OUR MOVEMENT INSTRUCTORS
AUTUM CASEY
PILATES INSTRUCTOR
GYROTONIC®️APPRENTICE TEACHER
Autum Casey is a lifelong mover, and she is dedicated to helping all bodies move as they change and age. She has a background in dance, kung fu, and tai chi. After years of running and cycling she felt less connected to her body as a whole and looked to Pilates. Autum received her mat and reformer certifications from Pilates Instructor Academy under Amanda Iiams. She wants clients to leave a session knowing they had a challenging balanced workout for their mind and body.
JENNIFER FRUSTACE
MS in Physical Therapy, X-pert certified Pole instructor, GYROTONIC®️Apprentice teacher
With over 20 years of experience as a physical therapy clinician, Jennifer's background spans acute care to outpatient manual therapy, providing her with an in-depth anatomical and kinesiological approach to rehabilitation. Holding a BA in ballet and with 19 years as a trained dancer, she possesses a deep appreciation for fluidity, precision, and a passion for movement that extends beyond traditional disciplines. X-pert certified, she teaches competitive pole dance in the Hudson Valley and earned recognition as a Pro PSO National Finalist in 2022. Currently a Level 1 Gyrotonic student under Siobhan Roberts (expected 2025), she is excited to further her therapeutic skills within this comprehensive movement system.
lisa appolonia
GYROTONIC®️INSTRUCTOR, LICENSED NUTRITIONIST, YOGA FOR SCOLIOSIS SPECIALIST, GYROKINESIS®️APPRENTICE TEACHER
Lisa has spent most of her life as an equestrian, riding and connecting with the horse since the age of seven. As acompetitive equestrian with scoliosis, these physical challenges led her down a path to deepen her physical capacity to strengthen her muscular body, deepen the mind-body connection and proprioception as well as create fluidity, mobility, flexibility and balance. Her training methods, over time to achieve success in her love for show jumping, included GYROTONIC®️, Weight training, Pilates, Yoga, Qigong and Tai Chi.
Having discovered Pilates and GYROTONIC®️over 20 years ago through years of practice with Siobhan Roberts, owner and founder of Upstate Movement and Wellness, life as an athlete and equestrian became pain liberating with a new-found capacity to move freely with deep awareness and intention.
Lisa’s life journey led to deepening her knowledge and expertise over the past 20 years, in a variety of modalities including practicing as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Licensed GYROTONIC®️teacher, QiGong and Tai Chi Teacher, Taiji Fit Teacher, Yoga Teacher, Radiant Lotus Women’s Qigong Teacher, Reiki Practitioner, Empowerment Life Coach, and Wellness Retreat Leader.
Lisa has had the privilege to train with renown and respected Master teachers including Siobhan Roberts- GYROTONIC®️/GYROKINESIS®️teacher from UpstateMovement and Wellness, Linda Winnick, Master yoga teacher-Shakti Yoga Woodstock, Master Ken Kobayashi-Master healer, Roger Jahnke, OMD founder of Institute of Qigong and Tai Chi, Daisy Lee- Radiant Lotus Qigong, David Dorian Ross- founder of TaijiFit, and David Gershon and Gail Straub of The Empowerment institute.
Lisa has a unique holistic approach in guiding others to create balance, fluidity, mobility, and strength through movement and mindful connection. Lisa’s teaching style is relaxed, supportive, and fun. Her ultimate goal is to guide others to broaden their understanding of health and wellness as they know it, and to discover the wonders of self-empowerment, self-healing, and self-care to maximize the mind-body-spirit connection.
GYROTONIC®️METHOD TEACHING CERTIFICATIONS
GYROTONIC®️LEVEL 1
GYROTONER PROGRAM 1 AND PROGRAM 2
GYROTONIC®️APPLICATIONS FOR THE PELVIC GIRDLE
GYROKINESIS®️ METHOD TEACHING CERTIFICATIONS
GYROKINESIS®️LEVEL 1 APPRENTICE
SHANNON LEE-GEORGE
PILATES & GYROTONIC®️ INSTRUCTOR, LICENSED MASSAGED THERAPIST AND PERSONAL TRAINER
Shannon has two decades of experience in movement and manual body work, 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. We’re happy she has shifted her NYC life to the upstate holistic hive at Upstate Movement & Wellness.
Jennifer Martini
GYROTONIC® INSTRUCTOR/ PILATES INSTRUCTOR
Jennifer Martini has been in the fitness world since the late 1990'S. Fitness, overall health and well-being has always been her main drive, both physically and emotionally.
It started off as a personal goal and then branched out to helping others. Studying with NASM ( National Academy of Sports Medicine), and continuing to further her education working with well-known Ashtanga Yoga instructor Michael Stein, she became a certified teacher of Ashtanga Yoga. Pilates become an interest of hers in 2007, taking her first class with Siobhan Roberts.
Since then she has studied Anatomy under Steve Gioradano and apprenticed under Siobhan Roberts. Later being introduced to the world of GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® in 2008, she is a level one certified GYROTONIC® instructor, and is also certified in Archway Level 1 and Gyrotoner.
Her overall goal is to help people live a happy, healthy, well educated body-aware lifestyle.
Lori Mora
PILATES INSTRUCTOR
PRE/POST NATAL, GUA SHA
Having discovered Pilates over a decade ago, Lori realized she had found something that helped her to be stronger, leaner, and more flexible. As a Massage Therapist, Lori knew she could use all of these Pilates principles with her clients to help them take back their health through movement. She has integrated her anatomical knowledge as a Massage Therapist with Pilates movement to release her clients’ binding muscle tension and help re-educate them into more healthy muscle and joint movement patterns.
Lori carefully and uniquely personalizes her classes to ensure that regardless of a client’s age or fitness level, they are able to gain awareness and an appreciation of their bodies. She’s found that helping people to become stronger and more flexible with their Pilates practice has enhanced many other aspects of their lives. She’s able to bring fun, encouragement, and results to clients, young and old— no matter what level of fitness they came to her with, they always feel good and move better after Pilates!!
Lori received her Pilates comprehensive training and certifications through PSC (Pilates Sports Center in Encino, California). She has studied Scoliosis Workshops under Karena Thek, founder of Scolio Pilates, in Ventura, CA. She has further studied Anatomy in Three Dimensions with Viktor Uygan at Konnect Pilates through Balanced Body®. She has also completed the Continuing Workshop with Chelsea Streifeneder, author of Studio Shape Up, and the Extensive Foot and Ankle Workshop with Jillian Hessel.
“Change happens through movement and movement heals.” -Joseph Pilates
EZRA GOH
SOMATIC COACH, GYROTONIC®️ & GYROKINESIS®️TRAINER
Ezra is a multi-disciplinary somatic coach with over a decade of practitioner experience and double that in personal exploration and research. Coming from a dance and military background, Ezra has studied a wide array of movement systems, martial forms, somatic practices, healing modalities and philosophical frameworks ranging the full spectrum from modern to ancient, scientific to esoteric.
Ezra takes an exploratory, non-modal approach that prioritises a person's conversation with their body, bringing forward tools and ideas from Gyrotonic & Gyrokinesis, Martial Arts, Reiki, Breathwork, Yoga, Tantra, Meditation and Sports Medicine where applicable. He is a licensed Gyrotonic® & Gyrokinesis® Trainer, carries certifications from the National Academy of Sports Medicine as a Personal Trainer and Health & Wellness Coach and is a certified Reiki Master.
SIOBHAN ROBERTS/STUDIO OWNER
SPECIALIZED
GYROTONIC® MASTER TRAINER/level 1 & level 2
GYROTONER®️& Leg Extension Unit Master Trainer
STUDIO OWNER
I have been practicing Pilates and Yoga for 25 years and teaching since 2000, beginning under Romana Kryzanowska 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’ve also attended workshops with Blossom Leilani Crawford of Bridge Pilates, of Kathy Grant lineage. I added 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, 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 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 certified in GYROTONIC® Levels 1 and 2 and Master Trainer in Level 1 and LEVEL 2 , in GYROKINESIS® Level 1 and Level 2 , 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
High Level Athletes with Angela Crowley
Aoplications for Paraplegic with Igor Abba & Lorenzo Spadafora
Post Breast Cancer Surgery with Leda Franklin
GYROTONIC® Shoulder Girdle, Pelvic Applications, and Scoliosis with Uwe Herbststreit
Dynamic Torso Stabilization and with Rita Renha
Wrapping with Debra Rose, both systems
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 & Erika Hassan
Shoulder/Pelvic Girdle with Paul Horvath
Applications for the Fascial Body with Irene Rampino
Applications for Equestrians with Michelle Spinner
Scoliosis applications with Rita Renha
Tennis applications with Anjali Austin
I look forward to bringing as much continuing education as possible from Master Trainers of various disciplines to the Upstate Movement & Wellness 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
ERIKA HASSAN/GYROKINESIS®️
CONTINUING EDUCATION DIRECTOR
GYROKINESIS®️CERTIFYING MASTER TRAINER/MASTER TRAINER OF ALL SPECIALIZED GYROTONIC®️EQUIPMENT ALL LEVELS AND ALL GYROKINESIS®️PROGRAMS
ERIKA HASSAN has been working directly with Juliu Horvath in the GYROTONIC®️& GYOKINESIS®️systems for over 30 years, and was the first certifier of the GYROKINESIS®️program once Juliu transitioned away from being the only one to oversee that part of the process. ERIKA spend half the year throughout Asia and Europe teaching all facets of the systems internationally and does time here with us while in NYC, her home. We take annual requests for particular courses with Erika and that calendar is created organically. Contact us with questions
GIANNA CUMMARO
SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER/PILATES & GYROTONIC®️APPRENTICE TEACHER
