GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® Code of Conduct as outlined by GYROTONIC® Headquarters for all Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis Trainers:
1. Be honest in all professional activities
2. Treat all communication with students/clients with professional confidentiality.
3. Maintain a safe, clean and comfortable teaching environment.
4. Represent yourself honestly with regard to training, experience, and qualifications and refer clients/students to physicians and other professionals as needed and/or indicated.
5. Never attempt to diagnose a student’s physical or psychological condition, prescribe a treatment, or suggest or approve of going against a physician’s advice.
6. Describe yourself as a teacher of movement using the Gyrotonic method and/or Gyrokinesis method and clearly state when you are teaching by this method and when you are not.
7. Inform clients/students as to fees and conditions of work, expected duration, and results.
8. Follow all local, state, and national laws that pertain to teaching the Gyrotonic and/or Gyrokinesis method(s).
The following conduct is unacceptable and will not be tolerated:
1. All forms of bias including race, ethnicity, gender, disability, national origin, religion and creed as demonstrated through verbal and/or written communication and/or physical acts.
2. All forms of sexual suggestion or harassment with clients, students, & other trainers, even when they invite or consent to such behavior involvement. Sexual suggestion is defined as, but not limited to, all forms of overt and covert seductive speech, gestures, and behaviors as well as physical contact of a sexual nature; harassment is defined as, but not limited to, repeated comments, gestures, or physical contact of a sexual nature.
3. All types of proven dishonesty, including cheating, plagiarism, knowingly furnishing false information, forgery, and alteration or use of official documents with intent to defraud.
4. Intentional disruption or obstruction of teaching, administration, or other educational activities.
5. Theft or damage to the property or premises of others.
6. Teaching or attending class while intoxicated, under the influence of a controlled substance, or in any other state that would result in impaired judgment.
Scope of Practice
The Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis methods are not massage techniques, bodywork techniques, or medical practices. They are exercise practices that can have therapeutic benefits and may function as a compliment to medical care. Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis Trainers do not provide medical diagnoses, nor do they prescribe, or provide medical treatment.
