I found Krysta-Lyn through her virtual donation-based classes on Yoga Playground's schedule…read more Immediately I knew I would love her teaching style and flows. The flows are grounded in yoga basics but also challenging and inventive, even for someone like me who's 6+ years into her yoga journey. No two classes are ever the same and I love the variety. As a teacher Krysta-Lyn is intuitive, kind, encouraging, and generous. She goes above and beyond to add small memorable touches, like offering chocolate the week of Valentine's Day or allowing you to pick an intention card for class to guide you. I have been fortunate enough to get a reiki session done by Krysta-Lyn too and she was as much a joy in person as online, it was my first ever reiki session but the experience was a catalyst for a few important changes in my life. Overall I cannot say enough kind things about Krysta-Lyn, she's absolutely someone you should seek out whether that be for yoga or reiki as the experience will definitely the worth it!

I've been to Present Breath twice, once for a relaxation session and once for a massage. Meghan was…read morefull of great suggestions for reducing my stress levels and the massage was stellar. She was great about taking feedback during the massage so I never felt like it was too hard or to soft. Because of construction, the location was a little hard to get to, so just make sure you go around the back of the building. Otherwise the ambiance was very relaxing, and each time I've been was a great experience.

i've dealt with lower back pain since my early 20s, i think mostly from my sedentary lifestyle…read moreprogramming, and have seen multiple massage therapists and physical therapists over the years and this is a very unique experience i'd recommend. i went to present breath for massage- but also agreed after lengthy discussion to add the jin shin service for relaxation at the end. although i certainly recommend the massage, the combination with the relaxation technique is soo good. meghan is so soothing and relaxing, and i would encourage the massage/jin shin for anyone going through a tough time or dealing with a stressful workplace.

Highly recommended! I took a few Pilates classes with Kathryn and loved it! Kathryn really listens…read moreto what your personal goals are and adjusts the session accordingly. She has a great eye for seeing when your movements are asymmetrical or your posture is off, for example, and she makes just the right suggestions to correct it. It seems she knows an exercise for literally every muscle in your body and during the classes I got to know muscles I didn't know I had! Finally, Kathryn is just such a very warm and friendly person all around.

Not sure what her purpose is in this field but it's not to provide a relaxing or authentic yoga…read moreexperience. Her focus isn't for deep breathing and connecting with your movements. Really disappointing and pointless class. Her moves are elementary and I would not consider her an accredited teacher in any capacity with her lesson plan and structure. find a different location if you want something beneficial and proper.

Restorative Yoga is taught by Bo Forbes Thursday nights from 8-9 P.M. at Healthworks Fitness in…read morePorter Square. While the review may seem quite specific, this particular class is open to all Healthworks members regardless of where your primary membership is, and I know a good percentage of Yelpers are also Healthworks members. And there's nothing like squeezing more out of your pricey Healthworks membership. Restorative is less yoga and more meditation, which is why I think it's a unique gem worth mentioning. When you arrive, you gather a whole slew of props (you don't need to bring anything in yourself), the lights are turned off, you cover your eyes with a towel, and you choose the general character of your nervous system, either "anxious and hyperactive" or "lethargic or depressed," guiding your poses for the evening. Class members are encouraged to practice as they wish, substituting poses they like for ones they don't, and just generally doing things your way. It's rare to find a place to practice meditation in the company of others that is warm and welcoming to beginners, and so down with you doing things as you wish. I love this class so much, I would do it every night if it was offered. As she often says at the beginning of class "you won't get a yoga butt at Restorative," but you will get a lot calmer and more centered. The real gem is Bo, who is not only a yoga isntructor but has a doctoral degree in psychology and has the most insanely soothing voice I've ever heard. Unlike other yoga classes I've taken at Healthworks, she really pays you the individual attention that one comes to expect if you've practiced at nice yoga studios before. Clearly an extremely caring individual, she makes you feel instantly at ease in her presence. Though I've only been to her classes at Healthworks, Bo teaches all over the Boston area, runs workshops, and writes for various yoga journals, so non-members should look her up. The real deal, check it out.

Stunning studio with natural lighting with and awesome class. Lizzie, the coach was so kind and…read moremotivating.

I took my first ever beginner class with them through Class Pass. I had never done a reformer class…read morebefore, either. Unfortunately, this class was not made for someone like me at the very beginning of their workout era. The class was very difficult and not accessible for my fitness level. There were a few modifications offered but I decided that solidcore is not for me until I get stronger. I do want to point out that the studio was large and clean. The reformers seemed to be taken well cared for.

I started taking Jan's class at some free events in town. I wasn't sure what I was getting myself…read moreinto but her 90's playlist and her encouragement kept me coming back. She's gotten me hooked on feeling good, going the extra mile (or rep) and making time for myself. I don't think I've ever done the same workout twice, and she'll help you kick your own a** on a weeknight (Come find out about Saturday mornings!). Her studio, her clients and the environment she's created are truly special and if you are on the fence about working out...I promise you won't be after finding success in her classes! She modifies all the work before you have a chance to wonder if you might need it and you'll always leave with a smile on your face-either because it's fun, or you've just kicked your tush in ways you didn't know you could. (The old cliche stands true here-If I can do it AND love it-so can you!!) #getlivelycrew

I've been working with Jan for over 3 months now and I NEVER imagined the mindset shift that I have…read morebeen able to accomplish around food, eating, habits, and my self-esteem. I've always struggled with my weight, and trying weight loss diet's like WW, calorie counting, etc. never worked. I would get really strict with myself, hate what I was doing, feel terrible when I failed and then indulge more in food. But Jan and Get Lively have completely changed the way I think about food, my body, and my habits. Her in-depth intake process, constant focus on her client, and ever-evolving and individualized approached helped me to examine my deeply ingrained feelings around food and start to work on creating a healthier mindset and lifestyle. Her system is not a get fit fast approach, its a calculated and individualized approach that helps you to look inward and find the root causes that are holding you back from where you want to be and then a tailored approach of how to improve! I cannot recommend her enough and I know my friend who recently started her program is loving her too!

Hannah is a truely amazing massage therapist. Her touch is deeply healing. She knows just where to…read moreapply just the right pressure. She has the spirit of a shaman. After a 90 minute massage my chronic hip pain disappeared. I highly recommend her.

The particular lifestyle I live, being an avid yoga trainer/practitioner, involves a tremendous…read moreamount of physical exertion. Not only do I practice as often as possible, but I am also moving quite a bit while I teach, facilitating the efforts of others. The practicing itself is strenuous and in my life currently, my practice is less about building flexibility and much more about engagement and creating a spacious alignment. That being said, every body has its blockages and tendencies and given my self-awareness I do work to improve my practice to hold space for these tendencies, but they remain in some degree regardless of my augmentations as with each and all bodies. I have unique insight into the proper ways in which the body should move and be best utilized as I can see those efforts in others while I teach. I am able to see the common factors in all the varying tendencies of misalignment and while I can always help others be more aware of those blockages, I cannot always become more aware of them within my own physicality as these tools and techniques only breach the walls of the flesh so deeply. On top of that, the emotional and more subtle experience stirring within my students compounds within my practice, finally often being held in my physical... sometimes this entire process of very natural, yet stressful living, all organizes and focuses into one of these areas where I have such tendencies to form blockages. For example, I hold tension in my left shoulder and with many different experiences furthering my understanding of the area effected, I can fully see the connections between opposing muscle groups and the obvious truth regarding their only seeming separation... even more so do I now see how not only are all these physical elements all connected, if even in a chaotic manner, but the more subtle levels of my being are all connected in this way also. I would be a fool to ignore all this insight being brought to bare by my own mind and body, but also through skilled colleagues and friends in the health industry who have helped me to better see how I store and digest stress, and who have helped me facilitate this digestion. Hannah, more than others, has been able to not so much explain to me or educate me on the matters i describe, because she has always displayed trust in my understanding bodily, but not at all surprisingly she was able to truly empathize within the moment of therapeutic massage and connect to my body fully. Her innate skill, unlike others in her place prior, is to really connect and experience my body and in her actions educate ME in terms of utilizing her physical connection to me and the hands on approach to my blockages, all just as an opportunity to tune into the more subtle levels of my traumas and facilitate their digestion. There is a particular baseline of trust and rapport built between us and my energy against hers carries with it a dynamic true to this commentators recollection, but in the end I have worked with hundreds and only few have reached the same depths as she. I believe her ability to achieve this depth comes from her conceptual understanding of unity within mind and body... her understanding of the physical left me feeling trustworthy at every step... but in the end it was her confidence, clearly born from her curiosity to breach the surface and tune in like an antennae, and without fear see past my "knot" or my "past trauma" to attach to the energy and just essentially move it around like in the free-flowing sequence of a dance, but with 33% attention to form and function, 66% is full out empathic sensitization. At the level I practice and facilitate the moving of negative traumatic energies, this sort of integral understanding is absolutely necessary if a therapist is going to successfully manage the natural tendencies of my unique, divine design. I can say, with the utmost honestly and with all hyperbole aside, that this healer, so called Hannah is absolutely incredible at what she does.

This review is for "the Remix" class at Sweat Box. It's interesting...wierd-interesting, not…read moreinteresting-good. I bought the Living Social/Groupon thing for 5 classes here. After my first class, I'm not sure if I'll be back. Si Fu K.L. Brown (the instructor) is like a mix of Billy Blanks with his Tae Bo body but a little bit of Charlie with his angels. You start off the class with a bunch of core exercises including 100s of mountain climbers, push-ups, sit-ups, etc. In the middle of these exercises, these "angels" come out and do something like a show & tell to the class, showing off their capoeira or whatever it is that they are doing with Si Fu. It's wierd. At multiple times in the class, the other students and myself are just standing in a circle watching this show & tell. Then at the end of the class, it felt like these "angels" were recruiting for more angels. I felt like I just paid money to listen to a good Rihanna/Madonna remix and watch some girls with sweat bands pretending to fight each other. Hmm....I guess if its pretty amusing after all.

I got introduced to the class when I saw the deal on groupon. I went to all the 5 classes and got…read moreamazing workout from the Woman Basic class. I also checked out the Hip Hop remix class but found that is not my cup of tea. The hip hop class is a little weird where you spent 20mins of core workout, followed by some dances moves which is fun. But then there is ~5mins of just standing and watching the 'angels' performing. I guess I was not so interested in watching and prefer to do the workout myself. The basic class is the one to go to if you are interested in boxing training and get incredible workout. I love it so much and ended up buying more passes from them and will make this part of my weekly training. I almost wish they offer more classes like this during the week instead of once a week.