The Many Ways to Exercise with Zoa
If you want to feel better not older, movement truly is medicine. Our bodies are designed to move. We flourish with daily movement. Bodies love variety. We need to walk, run, reach, climb, bend, twist, and so much more. Did you know that if we all walked 5-9 miles daily, most all chronic health problems would not exist? For many of us, that is not practical. We look for other ways to get our daily movement. Zoa is here to help you!
“Change happens through movement and movement heals.” Joseph Pilates
Zoa’s Movement Philosophy
Your first step is to schedule a private session with me. Why? Because Zen and Vitality offers movement education that is personalized and customized for every single client. We need to get to know each other so that your experience here will be ideal for your body.
Movement of our body should bring pleasure, create a sense of confidence, and enable us to move through life with ease. Not there yet? Zoa will walk beside you on your journey, pointing out pitfalls and offering optimal paths for you to follow. Together we will build your strength, encourage cooperation between your body and brain, increase and balance your body’s abilities, establish your ideal amount of body tension, add to your brain’s internal map of the body, and create your flexibility. Let’s get started!
At Zen and Vitality, Zoa keeps your daily exercise fresh and always the right level of challenging. Even on days when you are hurting – class will help! If you can walk and play on the beach with a loved one instead – see you when you get back!
Small Group Exercise Classes
Everyone is different which is a joy! Zoa offers choices so you can find the best path to your own fabulous full body movement. Even pre-pandemic, Zoa’s classes were limited to 6 students. Now a typical class incorporates 2-6 people in studio and a few more at home.
All of the following opportunities to move your body with intention are offered simultaneously to in studio clients and to those taking class virtually from elsewhere. Together, we adjust every workout or release class to match your needs while the entire group benefits!
Each month the group class schedule is published. There are seasonal changes (e.g. Saturday starts earlier in the warmer weather seasons) and changes based on clients needs , requests, and attendance. Do you have a need not met by the current schedule? It never hurts to make a request!
Yoga classes are moving meditation experiences where you relieve stress, gain flexibility, let the world fade away, and pay attention to the here and now. Come and Breathe. Find Peace.
Mat Pilates classes are best if you seek frequent core workouts on a manageable budget, appreciate variety to your movement menu, wish to minimize “stuff” needed to take a class, and are ready to have fun! Mat Pilates can be meditative and calming to the mind – especially when your low back pain goes away by the end of class!
Pilates Equipment classes are ideal if you want to work your core first and your whole body second. Spring resistance and small weights are used to challenge weaker places everywhere on your body. Equipment classes are more expensive than mat-based classes but so worth it!
Fascial Release classes give you stress relief from the inside out. Boost your strength and create flexibility with a roll, tap, or circle! No two classes are ever alike since you are different every time you attend!
Zoa offers you 4 strength classes, all designed to build your vitality and increase your capabilities. Barre wakes up your entire body. Shoulder Vitality targets the upper body; Hip Vitality takes care of the lower body. Whole Body Vitality can be whatever we need it to be! Every class has different levels and options to challenge you at the perfect level for today.
Zoa created this brain focused class just for you! We begin with breathwork, move our bodies to challenge our brain, and end of meditation. No two classes are the same so get to constantly learn new things. Try it and experience how you feel energized, calm, and more capable of enjoying life!
Private Exercise with Zoa
You have a goal. Maybe its to stop experiencing that recurring pain in your shoulder when you do certain movements. Maybe it is to strengthen your core so lower back pain exists only in your memories. Maybe you are ready to improve your pelvic floor so you stop peeing at inappropriate times. These goals and more are quite achievable with the help of 3 Month Personalized Vitality Plan custom built for you by Zoa.
Independent Exercise Sessions
Sometimes you want to just show up, do some work, and move on with your day. Sometimes you want a little something extra for yourself. These options are easy on the wallet, short on time, and have a big impact on your body.
Short and sweet. Stimulating and relaxing. More muscle fibers activate through the use of vibration. Generate growth hormones to support bone and muscle building. Vibration therapy might be new to you but athletes, astronauts, and normal folks like you and me can all reap the benefits! Jiggle and wiggle yourself to a better body and happier nervous system all in 9 minutes. Sweet!
During an X3 session you use the specialty resistance bands and accompanying X3 equipment to work your power muscles, connect to your core, and challenge your bones to get stronger. These are functional movements in upright positions just like life! In a single 15 min session, you will accomplish 4 exercises (either Set A or Set B) – and they are written down for you! X3 sessions can be scheduled anytime the studio is open.
The metabolic bike combines exercise science and artificial intelligence to give you a customized, challenging heart and metabolic workout in as little time as possible. No need to for a run, be bored on a treadmill, or sit for forever on stationary bike unless you want to! Ride the Metabolic Bike for 10 minutes or less and get even better results!
During Self Practice sessions, you use the Pilates Equipment room to build your core muscles, work your deep stabilizing muscles, and find your smile – and you get to do the exercises that you need more of! Zoa will be in the room with you getting stronger too and will be available for guidance. This is a self-directed “class” offered at particular days and times.
Your body is unique; it has its own quirks and issues that we are working on together. We both know you will make faster progress if you can work on those issues daily rather than whenever you are in class. We also both know that a private gives a much more personal experience than a group class. Let’s combine those two! Zoa will make you a personalized video guiding your movement, with instructions and modeling, so that you have a 10-15 minute video made Just For You to use whenever you can at home. When it is no longer serving your needs, we can make another one that uses your newfound strengths and provides the next level of movement for your body!
Testimonial
Zoa is the best fitness instructor I have yet found! I am very enthusiastic about her classes. I have followed her from studio to studio for several years.
I started Yoga due to ongoing balance issues which had no firm diagnosis. Zoa has been very helpful in supporting my instructions from Physical Therapy as well. I have taken group yoga, group Pilates Equipment, Private Pilates sessions and I even tried a group fascia class!
Zoa is awesome and a well of patience with all levels of ability. (I have very poor balance and flexibility. My strength is going fast too.) I do appreciate how she gives me the ability to move on a regular basis.
“Trying out new ways of using your body in handling various situations breaks you free from old ways of thinking and being.” Mirka Knaster