The fitness industry has been throwing around “mind-body connection” for decades and I gotta tell ya … it’s mostly meaningless. Most fitness experiences (even yoga) train you how to connect the mind to the body. But how can you call it connection if only one part is making commands - the mind? It is not until a teacher learns how to use cues to build sense-ational awareness for the practitioner that a true connection happens. And when it does … Damn does that shit work. Feeling is believing y’all.

First named “FORTIFY+”, this class was made to improve the physique, proprioception, coordination and power for male ballet dancers. Now offered to the world as Love+Muscles, this class is made for those that can handle a mid level yoga or pilates class. No you don’t have to have done either, but if you are in a condition where you can do either without injury, this class is for you.

Not really. But I’m a DJ so… you never know what I’ll throw at you.

Yeah that description above sparks some curiosity right? Ok so here’s how this class runs.

1. We get grounded AF. We announce to ourselves or to the group or to me what we are feeling in the moment. We take literal seconds to just stop and think about what is really going on in our bodies and nervous systems. Then we either shake some shit out and lay down or we lay down right away and STFU and feel stuff, everywhere. We energetically connect to the parts of us that we are about to use for over an hour. We connect to the desire we have to be there and what we are there for with no judgement. You here just to get sexier? Great, we connect to that. You here to transform your mood, spirit, injury, trauma? Great, we connect to that.

Where do you want it? A version of this class was done virtually for male ballet dancers and was amazing. It can be done at a yoga style studio or even a night club. Text me following the text guide below. If a tally of 20+ happens in a particular area / zoom option a class will be launched.

It’s easy for one to make a space satisfy the olfactory nerve (smell), it’s easy to make it look nice (sight), but sound, … sound that really motivates and guides us - that shit is hard AF. It takes serious skill to create a sound story that guides our nervous system from ground to power to enlightenment. it takes a “shamanic” DJ of sorts and it’s something I’ve spent hundreds of hours studying, experiencing, and practicing. There is a reason why dancing to a playlist at home is not as transformative as going to a live DJ set at a club. The same thing applies to a fitness class for me. When the music matches the story told by the fitness class, every part of the experience is heightened.

I started my career as a movement specialist at the age of 14 coaching gymnastics to the little ones. Built my skills to teach elite level gymnastics under the mentorship of a Sport Psychologist and Dean of Exercise Science at Rutgers University. I taught dance and choreography - got certified in Pilates - became a Pilates Teacher Trainer with the Pilates Academy International - Opened a state of the art, fully equipped studio with my mother (who used to win aerobics competitions in the 80s and became and award winning fitness program director and is my mentor) - studied embodiment and somatic therapy applications to exercise - created and developed online fitness coaching - private trainer. My experience as a fitness, movement and embodiment coach spans 26 years.