Jeanni Chrisman

Structural Integration informed Pilates & GYROTONIC®, GYROKINESIS®
Teacher Trainer, Owner

Jeanni is an experienced and dedicated teacher whose clients include men and women of all ages and fitness levels that are seeking a personalized approach to their training. Her understanding of rehabilitative movement and desire to help people keeps her energized to work with each individual to create a customized program to meet their needs whether their goals include regaining strength and mobility following an injury/surgery, dance and sports training, greater flexibility, pre/post natal fitness, ease in movement and a deeper connection to their own body.

  • Jeanni has been teaching Pilates since 2000 and GYROTONIC since 2008. She has spent her life exploring different movement systems and has always had a desire to teach and share her discoveries with others – starting at 10, when she offered ballet classes to friends in her basement studio. Her two passions – helping others and study of movement, came together when she got her Pilates certification in 2000, and then again when she became certified in the Gyrotonic Movement System in 2008. Jeanni is currently working on becoming certified in Structural Integration, a system of bodywork that is designed to release layers of muscle and connective tissue to bring the entire body into balance and allow more ease in movement.

    Over the years, Pilates and Gyrotonic have helped Jeanni recover from sports-related injuries (torn ACL/MCL from skiing and two fractured vertebrae from horse jumping), a serious car accident, as well as regain core strength after the births of her two children. She has used her injuries and experiences as a way to learn to help and gain empathy for many of her clients. Recently diagnosed with severe osteoarthritis and degeneration of her cervical and lumbar spine as a result of her injuries (and yes, aging) she especially understands how important Pilates and Gyrotonic have been in allowing her to maintain her level of activity, and to prevent further damage.

    Jeanni opened her first studio in 2007 to provide a supportive environment offering high-quality instruction for every age, gender and fitness level. In 2006, she became a certified Teacher Trainer for the Pilates Method. She enjoys working with people that share her passion who want to become Pilates instructors and continue the amazing work that Joseph Pilates started over 50 years ago.

    Jeanni opened a second studio location in Lake Oswego in 2020, and most recently opened her third studio in Bend, OR in 2023. Jeanni has recently relocated to Bend and enjoys being outside and exploring all kinds of movement.

  • 2000 — Pilates Certification/PhysicalMind Institute

    2003 — BOSU Integrated Balance Training Certification

    2005 — Body-Mind Centering/Experiential Anatomy Workshop

    2005 — Indoor Cycling Certification/Northwest Personal Training

    2006 — YogaFit/Level 1 Certification

    2007 — Pilates Certification/Momentum Studios

    2008 — Integrated Neuromuscular Re-Education Muscle Energy Therapy and Positional ” Release/course through Cross Country Education

    2008 — GYROTONIC Certification/International CYROTONIC & GYROKINESIS Headquarters

    2009 – GYROKINESIS Certification/Int. GYROTONIC & GYROKINESIS Headquarters

    2010 — Massage Anatomy Course – Gross Anatomy: Assess & Tx Upper

    2010 — Healing and Rejuvenating the Hands and Feet/Specialized GYROTONIC Course 2011 – The GYROTONIC Archway/Specialized GYROTONIC Training Certification

    2012 — TRX Suspension Training course

    2012 — GYROTONIC Level 2/Specialized Gyrotonic Training

    2013 — Leg Extension Unit/Specialized GYROTONIC Training

    2013 — Gyrotoner/Specialized GYROTONIC Training

    2013 — Jumping-Stretching Board/Specialized GYROTONIC Training

    2015 — Archway Level 2/Specialized GYROTONIC Training

    2015 — GYROKINESIS Level 2/Specialized Training

    2016 — Gyrotoner/Specialized GYROTONIC Training

    2016 — Alexander Technique/Weekend Workshops Contemporary Alexander School 2016-ongoing – Structural Integration Training/NW Center for Structural Integration

    2017 — GYROTONIC Applications for the Shoulder Girdle

    2018 — GYROTONIC Jumping-Stretching Board Course

    2019 — GYROTONIC Pre-Trainer Update Course

    2021 — GYROTONIC Pre-Trainer Update Course

    2021 — GYROTONIC Applications for Healing and Rejuvenating the Hands and Feet

    2022 — GYROTONIC Pre-Trainer Updates Course