Here we are again, in the midst of summer. These are the songs I’ve saved over the last couple of months that guided me through the moments in between from travelling to work to dancing in the kitchen. Think of this playlist as something…
Photo Credit – Unsplash With the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, companies were forced to continue their business operations remotely. More flexible working arrangements saw employees working from home, prioritising both staff and customer health and safety. Because of this, office sitting time has…
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Introducing the Women in Dance Awards with Avatâra Ayuso, Founder of Advancing Women’s Aspirations (AWA) with Dance
Ahead of Avatâra’s AWA inaugural Women in Dance Awards event this Friday, 26th March, 730PM (GMT), I got to chat briefly with Avatâra herself. She walks us through her background and experience that led her to developing her company AVA Dance and, her newest…
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Dazaun Soleyn: On His Journey through Dance, Teaching the GYROTONIC® Method, & Architecture
I had to dance first. It made me so aware of my body; in relationship to the earth; in relationship to curvature and spirals; in relationship to flow […] this pulled me away from the mechanics of ‘what architecture is’ to what does architecture…
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Trina Marie Bordere: On Breath Work, Sensation, & Yawning
“The breath is one of the first things impacted by stress of any kind and it impacts every part of your body. There is no part of your human that isn’t touched by breathing!” Trina Bordere‘s a Dancer, Movement Artist, GYROTONIC® Trainer and GYROKINESIS®…
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Lisa Roche: On Self-Care & Reevaluating Our Priorities
“Deal with what’s happening. Move that out of your body, and as that moves, you’ll start feeling – ‘Wow, I was hanging on to a lot of stuff’.” Lisa Roche is the founder and owner of a 1 to 1 GYROTONIC® studio, called Nagare,…
Happy New Year, Movers! The last couple of months have been so varied. Since my last post in September, I was actually swamped with working in the studios; then I went to California for the holidays; now I’m back in London and house-bound! With…
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Maurya Kerr: On Diversifying GYROTONIC® Studios & Amplifying Black Voices
I first met Maurya during my training days at LINES Ballet summer intensives back in 2001. She then became one of the main teachers at the LINES BFA program for Ballet and the GYROTONIC® Method, where I was also a student. During the pandemic,…
Check out these relaxing and moving tunes for some vibrational ambiance for your studio. Orginally made for StretchLab (pictured above), where clients want to relax during their deep stretches. As trainers, we spend most of our time in the studio, so why not let…
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Kayla Harley: On Health, Identity, & Making Things Work
I met Kayla way back in the day during our time at the LINES Ballet BFA program in San Francisco. I had also picked her to perform in my Senior choreography piece, so from working with her in this way, I always knew she…