Weekly Class Schedule

Mat Pilates 101 (Infrared Heated)

Mat Pilates with Chelsea is different. She has developed a precise method of total body toning. Using classic Mat Pilates aerobic exercises, her class strengthens every major muscle in the body, with a special focus on core and glutes. Her sequence improves alignment with focused control. Her class incorporates classic HITT training, using traditional tabata intervals. It is a low-impact and light cardio class that boots the metabolism. Using specific breath cues and micro movements muscles tighten closer to the bone, supporting the major joints of the body. It will tone and trim your entire body while developing strength, endurance and elegance. She incorporates and fun playlist and state of the art infrared heat to add even more healing benefits to the class. Most of all, her authentic optimistic encouraging coaching creates a one-of-a-kind experience. All-levels welcome and beginner friendly.

CORE & GLUTES: Classic Mat Pilates sequencing to tone and strengthen the abdominal muscles. Transverse abdominals, rectus abdomens and obliques. Also, exercises specific to shaping and toning gluteus maximus, medius and minimums.

TONE & TRIM: This class uses classic Pilates Mat exercises to reduce the waistline and trim total body muscles. Small repetitive exercises that effectively reduce waist size.

CARDIO & CORE: Class will be centered around cardio, accelerating the heart rate enough to boost the metabolism and burn calories away for good. This sequence will burn fat and help with weight loss. It will also focus on core exercises to strengthen and define abdominal muscles. significantly flattening out the abdominals.

CORE & ARMS: This class focuses on arm toning, and abdominal toning. The sequence with target every muscle in the arms, and core. Creating strong, trim and tight looking arms.

Monday

8:30-9:30am MAT PILATES 101🔥♫

10am-11am CORE & GLUTES 🔥♫

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Tuesday

8:30-9:30am MAT PILATES 101 🔥♫

10-11am CARDIO & CORE 🔥

5:00pm-6pm WORLD FUSION BELLY DANCE

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Wednesday

8:30-9:30am MAT PILATES 101🔥♫

10-11am CORE & GLUTES🔥

4pm-5:pm MAT PILATES 🔥♫

5:30-6:15pm DEEP STRETCH

6:15-7:15pm SOUND BATH

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Thursday

8:30-9:30am MAT PILATES 101🔥♫

10:00-11:00am TONE AND TRIM🔥♫

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Friday

8:30-9:30am MAT PILATES 101🔥♫

10-11:00am CORE & ARMS🔥♫

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Saturday

9am-10am MAT PILATES 101♫ 🔥♫

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Sunday

8:00am STRONG VINYASA FLOW

10:00am HATHA BLEND

Class Descriptions

Deep Stretch Yoga

Strong Vinyasa

Get your dose of Spiritual Soul Food + Physical Kick Asana Workout in this upbeat, flowing Ashtanga style class. Unheated, yet be ready to sweat while building deep strength, concentration, flexibility, and balance.

Hatha Blend

A Somatic, Meditative Flow class incorporating traditional Yoga postures with Pilates Matwork, Energy Medicine, and Sound Healing. Move your prayers and shake off all your cares as Erika guides you to your inner bliss.

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World Fusion Belly Dance (WFBD)

This class is truly a unique offering. It is an ongoing, dynamic practice for all levels. World Fusion Belly Dance is a style born from rich, varied lineages of teachers and traditions. In class, you’ll build agility, fluidity, and sensuality while awakening the Shakti that moves through the whole body, cultivating creativity, vitality, and joy along the way. Students will also learn finger cymbals and Middle Eastern drum rhythms. As the class evolves, there will be opportunities, but not necessary ,for dancers who would like to be included in shit, showcasing their love and passion for the dance.

A class to slow down, open gently and give your body time to release. Deep Stretch Yoga is a slow, floor-based practice focused on long, supported holds that target the hips, spine, shoulders, and connective tissue. Each posture is designed to soften tension, improve mobility, and restore balance without forcing or straining. This class emphasizes patience over performance. With the support of breath and heat, your body has space to unwind layers of tightness that build from daily stress, sitting, travel, and repetitive movement. The result is a practice that feels grounding, nourishing, and deeply restorative. This class is perfect for dancers and martial artist looking to advance their hip and shoulder flexibility. It is also a wonderful way to wind down after a long day of activity.

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About Infrared Heated Pilates & Yoga

Our infrared-heated classes combine the precision of Pilates and the traditional movement of yoga with gentle, radiant heat that penetrates your muscles and joints (usually ~95–105°F / 35–40°C). Unlike traditional heated rooms, infrared warmth reaches deeper tissue, helping you move more freely, safely, and mindfully. The experience feels different from a regular heated room — the warmth penetrates the body more directly instead of just heating the air. Many students describe it as “warming from the inside out."

Some of the benefits Include:

🔥 Deeper muscle warm-up: Infrared heat raises tissue temperature faster than ambient heat. Muscles loosen more quickly, creating less stiffness at the start of class. It encourages smoother transitions between movements and a reduced risk of strain when stretching. For Pilates especially, warm muscles allow better engagement of small stabilizers without fighting tightness. For yoga, it can help students access range of motion gradually and safely.

💧 Increased circulation: Infrared heat stimulates blood flow. Better circulation can support oxygen delivery to muscles creating faster recovery after workouts, reduced soreness and a feeling of “lightness” post-class.

🧘 Enhanced mind-body focus: The steady warmth encourages the nervous system to relax. Making easier breath awareness, faster mental quiet, deeper relaxation during holds and improved body awareness. The heat acts almost like a sensory cocoon that reduces distraction.

💦 Sweating and detox perception: Infrared classes promote a strong sweat response. Overall, the heat supports natural cooling mechanisms, promoting skin circulation and radiance. Heat will reduce joint stiffness and improve tissue elasticity.

❤️ Cardiovascular boost: Infrared heat slightly elevates heart rate even during low-impact movement. Encouraging gentle cardiovascular conditioning and increased calorie expenditure. The heat will created improved endurance over time. Pilates + heat = strength training with a light cardio layer.

🌿 Stress relief: The environment encourages nervous system regulation. Causing better sleep after class and reduced anxiety. It functions almost like movement + sauna + meditation combined.

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