Dr. Justine Bernard D.P.T.
About
Dr. Justine Bernard began studying GYROKINESIS®, then known as Yoga for Dancers, in 1994 with Hillary Cartwright while on scholarship at The Ailey School for Dance in New York, NY. She also studied with Juliu Horvath at White Cloud and became certified to teach GYROTONIC® exercise in 1997 and GYROKINESIS® in 1999. She taught at Studio Riverside under the guidance of authorized master trainer Leda Franklin for many years. In 2003 she received her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons specializing in Neurological and Orthopedic Rehabilitation. After working at St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center as a physical therapist, she returned back home to Washington, DC in 2004 to teach GYROTONIC® exercise and physical thearpy. She opened Elements Cetner in 2007 which has grown in to a Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis Final certification studio offering all level one courses.
Dr. Bernard is currently a GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® Master Trainer in Washington D.C. and owns Elements Fitness and Wellness Center, a complete GYROTONIC® studio which also offers physical therapy, acupuncture, massage therapy, resistance training and pilates.
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