Beauty and movement!
Juil Sandals
No longer available.
Young Living Oils
Inspired by Aromatherapy!
Toe Sox
Barefoot experience!
Arnica Gold
20% stronger!
Thieves Products
Safe, anti-bacterial oils!
Good Gyrations Shirts
Crafted for comfort!
DVD’s
Set to music!
Toe Stretchers
Stretch away foot pains!
Books
Browse through our books!
Trainings with Guest Teachers
Our 2015 Guest Trainer season has come to a brilliant end. Please check back with us soon for our upcoming 2016 Guest Trainer courses.
Budding News
As we go live with our bright and beautiful new website, I find myself reflecting on the many changing faces of our studio since its beginning in 1998 under the direction of Diane Israel and Lindsey Hansen-Sturm, and since my daughter Kirstin Taylor and I took the reins in 2007. So many hundreds of people have passed through our doors seeking knowledge, community, and a richer way of being in their bodies, and my gratitude goes out to all of them as well as to Juliu Horvath, founder of this marvelous work, and his devoted and skillful and loving partner and assistant Gina Muenster-Koetter. So many people have contributed to this bright new website, which reflects our intention of moving in the world with beauty, clarity, and simplicity, with cooperation and community and sustainability. Special thanks to Sue Seecof, cheerful website designer and Tad Hanna, impeccable graphics designer, and the office crew and teachers and clients who all scrutinized and refined and updated the website content. May this fresh breeze inspire us all. -Clyde Rae
Annie Brook
Annie comes from a background of adventurous women. Her great grandmother built a cabin with her children in Canada. Her mother studied to be a pilot, became a social worker, and then raised 5 children, later becoming a successful politician. Her father was an adventurer and a military hero who risked his life to save the lives of others. Annie built a log house in Maine, was a stoneware potter in Scotland, has worked on commercial fishing boats off Cape Cod and Alaska, was a sea kayak guide in Mexico and Alaska, and led hiking treks in Mexico and Africa.
Working With Me
Annie Brook is an exquisitely trained Somatic therapist. Her years of clinical work in hospitals, public schools, clinics and private practice make her a speaker and therapist in high demand. She gets it about people and what they need. Annie blends psychology with developmental neuroscience, sensory-motor integration, play therapy, and what it takes to relate to others. People get results from her mulit-dimensional approach.
Photo of Annie Brook teaching a class on embryology and movementBody-based (somatic) work creates an effective road toward health. Developmental understanding, sensation/emotion tracking, release of shock and trauma, plus movement repatterning creates a foundation that brings new perspectives to age old conditions of irritation, sabotage, or dysfunction. Find satisfaction!
Annie co-owns Colorado Therapies, a therapeutic center for individuals and families that treats infants to adults. She offers supervision and internship training at this site.
Not just talk! Somatic therapy works at the matrix of life experience where memory, behavior, and beliefs come together. The body records our stories, links beliefs to emotions, and creates protective behaviors. Learn to Thrive! Heal by getting into the core of yourself to feel, listen, repair, love, digest, and respond well to life’s. Unlike Hakomi, SME, EMDR, and hands-on body and cranial work, BodyMind Somanautics includes movement repatterning and teaches one to speak, flow, and relate. Clients learn practical skills, and heal from the inside out!
Kirstin Childs
Kirstin Childs is currently a pre-trainer in both GYROTONIC®, and GYROKINESIS® exercise. She is certified on all the gyrotonic equipment: GYROTONER®, Leg Extension Unit, Jump Stretch Board, Archway, and GYROTONIC® Level 2. In addition she has taken the following trainings; Gyrotonic for Athletes, Scoliosis, Therapeutic Applications for the Shoulder Girdle, Osteoporosis, Hands & Feet, Lotus Blossom 2, Metamorphosis & Breathing.
Prior to becoming a Gyrotonic instructor she studied chi kung, yoga, bharata natyam, Gabrielle Roths 5 Rhythms, and grew up playing numerous sports. As a teacher her focus is to help others feel more vitality, resilience, and freedom in their body by cultivating a strong and supple core strength.
Email: [email protected]
Maureen “Mo” Espinoza
Maureen (“Mo”) Espinoza has been studying the GYROTONIC® methodology since 2002. She first discovered this work as therapeutic exercises for neck and shoulder injuries, then deepened her practice during two pregnancies and into motherhood. This work has opened up her body to a new level of movement and enhanced her overall well-being in a multitude of ways.
Mo has experienced a tremendous enhancement of her performance in running and nordic skiing races, a sharpening of her proprioceptive senses as a mother, and increased energy, fluidity of movement and deeper connection through her body. A certified Level I GYROTONIC®Instructor and Certified Level I GYROKINESIS® Instructor. She is also trained in the Leg Extension Unit and Pre-Natal and Post-Partum Gyrotonic exercise. Mo delights in sharing this work with others. She is also a licensed attorney, and enjoys making music with her daughters.
Email: [email protected]
ClydeRae Jolie-Ashe
ClydeRae Jolie-Ashe is a Specialized Master Trainer.
“Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.”–Oliver Wendell Holmes
Practicing the GYROTONIC® methodology first as a student, then a Certified Teacher, then a Pre-trainer, and now as a Specialized Master Trainer, has been a spiraling journey of much mind/body/spirit stretching. Where was this work in my early years? Latent, within, requiring the spark, the patience, the vision of Juliu Horvath. I love and have trained in many movement disciplines, including dance, yoga, the Trager Approach, Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis, Continuum, and the long form of the Yang style of Tai Chi. All of this history and training informs my teaching (it’s impossible for it not to), but how I identify myself now is as a teacher and practitioner of the Gyrotonic Methodology. As I continue to learn and to grow I am often called away from Gyrotonic Boulder, either to learn or to teach. However, I am dedicated to the studio, to its teachers, its clientele, and the teachers who come from elsewhere to start or continue their education.
Ph: 720-366-8212
Email: [email protected]
Lindsey Hansen-Sturm
Lindsey Hansen-Sturm’s first GYROTONIC®training was an eye opening experience into the full potential of the human bodys ability to perform and achieve health. This was back in 1998, after
spending many years as a competitive swimmer, tri-athlete and completing her doctorate in Chiropractic. The GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® was the missing link Lindsey was searching for. Now all the concepts that Lindsey has been studying concerning human body wholeness and its self healing capabilities became a living experience through GYROTONIC® exercises, and has led her to pursue advanced courses in both the Gyrotonic methodology and Cranial-Sacral Therapy.
In 2004 Lindsey became a GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® Level I Master Trainer. She is now a GYROKINESIS Level I and Level 2 Master Trainer, and a Jumping Stretching Board Master Trainer. The GYROTONIC® principles have helped reshape Lindseys Chiropractic practice into one that now emphasizes cranial-sacral therapy, acupuncture and soft tissue techniques. Lindsey believes the GYROTONIC® EXPANSION SYSTEM is an integrated approach to healing because it promotes creativity and gives us the opportunity to explore our fullest potential. It is her passion to share this wisdom and joy with others. Lindsey teaches individuals, groups and conducts GYROTONIC® Level 1 Teacher Trainings.
Email: [email protected]
Shannon Horn
Shannon Horn started practicing GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® methodologies in 2004 in an effort to rehabilitate and regenerate her body after an accident. She found the work while living abroad in New Zealand while trying to find ways to continue her path back to health.
While working with several Master Trainers and Juliu Horvath she found freedom and pleasure in movement again, as well as more capacity, resiliency, and strength in her body. She shares her passion and love for the work through privates, group classes and trainings with an emphasis of finding ease and integrity in the movement.
She is a certified GYROKINESIS® Master Trainer, Jumping Stretching Board Master Trainer, GYROTONIC® Pre-Trainer, GYROKINESIS® Pre-Trainer, GYROTONIC® Level 2, GYROKINESIS® Level 2, Archway, GYROTONER® and Leg Extension Unit certified instructor.
She has also trained in several specialized workshops:
Therapeutic applications of the pelvis and scoliosis, Pre and post natal, pathways of the shoulder girdle, and spine, High performance Athletes, hands and feet, Hip replacement, and more recently the specialized GYROKINESIS® for: Lotus Blossom I, Lotus Blossom II, Happy Moves, Breathing Course Intensive and Gyrotonic as a Musical Journey.
Email: [email protected]
Adrianna Thompson
GYROTONIC® Applications for Dance with Adrianna Thompson
July 5-7
10:00 am – 5:30 pm
This is a 3-Day workshop for all Certified Level I Gyrotonic Instructors with Authorized Master Trainer Adrianna Thompson.
GYROTONIC® Application for Dancers combines the kinetic fundamentals of classical and contemporary dance with the GYROTONIC® System. This course enables the student or professional dancer to understand and develop dance technique from the inside. This holistic approach to movement teaches better body awareness, flexibility & strength and a deeper understanding of the physiology of dance.
Exploring this holistic approach to dance can create a new understanding of:
1. Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation
2. Flexibility and Strength Training
3. Breath and Alignment Awareness
4. Spinal Health and Joint Mobility
Course Fee: $500 ($350 tuition + $150 studio fee)
$250 deposit due June 1, 2014
*early registration discount of $25 if deposit is received by June 10, 2014
Adrianna Thompson is one of a select few Specialized Master Teachers, both in GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® exercise, in the world. She has worked extensively with the founder of Gyrotonic exercise, Juliu Horvath, and travels the world leading teacher trainings. As well as being a Specialized Equipment Master Trainer she developed a new application for dancers in Gyrotonic with Mr. Horvath and Specialized Master Trainer Miriam Barbosa which she frequently conducts internationally. An accomplished professional dancer and Choreographer in New York City for 15 years, she has worked with dancers from New York City Ballet, Jose Limon, Martha Graham, MOMIX Dance Company and Aspen Santa Fe Ballet just to name a few.
Ms. Thompson has performed and taught Master Classes around the world including at The Silesian Contemporary Dance Conference in Poland, in Slovenia, Finland, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Sri Lanka, India, Peru, New York City, Los Angeles, Hawaii, Suny Purchase, Kansas School of Classical Ballet, and the Harvard Summer Dance Project in Cambridge, MA. She has been on faculty at Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Company since 2002, and has been a guest teacher at Missouri River Dance Company, Kansas School of Classical Ballet and Martha Graham Dance Company. She is co-founder of Aspen GYROTONIC® and the Programming Director of Dance for the Aspen Fringe Festival. Currently Ms. Thompson has her own private practice in San Francisco, Ca. and spends her time in both Colorado and California.
David and Jeanie Rasmussen
GYROTONIC® Applications For Golf
May 23-25
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
This course designed by GYROTONIC® creator, Juliu Horvath and David Rasmussen, PGA tour instructor, and GYROTONIC® Trainer. The exercises in this course will teach trainers how to stretch and strengthen in a golf specific manner, as well as how to help clients learn to move their bodies differently and swing the golf club better.
Prerequisite: GYROTONIC® Level 1
Course Fee: $450 + $225 studio fee.
$337.50 deposit due on April 15, 2014
Deposit is non-refundable. In the event of cancellation, it may be transferred to another training within 18 months of the original reservation.
Course Hours: 10-1pm and 4-6pm
David and Jeanie Rasmussen
David Rasmussen, a certified GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® instructor, has 30 years of golf teaching experience and was trained by Hank Haney, a former PGA Teacher of the year.
After his teacher training he taught on the PGA Tour working with over 20 different PGA Tour professionals as a PGA Tour Instructor. He has also worked with students on the European PGA Tour, Champions Tour, LPGA Tour, and Australasian Tour. His students have had great successes over the years, but David continued to search for a better way to train his golf students. His search led him to GYROTONIC® methodology, and over the last 12 years he has worked closely with Juliu Horvath, GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS creator, to develop a comprehensive curriculum integrating GYROTONIC methodology and Golf.
David has been traveling around the world teaching these workshops for over 10 years. He and his wife Jeanie own a golf and GYROTONIC® studio in New Berlin, WI, where they teach and train all levels of golfers.
“For the past 30 years, I have had one goal – to help each of my students reach their full potential in the game of golf. But few golfers ever achieve a level of success equal to the amount of hard work they’ve put into their game. Often, their lack of success is the result of physical limitations preventing them from performing at a level required to excel. In my experience, conventional strength training, core conditioning, and other fitness disciplines did not result in students achieving their perfect golf swing. These traditional methods are one-dimensional and do not address the combination of abilities needed for the correct golf swing. The search to help my students achieve their goals finally led me to Juliu Horvath and GYROTONIC® methodology. GYROTONIC training gives golfers the best combination of strength, flexibility, and speed – all essential to developing the golf swing to its full potential. When GYROTONIC training is combined with my unique golf training system, clients of all ages have achieved unbelievable success! My research and experience have brought me to the realization that GYROTONIC methodology is the perfect compliment for golf.“
“Good golf begins and ends with a good swing, and a good swing is a physical act, first and foremost. If you can’t make the physical movements a good golf swing requires, you’ll never succeed.” – Dave Rasmussen
