Hot Bodies Pilates & Aerial Yoga Fitness is a warm & inviting studio conveniently located in Absecon, NJ, featuring small group Pilates Reformer and mixed apparatus sessions, private training and small classes. Hours are by appointment, AND RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL CLASSES. We offer convenient online scheduling that we encourage you to use however, if you do not have access to the Interne
t or you need assistance with this, please give us a call. We invite you to contact us to schedule an appointment, private session or if you need assistance with online booking. Drop ins without calling ahead are not recommended. Classes may be cancelled within one hour of start time if there are no sign ups, but our system does not permit remote cancellations so we set up our booking system to ask you to call ahead to register for any class or group scheduled to begin within the hour. This is to allow you to confirm that the class is not cancelled and to make sure we have space because many of our groups are limited to anywhere from 2 to 6 participants max and are sold out with waiting lists. We are committed to making equipment based Pilates training, typically only available at private or semi-private training rates, more affordable and thereby more accessible to more people. We are able to do this by having enough equipment and skill to train multiple clients on various equipment at once. We offer a nice menu of unique mat based Yoga and Pilates alone and in combination with various equipment and props to challenge mind and body, while keeping it fun and interesting. We have 6 Pilates Reformers with attached Towers, 8 Pilates Chairs, small group Aerial Yoga for up to 6 participants at a time, and a portable Aerial Yoga Rig for off site sessions and demonstrations. We can accommodate many more students for Aerial Yoga Workshops. We work with all fitness levels, beginner through advanced and even post-rehab training to continue strengthening and healing after physical therapy. We also offer programming for with people with all types of physical and intellectual disabilities, and we strive to make these opportunities inclusive. We offer sports specific conditioning programs to improve your performance in any sport (for example golf, running, cycling, horse back riding, gymnastics, dance, weight lifting, basketball, football). We have put together a large menu of mat and mixed equipment programming which is diverse and unique, and many of our classes are not available anywhere else in the area in part due to our extensive training and instructor creativity, and in part due to the assortment of toys and equipment at our disposal. Here is a run down of some of the fun programming we offer: 85 Degree Flow Yoga (safe hot yoga room heated to about 85 degrees to facilitate stretch, detoxification, stress relief & increase calorie burn); Yoga Sculpt (with weights to add challenge, improve stamina & increase calorie burn); Yin Yoga Workshops (gentle, restorative, deep stretch for joint health and pain relief); Gentle Yoga (ideal for beginners or anyone with injuries), Athletic Flow Yoga (more advanced vinyasa, full body strength & stretch); Mat Pilates (with a variety of Pilates props including magic circles, Pilates arcs, resistance bands, small hand weights and various balls); Pilates Mix a/k/a Pilates Circus (circuit training using mixed apparatus including the Pilates chair, arc, reformer and/or tower); Cardio Reformer (cardio intervals with jumpboard attachment & hand weights); Cardio Mat Pilates (standing cardio Pilates and strength training intervals with various props); Integrated Reformer (Tower of Power on moving Reformer with various props); Mat Chair Combo (combining the Pilates chair into the mat repertoire), HydroPilates (Yoga, Pilates, Dance moves in the pool with resistance bands and pool props , in our location or yours), Yoga for Kids and Adults with Developmental Disabilities; Lunchtime Pilates (for the busy professional or mom on the run) featuring 30 minute sessions of core conditioning and strength training); Restorative Aerial/Floor Yoga (floor practice alternating with restorative aerial yoga poses, deep stretching, long holds and breath work for pain management and stress relief). Some of our sessions are offered occasionally as workshop type programs, other sessions are on the schedule and will be offered on a rotating to keep the schedule as fun and fluid as our regular practice, and some are well established and will always have an established place on our schedule. If you are interested in one of the classes and don't see it on our schedule but want to try it, let us know and we will work it in on the next schedule change. If a class is in demand and becomes more popular, we will see to it that it becomes a fixture. Most of our programs can also be brought to your location or added to our schedule at your convenience for your individual training or small group sessions. We offer special rates for groups so please ask!! We sell aerial yoga hammocks and rigging, and are able to bring that training to you in an Aerial Fabric Training Package. We have partnered with a Holistic Heath Coach for nutritional counselling, a Reiki Master for Chakra balancing and energy work, and massage therapists for chair & other massage therapy... all provided right hereAe at our studio for your convenience. We offer Aerial Yoga and Pilates Teacher Trainings andworkshops which can be used not only for instructor benefit but for anyone wishing to improve their own personal practice and understanding, and we offer apprenticeship opportunities to anyone wishing to pursue a teaching career. All of our services will be accessible via our web scheduling but if you are interested in something that is not on the schedule, please ask. We love and appreciate our clients. You will see results if you train with us, guaranteed. We also love when you tell your friend and family how much you love us, so much so that we offer incentives including discounted package prices for you and your referral when they sign up, free classes and other goodies for those who bring us more referrals. So by all means, please, if you love us, spread the word. You have nothing to lose! We also are an official re-seller for WAGS Gloves (several styles available to reduce or eliminate wrist pain and prevent injury in the practice of Yoga and Pilates as well as TRX, spin and weight training), YogaFit Training Systems, Gaiam products, ToeSox and Work-Sweat-Play line. We have a small retail section in our shop where merchandise is always discounted below retail, and fabulous designer apparel available for you to try on. We reduce shipping charges and pass that savings on when you place your orders through us, so if you want something and we do not have it in stock, we will gladly get it with our next order and pass on the savings. You can feel free to flip through our catalogs or visit the manufactures website directly, let us know what you want and let us handle the ordering ande save you money on your order. We have our own t-shirts designs, jewelry and other goodies which you can charge to your account with us by keeping a valid credit card on file on our secure Mind Body Online site. We also stock yoga towels for regular and hot yoga, Chakra balancing and healing stones and jewelry, and beautiful eco-friendly yoga bags and mats. We have a large selection of customizable elecronic gift certificates that can be ordered and delivered immediately or on any date you choose, and a Big Red Easy Button to go with them so you can let us take the stress out of your gift giving needs. Our studio is located on the White Horse Pike, just past Route 9, in Sandpiper Square between the Sew & Vac and the Pet Shop, right across the street from the Phoenix Diner. We are easily accessible to public transportation, with a bus running out front on the White Horse Pike and the NJ Transit Gambler's Express Absecon Train Station parking lot easement opening right up to our back door. During peak hours, our parking space may be limited in front of the studio,but we also have basically unlimited parking spaces behind our studio in the NJ Transit parking lot, which is never full. You just pass our studio, make a right onto Station Avenue, make a right into the NJ Transit parking lot, drive to the back portion of that lot which is well lit and safe. You can walk through the center of the fence and through the Courtyard by the Sew & Vac or through easement opening in the fence at the very back of the parking lot which leads to our back door and just walk around to the front door. (Our back door remains locked and is not an official entrance or exit). There is also a large, free public lot a half block down that you can use if our lot is full. If you do not expect to have access to the Internet to schedule or cancel your session, want to drop in for a class scheduled to begin within the hour or need any assistance, please call 609-617-3670. We require a two hour time lead time for cancellations to allow time for notification of anyone on the waiting list. You will orfeit your class and/or be charged for the session if you do not cancel at least two hours, unless we can rebook your session with someone from the waiting list. (Most studios require 24 hours notice, but we realize that 24 hours notice is not always possible.) Please note that if you have an unlimited package and do not cancel a session, there will be a $10 surcharge added to your account. We know our studio policies & our fluid are outside the box, and so are we. Please sign up for classes that you like, and let us know what you want and when you want it , so we can try to accommodate your needs & requests. Please call or e-mail us with any questions or comments. We love to hear from you.
