Wingmaster

Cabbage Patch with the Gyrotonic Wingmaster keeps your back healthy.

Why the Wingmaster’s Cabbage Patch Exercise is a Treat for Your Spine

Why the Cabbage Patch is My Favorite Wingmaster Exercise

The Secret to a Healthy Spine: Circular Motion & Your Intervertebral Discs

This might be my favorite exercise using the Wingmaster. When I used to teach online Wingmaster classes, this exercise, in either Setting 2 or Setting 3, would be included in almost every class. The feeling of this exercise is one of the most satisfying of all the Wingmaster material.

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Wingmaster Setting 3 Canoeing

Wingmaster Setting 3 – Canoeing

Canoeing with the Gyrotonic Wingmaster in Setting 3

Canoeing is an exercise from the Upper Body Series. Like much of the material in the Wingmaster course, when I developed this exercise I thought “How did no one think of  doing this before me?” A big portion of the Wingmaster material is previously existing material re-imagined for the Wingmaster.

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Wingmaster Setting 1 – Looking for Freedom standing

Wingmaster Setting 1 – Looking for Freedom, standing

Doing exercises on your feet is essential training for basic life. Most activities of daily living involve being on your feet. What this exercise adds to the standing position is a hip hinge, which is one of the 7 primal movements. Primal movements are the building blocks of how we learn to move naturally as we develop when we’re infants and toddlers.

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Squat backstroke with the Gyrotonic Wingmaster in Setting 3

Squat backstroke with the Wingmaster in Setting 3

Squat Backstroke with the Wingmaster in Setting 3

I’ve made it a part of the way I train clients that they get on their feet for at least one exercise in every workout. The benefits of a complex exercise that includes squats, like this one, go beyond leg strength and even include benefits for your brain.

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