Kirstie Smallman
Kirstie teaches Nia on Tuesdays and Thursdays 7-8 p.m.
Fridays – 90 minute Nia with more Free Dance

Fitness Goals:
Kirstie says,

Well, here’s the thing. I have many possibilities to improve my fitness – as do we all – and focussing in on a few of them to make goals seems limiting to me. I am holistic in my approach to life. This is why I dance Nia.

I also practice yoga, LOVE the martial arts and randomly stretch like a cat during my day-to-day business. Yeah I get some weird looks, but others obviously don’t know the power of a good stretch!

So, my focus is to find the pleasure in moving every day. Pleasure is anything from leaping through the air to feeling the hot sensation of hard-working muscles while in a lowered push-up plank, and then the tickle of the sweat trickling down my nose and pooling on the floor, while my warm breath rebounds off the floor back into my face! And then there’s the pleasure of the hot shower in the Art of Fitness luxurious bathrooms afterwards! I test my physical boundaries often, and I research food and nutrition all the time. Narrowing down my improvements list with goals makes me feel boxed in, so I go intuitively through my fitness process. And I feel great about it. But that’s just me! The point is for everyone to find their own best way. What is Your Body’s Way to optimum health and peace? I don’t need a mountain to climb to make me get fit, but may be someone else does.

I don’t need to see numbers on a scale diminish to work up a sweat three times a week, but may be someone else does! I just need to dance A LOT because I just GOTTA!

Garnet Suidy
Garnet teaches Macho-lattes Tuesdays 7:30 a.m.
Goals:

For 2012 Garnet plans to cut meat from his diet and gain five lbs of lean muscle mass. He’d also like to establish a more consistent yoga practice and firmly right his head on his spine, in and out of the studio!

Julane Pratt

Julane will be teaching a six-week specialty class based on the basics of the neurophysiology of movement. The focus will be to help you find ease in your everyday movements and improving balance, strength and range. This will help you improve your movements and prevent injury.

Throughout the winter season she will be teaching;
- Core essential mat/small apparatus class Mondays at 7 p.m.
- Mat apparatus melody class Wednesday’s at 9:30 a.m.
- Macho-lattes Thursdays at 7:30 a.m.
- Reformer core dynamics Thursdays at 7 p.m.

2012 FITNESS GOALS

Julane’s goal for 2012 is to be able to run 10km in an hour or less.
She’d also like to be able to complete 50 continuous dive bombs before moving onto the reformer version to make it especially difficult!

Additional:
Julane will be continuing her certification journey to becoming a post rehabilitation specialist in the new year. Interesting courses she has on her agenda include rehabilitation protocols for spine, hip and shoulder as well as working with inflammatory diseases, osteoporosis, arthritis and osteoarthritis! She will keep you informed and will be sharing some neat information from each course through blogs or upcoming seminars!