Gyrotonics / Pilates

[Guest guest]

No experience w/Gyrotonics, although I did

investigate it earlier this year, when I was on a Pilates

kick. (took some private sessions, got a cheapo version

of a reformer, the Pilates "Premier", which now sits

mostly unused in my family room. Got some of the Stott

videos, manuals...) I noticed your profile mentions

Pilates -- do you do that as well as the Ashtanga? I

thought at the time it would be a good alternative to the

yoga, when boredom sets in, as it usually will at some

point. But now that I'm getting more into the Ashtanga,

I don't want to distract myself with another

activity. It seems like it'd be hard to find time to do

both. Gyrotonics looked interesting -- I did find one

person locally who was a trainer in it, but that's about

as far as I got. I'm not really in a position to

afford long term private sessions, and I didn't see

anyplace that sold the equipment. If I even had the space

for it... still, it looked like a very beneficial

training system.<br>Edie

[Guest guest]

Gyro is more like yoga than Pilates, although I

read that both inventors studied yoga. Gyro seemed to

be more wholistic and less appearance oriented with

it's results. It is more flowing and spiral in it's

movements, where Pilates is more linear. It actually

reminded me a bit of Astanga, in that it flows with the

breath more so than Pilates. I came upon the class last

night at our local Pilates school, where I am in the

certification process, actually. Just started it. You open up a

good topic of discussion...since I am a believer in

variety with regards to exercise, I wonder why some of

you just do yoga and nothing else for exercise...I am

trying to find my opinion of this, as I lift weights 2x

a week, do cardio 3x, and now yoga 2x...I find

myself wanting to do yoga daily, but am too busy. I also

see great benefits of a more well - rounded exercise

program, that just doing Astanga everyday. And I don't

want to get injured...wondering if any of you have

opinions or experience with this...Sandy