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I’m Shanti - not your typical 52yr old trainer

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✨ Personal Training Redefined:
Strength • Mobility • Breath
💪🏽 Get the 14-Day Core Challenge
🌴 Best Fitness Retreats
💦 XPT Water + Breathwork Coach

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🚨“I had no idea you do this?” I’ve heard that 3 times this month, so I thought I would let everyone know what I actually do for work as a personal trainer and retreat host:

1) Performance coach specializing in corrective exercise and getting people to move more functionally and without pain. *Yes, weight loss and strength goals are also attained. (details below)

2) XPT Water Pro and Breath Coach - Coaching underwater workouts for physical and mental resilience and breath practices to enhance ALL areas of your life! *I’ll be leading a breath specialty week at @rancholapuerta March 16-23 🎉

3) Fitness and Wellness Retreat host with an emphasis on unique workouts, off-the-beaten path adventure and local knowledge. *I also curate retreats for groups of friends and other fitness professionals. I do ALL the backend work and logistics, and am the on-site coordinator for those who want to relax and actually enjoy their own trip/retreat. (details below)

✨I recently began working with a new client that hired me to “stretch and do yoga”, and a few others that wanted to “get stronger.” After our initial consultations what they each really wanted was to move without pain but their trainers had been just putting them through standard workouts or having them do yoga, and actually making their posture and basic movements worse.

👉🏽 In my brain, if someone cannot stand with good posture, why make them squat/shoulder press/warrior 1, etc. only to exacerbate their muscle imbalances… that drives me crazy.

One client who worked with another trainer for years and has chronic back/hip pain, just told me she hasn’t felt her back pain in a week - After only 4 sessions!

That makes me SO HAPPY 🎉 and SO MAD all at the same time 😡

You do NOT have to live with pain. You just have to strengthen your body the RIGHT way!

Jumping down from my soap box now 😜

🌴Have the dream of leading a retreat or just want to bring down a group of friends? If you would like help creating an unforgettable retreat experience for your group, I am only taking on 2 more retreat hosting gigs for 2025 DM me for details.

#trainerlife #fitat50 #livingthedream #retreatyourself taken in Punta Mita by @sweatplaylive

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This was my own “transformation” after shooting my 14 Day CORE Challenge back in December.
✨Since then, 100’s of people have completed the program and tell me they have gained strength, reduced back pain, and even stand with better posture! 🎉 You CAN absolutely feel the same in 14 short days!
🚨 The 14 Day CORE challenge is now available for full purchase (not a rental!) so you can repeat the challenge as often as you like, or you can choose your favorite workouts to add into your day!
💪🏽 Each 15-20 minute session consists of core and breath exercises to strengthen not only your body, but also your mind!
❤️ Only $29 - Less than a 🥗 + 🥤
👉🏽 Click the link in my bio for full details!
☀️ Summer is just around the corner too and a bonus is feeling more confident as the clothing layers start coming off :)
*I did not change my diet (of quesadillas and margaritas) during the 14 days. Because “abs are made in the kitchen,” many CORE challengers saw even more difference in their shape when following a healthier eating plan 😉
⬆️⬆️ Go to link in bio for full details! #corechallenge #homeworkout #fitover40 taken in Punta De Mita, Nayarit, Mexico by @sweatplaylive

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Hola Amigos! It’s a new year and I wanted to introduce myself to any new friends here...
☮️ Yes, my given name is Shanti because I had hippie parents ;)
💪🏽 I have been personal training and teaching group exercise (beginning with TAEBO) since January 1997. I specialize in corrective exercise and true functional movement, and while teaching classes IS super fun and energizing, I most love working one on one with people to make specific changes so they can move better and without pain. Pain sucks - I have been there.
✈️ I LOVE to travel and experience different cultures, especially if it means getting off the beaten path and dirty. I have been living here in Punta de Mita, MX for 11 years. I am NOT proud of the fact that I do not speak Spanish (yet) and have been consistently doing a 30-50 minute Spanish class every day for the last 6 months.
🙏🏽 The peace sign scar is from a major surgery 18 years ago and know it is the best thing that ever happened to me.
🥧 I love to eat and have a huge sweet tooth. I have eaten an entire Costco apple pie in one sitting - Twice. I also host an annual party called Pie Palooza!
💗 I am 48 years young and have never colored my hair, but think my first color is going to be pink!
🐶 I have 2 fur babies, Bella and Sadie, and am passionate about animal welfare. 10% of my retreats and 100% of my group class proceeds are donated to local animal shelters.
🚵🏻‍♀️ I have ridden bikes (mostly mountain) in 9 countries.
👠 I started all my sports late. MTB at 23. Surfing at 37. And most recently Pole fitness at 47. I am just “ok” at a lot of things, but have never been great, so “sucking” or being a beginner does not bother me. I think that is a super power :)
🌴 I am really proud to have had a consistent fitness & wellness retreat business for the last 12 years. I am doing less of my own trips now and curating more custom retreats. Sharing my passion for “wellness through adventure” totally fires me up!!
🎨 Over Covid I started painting and am super excited to be doing some murals for a few homes this season!
🤓 My downtime is reading historical fiction and anything on movement and longevity.
👋🏼 Thanks for being here - Please say hi! taken in Punta De Mita, Nayarit, Mexico by @sweatplaylive

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Bali round 2 - loved it so much the first time, I had to show the Captain how much fun you can have living on land… I think he’s sold.

I know the reason I went back was to meet some cool new friends @shirashakira12 - and save a little puppy!

Finding another place that feels like home was the cherry on top.

#nocomfortzones #livingthedream #getoutside taken in Bali, Indonesia by @sweatplaylive

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Save this for your next workout!

Hold a 5-10lb weight straight out in front of your chest as you stand.

The weight forces your core to work harder to keep you stacked and upright.

As you stand:
• Stack your shoulders over your hips. Don’t lean back.
• Contract your abs and glutes.
• Drive through your quads.
• Keep your ribs stacked over your pelvis.
• Don’t let your knees shoot forward or arch your back to “finish” the movement.

You’re still doing a squat, but now your core has to help stabilize your entire body.

Small tweak. Very different feeling.

*Follow for more actionable tips!

#womenover40 #corestrength #womenover50 #strongnotskinny #homeworkout taken in Punta Mita, Nayarit by @sweatplaylive

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I am NEVER pumped to sprint. And this was so brutal in the soft sand that we cut it from 10 sprints to 5. 🤢

Some days I wish I liked “long walks on the beach” ;)

#livingthedream #sprinttraining #getoutside #sailinglife #fiji taken in Fiji Islands by @sweatplaylive

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🤪I think Ai is going to kill us all. But fun to play with it before it does.

#80s taken in Punta Mita, Riviera Nayarit, Mexico by @sweatplaylive

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a month ago

Home - Boat 📌 Save this for your next total body workout…

Once a week, I like to do a total body circuit.
Think a push, a pull, a squat, a rotation.

Here’s a simple but effective workout:

🔹Step-ups: I was trying to keep my knee over ankle to bias more booty. *struggled on a moving surface ⛵️
Do both sides.

🔹TRX Row: Can use dumbells for bent over rows. But good for a second at the top of tte exercise.

🔹Jump Squats: Land as softly as possible. And don’t even jump, if your squat form sucks. *Knees tracking over feet (no cowboys or knock-knees.

🔹Pushups: It’s a plank with bent elbows. Nail your plank form first :)

🔹Sit-up w/ rotation: I love a full body core movement. Weight is optional. *If you have back pain or disc issues. Skip this.

📌Save & Do.

*If you are looking for more, I created a simple but detailed plan to help busy women 40+ gain strength and lose fat.

👉🏽Comment DEFINED for lifetime access to my Total Body DEFINED program. Short follow along workouts you can do at home with just a few sets of dumbbells. And I am coaching you every step of the way 💪🏽🔥

#homeworkout #womenover40 #womenover50 #strongnotskinny #womensupportingwomen taken in Punta Mita, Nayarit by @sweatplaylive

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Age is just a number, and birthdays are THE BEST! 🎉

Thanks to all my amigos and @cloud9_fiji for an epic day!

#livingthedream #sailinglife #fiji #paradise taken in Cloud 9 Fiji by @sweatplaylive

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2 months ago

Four weeks of magic, movement, stillness, water, mountains, and way too many massages (never) ;)

No real itinerary. Just waking up in a healthy body and asking:

“What do I want to do today?”

IS living the dream. ❤️🇮🇩

Somewhere along the way, I found my way back to me.

Thanks for the inspiration @kanakaone and @padangpadangsurfcampbali for taking great care of me 🏄🏽‍♀️🤙🏽

#bali #solotravel #wanderlust #livingthedream #justgo taken in Bali, Indonesia by @sweatplaylive

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Sometimes we forget to give life to our life.

What a gift to have space to think. Space to breathe.

After 15 years of hosting retreats for others, I forgot that I could benefit from a solo retreat too.

*And now I know I NEED to stay in shape just to keep chasing waterfalls - holy smokes, hiking up and down stairs all day is quite the workout!

Anyone interested in joining me in Bali next year?

#livingthedream #chasingwaterfalls #bali #retreatlife #fitnessretreat taken in Bali, Indonesia by @sweatplaylive

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Can’t have rainbows without rain, but it IS a dream life if you can be flexible and don’t mind your plans changing (often multiple times a day) at a moments notice. You enjoy doing repairs and chores in beautiful locations…. oh, and sharing a tight space with another human.

You get to have unbelievable experiences and see things that very view people will ever see.

You meet amazing people and learn stories that expand your mind and your heart.

You realize just how big the world really is, and how little you actually really need to be happy.

#livingthedream⛵️🌏❤️

#sailinglife #livingonaboat #ycass by @sweatplaylive

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