Squat + Reset is not your typical fitness studio - and that is the whole point.

Classes are a revolutionary and transformative way to move your body. We combine fitness with somatic movement/nervous system regulation tools, mental wellness, and dance to teach your body something new: that it is safe to hold emotions without being overwhelmed by them, so you can begin living with sustainable joy, self-love and self-trust.

You will train your body AND your nervous system while building community.

The new studio opens on August 1: 650 Washington St, Norwood MA

Classes are held at Emerald City Plant Shop until then at 702 Washington St, Norwood MA

Somatics is a body-based approach to mental wellness. Stress and tension do not only live in your thoughts. They also show up physically in the body through tight muscles, chronic pain and shallow breathing. Somatic practices help you notice these sensations and use intentional movement to release stress from the body instead of holding them in. This allows stress and trauma cycles to be released and new healthier daily patterns to emerge.

Somatic fitness combines strength training with somatic movement. When you exercise, your heart rate rises and your body enters a state that can feel similar to stress. In class, we intentionally move between strength exercises and somatic movement so your body learns how to handle stress without overwhelm and come back down from it into regulation. Over time, this helps build resilience, confidence, and a healthier response to stress both in and out of the gym.

Most workouts train the body.

Squat + Reset trains the body and the nervous system.

In class, we intentionally move between strength based exercises and nervous system recovery (somatic movement). This teaches your body that it can experience stress without becoming overwhelmed. Over time, this builds resilience, helps you release what is no longer serving you, and supports you in stepping more fully into your joy.

You are not just building endurance. You are building embodied resilience.

All classes except the Squat + Reset Signature 90 classes are 60 minutes in length. Each class ends with journaling to integrate in your experience and healing in community discussion.

Squat + Reset Signature 90 is 90 minutes long. Yes, this class is longer than a typical fitness class. Because it isn't typical. This space was built with intentionality to help you heal your nervous system AND get in a good workout. It was built for you to be seen and heal with others.

The first 10 minutes include a somatic meditation. Then we transition into a 60 minute somatic strength workout where strength exercises are combined with somatic movement and freeform dance to release stress and reclaim joy and self-love.

In this workout, you can expect strength supersets that may elevate your heart rate and fatigue your muscles.

That said, modifications are always provided (lighter weights, no weights, less range of motion, etc.) and participants are encouraged to move at their own pace. In this space, we modify we don't override. A core part of somatic fitness is learning to listen internally to what your body needs. You can slow down, modify, or pause at any time.

Nope! You are beautiful as you are. We have people come to class who haven't moved their bodies in years - and this space helps them to reclaim their relationship with movement.

A member once reported class was the best thing she has ever done for her arthritis!

All bodies are welcomed here. All ages are welcomed here. All movements are modifiable and scalable. You are encouraged to move at your own pace and honor your body. This develops resilience, self-trust and self-love.

Participants often leave feeling:

• More connected to themselves

• More joyful and alive

• Less overwhelmed after releasing what they are carrying

• More like themselves
  

People also see the benefits of class in their daily lives - from setting boundaries, finding more moments of presence, to showing up authentically.