White Center, WA Health and Fitness

Axtion Club’s diverse team of fierce fighters includes a black belt from Chile, a national boxing champion from California, and a muay thai master from Turkey. Amid their studio’s bright-yellow walls, padded floors, heavy bags, and suspension trainers, these certified fitness instructors conduct a variety of combat-based classes, which reporters from Seattle Picks lauded as “fun and inclusive.” During boxing and MMA sessions, they’ll demonstrate techniques and proper form as they lead workouts that incorporate high-intensity exercises and conditioning drills.

Dora Gyarmati leads her fleet of graceful instructors with the same carefree humor she uses in her own Ashtanga-style yoga classes. After stumbling onto yoga when a passionate affair with running led to an injured knee, Dora realized her love for the low-impact discipline, and over the years has continued her education with advanced teacher training and workshops. Her dedication has created a community of like-minded yogis that welcomes students of all experience and fitness levels to inclusive classes and focused workshops. Cheery yellow walls unadorned by mirrors surround the judgment-free studio as guests breathe, stretch, and brush their spirit animals together.

Optometrist James McCrum enjoys his job so much he lives at the office. Literally. As documented in a 2005 feature in Pacific Northwest Magazine, Dr. McCrum and his wife, Paula Whelan, converted the bare walls of what used to be a commercial building into a modern, urban-chic home office where they can live upstairs and work downstairs. The daunting project took a year and a half—about three times as long as they had originally planned. Whelan called upon her instincts as an artist to help design the 1,700-square-foot space. She used artwork made from swimming fins and roller skates and installed stair treads that are actually the repurposed rafters from the former building. Vibrant, playful pieces from Whelan's above-garage art studio spill over into the Eyeballs office, where lime-green chairs and bold, red mirrors complement her innovatively painted lampshades and eyewear-inspired artwork. Adding to the fun atmosphere, the reception desk boasts a blackboard where patients can doodle anything they want or copy poems discovered within the eye chart.

And the decor isn't the only aspect of the shop with a decidedly vivacious vibe. The lighthearted, friendly staff aims to make shopping for glasses fun and encourages leisurely browsing of boutique frames neatly arranged in drawers and open wall displays. Together with fellow optometrist Dr. Chris Hettinger, Dr. McCrum does his part to make each guest's visit a pleasant one by using a state-of-the-art retinal camera to check for issues such as diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration.

Whether swooping through the air atop the trapeze or wrapped in aerial silks, the performers at The Cabiri retell the myths of cultures that have passed into antiquity through high-flying performance as theatrical emissaries for the Anunnaki Project, a Seattle non-profit organization. The performers portray ancient myths through high-flying performance, dance classes, and written works. Primary instructors received aerial teacher training at the New England Center for Circus Arts and boast ten-plus years of performance experience. They share their multidisciplinary methodology with students through such classes as aerial arts, which sends participants aloft on aerial silks and hoops for spinning and swirling.

Doctors Weihua Wang and Guoji Wu both graduated from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine with a major in acupuncture. Dr. Wang went on to work as a licensed acupuncturist in China for 10 years, treating conditions such as insomnia and chronic pain, and Dr. Wu went on to get his Ph.D. in medicine.

Now, at Green Point Acupuncture L.L.C., they both practice community acupuncture in a large treatment room outfitted with five tables. They see multiple patients an hour, using hair-thin needles to help the body expunge toxins, boost the immune system, and pick up HBO legally. This method of treating multiple patients at once allows them to keep acupuncture costs down.

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