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GYROTONIC® Ann Arbor
Master Trainer Aimee McDonald

GYROTONIC® Ann Arbor is dedicated to focused, quality education in the GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® methods.

Teacher Training Courses

 Online Live and On Demand Classes

Unlimited On Demand Video Membership

Intensive Private Study Sessions



What People are Saying About the Unlimited On Demand Video Membership:
 

I really like your videos and your teaching style, thank you so much. - anonymous

 

Aimee's classes have been a wonderful support for my own practice but also for me as a trainer. She explains every movement with detail and in a very clear and concise way and usually addresses common mistakes. I'm the only trainer in my country so Aimee's classes are the best way for me to keep taking class and learning. - Alina 

 

I am a certified trainer of GYROKINESIS®, GYROTONIC® Level 2 program 1, Archway, LEU, and JSB. Aimee's unlimited membership has been an invaluable resource for me to deepen my studies of the Gyrotonic® Expansion System. The content, quantity and varieties of videos have really helped my personal practices and finding tips for my teaching. - Roshnii from Taiwan

 

Love the videos!  Great pace, style, and instruction, excellent cueing, and enjoyable routines! Ideal even for beginners, while also appealing to advanced participants!  Easy platform to navigate once your in.  Good quality and easy to follow.  :)

- anonymous

 

Videos help me to create more versatile classes - anonymous 

 

Mix it up classes are the perfect combination of level one and two tower classes. It moves and flows very naturally for an overall great workout.
Thank you, Aimee.  - Catherine

 

The videos have been a wonderful support to my GYROKINESIS® practice, I always learn something from Aimee, and I also just enjoy the classes. - Caitlin

Teachers

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 Gyrotonic® and 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, with a special interest in working with dancers.  Aimee holds a BFA in Dance from The University of Michigan and is a dancer and choreographer, and Artistic Director for Terpsichore Collective Dance Company.

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Photos by Michael Abowd

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