Denise Drumm-Gurnee, PhD, MSc, NBC-HWC, is the Founder of Integrated Movement & Wellness, a Scottsdale-based movement and coaching studio, and the Creator of the NeuroWise Movement™ Method.
Before establishing her studio, Denise served as Research Director for Neurosciences and for Simulation & Innovation within a multi-hospital healthcare system. Her professional foundation includes director-level operational leadership, neurorehabilitation clinical practice, academic research, and university graduate instruction — experience that now informs her structured coaching architecture.
Through the NeuroWise Movement™ Method, she integrates neuroscience-informed inquiry, disciplined reflection, and movement-based practice to support individuals navigating transition, expanded responsibility, and values-aligned development.
Denise is a National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach and holds certifications in transition coaching, positive psychology-based well-being coaching, and meditation coaching, along with advanced coach training in neuroscience and transformational coaching. She is comprehensively certified in the classical Pilates tradition and is third generation in the lineage of Joseph Pilates. She is also a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-500), with continued study in contemplative qigong practices and advanced functional movement alignment systems.
Science informs the structure.
Coaching provides disciplined inquiry.
Movement grounds the practice.
NeuroWise Movement™ represents the ongoing integration of this work — developed with intention, alignment, and depth.
ALWAYS ON THE GO?
