Exercise of the Week

Learn about the vast scope of Gyrotonic training by checking out the Exercise of the Week.

Wingmaster Setting 3 – Punchbowl

Punchbowl from Setting 3 with the Wingmaster

There are 6 ways you can move your spine. One of them, circumduction, is a circular movement of the spine, either internally or externally. The idea of this exercise is that its an internal circumduction if your spine was twice as long.

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Snake, from the Levitation Series

Snake, an old exercise on the Ladder

I recently recorded several exercises in the Levitation series and as I was selecting which exercises to use, I looked back at old syllabi to see if I was forgetting any really cool ones. I was. I haven't done Snake in years and I remembered how much I've always liked this.

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Floating bicycles from the Gyrotonic hamstring series

Floating Bicycles from the Hamstring Series

While most of the exercises in the Hamstring Series focus on, well, the hamstrings, some exercises also let you get in a core workout. Keeping your pelvis floating off the bench while doing these small bicycles is a total body exercise that emphasizes core strength.

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Exercise of the Week: Stirring in Pigeon from the Handle Series

Stirring in Pigeon Position from the Handle Series

In GYROTONIC® Training, each family of exercises has a focus. For the Handle Series, the primary focus is the spinal ranges of motion. But there are also many opportunities in each family to branch out, to multitask, so to speak. This variation on stirring adds in hip opening for both the anterior and posterior hip.