SIOBHAN ROBERTS/GYROTONIC AND GYROTONER MASTER TRAINER

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I have been practicing Pilates and Yoga for 25 years and teaching since 2000, beginning under Romana Kryzanowska’s Pilates Inc. and Steve Giordano in New York City and upstate NY, and continuing my education under her teacher trainer Leah Chaback-Katz. As Romana learned directly from the originator, Joseph Pilates (and was his chosen successor) the training and standards were of the highest order. My continuing education under Power Pilates master trainers includes: advanced Cadillac, barrels, chair, tower, alignment and gait analysis, advanced reformer on the mat and pilates anatomy. I also attend workshops regularly with Blossom Leilani Crawford of Bridge Pilates, of Kathy Grant lineage. I recently finished the 360 degree Pilates training with Benjamin Degenhardt, applications for knee with Irene Dowd, and have completed Mejo Wiggin's Classical Syllabus for additional input on the Classical system true to the unparalleled knowledge base of Romana Kryzanwoska. 

Having opened and owned several movement studios in Dutchess and Columbia counties in New York, and teaching seasonally at Strength and Clarity in Provincetown Cape Cod and Pilates Space Florida in Boca Raton, my constant interest in continuing education has led me to pursue training in a variety of directions.  Thai massage Level 1 at the Royal School in Chiang Mai Thailand and Lotus Palm in Canada, Tom Myers of Anatomy Trains, Leslie Kaminoff of the Breathing Project in NYC, and Irene Dowd’s full year-long anatomy course. I recently completed Dowd’s new Hypermobility module- such an experience!

I was privileged to be able to immerse myself in the educational process of the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® since 2005, having first experienced it at Yoga Moves in 1998 in New York City.  I am a GYROTONIC® Master Trainer and certified Level 2,  GYROKINESIS® Level 1 and Level 2 Beginner, and am an Authorized Pre-Trainer in both systems. I do regular refresher courses in all of the prior programs annually.  Specialized equipment certifications include Leg Extension Unit, Jump Stretch Board, Ladder, Archway Level 1 and 2, and GYROTONER®.

Continuing Education Courses / Master Trainers: 

  • Pre/Post natal GYROTONIC® Applications with Leda Franklin

  • Post Breast Cancer Surgery with Leda Franklin

  • GYROTONIC® Shoulder/Pelvic Girdle/Scoliosis Applications with Uwe Herbststreit

  • Dynamic Torso Stabilization with Rita Renha

  • Wrapping with Debra Rose

  • Psoas Principles with Juergen Bamberger

  • GYROKINESIS® Cardio 1 with Erika Hassan

  • Lotus 1 with Rita Renha

  • Creative Series with Cori Doetzer

  • Osteoporosis with Dr. Justine Bernard

  • GYROKINESIS® Breathing Course with Juliu Horvath

  • Shoulder & Pelvic Girdle with Paul Horvath

  • Scoliosis with Rita Renha

  • Applications for Equestrians with Michelle Spinner

  • Fascial Applications with Irene Rampino

I look forward to bringing as much continuing education as possible from Master Trainers of various disciplines to the Arch & Curl Kent Studio, and sharing what I love to do and teach to more and new people. I like to laugh and hope you do too!

namaste

shannon george-mawson-PILATES INSTRUCTOR AND LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPIST

 

Shannon has 2 decades of experience in movement and manual bodywork and has collaborated with numerous physical therapists over the years to work with clients in pain and repatterning their movement to return to active lives. She’s available for Pilates private sessions Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays and massage most days by appointment.