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Let us plan your perfect Mind & Body Pairings

What could be better than taking some me time for both your physical and mental well-being? As we enter the start of 2026, we know lots of you are taking count of what you experienced and achieved in 2025 and what you’re hoping to experience or achieve in the coming...

Make Reformer Pilates Fall Season

Why You Should Make A Reformer Pilates Routine This Fall  For many of us, fall brings a desire to build a routine. No matter how long it's been since you actually went back to school in September, something about the season is bound to remind us of that time. It might...

It’s Spooky Season, but Trying Pilates Shouldn’t be Scary

REFORMER PILATES CONFIDENCE Feel good about your journey in reformer pilates from the second you step into the studio.  It might be spooky season, but trying a new workout shouldn’t be scary. We’re excited to introduce reformer pilates classes at our studios, and we...

LIFE LESSONS FROM REFORMER PILATES

We can learn a lot about ourselves through our workouts - not only about our bodies and how we connect to them, but also about who we are, our mindset, and how we look at the world. Every experience in our lives can teach us something new, and workout classes are no...

Simplify Your Strength Training: The Hidden Power of Mat Pilates and Bodyweight Training

If you’re someone who likes to keep up with the hot new thing or try everything new once, you may have noticed that the popularity of fitness classes, like fashion or music, tends to pass by in fads. The 80s brought aerobics, jazzercise, and home workout videos. In...

5 Fun Facts About Franchising

5 Fun Facts About Franchising 1.  Franchising…So Much More than Burgers and Fries Forbes Magazine and the Franchise Business Review recently rated the Top Franchises according to the franchisees. Scrolling down the list, only one food related franchise made it in the...

Fitness tips for Women

Fitness tips for Women

HOW TO MOVE Do it in threes "Any workout has three variables: weights, intensity, and volume," Hood says. To keep your body guessing, focus on one variable per workout: Increase the weight but lower the number of reps one day; lower your standard weight but add a set...

Franchising and Trademarks

The foundation of a franchise system ranging from the smallest to the largest franchises is the trademark. A franchise investment is rooted in the right of a franchisee to license the use of the franchise trademark. The activities that a franchisor and its franchisees...

Vancouver welcomes an upbeat and fast-moving bar yoga class that is inspired by dance and uses the wall or bar for support. Using strength training and cardio to develop your ‘dancer’s’ body of long-lean muscle while improving your balance, flexibility, and range of motion. The new movements will keep your body guessing and you coming back for more.

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The Physical Benefits of Yoga

The Physical Benefits of Yoga Performing yoga postures regularly offers a number of physical benefits, including: Increased flexibility Increased lubrication of joints, ligaments and tendons Massaging the body's internal organs Detoxifying the body Toning the muscles...