teaching

INSTRUCTORS:

Each of the staff members is handpicked for their expertise, unique personal skills, and technical ability. At In-Spiraling Movement Arts clients can be confident that all therapists and trainers undergo yearly continuing education in their respective fields.

Lisa Marie Goodwin-Rice

Director of In-Spiraling Movement Arts
Authorized International Master Trainer GYROTONIC® / GYROKINESIS® / Specialized Equipment

Lisa Marie one of the few Authorized Master Trainers of the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® as well as a GYROKINESIS® Master Trainer and a certified Master Trainer of all GYROTONIC® Specialized Equipment and specialized workshops.
She was introduced to GYROTONIC® body conditioning during her career as a professional ballet dancer. As a dancer she performed nationwide with various companies such as the San Francisco Ballet, Cleveland Ballet, LA Classical Ballet and Helios Dance Theatre, to name a few. Lisa Marie has practiced Pilates for over 20yrs and became certified as a Pilates instructor in 1992 under the tutelage of Marie-Jose Blom-Lawrence at Long Beach Dance Conditioning (LBDC) where she co-managed the studio for 7yrs and conducted some certifications for LBDC.
1995 to 2006: Lisa Marie founded her own company, White Crane Movement Arts, from which she has been running a successful movement program and teacher training courses for over 10 years. She was Director of the Children's Division of Long Beach Ballet Arts Center and has set up Pilates and GYROTONIC® studios for ballet schools and companies.  Between 2000 and 2005 Lisa Marie was a co-owner of LA Body Kinetics and then went on to direct Angel City Body Kinetics’ GYROTONIC® program with Marie-Jose Blom. Lisa Marie was part time faculty at Loyola Marymount University as a teacher of classical ballet and established a GYROKINESIS® for dancers’ class.

Current: Lisa Marie founded In-Spiraling Movement Arts with her husband Jessie Rice. She continues to travel extensively internationally conducting courses for the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM®. She also teaches specialized seminars focusing on injury prevention for dance schools and institutes such as California Institute for the Performing Arts, Joffrey Ballet in Chicago and Pasadena Ballet. She is currently in her third year of Medical Chi-Gong, is certified Level 1 Rice Release Technique® practitioner, is certified through Fusion Pilates for Pre and Post Pregnancy, studies and uses essential oils, and for deeper anatomical studies, she also mentors with Marika Molnar and Jean-Claude West. Lisa Marie continues to embrace with grace and light the development of her studies in her career as a movement educator.

Lisa Marie

Jessie Rice

Director of In-Spiraling Movement Arts
Neuromuscular Healer, Founder of Rice Release Technique, Creator of Arnica Gold

Rice’s appreciation of the body and its systems was inspired by his Bachelors of Science in Biology and Master’s work in Molecular Biology. He continued on with laboratory research work at OHSU in Portland, Oregon and clinical trials and human studies at the Center for Health Research. He also studied classical ballet and jazz in Portland Oregon which helped him understand the body from a movement prospective.

Rice spent over nine years of his life as a mental health counselor for adults and adolescents in hospitals and group homes and domestic violence shelters. These experiences combined with his previous experience helped Rice began to see and understand the connection between mind and body.

Rice learned more about bodywork and hands on healing form his travel around the world to over 25 countries. After his travels, Rice arrived in Los Angeles, studied massage and became an associate instructor at California Healing Arts College. He began a successful massage therapy practice (A Touch Of Compassion) working with Medical Doctors, Acupuncturists, Osteopaths and Chiropractors in a holistic approach to healing. Rice also developed a Homeopathic arnica cream called Arnica Gold® to aid his clients during and after their treatment. Arnica Gold® is now being used and sold by many different practitioners around the world.

Jessie Rice is an approved provider for continuing education through the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB). A certified instructor teaching the Rice Release Technique which teaches the therapist to connect with and listen to their client through a touch of compassion. He founded In-Spiraling Movement Arts with his partner Lisa Marie. His inspiration comes from the harmony and joy he feels while working directly with clients and students, helping them to create and experience a better quality of life.

Jessie Rice

Devon Bailey

Devon Bailey is a certified GYROKINESIS® and GYROTONIC® instructor and an officially certified GYROTONIC® Pre-Trainer with Lisa Marie .  She also has certificates in GYROTONIC® Level II as well as on the Jumping Stretching Board, GYROTONER®, Leg Extension Unit, and Ladder Specialized Equipment.

Originally from a small town in Pennsylvania, Devon grew up studying dance and rhythmic gymnastics.  She attended SUNY Purchase College where she received a BFA in dance performance in 2003.  A year later, while apprenticing with the Buglisi/Foreman Dance Company in New York City, a fellow dancer introduced her to the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM®.

Her clients range from the ages of 9 to 86 and include professional athletes, golfers, dancers, as well as people recovering from injuries.  She brings into her sessions a unique sensitivity and joy of movement, while striving to develop within her clients a functional, intelligent body with both strength and flexibility, outstanding posture, and overall optimal health. 

Devon

Louis Flores

Louis' first movement training was from dance.  His background is in classical ballet.  He also enjoys Salsa, Argentine Tango and currently Swing. 
 
After dancing ballet he found an interest in the Joseph Pilates Method.  He has been a Pilates instructor since 1999 having received his teacher training through Body Arts & Science in Costa Mesa with Rael Isacowitz.  After his training he began working in the Pasadena/La Canada area.  First at Perfectly Fit in La Canada where he first introduced GYROKINESIS® to that studio and to his pilates clients.  In addition to working there he also worked at ATP in South Pasadena as well as Bodyscape a physical therapy studio offering Pilates & GYROTONIC®.  Louis has continued to work twice per week at Bodyscape and spends the rest of his time on the west side.
 
Louis' first introduction to GYROTONIC® was in 2001 through a ballerina friend with whom he formerly danced with.  He immediately loved the work and the benefits it brought to his own body so much that he decided to become an instructor.
 
He began his training with Lisa Marie Goodwin in 2003/2004 and was certified by Juliu Horvath in both GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® in 2005.
Louis has been fortunate to continue working along side Lisa Marie at Angel City Body Kinetics and now at In-Spiraling Movement Arts.
 
While at Angel City Body Kinetics he continued teaching both methodologies.  He worked alongside owner Marie Jose Blom-Lawrence and took part of as many workshops as possible.  He did her Core Intelligence course when he first began working there and while auditing her teacher training course at Long Beach Dance Conditioning was invited by Marie Jose to demonstrate for her during the 4 month course.  In addition to her course he studied the Eric Franklin Method with Jan Dunn: A highly respected instructor in his method.
 
In 2006, Louis became a certified GYROTONIC® Pre-Trainer and received his certification on the Specialized Equipment, GYROTONER® and Jumping Stretching Board by Lisa Marie and in Rome with Abel Horvath on the Leg Extension Unit. In 2008 Louis became certified on the Archway with Lisa Marie.
 
Louis looks forward to continuing his education and sharing his knowledge with his clients and fellow instructors.

Louis Flores

Tara Russell

The moment Tara Russell took her first Pilates class her passion for movement was born.  Tara had just graduated from USC with the intention of pursuing a career in the visual arts when her father was diagnosed with Spinal Stenosis and degeneration of the cerebellum.  To witness her father’s physical deterioration had a profound effect on Tara; her love for movement grew out of a quest to learn everything she could about health, and in turn she dedicated herself professionally to improving the physical condition of others.

In time, Tara obtained her Pilates certification through the Physical Mind Institute, her Pilates for Pregnancy and Post Pregnancy certification through Fusion Pilates, her GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® certifications through GYROTONIC INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS®. In 2008 she obtained her certifications with Lisa Marie on the Jumping Stretching Board and in 2009 the Leg Extension Unit as well as becoming a GYROTONIC® Pre-Trainer with Lisa Marie, and continues to pursue the study of yoga.

Tara’s unmatched ability to achieve and to demonstrate proper body alignment inspired Gaiam, the world-renowned fitness pioneer, to feature Tara in eleven instructional DVD’s as well as several yoga infomercials.

Tara’s extensive training is continuously enhanced by her dedication to ongoing education.  As an instructor, Tara challenges her clients by creating customized programs designed to ensure maximum results.  When teaching, Tara insists on technical discipline while taking the time to explain every movement in a patient, thorough manner.  As a result, her clients continually emphasize that while she always challenges them, she is a complete joy to train with.  More than that, they point to increased strength, flexibility, and balance – results that speak for themselves.

Tara’s instructors, colleagues, and students agree: she possesses an ability not only to energize one’s body and mind, but to elevate the spirit.

Tara

Tavi Stutz

Tavi was born into a Self Realized (SRF) family and this breaths through his teaching.  He is a nomad by nature, who has performed, taught and trained with masters from various styles of movement, dance, and acrobatics in Eastern and Western Europe, Canada, the United States, and Costa Rica along side such acclaimed companies as the Bolshoi Ballet, the Cirque du Soleil, and the Siti Company, to name a few.  His background includes: Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Hip Hop, Acrobatics, Capoeira, Anusara, Vinyasa, Bikram, Ashtanga, Mysore and GYROTONIC®.  He is committed to the study of physical expression and the healing arts, as well as exploring the space beyond boundaries.  Tavi continues to travel the world meeting many teachers.

Tavi

Theresa Ketterhagen

Theresa Ketterhagen is a Registered Physical Therapist (RTP) with twenty-five years of clinical experience specializing in orthopedic care and spinal disorders. She received a Masters degree in Physical Therapy at the University of Texas at San Antonio medical center, and a bachelor’s of science degree in biology at the University of Texas at Austin. She has spent the last ten years working as the Director of Physical Therapy at the LAX Medical Group working with orthopedic surgeons and doctors of internal medicine. She is the owner of the business After Hours PT where she treats a variety of orthopedic disorders on a one-on-one basis with an emphasis on strengthening and reeducating the muscle groups.

Stephanie