FOUNDER/OWNER

I have been on a decades-long journey of learning to look at my body for everything it is, rather than everything it is not. And through years of certifications, training, and actual hands on work, I’ve found my purpose. I’ve found my worth again.

And that is to help other people who have had similar histories as mine, give diet culture and all of it’s toxic friends a huge middle finger. To finally start living our lives in ways that do not revolve around how our bodies look, but rather everything else life has to offer.

Certifications

NASM Personal Trainer

Corrective Exercise Specialist

Certified Functional Strength Coach (CFSC)

HAES (Health at Every Size) Alignment

SITA (Size Inclusive Training Academy) Certified

Weight Inclusive and Anti Diet Trainer

Disordered Eating and Eating Disorder Focus w/ Emphasis on Introduction into Movement

STUDIO MANAGER

I meet with clients for consultations, offer studio tours, and manage client information. I also do a lot of the “behind the scenes” work like scheduling, sending out emails, planning events, and all that other administrative stuff that Type A people like me LOVE to do!

I am a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and am working with clients 1-on-1 as well as instructing a variety of classes from Total Body Triad to En(core), and many more!

I pull from my dance background to create fun and creative profiles to meet the needs of each client.

Certifications

NASM Certified Personal Trainer

CLIENT COORDINATOR

I have been a MHM member since the beginning, and you may see me at the front desk or in a class. I am strongly rooted in Health at Every Size, Fat Liberation, and the fact that ALL bodies deserve to have spaces where they can explore movement.

When not working, I’m chasing sunsets, dancing to whatever’s on, bumping into something, or adding to my TBR pile.

MHM TRAINER AND INSTRUCTOR

I became a personal trainer to try to help others find a joy in movement that I struggled for so long to find myself. I never felt like I belonged in regular gyms and for too long suffered the consequences of "no pain, no gain."

I want movement and exercise to be a celebration of what our bodies can do, both today and in our potential for greater strength and mobility and resilience.

Certifications

NASM Certified Personal Training

Certified in Corrective Exercise

MHM TRAINER AND INSTRUCTOR

Since 2010, I have channeled my lifelong love of play into a part-time hustle as a group fitness instructor here in the valley. I teach with a “challenge by choice” approach that encourages people to move to their own level of challenge and exertion. I model various levels, challenges, and choices throughout group fitness classes while focusing closely on helping participants visualize, feel and maintain solid technique and form. Oh, and music is the answer in my classes.

I’ve been a fitness and spin instructor at the Hampshire Regional YMCA for nearly 15 years and, formerly, Smith College, where I directed Project Coach, a sports-based youth development and social justice program.

Certifications

AFAA Certified

American Red Cross Certified

NSCAA Certified

MHM TRAINER

I am your go-to Body Movement Professional, who brings a unique blend of expertise and a down-to-earth vibe to her work. My journey started on the basketball courts in high school, leading me to a love for a range of activities from softball to weightlifting. But it's not all about physical strength for me.

I am on a personal growth journey, embracing improv as a tool to boost my creativity, especially when engaging with groups. This self-development quest adds an extra layer of depth to my personal training sessions, making them not just about fitness but also about building a positive, can-do spirit.

I have the smarts, but it's my approachable manner and newfound improv skills that make my sessions stand out. I bring a sense of ease and fun to each session, encouraging my clients to not only stretch their bodies but also their comfort zones.

Certification

Degrees in Kinesiology and Athletic Training

MHM TRAINER

I am a queer non-binary cyclist, riverside treasure hunter, and urban design nerd. I started personal training after feeling the power of movement as a tool to ground myself in my body and celebrate what it could do. I also started personal training because of how difficult it was to find conventional gyms that felt comfortable for me.

I believe that everyone deserves access to movement spaces that feel safe and joyful.

My coaching style is HAES aligned and grounded in celebrating one another’s various strengths, and I am grateful that I get to be a step in my clients’ strength-building journeys!

Certifications

CFSC Certified

ACE Certified

Certified Trauma Informed Fitness Professional

MHM TRAINER AND INSTRUCTOR

I am passionate about supporting others in building movement practices that feel powerful and good and embodied, particularly for those who have bodies and identities that are often marginalized in gym settings.

I have spent most of my life thinking about bodies in one way or another. I am an educator and a potter; a white, trans gestational parent; a fat person who thinks a whole lot about access; an introvert; and someone who knows what it feels like to struggle with movement and/or be uncomfortable in gym settings. I have a complicated relationship with movement spaces, but when done right love the community and relationship to ourselves that they can offer.  I would love to support your strength and movement journey!

Certifications

ISSA Certified Personal Trainer

Spinning Certification

MHM TRAINER AND INSTRUCTOR

I grew up a highly competitive athlete in New England, spending my formative years at the hockey rink or in the gym. I left the consuming, stressful world of sports for a long award-winning career in music and arts while maintaining a consistent presence in typical big box gym settings and CrossFit communities (disliking the attitudes that came with that crowd).

Now, having made a career pivot to personal training, I am very passionate about teaching men of all kinds that working out and building functional muscle can come with thoughtfulness, kindness and true inner strength. I’ve been an educator for decades, and have taught group fitness classes for the past five years. I love trucks, radical social justice and reading about healing inter-generational trauma.

Certification

NASM Certified Personal Trainer

MHM TRAINER AND INSTRUCTOR

Ten years ago I was in chronic back pain and thought my life was over. I was in a level 7-10 pain 24 hours a day. I was severely depressed trying to raise a high energy child and felt like everything was pretty much hopeless. So, I decided to start going to the gym as I figured I had nothing to lose. As it turns out, when I was exercising, as long as I avoided certain movement patterns, my pain went away.

So, I decided to become a personal trainer in the hopes that I could fully heal my body and also help others. Not only did I heal myself, I also found I had a passion for helping others to exercise safely to either stay out of pain, get out of pain or to avoid injury. I worked as a personal and group training instructor for ten years and I helped so many people.

I enjoy working with people of all ages and abilities and my goal is to light a fire and excitement to move. And if you have pain in your joints, I am very skilled in not only helping you to move in a pain free manner, but also problem solving in ways that will also help you get past your pain once and for all. My goal is to have my clients look forward to working out. Every workout is an opportunity to move your body in a safe manner while also getting those wonderful endorphins that exercise gives us!

Certifications

NASM Certified Personal Trainer

Corrective Exercise Strategies Certification

MHM INSTRUCTOR

I have been a student of yoga since I was 13, and have been teaching yoga since 2009. My experience with a lifelong chronic illness has taught me how to love my body wherever it is in each moment, and I loves helping others to rediscover their own power and wholeness. Yoga has always been a home of healing and healthy challenge for me, a practice that invites endless connection to ourselves and to each other. My teaching is rooted in honoring yoga's deep and diverse lineages from India and around the world, in weaving practical philosophy for our real lives through physical and breathing practices, and in offering classes filled with care and humor.

I bring my experiences as a parent and over 2 decades as a theatre artist and youth educator to my yoga teaching.

Certifications

Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance (E-RYT200, RPYT, YACEP)

Certified Prenatal & Postpartum Yoga Teacher

CPR & First Aid Certified

MHM INSTRUCTOR

I bring the energy to every class I teach! My Rise & Shine Spin on Sunday mornings is the way several members of the MHM community like to get their day started! You can find me teaching spin classes or taking a variety of other classes at the studio.

MHM INSTRUCTOR

As a fitness instructor, I create programs designed for everybody and every body in mind, making sure all folx can participate and find a community where they belong.

Through my embodied experiences at gyms and in doctors' offices, I learned firsthand what isolation could feel like and how discouraging it can be when in fitness spaces. I strive to create spaces that are inclusive for all bodies.

MHM TRAINER

I am a connector, experience designer, explorer, community weaver, writer, and storyteller. As former co-owner and award-winning trainer at 50/50 Fitness/Nutrition, I have taught 20,000 hours of mindful movement through fitness. In 2019, I founded Camp Glow It Up, a women's summer camp promoting fitness, whimsy, self-celebration, intentional groups, and intergenerational relationships.

Outside of the studio, I contribute my professional talents toward advocacy for conscious eating as ‘Vision Steward’ for internationally renowned Food Educator & Activist, Charles x Michel. In this role, I have worked with global organizations such as the United Nations, World Food Programme, and Rainforest Alliance. I believe access to local, fresh, nutrient-rich food is a basic human right and food education for all is key to a more equitable future.

I am not currently taking new clients