GYROKINESIS® is a machine-free, floor-based practice, which usually takes the form of a 90-minute mat class. Developed as the root practice of Juliu Horvath’s GYROTONIC® method, it is an open chain form of body conditioning done without equipment on a mat, in which breathing is used to coordinate fluid movement transitions. In conjunction with your breath, your body is trained to work against itself, in order to create stability, mobility and resistance.

GYROKINESIS® will make you less vulnerable to injuries, stress and micro-traumas by increasing your spinal column’s functional ability. It frees up the spine, hips, and shoulders, thus improving their necessary dynamic. It improves joint articulations in the overall body. Being able to complete multiple joint movements without compression gives you extraordinary flexibility and capability. At the practice’s heart are seven spinal movement principles:
- bending forward
- extending backward
- side-bending the right
- side-bending to the left
- rotating to the right
- rotating to the left
- articulated, circular motion

A typical class will begin with you sitting on a chair or stool and encompasses kneeling, lying down and standing movement progressions. The practice will allow you to:
- free up tightness or restrictions in the body
- restore smooth movement quality
- promote fuller breathing capacity
- improve upright balance