Take your life from mindless to mindful.

When I first started working out, I thought happiness was elsewhere. I thought that I would be happy when I lost 20 pounds, got the perfect job, had the dream boyfriend, fill in the blank. You understand. Destination addiction they call it...

Eventually, I lost the weight I originally set out to lose when I started my fitness journey, but I still wasn't happy with how I looked. A best friend of mine made me realize that if I was so focused on a goal or a destination, I would miss out on the beautiful journey that it took to get there. Whatever my goal was, when I achieved it, there was another goal there to immediately take its place. I learned that I would never be satisfied if I was always looking for more, more, more. If I was always looking for happiness somewhere else, it would never be where I was. I had to stop looking outside myself and look inward. 

I needed to slow down. Smell the roses. I needed to be present and pilates gave me just that. Pilates was the first form of fitness I fell in love with. Pilates, and some mindfulness and meditation, taught me how to look inward. It didn't take me long to realize that fitness had so many benefits beyond the physical. Sure we get an in-shape body, but you learn the true importance of an in-shape mind.

I fell in love with the idea of bringing what I have learned and this new philosophy of mental fitness into peoples lives. The human mind is so powerful and we allow it to have so much control over us. I wanted to share the importance of strengthening the mind and teach people how to develop mental muscles that could rival their physical ones. 

Studio DRT is a classic take on Joseph Pilates method of Controlology mixed with my knowledge and background of strength training and my own philosophy of life and training. Through thoughtful movement and introspection, Studio DRT adopts a unique take on fitness that simultaneously works the body and mind in order to develop the muscles required to live a happy, healthy life.