Cary Twomey, B.F.A., D. Ayv., Highest Level Certified in the teachings of Joseph Pilates,
has been teaching for over fifteen years and is a highly respected teacher in her field. Her teaching and counseling is influenced by her extensive anatomical and movement background as well as the study and practice of Western Jungian Psychology, Eastern Ayurvedic Psychology and Buddhist Philosophy. Cary integrates these approaches into her anatomical work as well as her counseling.
Cary spent 9 years studying with and serving as a primary apprentice in New York City under second generation Master Teacher Deborah Lessen, current board member of The Pilates Method Alliance. She also studied with several Master Teachers in the Pilates community. Cary spent eight years studying anatomy, manual assessment & hands on bodywork skills and rehabilitation applications with world respected anatomist Irene Dowd which earned her referrals from several reputable physical therapists in New York City.
Cary lived and taught in New York City for 10 years where she danced professionally and developed her own Pilates/Rehab studio in addition to working as a Pilates Therapist at Park South Physical Therapy. She spent two years as part of the founding faculty for the Joffrey Ballet BFA Program at The New School University where she taught Anatomy and developed the Pilates conditioning regimen specific for the Joffrey Ballet B.F.A. dancers. Cary has also taught Modern Dance, Kinesiology and Dance Injury Prevention at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Cary teaches abroad as part of a yoga teacher training program.
Cary is a certified Wise Earth Ayurveda Practitioner and Ayur-Yoga instructor. She continues to study Yoga & Ayurveda at the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, NM. and with her primary teacher Swamini Mayatitananda at The Wise Earth School of Ayurveda in Candler, NC., where she has been invited to teach as well.
Cary is educated in Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Neuromuscular Repatterning as well as Ideokinesis, Bartenieff Fundamentals/Laban Movement Analysis, Yoga and Ayurveda. Cary is a member of the Pilates Method Alliance, an organization developed to uphold standards of teaching and training. Cary has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, holds the highest-level Pilates certification, a diploma in Ayurveda from the Wise Earth School of Ayurveda, and a diploma in Ayur-yoga and Marma Point Therapy from The Ayurvedic Institute. Cary recently returned to the Midwest to live and teach in her hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska.
You can find Cary listed on:
The Pilates Method Alliance website http://www.pilatesmethodalliance.org/ (see under Individual Members/Listings >> Nebraska)
As well as The Wise Earth School of Ayurveda website http://www.wisearth.org (see under Practitioners>>Nebraska)
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