Modern Nature Bodyworks

Carrie Gaynor BSN, RN, E-RYT 500, BCSI, CFST, FAFS

PRIVATE PRACTICE SPECIALTIES

Anatomy Trains Structural Integration (ATSI ) (Structural Bodywork)
Fascial Stretch Therapy® (FST) Gray Institute Functional Movement

TEACHING ENDEVORS

Anatomy Trains® Course Instructor and other short coursesTeaching Yoga with a Fascial Focus Part's 1, 2, 3 & 4

SPECIALTY YOGA CLASSES AND PASSIONS

TriYoga® Flow

Yoga - For the Health of It - Yoga Classes for enhanced well being

Carrie, aka, "the space maker", has been working with the body and its relationship to structure for over 20 years. The practice and teaching of Yoga is a continuous thread through a network of related academic and training pursuits.

The past 16 years she has focused on the emerging science of fascia. Initial exposure to the fascinating world of fascia came through her longstanding and close relationship with Tom Myers, author of Anatomy Trains: Myofascial Meridians for the Manual and Movement Therapist (2001, 2009, 2014, 2020 Elsevier). Through Tom Myers / Kinesis, LLC, she was certified as an Anatomy Trains Structural Integration practitioner in 2004 and is now a senior faculty member, teaching Anatomy Trains and other short and long courses internationally.

She began her studies with Ann and Chris Frederick, leaders in the field of stretching professional athletes and other movers (Stretch to Win®) for optimal performance in 2012. She is certified by the Fredericks as a Level 2 Fascial Stretch Therapist™.

Most recently (2018) she completed her fellowship in Applied Functional Science, studying with Gary Gray and David Tiberio with the Gray Institute GIFT (Gray Institute Functional Transformation / Training ) program. The study of functional movement feels like the infrastructure beneath all movement practices and goes hand in hand with the Anatomy Trains model and other related studies.

The year 2020 created opportunities for online studies, most of which focused around dissection. The insights gained through the study of dissection have stimulated new ways of working and imagining individual connections.

2020 - Human Dissection lab on Breath, Movement & Yoga with Leslie Kaminoff and Lauri Nemetz (online study in October)
2020 - Human Dissection labs with Tom Myers / Todd Garcia (online studies in July, August & October)

As well, 2020 saw Carrie continuing her studies in functional movement with Bob Fanneli, former faculty teacher at Gray Institute. Where the dissection helps to imagine where space is missing, functional movement reveals where the wheel is not turning.

Carrie’s private practice in Rochester, New York specializes in “making space” for growth and transformation. She offers individual work in both ATSI Structural Integration, Fascial Stretch Therapy, Gray Institute Functional Movement and individualized yoga practices.

Carrie directs Modern Nature Bodyworks, where she teaches Triyoga® flow classes and her own specialty series - Yoga for the Health of It.

Yogic Education

Yoga Teaching Certificate through Esther Myers:

Carrie's first yoga teaching certification was completed in 2000, through a comprehensive program with Ester Myers. This was a 500 hour / 2 year program / journey.

TriYoga Teaching Certificate: Carrie is certified in TriYoga Flow Basics and Level 1 (2009), both earned through internship and certification process. She continues her studies of Level 2 TriYoga Flow and studies dirctly with Kaliji and senior TriYoga teachers Martha Hamilton and Theresa Shay.

Formative Teachers Yogini Kaliji (Kali Ray), Victor van Kooten, Leslie Kaminoff, Esther Myers, Francios Raoult, Mark Sandler.

Continuing Studies 1995 - present

2020 - Human Dissection lab on Breath, Movement & Yoga with Leslie Kaminoff and Lauri Nemetz (online study in October)
2020 - Human Dissection labs with Tom Myers / Todd Garcia (online studies in July, August & October)
2020 - Yogini Kaliji (Kali Ray) -TriYoga continual weekly online studies
2019 -Yogini Kaliji (Kali Ray) - TriYoga 3 day intensive - Spring Mills, Pa
2016 -Yogini Kaliji (Kali Ray) - TriYoga 7 day intensive, Santa Cruz, Ca
2015 -Yogini Kaliji (Kali Ray) - TriYoga 5 day intensive - Spring Mills, Pa
2014 -Yogini Kaliji (Kali Ray) - TriYoga 5 day intensive - Spring Mills, Pa
2013 - Victor van Kooten 7 day intensive - Rochester, NY
2013 -Yogini Kaliji (Kali Ray) - TriYoga 2.5 day intensive - Kripalu, Mass
2012- Yogini Kaliji (Kali Ray) - TriYoga 5 day intensive - Spring Mills, Pa
2011- Yogini Kaliji (Kali Ray) - TriYoga 2.5 day intensive - Kripalu, Mass
2010- Yogini Kaliji (Kali Ray) - TriYoga 2.5 day intensive - Kripalu, Mass
2006 - Meditation as Medicine - T.K.V. Desikachar - Boston, Mass.-3 days
1998 - 2005 - 2 day seminars with Leslie Kaminoff - Rochester, NY
2002 - Angela Farmer and Victor van Kooten - Yellow Springs, Ohio - 5 day intensive
2002 - The Ocean of Yoga - T.K.V. Desikachar - Omega Institute - 5 days
2001 - Angela Farmer and Victor van Kooten - Yellow Springs, Ohio - 5 day intensive

Accademic Education and Trade Certificats

Fellow of Applied Functional Science. 2018
Certified Level 2 Fascial Stretch Therapist. 2015
Certified Fascial Fitness Trainer. 2013
Certified Level 1 Fascial Stretch Therapist. 2012
Board Certified Structural Integrator. 2010
Certified Anatomy Trains Teacher, Kinesis, Inc. 2008
Certified Antomy Trains Structural Integraion practitoner. 2004
BSN University of Rochester. 1993

Work Experience

Carrie began teaching Yoga classes at Absolute Yoga and other community locations in 1995 and has been teaching an average of 6 - 10 classes per week ever since. She loves the physical and mental health benefits of yoga and has directly benefited from this natual means of healing and balancing the body.mind.spirit.

Teaching

-TriYoga Flow and Yoga for the Health of It

- Anatomy Trains courses

Board Work

-Certification Board for Structural Integration

-International Association for Structural Integrators

Services

-Structural Integration

- Functional Movement

-Fascial Stretch Therapy

-TriYoga Flow