About

About Michelle

Michelle is a GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® Master Trainer - a teacher of teachers. She is also a Master Trainer in the Jumping Stretching Board and the Archway – 2 pieces of GYROTONIC® specialized equipment – and she is authorized to teach the GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® Level 2 Prep courses. Michelle continues to study these modalities under the guidance of their creator, Juliu Horvath.

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I came to Michelle after years of trying things that didn’t work. Traditional chiropractors and physical therapists had always provided relief, but never really a permanent solution.  Michelle, however, genuinely helped me get to the root of my body’s pain and mobility issues; and along the way, I’ve developed a much deeper intuition about how my body moves – a connection that I hadn’t even known was possible beforehand.

Working with Michelle has changed my life.  It has been both a journey and commitment, but one I wouldn’t trade for anything.
	Joey H.
	Digital Media and Advertising
	Client since 2006

After emergency brain surgery and six weeks of convalescent bed rest, I was a physical wreck. Too weak to return to my yoga practice, but longing to stretch and move again. So I put myself in Michelle's capable hands, and through her gentle Gyrotonic coaching, within six months I had regained my coordination and sense of fitness. She is an exceptional trainer. 
	Marisa Bartolucci
	Magazine Editor
	Client since 2007

I had been doing Pilates for four years before I met Michelle.  Since then I have been training exclusively with her for about six years now. I stayed with Michelle because she creates workouts tailored to my personal physical condition taking into account any medical problems I may have at any specific time.  I saw tremendous progress in my physical abilities and a significant improvement in my body shape.  I am stronger now then I ever was (I am in my late 40s).  When you work with Michelle you work hard and it pays off. 
	Sonia Bromberg
	Lawyer
	Client since 2005

I broke my back in a horse-riding accident and am at risk for disc degeneration and arthritic spurs – none of that yet, thanks to Michelle. She has been brilliant, intuitive and enthusiastically supportive in what will be my life-long recovery.
	Elizabeth, 63 years old
	Client since 2005

Michelle is certified to work with pre-natal and post-partum clients.

Michelle is a graduate of the Kane School. She was a long-time student of the late “first generation” Pilates Master teacher Kathleen Stanford Grant. She is a member of the original group of Pilates instructors to be certified by the PIlates Method Alliance.

Michelle is a graduate of the Theatre department at the University of Delaware and attended the acting program at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco.

Michelle is also certified by Betsy Steiner to teach Equilates – PILATES-based cross-training for equestrians.

Michelle studied Kinesthetic Anatomy and the Biomechanics of Motion with Irene Dowd. She regularly attends workshops and seminars including those given by Tom Myers and Eric Franklin. She studied the Alexander Technique with the late Marjorie Barstow. She studied taijiquan (tai chi chuan) with Dee Chao, Ben Lo, and Don Ahn. Michelle currently studies Ba Gua Zhang and Qi Gong with Tom Bisio. She also studied yoga from the time she was in her teens. During college, Michelle was a Red Cross Water Safety Instructor, teaching swimming and life saving to people of all ages. She was also assistant coach of the girls’ gymnastics team at the Y.W.C.A. in Newark, Delaware.

Call 212.633.6130 or email me to learn more.

Michelle is the creator and official teacher of the GYROTONIC® Applications for Equestrians Course.