I have always been active and wild at heart. Now I can put my passion for movement into my daily life. I grew up playing all sports and feel at home when running and exploring the trails where I live in Salt Lake City, UT. I grew up in Denver, Colorado and moved to UT to play soccer for the University of Utah in 2000-2003. After college soccer I through myself into the Marathon scene and was lucky to pull of times in the 3:20:00’s, (sub 3:00:00 is a goal of mine!!) in the SLC and Boston marathons. I met my match and moved to Oregon for a few years. While there we did a lot of traveling back and forth form Europe and Oregon. I continued to coach soccer athletes and to obtain my C.S.C.S from the NSCA. I learned many practices with in the Paul Chek Corrective Exercise... Read the profile >>
Denise Druce is widely considered one of the leading health and fitness professionals in the state of Utah. She is the producer in a series of 28 home workout DVDs, she teaches and trains athletes at the University of Utah, and is a Master Instructor for 24 Hour Fitness. Denise was featured as a trainer in SELF magazine, inspiring over 500,000 women to participate in the SELF Fitness Challenge. She and her husband, Michael live in Salt Lake City with their three boys. Read the profile >>
James’ yoga journey began in high school when his mother “dragged” him to a power class in preparation for the upcoming LaCrosse season. Years later he would find himself a regular student at Dana Baptiste’s Centered City Yoga in Salt Lake City, Utah. Eventually James would be certified as an instructor under Dana’s Inbody Academy. For James surfing serves as a beautiful metaphor for yoga: “It is the opportunity to grab your mat, dive deep into yourself and practice finding the balance and strength needed to ride the waves of life. The more you practice, the more you will find yourself in the tube; the universe swirling around you so fast it stills to a quiet hum as you come to a state of awareness and harmony with your mind, body and soul.” James also balances his... Read the profile >>
Jenny is motivational, inspirational and sensational as a fitness instructor and CrossFit trainer. Jenny takes her classes to a whole new level of integrating fun with fitness. Read the profile >>
A Salt Lake City native, Stephanie grew up being very active in sports ranging from skiing and snowboarding to competitive soccer, dance, track and field, and horseback riding. After graduating from the University of Utah where she majored in Broadcasting, she moved to Los Angeles to work in entertainment news at the E! Channel and fell in love with her new hobby, Pilates. She certified and trained with celebrity trainer, Sebastien Lagree in SPX Fitness Pilates Method in West Hollywood, and brought to Utah the amped up style of reformer Pilates she loves. Years later she was introduced and quickly became addicted to TRX Suspension Training. She became certified as a group trainer in San Francisco where TRX was founded and not long after that came across Xtend Barre. With over 20 years of... Read the profile >>
Surba is part owner of ATP (Advanced Training & Performance), located at 1356 E. 3300 S.in Salt Lake City, Utah. He places a large focus on improving Core strength as a basis for achieving client goals. Surba prides himself in creating challenging, unique and intense fitness programs for his clients. An avid cyclist, he competes in endurance cycling races ranging from 40 – 206 miles. His passion for the sport led him help to create, organize and secure sponsorship for a local cycling team. Read the profile >>
Hailing from sunny San Diego, Verena (“V.”) Moll has successfully passed on her proudest accomplishment, Bird Rock Yoga Studio, and is now excited to pursue her new endeavors with 9th & 9th Pilates right here in Salt Lake City. After many years working as an animal trainer, Verena’s intuitive sense of the beings around her was her inspiration to pursue a Vinyasa teaching certification through Corepower Yoga in 2006. Having fallen head-over-heels for her new passion, she immediately began teaching full-time throughout San Diego, and has since received her E-RYT 200 accreditation. Originally European, Verena has lived and travelled extensively throughout the world. Repeatedly adapting to new cultures and surroundings has taught her the importance of flexibility in the mind above... Read the profile >>
Yoshi spent the first few years of her life living at a Zen monastery in Los Angeles. Her father was a Zen master and her mother is an anthropologist and artist. From the time she was born her mother would cradle Yoshi in her arms while she meditated. Overtime this instilled a reverence for peace and an understanding for the passion, dedication and discipline that it takes to train in a spiritual practice. Yoshi has been practicing yoga since 2002. She began yoga as part of her rehabilitation from a severe car accident that derailed her career path as a professional dancer. She was immediately drawn to the physical and spiritual blend of yoga. As a personal trainer and a tri-athlete, she was drawn to more physically demanding styles of yoga asana including Power Vinyasa and... Read the profile >>
