About GYROTONIC® Ann Arbor
Gyrotonic® Ann Arbor is dedicated to focused, quality education in the Gyrotonic® and Gyrokinesis® methods.
Master Trainer Aimee McDonald offers Teacher Training courses, private sessions, and online group classes.
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Services Offered:
Teacher Training and Continuing Education courses
(all Teachers Training courses are in-person)
In-person Private Sessions
Online Private Sessions
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Affordable access to:
Live Online Group Classes
On Demand Classes
Unlimited On Demand Video Membership
About Aimee
Aimee McDonald is a Specialized Gyrotonic® and GYROKINESIS® Master Trainer, former pilates instructor trainer, and was owner of The Movement Center for 15 years. Aimee was in the first pilates teacher training certification course at Equilibrium studio in Bloomfield Hills, MI, when it opened as the first STOTT Pilates Licensed Training Center in 1998.
She opened The Movement Center in Downtown Ann Arbor in 1999 and soon after immersed herself in the study of the Gyrotonic® work. Having had to travel extensively for her Gyrotonic® training she became determined to make this training available to her community and those living throughout Michigan.
In 2014, having found the studio to have grown to the point that the management and administrative work was detracting from her ability to focus on her true passion of teaching, Aimee phased the studio over to new owners. This enabled a return to a deeper dedication to teaching and continuous growth and learning.
Aimee has also written several Pilates Teacher Training manuals. Her blog, Aimee McDonald Moves, helps movement professionals navigate the complexities of the industry. She was at the forefront of converting from in-person to online training at the onset of the COVID crisis, and has assisted numerous trainers and studio owners make the transition.
Aimee’s Gyrotonic® mentors have been numerous and generous, notably long time teacher and great source of support and guidance, Juergen Bamberger. Aimee has also been fortunate to have so many opportunities to work with creator of the Gyrokinesis® system, Juliu Horvath. In pilates Aimee’s early teachers include Cherie Boschma and Moira (Stott) Meritthew.
In her many years of teaching Aimee has gained extensive experience and knowledge working with diverse populations and issues, including dancers and athletes of all disciplines, prenatal and postpartum, shoulder, neck, back, and knee issues, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, older populations, osteoporosis, scoliosis, and general fitness. Aimee holds a BFA in Dance from The University of Michigan and is a dancer and choreographer
Aimee is currently teaching out of a temporary home studio space during the construction of a permanent dream studio on the property.
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