Reviews

I have had a most rewarding experience attending the group classes with the Transformation Wellness Center. I was invited by a good friend of mine to attend the classes for the first time about 6 years ago. At that time, I was struggling with depression, an overweight condition, flat feet making regular exercise and walking most difficult! Because of flat feet and no arches, a bone in my left foot fell lower and grew horizontally, causing horrible pain to walk! I wanted to just stay home, and do nothing, because of my discomfort! However, I continued to attend Ryoko’s wice weekly classes. I was slow at first, but gradually found these low-aerobic sessions of stretching, breathing, gyrating my body in circular motion, then reversing my movements helped me to relax and once again move in a no threatening or hurtful manner! Instead, I begin to feel better in every way. I felt more energized, capable and confident that I could do the Gyrokinesis classes by Ryoko Gibson in a safe and gentle way!! I especially liked that we did not get down on the floor, but used a special chair to use with our class exercises. The classes were about 50 -60 minutes. As a result of my success in learning this new exercise form, I told some other friends about these group classes led by Ryoko, a few came and liked her classes, but were too busy to add this to their weekly routine. I still enjoy attending these fun sessions in between having arthritis and inflammation in my left hand and correcting with a skilled surgeon; most recently had a Reverse left Shoulder Total Replacement, which prevents me from attending Ryoko‘s classes until with PT, I can come back to attend this worthwhile exercise again! For me, I have been most grateful to learn about the Gyrokinesis and Gyrotonic methods. For anyone, suffering from chronic issues, I definitely would recommend anyone to contact Transformation Wellness Center in Brea, CA. and get started in a safe and enjoyable environment to exercise in a different way that definitely is so helpful and so worthwhile! Ryoko, is gentle and patient, ALWAYS, with those fist time attendees to make sure they are comfortable, doing only what they can, until they can do more and find comfort in what they are able to do. Thank you, Ryoko for all you‘ve instructed me to do with love and kindness too!