placed upon balanced and healthy spinal motion.
The Pulley Tower guides the body through natural spiraling movement, while its pulley based design provides assistance in tractioning spine and joints.

The Jumping Stretching Board further assists in guiding the spine and joints into deeper mobilization, challenges balance, and builds strength and stability by utilizing sliding and rotating attachments on which to stand, kneel, or sit while performing a wide range of movements.

The Archway provides opportunities to train the body in various relationships to gravity and to perform hanging movements, which are especially important in creating decompression in the shoulders and spine. While there are Archway exercises that are appropriate for all fitness levels this piece of equipment is often used for highly athletic and challenging training.

At first glance, the Gyrotonic Expansion System bears some resemblance to Pilates. They both build strength and flexibility. They both have equipment and non-equipment based exercises. Just as Joseph Pilates’ inspiration came out of his own childhood illness, Romanian-born dancer Juliu Horvath devised the Gyrotonic Expansion System to help rehabilitate his back and Achilles tendon injuries. Both methods are a culmination of other exercise philosophies, as well as, innovations in movement and the healing arts.

While both the Gyrotonic Expansion System and Pilates build core strength and increase flexibility and coordination, there are some key differences. This includes the way that exercises are performed, the type of equipment used, and the focus in the body.

Click here to learn about the key differences between Pilates and the Gyrotonic Expansion System.

No. Gyrotonic exercise is done without shoes on. If you wish to wear socks, we recommend that you wear socks with grippers on the bottom. You can purchase them at our front desk.

Our trainers specialize in working with special populations, including those who are injured and/or pregnant to ensure optimal support. We’ll even coordinate with other therapists and physicians on your treatment team. Let us know what issues you are working with and we will help you schedule with a trainer that can support you on your fitness journey.

GYROTONIC®, GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® and GYROKINESIS® are registered trademarks of Gyrotonic Sales Corp and are used with their permission.

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GYROTONIC®, GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM®,  and GYROKINESIS® are registered trademarks of Gyrotonic Sales Corp and are used with their permission.