About Whitney Speer

Most of Whitney Speer’s life has been spent either studying movement, moving, or teaching movement. At nine years old, she begged for ballet lessons, which led to a professional dance career, then teaching Ballet and then studying Pilates. In 2002, she was certified by Romana Kryzanowska as a Pilates instructor and has been teaching Pilates since then. Along the way she studied with Bob Liekens, Michael Fritzke, Ton Voogt, Kathryn Ross-Nash, Sari Mejia Santo and many others. She holds additional certifications from Pink Ribbon Pilates (Breast Cancer recovery) and Dance Medicine Rehabilitation from Marika Molnar at West Side Physical Therapy. Whitney’s teaching experience ranges from young injured dancers to clients in their 80’s, with MS, Parkinson’s Disease, joint replacements, pregnancy, and the joys of aging thrown in.

Several years ago, she began to add sporadic GYROTONIC^® lessons (which requires equipment) into her training routine. During the 2020 Pandemic, she began taking GYROKINESIS^® (no special equipment) on Zoom. She was Certified in GYROKINESIS^®  in 2021. She is a student of Gina Paolillo, Master Trainer. Her passion for deepening her skills has led her to pursue certification in GYROTONIC^® and she has begun teaching.