Kickstarting Healthy Lifestyles

 Monica has a deep passion for group fitness, building community, the mind, body, soul and spiritual connection. Her new adventure is to create a new platform where the Pilates reformer will be unique, challenging, and sweaty with using all modulates plus some. She has over 15 years in the fitness industry, and continues to grow her education with master trainers and healers.

Monica has the following certifications and trainings:

•NASM CT PT•200HR Power Yoga •Yoga Sculpt•Hot Power Fusion•Kids Yoga•MADD Dog cycling•Kieser cycling  • Reiki 1 & 2 healing•Spiritual Life Coach •Sound healing

Laurie Keane fell in love with athletics & team sports as a child. Her passion for Group Fitness & Training began in 1993, She has been teaching & training clients for over 29 years.  Laurie is driven & inspired watching clients achieve their goals, and finds it very rewarding being a part of helping others transform their body minds & lives. 

Certifications:

NASM 

AFAA

Madd Dog

Power SCHWINN

Matrix

Rebound

SKYFIT

TRX

Hittzone 

Pound

CPR

Like many, my introduction to the practice of yoga came from a need to heal from chronic physical conditions. I was born with Club Foot, a musculoskeletal deformity. While I was blessed to have had a surgeon who reconstructed my foot to be aesthetically “normal,” it still left me with a lifetime of pain and limited mobility- at times having to relearn how to walk. Fast forward to my mid-twenties and a lifetime of forced inactivity and pain had taken a major toll. Unable to do most other physical activities, it was suggested I try Yoga, and my entire life changed in that moment. Asana practice gave me the physical empowerment I had been missing my whole life- providing ways to move, stretch and strengthen that weren’t possible before. Pranayama, Meditation, and the subtler, more introspective components of the practice gave me the tools to provide a more compassionate outlook on things that couldn’t be changed.

Since graduating from my 200H YTT in May 2018, I have taught well over 2000 hours of group and private classes, as well as developed and lead several workshops, yoga retreats, and teacher trainings. Whether teaching a power flow or gentle yin class, my focus is always on providing room for student exploration to honor individual needs. It is my passion and honor to hold space for others to discover their own empowerment through this practice which has impacted me so deeply.

After recognizing unhealthy relationships with eating and exercise in her early 20s, Sheryl decided to take control of her mind and body. She took a step back, changed her diet and mindset, and turned to yoga. Through her yoga practice, Sheryl was able to challenge her mind while relaxing it at the same time, and she started to discover new feelings of strength, ease, accomplishment, openheartedness, harmony, and balance. Sheryl is a 500 E-RYT with additional certifications in Partner Yoga from Kripalu Center, Yoga Nidra, Buti Yoga, Yoga Ed K-8, Zumba, teaches Chair Yoga and online classes for the Alzheimer's Association. She is also a piano instructor, Certified Thai Massage Therapist, and Reiki Master. Sheryl shares her passion through yoga and music in a variety of yoga studios and wellness facilities in NY and beyond. Sheryl is also co-Owner of STRENGTH & SERENITY® Retreats/Classes where she brings together the best of Pilates and Yoga into thoughtfully curated wellness experiences.