is located in Center City Philadelphia just blocks from historic Washington Square …

Offering exceptional, inspiring, and transformative instruction in mind-body fitness!

Now you have access to the work that is charged with a vital energy which flows from the founder, Jennifer Kries, professional dancer, movement scientist, anatomist, long-time follower of the work of Joseph Pilates and devotee of eastern philosophy. The Studio offers the finest in Pilates private, semi-private and group instruction, featuring the specialized, state of the art equipment designed by Joseph Pilates, Vinyasa Yoga, inspired by the Ashtanga, Iyengar and Kundalini schools, and Waking Energy, Jennifer’s unique synthesis of energizing Chi-Gong, the 5 Tibetans and Yin Yoga.

Private Sessions

Private Training
The Pilates Method Session

Lengthen and strengthen all of the muscles of your body in a one-on-one session that is tailored to suit your needs. Enhance your flexibility and build exceptional core strength utilizing highly specialized equipment designed by Joseph Pilates. Rehabilitate or strength train. Superlative pre and post-natal conditioning. Remarkably effective in the treatment of scoliosis and other physical injuries and imbalances. Working on the Pilates equipment is both empowering and inspiring and results are immediate!

Increase your endorphin production through a boosted momentum and an elevated aerobic capacity. Enliven your spirit and be the artist that sculpts the shape you were intended to have. Dedicate your time and effort to the most important person in your life---yourself. Be the architect of your destiny and start with the body you were gifted with---your home ---with your body mind and spirit. Create a taller, slimmer, more elegant, more graceful, more capable, more powerful body, greater peace of mind and a light and joyful spirit!

*Private Training in Yoga and Waking Energy is also available upon request.

Duet Sessions

Two people who are comparably matched and on essentially the same level of fitness, receiving superlative, individualized cueing and attention.
A fun, semi-private dynamic!

Sessions are offered in Pilates, Yoga, Yin Yoga or Waking Energy. Please specify the type of session you would like by sending us an email if you purchase your session online. We are happy to find a workout partner for you if you are interested in taking a Duet session!

A prerequisite of 5 private sessions is required before registering for a duet.

Please email us at: info@jenniferkries.com to request a duet session or to be matched up with a partner!

Pilates

The classical Mat work conditioning regime created by Joseph Pilates that builds unmatched core strength and enhances flexibility of body and mind. Learn to workout smarter, rather than harder; sculpt your body with the fewest repetitions and the greatest focus and control. The emphasis on "core muscles" (i.e.. abdominals, back extensors, shoulder stabilizers, and buttocks) can improve posture and reduce back pain. Other benefits range from increased muscle tone and flexibility, deepening of breathing patterns, enhanced body awareness, and increased efficiency of movement. We occasionally incorporate the “Pilates Toys”--- Magic Circle, Sculpting Series and PhysioBall in our group mat for added challenge and variety.

Yoga


Heating, stimulating, grounding, flexibility-enhancing vinyasa (flow style, Hatha) yoga incorporating influences from several schools: Ashtanga, Iyengar and Kundalini. Strengthen your entire body, as you expand your lung capacity and deepen your internal awareness. Practice asanas that integrate breath and movement, awareness and alignment, strength and flexibility as you learn to still your mind and create a deep sense of peace and calm.

Yin Yoga

Open and stimulate your body’s meridian system and increase your range of motion as you calm your mind with this deeply restorative and revitalizing class. Long-held stretching poses encourage your body’s deep connective tissues to literally melt, restoring youthful joint mobility and ease of movement. Liberate chronic holding patterns and restriction in the body and the mind for an unparalleled feeling of internal freedom and peace. Then conclude your practice and go even deeper into your inner world with a calming, centering meditation practice.

Waking Energy

The all-new age-defying, immune-boosting, revitalizing synthesis that combines Chi-Gong, the 5 Tibetans and Yin Yoga. Learn the seamless flow … Enliven and awaken your chi with soothing self-massage and spine mobilization exercises as you learn to access your own energy resources and harness the energy that surrounds you. Then move on to the “Rites of Rejuvenation,” the ancient longevity secret from Tibet and gather your energy with long-held, deeply relaxing stretching poses. Energize, harmonize and balance your body’s meridian and chakra systems for increased vitality and total well being.

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It is only when we silence the blaring sounds of our daily existence that we can finally hear the whispers of truth that life reveals to us, as it stands knocking on the doorsteps of our hearts.  ~K.T. Jong

 

Yin Yoga:
Restore and Renew

Tuesday, April 21st and May 5th• 6-7:15pm • cost: $65

Replenish, restore, balance and renew this Winter! Join Jennifer in this very special "subtle energy" workshop that increases your awareness, improves your breathing and your flexibility ... Recapture youthful joint mobility as you turn your focus inward, and learn how to recharge your batteries, reduce stress, energize your body and calm your mind. Yin yoga is a practice of long-held, deeply relaxing, stretching poses that stimulate and open the body's meridian system---(energy pathways) resulting in remarkable benefits. Yin Yoga is a powerful tool that can help you boost your immunity, cure insomnia, alleviate chronic back pain and calm digestive disorders. Refresh your yin practice or learn these miraculous healing and revitalizing poses for the first time in a gentle, nurturing environment.
All Levels welcome.

chose your date

April 21st $65.00 May 5th $65.00

The Waking Energy Workshop!

Tuesday, May 19th • 6-7:15pm • cost $65

Wake up the energy inside your own body and learn how to harness "universal chi," the energy around you. Join Jennifer in this truly life-changing workshop and learn how to supercharge your immune system, strengthen and stretch your body, reduce stress and calm your mind. Learn the timeless health and longevity secrets of ancient masters that are made new----accessible and fun to do! Waking Energy is Jennifer's own unique combination that includes her signature standing qigong series, the 5 Tibetans and Yin yoga, a fitness combination that balances all of the body's energy systems and helps you to create total fitness from the inside-out. Waking Energy= Boundless energy, superfit, stress-free and forever young!
All levels welcome.

The Perfect Balance

Tuesday, May 26th • 6-7:15pm • cost $65

This groundbreaking workshop combines the core series from Joseph Pilates’ classical Mat work syllabus with a strong yoga practice to help you experience the “Perfect Balance.” Experience greater stability, strength and power in your practice by learning to move through your asanas with greater strength, grace and effortlessness. Get a taste of how very important it is to develop a strong center in the quest for greater flexibility, overall strength and range of motion. Jennifer will start the workshop with a Pilates Mat workout and then guide the group through a well-rounded yoga practice, emphasizing proper breathing techniques and alignment. You will have the opportunity to experience a yoga practice with the added power and benefit of Pilates mat work as a primer.
Open to Intermediate & Advanced Level Students

 

The Pilates Challenge!
An Exciting Intermediate-Advanced Pilates Session

Tuesday, June 2nd • 6-7:15pm • Cost $65

Come get inspired! Meet yourself on the Mat in this comprehensive and motivating workshop. Sharpen your skills, refine your own body-mind understanding of the Matwork and challenge yourself with the more dynamic, upper-level Pilates exercises. The Magic Circle and light hand weights will be incorporated in this class, so come prepared to expand your Pilates horizons and surprise yourself!
Open to Pilates instructors and strong intermediate-advanced Pilates students.

All levels welcome
Limited to 6 people; Minimum 3 people
Payment must be received one week in advance. No cancellations or refunds.

	What is “The Retreat at Hot Body Cool Mind?"
	Retreat: Main Entry: 1re•treat Pronunciation: \ri-ˈtrēt\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English retret, from Anglo-French retrait, from past participle of retraire to withdraw, from Latin retrahere a place of privacy or safety, refuge an act or process of withdrawing, especially from what is difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable a period of group withdrawal for prayer, meditation, study, or instruction under a director. A retreat can either be a time of solitude or a community experience. Retreats are often conducted at rural or remote locations, either privately, or at a retreat center … The Weekly Retreat at Hot Body Cool Mind brings the benefit of a retreat to you right here in Center City Philadelphia! We have weekend workshops that are typically 2-3 hours in length, sometimes longer. And now, we are offering that same format to you in an abbreviated, accessible, 75-minute session during the week! Remove yourself from the daily grind and the stresses of your over-scheduled life! Immerse yourself in breath and movement and energy … Find yourself again. The term retreat has several related meanings, all of which share the notion of temporarily removing oneself from one's usual environment in order to become immersed in a particular subject matter. A retreat can be taken for reasons related to spirituality, stress, health, lifestyle, or ecological concerns. More and more, organizations hold retreats to focus staff members on key issues such as strategic planning, enhancing communication and collaboration, problem-solving and creative thinking. Think of our “Weekly Retreat” as a “strategic planning, enhancing communication, collaboration, problem-solving and creative thinking” dialogue that you establish with your body, your mind and spirit, in other words, with your SELF! “The Retreat” provides a focused opportunity to learn and strengthen practices which can lead us to a "shift in perception,’ thereby changing our relationship with life and the world around us, leading us to discover our deeper nature where we can find greater peace and well-being. The body is the most powerful and immediate “inroad” to change, and the retreats are the perfect vehicle to help you move forward! "The Weekly Retreat at Hot Body Cool Mind" Restore * Recharge* Renew Give yourself the gift of a mid-week immersion in any mind-body discipline or combination of disciplines of your choosing that makes you feel as though you have left home and are at a spa to recharge, rejuvenate and enrich your life. The “Weekly Retreat” takes you far beyond a simple class … offered in a semi-private setting, the retreat means highly personalized, specific cueing and instruction from a master instructor for your body and your needs, insuring that you learn proper alignment, breathing techniques and a way to move safely and securely toward your goals. Mark your progress and see more immediate results in an intimate, nurturing, inspiring environment where you are seen, acknowledged and encouraged! Create the opportunity to witness your own transformation by dedicating yourself to a consistent weekly ritual of self-care and growth! The “Weekly Retreat” is a mid-week “mini-workshop,” a 75 minute session that gives you the opportunity to go deeper and refine your practice while in the company of a few, like-minded others. Cultivate boundless energy, peace of mind and confidence! When you dedicate yourself to YOU, the rewards are endless ... Studies have shown that change happens optimally when the body is presented with consistent conditions, a kind of "comfort zone" of repetition. The body and mind then work together given that familiar "challenge" and the body can more successfully respond to the familiar stimuli and evolve. The result is that you start to inhabit your best personal self-- and the outward reflection of your efforts is the beautiful shape you were always intended to have! Please send us your requests! If you would like additional “retreat” days and times, we welcome your input.

Click here for a schedule of Jennifer’s Upcoming Workshops
at Hot Body Cool Mind