"Seems to be common knowledge what a great overall body workout the water provides.

What is less well known are the other benefits over and above the unconventional gear AquaFit uses. In our class we are an eclectic group of women with origins from many different countries and range in age spanning from a young mother who recently gave birth to twins, to the various stages of middle age, to women in their eighth decade. We started in February 2018 once a week and here we are in August 2019 and we meet for aquafit twice a week and some of us would do it three or four times a week if possible, but with everybody's busy schedule it's difficult to find times that work for everyone.

When we enter the water on Saturday morning we become one, sharing everything from our various languages to our favorite music (which Stuart arranges for us on Spotify) to our favorite recipes/ restaurants, and beyond. The social, emotional and mental health benefits are difficult to describe but for sure we all feel, no matter the challenges that have been presented to each of us during the course of the week (whether it is a new health issue, work situation, stress of being a caregiver, family problems, death of a loved one, whatever) we are all there for each other and feel the healing that begins to take place the moment we enter the water and begin to move our bodies.

At the end of the session, the increased energy and mental calm are palpable.

In our midweek evening class, we end the day together, which brings a whole other energy, more like gratitude for the day and the opportunity to re-energize as the sun goes down. It seems to be just the right blend of exercise in a beautiful setting at the edge of Biscayne Bay, with water refreshing you every step of the way (as opposed to working out in a sweaty gym) with a group of people you've come to appreciate and feel close to including Stuart, our instructor, who really "gets" us and always knows exactly what we need.
He is the best!"

Louise F.
(from Yelp)

SO MUCH MORE THAN A GREAT WORKOUT

what our group clients say

what doctors & therapists say

The benefits of aquatic therapy and exercise cannot be understated. When gravity is removed by being in the water, muscle, and bone respond with greater ease of movement, and the impact on joints is removed.

For anyone who has had surgery and has been cleared for aquatic therapy - movement becomes less focused on the surgical extremity or site.

Additionally, being surrounded by gentle water pressure from all sides is beneficial to strengthening all major muscle groups and helps to improve flexibility and range of motion.

The benefits of aquatic therapy have been well-documented in medical and scientific studies and journals.

Missy P.
Physical Therapist Asst.
Sarasota, FL

what our private clients say

"I can't say enough how AquaFit has made a difference in everyday life. The exercises have increased my range of motion and flexibility and made it so much easier to deal with my arthritic hip. Highly Recommend"

- Louis Levin

"Stuart worked with me in the pool 3x a week while I was in Sarasota Heights, he is an excellent Aquatic Therapist. Skilled, knowledgeable, careful, sensitive, caring, and excellent company. He helped me a great deal, and I highly recommend him."

- Peter Parcher

famous quotes

"Water is the driving force of all nature."
– Leonardo da Vinci

"Thousands have lived without love, not one without water."
- W.H. Auden

"Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless—like water. You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup; you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle; you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend."
-Bruce Lee

"In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans."
– Kahlil Gibran

"Water, the Hub of Life. Water is its mater and matrix, mother and medium. Water is the most extraordinary substance!"
– Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
(renown Nobel Prize Hungarian Biochemist)

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