Gin Gavran graduated from Illinois State University with a Bachelor of Science in 1997. She has been a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) since 1991, and has been teaching Pilates and Yoga for the past 25 years. 

 

Gin has had many amazing mentors and teachers including Michele Larsson (Eve Gentry), Kathy Grant and Jay Grimes. She graduated from her studies with Michele and Core Dynamics in 1998. For Yoga, she studied under Sivananda Yoga, a form of Hatha Yoga. Her time at the Ashram, learning yoga and meditation in all their forms, was a life changing experience that she will cherish forever. 

 

In 2003 she began her work with Z-Health and Dr. Eric Cobb. Z-Health is a dynamic joint mobility and movement system which focuses on neural mechanics and sports performance. Gin continued her studies in 2007 and became certified in A.R.T. (Active Release Technique), which is a movement based massage technique that is used to treat soft tissue, muscles, tendons, ligaments and nerves. Later, she received certification in DVRT (Dynamic Variable Resistance Training) and developed their Resiliency Program. Gin is also certified in Myofascial Release (Human and Equine.) Appreciative of all forms of movement, she has also studied Capoeira, Tai Chi, and Dance.