Jacksonville Beach, FL Health and Fitness

Mindful Motion Yoga's eight certified instructors cultivate an accepting atmosphere inside the studio, sure, but they also bring classes outdoors for yoga by the tree, which places students amid nature's oxygen factories. As they help their students to boost strength and flexibility, these dedicated instructors also help students to release tension during Basic, Gentle, Power, Restorative, Yin, and Kids Yoga classes.

The team opens most of its classes and workshops to students of all levels, as well as dogs, since they have a copyright on their downward pose. An instructor will modify each posture for beginners and advanced students alike. To further immerse their dedicated students in this enlightening practice, they hold a comprehensive teacher-training program registered through the Yoga Alliance. Mindful Motion Yoga also supports several charities, including the Wounded Warrior Project, Challenged Athletes Foundation, Girls, Inc., and Christina Phipps Foundation, which owner Terri Morrison co-founded.

EyeElements Eyecare Associates' experienced optometrist, Dr. Manish Patel, brings experience as a clinical research optometrist and instructor as he updates glasses and contact prescriptions, diagnoses diseases, such as cataracts and glaucoma, and conducts diabetic evaluations. Helpful employees are on hand to help shoppers with critical eyewear choices, taking lifestyles and face shapes into account to pick frames that are both stylish and suitably durable. Customers choose from the boutique’s style-savvy eyewear gallery, which includes frames from Coach, Gucci, and Dolce & Gabbana, all ready to be fitted with prescription lenses and bristly Groucho eyebrows.

Working to help improve patients' overall health and confidence, Avicena Family Care's staff draws on board-certified Dr. Asim Nouman's specialization in medical weight loss and aesthetics. Patients come in for an assortment of procedures, such as intense pulsed light treatments and microdermabrasions, designed to treat issues ranging from skin blemishes to unwanted hair growth. An advocate of lifestyle intervention to prevent chronic diseases, Dr. Nouman makes sure to spend extra time chatting with patients during each primary-care visit, learning about everything from their health history to their hobbies to their favorite nonmusical sound. Avicena Family Care is conveniently from 3–7 p.m. on weekdays and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Well versed in the myriad methods of weight loss and their varying effectiveness on different body types, medical director Dr. Anthony Capasso employs a wide range of regimens and one-off treatments to help his patients achieve their target weight. His supervised diet programs emphasize the principle of low glycemic index to reduce cholesterol, triglycerides, and eye injuries caused by rocketing jean buttons, allowing clients to take matters of slimness into their own hands. For more immediate results, however, Dr. Capasso wields noninvasive Venus Freeze and Zerona technology, which sheds inches from physiques in a matter of weeks and gives patients a head start on weight loss.

Pulse Fitness Center is owned and operated under the direction of board-certified physicians who know that nutrition is as critical for good health as knowledgeable staff and the latest equipment technology. A team of personal trainers—which includes a former professional football player and a former physical readiness instructor for the U.S. Army—guides fitness seekers toward their personal goals. The team counsels students on dietary habits and points them to machines with the Smart Key digital memory system, which, like a robot butler who has been around since childhood, remembers guests' personal preferences and physical activities. The center's TechnoGym equipment entertains patrons with personal TVs at each station, and an overhead sound system keeps the 10,000-square-foot space pumping with free weights and FreeMotion equipment.

Guests can drop kids off for childcare before classes ranging from TRX suspension training to Zumba sessions with dance moves set to Latin-inspired music. Licensed professionals at the medically directed center provide physical, occupational, and speech therapy at the in-house Harland Rehabilitation Clinic.

At Doc Weight Loss, physicians keep a close eye on diet programs that spring from both natural and clinical medicine and are backed by current studies. The programs are customized for each individual patient, staying in step with their unique needs and goals.

After a thorough exam, dieters launch into low-calorie diets augmented by energy-boosting B12 injections, exercise regimes, and vitamin supplements. Staff members analyze vital signs, body-mass index, and body-fat percentage as pounds melt away, ensuring bodies stay healthy and strong enough to break scales with their wisdom, not their weight.