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Guest: Zhana Dmitryuk, Founder, Owner and Instructor of Flexspace Studios

About the Episode:
It is always about the lines, and in this episode Michelle and Zhana take on the saying, “no pain, no gain,’ at least when that comes to the world of beauty and the body. Is a healthy, fit body not within our reach, if for whatever reason we can no longer sweat it out with the latest hardcore fitness phenomenon!? We look at how ‘gentle’ does not just benefit your overall well being but gets the results you are looking for. Zhana explores the unrealistic view of her body through the eyes of the dance world, while also breaking down physical barriers as to what is possible. She shares how she frees herself from a limiting medical and societal narrative by listening to her body. Zhana walks us through her journey from illness, to discovery, to recovery, and now a whole-body vitality. We are excited to share Zhana’s beauty secrets and exercise tips that anyone can do from home to start their own healthy and healing fitness journey.

Guest Bio:
Zhana is a stretching instructor and owner of FLEXSPACE STUDIOS, a fitness studio that teaches stretching as a workout. Zhana was enamoured with the dance world as a young child but was unable to participate do to a debilitating childhood illness that left her watching from the side lines. When she got out into the world as a young adult, she wanted to try everything and discovered her passion for movement in her late 20's. Nonetheless, by pushing her body from zero to full out, she found her body falling apart from a lack of balance between spending hours at her desk job and a passion for her pole fitness hobby. She was looking for foundational fitness that would help bridge the gaps in her strength and flexibility and allow her to live pain-free, as well as find freedom of movement in any activity that she chose to take on. She found this in stretching, and, 3 years later, has left her corporate job to teach and run her studio full-time. Zhana specializes in teaching adults with no prior movement background, and those who have always thought themselves to be inflexible. She takes special pride and joy in unlocking an individual's potential and proving to them that they can be stronger and more flexible than they ever thought they could be possible.

Instagram: @zhanaflex
Instagram: @flexspacestudios
Website: www.flexspace.fit

About Your Host Michelle Rosetta, Clinical Herbalist and Owner of BEE23 Natural Beauty:
Michelle is a mother of four with over 20 years of experience in the health and beauty industry, inspired by her own sensitivities to synthetic ingredients in personal care products and a deep need to be good to the environment we share this world with. She has served customers stretching around the world with her all natural non-toxic BEE23 Natural Beauty line of products, specializing in maturing skin, eczema and sensitive skin issues. As a Clinical Herbalist she works to support our natural beauty not only from the outside but from the inside-out focusing on reducing internal inflammation. She enjoys freelance writing encompassing tips for positive and ‘green’ skin care health to the deeply emotional, philosophical and energetic relationship we have with our physical aesthetic, while reconciling this with the love of self which lies far deeper than reaching for the latest cosmetic cream.

www.bee23.ca
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Partnerships:

Audio magic on this episode was performed by Carlay Ream-Neal.

This episode was edited by Emily Groleau.