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and pampering, food and fitness
and the mind-body connection."
Other topics include, biofeed-
back, aromatherapy, yoga and
Pilates, a system of stretching,
strengthening and aligning the
body through the use of springs
and pulleys.
Last year, the International
Association of Fitness Profes-
sionals, or IDEA, devoted a con-
vention issue of its magazine,
IDEA Today, to mind-body fit-
ness.
And an exercise club in Chica-
go changed its name and its phi-
losophy to "Zen Fitness."
IDEA Today publisher Peter
Davis and executive editor
Kathie Davis described this lat-
est fitness trend.
"Mind-body fitness does not
promote religious beliefs, nor is
it necessarily anything mysteri-
ous. It's really more about the or-
dinary things we feel about
ourselves, others and what's
around us," they wrote.
"In our classes and training
sessions, it can be as simple as
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making each individual feel com-
fortable, relating personally to all
our clients and helping them de-
velop better self-esteem."
In essence, what this new
trend means is that you don't
have to take a yoga class on
Tuesdays and a bounce-till-you-
burn exercise class with sweaty
strangers on Wednesdays. Yoga,
Zen and tai chi principles can be
mixed right into a fitness class.
It also means that fitness cen-
ters may be shrinking and get-
ting quieter and more soothing.
That's the hope of fitness veter-
ans like Debbie Reichenbach.
After years of teaching in tradi-
tional gyms, Ms. Reichenbach
opened Creative Concepts in Joli-
et, Ill.
Her new facility greets cus-
tomers with plants, inspirational
pictures and sayings, aro-
matherapy, mood music, com-
plimentary herbal teas, a
hydrosonic massage bed and
comfy furniture.
Farther down the hall is a
yoga-meditation room with ivy-
covered walls. The exercise room
is small and serene.
"We'll never ever blast the mu-
sic here," she said. "We can't hear
what you're saying, even if it's
your body language, if we're
blasting the music."
Ms. Reichenbach never wants
to return to the old days. She
cringes when she watches video-
tapes of her exercise classes from
the mid-1980s.
"We talked constantly," she
said. "It became jibberish. It was
nonsense."
In the tape, Ms. Reichenbach
wasn't paying attention to what
the students were doing.
"I'm facing the mirror and
kicking my leg over my head,"
she said.
The students in the tape? They
were lagging behind or seeking
refuge at the water fountain.
Everything was backward, Ms.
Reichenbach confessed.
"We've played catch me if you
can for the last 15 years," she
said. "That has bred an atmos-
phere of competition. How many
times have you heard someone
say, 'I'm going to join a health
club but I've got to lose 10 pounds
first.'
"We've done such a poor job in
helping people find their moti-
vation to keep physically fit. We
have to undo what we've done,"
she said. "We really have to b12ze
a new trail."
Ms. Reichenbach isn't alone on
this trail. In Naperville, Ill., Nic-
Id Anderson, a personal fitness
trainer, is preaching the same
sermon.
The days of 50 to 60 people
crammed into a fitness studio
with booming music are on the
wane, she said.
"I don't see how that can re-
duce your stress level," Ms. An-
derson said.
Exercise is becoming more
spiritual and less egotistical.
The key is to relax, meditate
and find a workout that is low-
impact and personalized, she
said.
"The whole fitness trend of the
1970s and 1980s was exercise,
that's all that matters. You don't
ask questions. You just go."
Years ago, people looked sus-
piciously at the yoga instructors,
she said.
"But they were doing what we
all should have been doing."
Concentrating on the mind to
improve the body is a better way
to tackle fitness.
"It's a package deal, it has to
be," Ms. Anderson said. "It's the
only way we're going to get peo-
ple back on track and healthy."
In Chicago, Zen Fitness wel-
comes clients with Japanese
lanterns, rice-paper lights and
incense. Classes end with can-
dles, meditation, harp or pan
flute music and customers sitting
in a circle, sometimes holding
hands.
Instructor Gina Evangelista
said including the mind in your
workout is like including dessert
with your meal. It's the fun part
that keeps you coming back for
more.
"Zen doesn't mean you have to