Sherwood Park Health and Fitness

Inside Venus Eye Boutique's space, marked by sleek displays and dark-wood panelling, customers peruse a large selection of 100 per cent Canadian-designed eyewear from the boutique's eponymous line of frames. Men, women, and children can find new, attractive eyewear in the store, and staff educates each patron on frame and lens type to ensure perfectly fitted and functioning sight.

The team at Glo Tanning and Nutrition helps revamp patrons' physiques from the inside out by pointing them in the direction of nutritional supplements and technology-driven aesthetic treatments. For building a base tan, the salon stocks a lie-down bed as well as a vertical booth for practicing tree poses. Glo's infrared sauna is designed to relieve pain and promote better circulation, and the light and heat energy of the noninvasive Radiancy laser removes hair or diminishes pigmented lesions on a variety of skin types.

For a haircut or mani-pedi, clients stop by the adjacent salon and spa. Hardwood floors, reed-like plants, and Asian-inspired statues give the space a clean, modernistic feel without the need to wrap guests in freshly laundered Picasso paintings.

Founded 29 years ago with a single, small club, World Health expanded its healthy presence across Calgary and Edmonton with today's 18 locations province-wide. Ultramodern equipment and friendly staffers fill each hub, supplementing a variety of fitness classes and personal-training sessions. In Revs and Revs Plus classes, bike-mounted students pedal through aerobic drills before slow-downs allow for safe speed-bump crossing and heart-rate recovery. Fight-inspired Kick classes coalesce self-defence moves from karate, boxing, and kickboxing; Breathe’s gentle combination of yoga, Pilates, and tai chi beckons internal peace with flexibility and balance exercises. For a solo workout session, personable trainers customize sessions that chase each individual’s fitness goals. With the help of a personal trainer, exercisers often note a greater sense of motivation and accountability, improved fitness and nutritional knowledge, and biceps that literally take the shape of pistols.

Total Body FX specializes in Sudatonic infrared body wraps, which employ heat to burn calories and dispel toxins. The cocoons trigger the body’s natural cooling process, increasing metabolisms and ousting cellulite as clients unwind their minds to levels commonly experienced by napping jack-in-the-boxes. Total Body FX also soothes eczema and bolsters immune systems with infrared-sauna sessions, which, like the body wraps, coax toxins from bodies as clients unwind. The salon rounds out their service menu with teeth whitening, eyelash extensions, and nutritional cleanses powered by Visalus products.

Prestige Vision Center's optometric experts and staff keep peepers healthy and stylish. The multilingual practice welcomes patients who speak English, Spanish, Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, and Hindi, and the wide array of services includes exams, fittings, and professional referrals. Prescription exams prep eyes for frames by Ray-Ban, Guess, and Adidas, and diagnostic tests ensure that lids use proper grammar when blinking in Morse code.

Though without formal training, Zumba by Brittany’s eponymous owner has always had a passion for dance. After attending her first Zumba class in 2011 and becoming hooked on the joyous, energetic movements, she realized her dream of entering the dance world wasn’t so far-flung after all. Now a certified Zumba instructor, Brittany hosts public classes at Dance Code Studio in addition to private sessions. She leads students of all skill levels in upbeat dance moves designed to disguise calorie-incinerating workouts as masterfully as a cellphone made out of dumbbells.