Yoga or pilates
4 September 2025Dance, tai chi, swimming, and gymnastics are merged in this new discipline, the Gyrotonic.
Did you know that the gyrotonic is called the yoga of the dancers? A definition that refers to how they came by the that now it has become one of the most innovative disciplines fitness. A method which, though not exactly new, is reinvented to help you get in shape and tone the body without great efforts, with harmonic and fluid movements and rhythmic breathing. The gyrotonic, a discipline that also have surrendered many celebs, it's a combination of exercises that combine movements of the dance, tai chi, swimming, and gymnastics. Discover all the benefits that it can provide the gyrotonic and how to put it into practice.
The origin of the gyrotonic is to be sought in the decade of 1970, in New York city, city I lived in at that time your creator, the dancer Juliu Horvath, when an injury in the Achilles tendon withdrew prematurely from the scenarios. As part of his recovery therapy, Horvath developed his own method on that brought together their knowledge of dance, martial arts, gymnastics, and swimming. Nacía the gyrotonic, a method in therapeutic principle and now again marked tendency. Among the fans of this discipline, celebs such as Madonna.
Benefits
It is a discipline that is perfect for toning up your muscles and joints and for sculpting the areas most rebels. It is practiced in some gym equipment (a system of rotating platters, cords, weights and pulleys) designed to be easily adapted to the physical needs of each person, physique and level of strength. Movements (circular, wavy and spiral) reproduce the exercises of yoga, pilates, swimming and martial arts. The result is a combination of disciplines to train all areas of the body (legs, arms, abdomen, back,...), while helping to improve posture, promote coordination and flexibility, improve physical strength and endurance, improve the blood circulation and help combat water retention, among other benefits. The breath, as in yoga, it also plays a key role in strengthening the physical results, promoting relaxation and releasing stress.
The gyrotonic is a type of exercise that can be practiced at any age, especially because it grants absolute freedom of movements.
Gyrokinesis
Unlike the gyrotonic, the gyrokinesis practiced without machines, and is based in so soft a series of natural movements of the spine that help to work your entire body. Rhythmic exercises and wave to improve the physical and emotional well being.
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