Located in Petaluma, Petaluma Orthopaedic and Sports Therapy (P.O.S.T.) Wellness by Design offers a wide variety of wellness and treatment options, including a combination of traditional spinal adjustments, craniosacral and trigger point therapies, soft tissue mobilization, myofascial release and more. P.O.S.T. Wellness by Design additionally offers small group and individual holistic wellness classes, including yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi and Zumba dance classes. To schedule an appointment, be sure to call the telephone number or visit the web address provided.
Foundation Pilates offers classes in traditional pilates and all instructors are trained and certified in the discipline. The studio also offers a pilates training program, for those who are interested in becoming an instructor.
Re*balance Pilates offers private and semi-private pilates training sessions. Owner and certified instructor Katrina Charmatz trains students on spring-loaded apparatuses. Her goal is to help students achieve fitness, find relief from chronic pain or rehabilitate from injuries or surgery.
Yoga One offers yoga classes and workshops. Classes offered include Morning Flow, Gentle Restorative Yoga, Partner Yoga & Massage, Iyengar Yoga and Balances & Inversions. Classes aim to help students relax and reduce stress while providing personal attention to ensure a safe, effective workout.
In addition to yoga, the studio also offers pilates and dance classes and occasionally holds community dance events.
Renew Yoga is dedicated to providing its clients with the tools they need to achieve health, well being and life balance. The studio follows the Vinyasa (flow) yoga, which is a moving meditation. The Pilates program is specifically designed for each client. The studio also offers massage therapy and Reiki mind/body balance.
An international group facilitator, eco-spiritual counselor and yoga instructor, Dr. Helaine Sheias is executive director of the Life Empowerment Action Program (LEAP). She teaches and facilitates psycho-spiritual transformation and empowerment workshops which focus on indigenous healing modalities.
A yoga therapist for over 20 years, she brings to her work an earth-based consciousness and Jewish spirituality. Her Eco-Yoga Healing locates and helps heal undernourished areas of the body that are most affected by environmental toxins, work-related stress and anxiety. Dr. Sheias is also trained in heart-centered breath therapy.
Sponsored by the City of Petaluma and led by Certified Fitness Instructor, Andrea H. Anderson, Total Body Fitness is an exercise program meeting at the Petaluma Community Center. Anderson offers total conditioning, Zumba and mat/stability ball Pilates programs on a monthly or drop-in basis. Call ahead for registration and scheduling inquiries.
Get sweaty! Bikram is a practice that takes yoga to the next level. Exercises are done in a heated room where temperatures reach to 104 degrees.
According to instructors, Bikram can help lose weight, increase balance, strength, and flexibility and improve energy levels.
You do not need to sign up for a class -- just show up hydrated and with an open mind. Bikram Yoga offers classes for every level and is open to children.
