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Emirates Woman
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Emirates Woman
10 aesthetic wellness studios to book in 2025
While we're all guilty of scrolling on our feeds for countless hours, seeing aesthetic bali-inspired wellness studios, it's time for us to pick up our own mat and begin the workout. As the UAE becomes a hub for wellness studios designed with minimal interiors. For a calming experience to take a break from the hustle of daily life, these studios are the perfect rejuvenating haven To revamp your fitness routine, Emirates Woman has curated a guide of all the wellness studios to visit in the UAE. Balans This quaint boutique space offers a venue to switch off from the hustle of daily life. The intimate studio can accommodate up to seven individuals in the Pilates room and Yoga studio. With a focus on recovery, advanced contrast ice baths and specialised muscle recovery treatments, each customer can feel healthier, fit and more aligned with their wellness goals. For more information visit Gigi View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mahrah (@ As the first studio in the Middle East to introduce Miniformers, Gigi provides exclusive Lagree workouts alongside traditional Megaformer sessions. This makes it a unique destination for both seasoned practitioners and newcomers. This wellness sanctuary located in Dubai's Mirdif Avenue Mall, offering a harmonious blend of Lagree and yoga practices. The studio's design is inspired by the serene beauty of deserts and forests, creating a tranquil environment for its members. For more information visit HWH Studio Having recently opened in Dubai's new Delano hotel, this space is crafted to be an oasis of calm and inspiration, offering a curated selection of classes, treatments, and experiences designed to nurture the body, mind, and soul. Our new studio is a seamless blend of Delano's iconic elegance and our commitment to holistic well-being, providing guests and visitors with an environment where luxury and wellness harmonise. Overall, this luxury boutique Yoga, Pilates and Wellness space offers visitors an immersive experience to switch off in solitude. The studio is led by renowned yoga instructor Adrienne Everett in Burj Al Arab too. For more information visit Sohum This luxurious new Ayuvedic wellness space features a yoga studio, sound healing, hot and cold therapy rooms. Sohum Wellness Sanctuary is a premium holistic wellness center located in Al Quoz First, Dubai. The sanctuary offers a range of Ayurvedic experiences aimed at promoting balance, healing, and reflection. It's located in Al Quoz First, and includes holistic treatments including Reiki, Sound Healing, and Shamanic Breathwork. It's open 9am to 9pm. For more information visit another mars View this post on Instagram A post shared by Another Mars (@anothermars_ae) Inspired by Himalayan healing, this rehabilitation spa is a membership-only venue in the heart of Umm Suqeim. Paus Club 2.0 Enjoy world-class padel courts, yoga classes, reformer Pilates, and strength training sessions. Connect at community events designed to inspire. Paus Club is located on Al Wasl Rd, Umm Suqeim 1306 with an array of wellness treatments and programmes for everyone who enters to unwind. For more information visit Form Studio View this post on Instagram A post shared by FORM STUDIO (@ Form Studio is a dedicated Lagree fitness studio located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. They offer a variety of classes, including Lagree, Yoga, and Deep Stretch, all instructed by a fully Lagree-certified team. It's located in Saadiyat Noon Building, Abu Dhabi, open from Monday to Thursday: 6AM to 8PM. Brrn Barre View this post on Instagram A post shared by Brrn Barre (@brrnbarre) This LA-inspired wellness studio has made waves in Dubai this year. With Hot Cardio at its core, the studio offers a fusion of Barre, functional training and core Pilates movements in the hot rooms with infrared heating to target all our wellness needs. The studio will be located in Goshi Warehouse City, Al Quoz. For more information visit PEAQ – Social Wellness Club This social wellness club in Dubai, offers a unique sanctuary where fitness, recovery, and community converge. This innovative space, inspired by traditional communal wellness practices, provides a haven for individuals seeking to escape the fast-paced city life and prioritize their well-being. With a focus on holistic health, PEAQ offers a diverse range of services, including high-intensity workouts like Lagree Method, rejuvenating recovery treatments like ice baths and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and calming practices such as breathwork and sound healing. Beyond physical wellness, PEAQ fosters social connections through its in-house café, providing a welcoming environment for members to relax, work, and socialise. By combining cutting-edge fitness techniques with traditional healing practices and a strong sense of community, PEAQ redefines the concept of wellness, offering a transformative experience for those who seek a balanced and fulfilling lifestyle. For more information visit Plume Studio View this post on Instagram A post shared by Plume (@ Dubai's newest women-only fitness and wellness destination, now offers a refined menu of therapy services designed to restore balance, release tension, and elevate overall well-being. Whether you're seeking deep relaxation, post-workout recovery, or targeted muscle relief, each session is personalised by an expert therapist to meet your unique needs. Therapy options include sports therapy, lymphatic drainage, and stress-relieving treatments that enhance mobility and support physical renewal. It's located on 440A Al Wasl, Jumeirah 2, Dubai. For more information visit – For more about Dubai's lifestyle, news and fashion scene follow Emirates Woman on Facebook and Instagram. Feature Image: Instagram @flow2glow @mouchouu__
Los Angeles Times
16-04-2025
- Health
- Los Angeles Times
The 26 best pilates studios in L.A. to stretch, strength-train and feel the burn
While interned during World War I, a German-born physical trainer named Joseph Pilates developed a precise method for rehabilitation. It began as a series of mat exercises and evolved into an exercise that made use of equipment he fashioned from bed springs and whatever materials he could find to help bedridden patients regain strength. Pilates brought this complete system, originally called 'Contrology,' to New York in the 1920s, where it gained popularity among dancers and performers. A hundred years and several wellness-industry booms later, he would hardly recognize the luxury studios his eponymous system now inhabits. Or the many equipment offshoots — Megaformers! Miniformers! Wunda Chairs! — his method has inspired. The equipment itself — sliding carriages and strange chairs surrounded by coiled springs and straps — can sometimes resemble medieval torture devices. Yet behind this machinery and the not-insignificant price one pays to use them, lies militaristic precision: a workout that strengthens the body through controlled resistance while an instructor hovers nearby, adjusting straps, correcting postures and changing resistance levels so that every movement delivers maximum benefit. Which is why, when tasked with choosing the best Pilates studios in L.A., what we found was a remarkable consistency. Though each of the sleek core-strength sanctuaries on our list infuses its own style into the original curriculum, they all managed to strengthen, increase flexibility and engage our reporters without the boredom of repetitive exercise — just as Joe Pilates promised. To ensure we were highlighting the best of the best, we looked for a few other factors when choosing our favorites. First, given that navigating a reformer is far more complicated than, say, rolling out a yoga mat, we prioritized studios that kept their class sizes small and thus, their instruction personalized. Every reformer session we attended featured instructors who hovered nearby, adjusting straps, correcting posture and offering encouraging declarations about 'majestic breathing' even as our abs screamed in protest. Second, we aimed for accessibility when it came to class variety, location and price. You'll find that every studio on our roundup regularly offers beginner classes, and many others that cater to a variety of people with different skill levels and needs. It also highlights studios across L.A. County, from Eagle Rock to Beverly Hills, San Fernando to San Pedro. (Not to mention plenty of offerings from what is clearly the Pilates-toned belly of the beast: Santa Monica.) While the $30 to 60 per-class price at these businesses is not necessarily cheap, it remains low compared with many private and semi-private studios in the city. We also made sure to prioritize studios that provide remote live or on-demand video courses, both for convenience and those who might be immuno-compromised. Third, you will only find unique small businesses who serve their local communities in our selection — no national chains. It was not uncommon that the person who founded the studio we attended was also the one telling us to tip our pelvises forward on the Cadillac. The individuality of these businesses — and the L.A. neighborhoods they reside in — is reflected in their creative interiors, From Pilates Punx's countercultural edge to Kore Pilates' soothing paper lanterns. And no matter the appealing design, each space met our standards for clean and updated facilities. For this guide, we tested every studio featured, carefully curating a mix of experiences: reformer classes for precision training, mat sessions for foundational work, heated rooms for added intensity and jumping routines for cardio benefits. We sought options suitable for older bodies and challenging experiences fit for British rock stars too. For Angelenos seeking a strengthened core, these 26 standout studios offer variations on Pilates' promise: transformation through controlled resistance, breath and the occasional whimper of exertion echoing through a room of kindred spirits. If terms like 'the Hundred,' 'Mermaid' and 'Teaser' mean nothing to you yet, don't worry — these studios will have you swapping out springs like an engineer and fluently speaking Pilat-ese in no time. — Jackie Snow
