Long Beach Pilates

GST Body LB Striving to Make Working Out Creative, Beautiful and Fun

EverythingLongBeach recently spoke with Caroline Aizawa, owner of GST Body LB, via email. They talked about inspirations, challenges and what’s it’s like having a business on Retro Row. How long have you been in business?: I just moved into the We Move Studio in April. Describe your business: Grace Somatomorphic Technique, GST is a movement [...]

The Studio By Bridget; welcomes you to reform your workout

In the early 1980s, “No pain, no gain,” was the exercise motto coined by one of the queens of aerobics, Jane Fonda. And if you judged the workout at Bridget Georgeson’s studio by the equipment, it may look like you’re in for some torture. However, don’t let the Pilates Reformers, stability chairs, ladder barrels, spring [...]

Bixby Knolls organizes auction to Help Haiti Recover

FreeSpirit Yoga invites the entire community to attend “Help Haiti Recover,” a fundraising event this Saturday that will include a silent auction, opportunity drawing, and music.  All proceeds from the event will go directly to Doctors Without Borders. “When I saw the devastation and human suffering in Haiti I knew I had to do something [...]

Pilates Joe: A friendly, affordable fitness studio

Although it’s taken nearly a century to become mainstream, Pilates is now here to stay. Pilates — with its focus on the body’s core and its practice of slow and smooth strengthening, breathing, stretching and concentrating — began in the mid-1920’s with a man named Joe Pilates. He initially called this style of exercise, “contrology,” [...]

Sweet Embellishments Dessert Bar: Treats that need no reason to celebrate

Okay, so who wants to visit another cupcake shop? Well, Sweet Embellishments Dessert Bar is definitely not just another cupcake shop! It offers a great deal more. After much anticipation from sugar-loving residents (like me!), Sweet Embellishments opened in September 2009 at 5555 Stearns Street in Long Beach. The dessert bar is located in a [...]