The Chicago Center For Body Movement

I’ve been coming to CCBM for a couple years and can’t say enough good things about the studio, the instructors and Gyrotonic. Davi, the owner and master trainer, is so passionate and knowledgeable about Gyrotonic and the body. She is very tuned in to any injuries you might have and always finds a way to either work around them or work through them.
The studio is intimate and incredibly peaceful. I’ve taken classes and privates in Pilates and Gyrotonic. The classes are small so you get lots of personal attention. The teachers here are not just trainers, they’re healers and you can feel their commitment to their clients.

Convenient location, amazing instructors and great equipment! I leave my sessions feeling amazing!

wonderful studio with great staff!

Love it! This place is phenomenal! Davi E. is a phenomenal person, instructor, and business person. This is my favorite place to do pilates and gyrotonics. I’ve been going here for several years. She is a Gyrotonics master! I mean that literally! She is always doing training all over the country and it shows when she works with you. She identifies every movement in your body and is hyper tuned in. My body feels amazing afterwards and it helps with all my aches and pains and I feel about two feet taller and stronger.
The studio itself feels so good and has a wonderful calm energy, too. There is a lot of equipment and Davi utilizes all of it in your session, so you always learn something new or use your body in a new way.

I would be crippled without Gyrotonic! Davi has been instructing me for 5 – 6 years, and if I let more than a week go by without a session, my body definitely suffers. I’ve tried yoga and pilates over the years, and Gyrotonic is by far more helpful in keeping my body open and fluid. There is no risk of injury the way that yoga can sometimes incur, and pilates movement is more linear. In Gyrotonic, the muscle is engaged through rotation, and therefore gives one more range of motion.
Davi is such a patient and knowledgeable teacher. I believe she is the only Master Trainer in the city of Chicago. She knows the body so well and is able to help me work through my tight and/​or injured body parts (I am really hard on my body and seem to always have something achey or injured). But after I see Davi, I feel taller and can move more freely with her tips and insightful instruction.
If you are going to try Gyrotonic, why go anywhere else if you can see the best?

I have been going to Chicago Center for Body Movement for gyrotonic for 2 months now and I have to say my experience has been wonderful. I have muscular dystrophy, so I wasn’t even sure this would be something I could actually do, but Elizabeth, my instructor, has been incredibly accomodating. She is very patient and explains movements and concepts clearly. When there is a movement I have trouble doing, she works with me to find a way to modify the exercise if possible.
The studio itself is comfortable, not intimidating. The machines are well maintained and everything is clean and lovely. The location is fairly convenient to the loop and street parking is plentiful.
I will continue to take classes here and I think anyone looking for gyrotonic or pilates instruction should try them out too.

For the past month I’ve taken gyrokensis and pilates here. The staff is patient, knowledgeable and encouraging (I highly recommend Shane & Nina!) I had taken pilates in the past and I have to admit I wish I had always come here, as the lessons always are ‘just enough’ work to help me progress.
An added plus is the studio has a very zen feel — you can come here 100% stressed out mid workday and leave feeling completely renewed.

This studio is really, really great and I cannot recommend my instructors enough. I came to the Chicago Center for Body Movement throughout the fall and winter of 2010 and saw Nina for Gyrotonic and Shane for Pilates (reformer). I am on a bit of a hiatus from the studio now due to a ski injury, but I plan to be back as soon as my surgeon says I can resume Pilates and Gyrotonic.
Looking back, I have no complaints about the Chicago Center for Body Movement — from learning about the services offered, to scheduling sessions, to the sessions themselves. The studio’s website —
— is very straightforward and accurately describes studio policies and what sessions are actually like. The studio does not have any set hours, so sessions are set up at times that are mutually convenient for the instructor and the student — including evenings and weekends. The studio itself has a very relaxing atmosphere, and the equipment is always very clean and always available (they don’t over-​book the space, which is really nice). Everyone who works at the Studio has been very nice every time I have been there. The Gyrotonic and Pilates sessions have been great — I believe that my core strength and range of motion benefited tremendously over the course of the fall: I sit up straighter, my back and shoulders don’t bother me as much as they used to, and I just feel stronger all around. I see Nina for Gryotonic and Shane for Pilates — they are both very pleasant to be around and extremely knowledgeable in their fields. Nina and Shane both identify and accommodate my needs and limitations, they both explain their exercises well and are very responsive to my questions, and have both gently pushed me to do better.
Private Pilates and Gyrotonic sessions are sort of expensive, but I feel like it’s money well spent and I have never once felt ripped off at this studio. Additionally, I like the fact that the five-​session cards aren’t actually «cards» that can be lost or stolen — rather, the studio keeps track of how many sessions I have paid for and how many I have used. My instructors will remind me at the end of a session when I only have one more session left on my card, and they can set me up with my next card. They have never attempted to use high-​pressure sales tactics or manipulative ploys with me, which I appreciate because I have been to other gyms and studios that are too aggressive with their sales pitches.
The only thing that is a little strange is that the studio is located in a quiet building that is locked in the evenings and on the weekends, so you have to use a call-​box and someone from the studio will unlock the door remotely. I have never had any problems reaching the studio or being let in, so this isn’t a complaint — just an observation :)

I’ve been coming to «Chicago Center For Body Movement» since they opened.
I was given a wonderful present of private Gyrotonics lessons for my birthday. I finally got off my butt, took the plunge and went to the sessions… wowie, wow!
I felt my core get a wee bit stronger after the first lesson.
Instructor «Davi» makes it look so easy when she demonstrates but when you get on the equipment you realize «Holy crap this is a REAL workout!‘
More importantly Davi is soooo patient and encouraging when she teaches you to do the moves.
As I wrote in my original review the studio has a great feeling energy to it, always so soothing.
Now if I can just keep this enthusiasm up about working out and getting healthy… I’ll be on the right track!
Maybe I’ll need to keep rereading this review so I don’t get amnesia about what’s good for me!

This place is amazing. I was in Chicago on a month long extended stay, my normal gyrotonic instructor referred me to this awesome studio.
The layout of the Center is relaxing, tranquil, peaceful. The equipment is new, very clean. The owner, Davi, is knowledgable, professional, and very personable, as are the other trainers.
My experiences were exceptional. I went back for for a few more unscheduled sessions before I left Chicago, as I enjoyed the training, and the ease I had had making appointments.
I am looking forward to my next Chicago deployment, as I really don’t feel I’m getting the full Gyrotonic experience at my current Gyrotonic Center.

I have been working out with Davi for over 10 years and I truly believe she excels at her craft. She creates an environment that is client-​centered and works with her clients to meet their goals. She hires really great trainers and you’ll love Nina, Shane and Sarah too! Try pilates, gyrotonics, or gyrokinesis… I promise you’ll be hooked. Don’t forget about massages too. Davi is a skilled professional and you must try out Chicago Center for Body Movement.

Love the gyrotonics — Kirsty is fantastic. And Shane is a great pilates instructor, even for 3 ladies who aren’t morning people. Highly recommended!

Chicago Center for Body Movement is the most professional Pilates studio I have experienced so far. There is nothing else like it in Chicago. The instructors are knowledgeable, supportive, encouraging and friendly — and I’ve achieved the results I was looking for faster than I expected. I’ve never worked with anyone as talented. The workout space is awesome as well. I came to the studio a student of Pilates, and got hooked on Gyrotonic after one session (it made me feel like I was in my early 20’s again). I mix and match the two in my workout routines. I have a size 31 waist again, which I haven’t had since I was 23.