ABOUT
The tech evolution is leading to a body de-evolution. We are on a mission to rebalance this effect. By bridging the gap between education and training, we want to help people thrive through movement: physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially.
Revitalizing Movement
Self-professed movement nerds, we have journeyed from:
Professional Dancers
Teaching Pilates + GYROTONIC® methods
Academic Research
Vital Aware
We are now on a mission to challenge our tech-centric lifestyle, change people's relationships with their bodies, and help people become their own body mechanics.
Move, Move More, Move Different
FOUNDERS
FOUNDERS
Self-professed movement nerds, we started dancing in the aisles of Sesame Street Live and haven't stopped since. On our journey towards becoming professional dancers, we studied the form like scientists, observing, replicating, and experimenting.
Finding Pilates and the GYROTONIC® method, we became obsessed with movement frameworks and ways to ground our embodied experience. Through teaching, we discovered how best to unlock movement potential in others. Searching for more scientific understanding, we pursued research degrees.
Emerging from academia, we witnessed how the tech evolution was leading to a body de-evolution. Now, we are on a mission to rebalance the negative impacts of a tech-centric society and to help people thrive through movement:
physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially.
WHO WE ARE
MEGAN SPELL
Megan has spent the past twenty years helping people feel better through movement. She has developed physical training programs for various ages and abilities, as well as targeted programs for actors, singers, dancers and athletes in Chicago, NYC, London and LA. A former dancer, Megan holds a BA in English from University of Arizona, a MSc in Human Computer Interaction from University College London, a Certificate of Advanced Occupational Ergonomics from Colorado State University, and a Comprehensive Pilates Certificate from BASI.
Whitney is a movement educator, artist, and researcher with a BFA in Dance Performance from The Juilliard School and an MFA in Dance from UC Irvine. As a movement educator, she draws from her unique blend of artistry and expertise in functional movement methodologies including GYROTONIC®, GYROKINESIS®, and Pilates methods. In her interdisciplinary research endeavors, Whitney specializes in movement science, education, systems thinking, and well-being.
WHITNEY SCHMANSKI
Whitney is a movement educator, artist, and researcher with a BFA in Dance Performance from The Juilliard School and an MFA in Dance from UC Irvine. As a movement educator, she draws from her unique blend of artistry and expertise in functional movement methodologies including GYROTONIC®, GYROKINESIS®, and Pilates methods. In her interdisciplinary research endeavors, Whitney specializes in movement science, education, systems thinking, and well-being.