The Program
A Day at Movara
Hover over each icon and imagine yourself at Movara as the day unfolds.
6:30 am
7:00 am
8:00 am
11:30 am
12:30 pm
1:15 pm
2:30 pm
3:30 pm
4:30 pm
5:30 pm
6:15 pm
6:30 am
7:00 am
8:00 am
11:30 am
12:30 pm
1:15 pm
2:30 pm
3:30 pm
4:30 pm
5:30 pm
6:15 pm
The Movara Experience
Click on a Photo Below to Learn More
Experience
Fitness
Fitness
Experience
Nutrition
Nutrition
Experience
Education
Education
Experience
The Spa
The Spa
Experience
Fitness
Fitness
Experience
Nutrition
Nutrition
Experience
Education
Education
Experience
The Spa
The Spa
See What Fitness Looks Like at Movara
Check out this video!
Fitness
It doesn’t matter if you’re a seasoned fitness veteran or if you couldn’t pick a barbell out of a lineup. Movara customizes our fitness offerings to your specific experience and comfort level. When we say all fitness levels are welcome, we really mean it! Movara is a judgment-free zone.
At Movara, we make getting healthy and losing weight a sensible, achievable and lasting lifestyle choice. You’ll try fitness classes featuring boxing, TRX, dance, and more.
We want to reassure our guests that above all, you’ll be well taken care of at Movara. Our fitness program is safe and designed to accommodate any skill level. We meet you where you’re at, but be prepared to surprise yourself by the time you leave, because you will definitely do more than you thought you could!
See Our Fitness Classes
See Our Hiking Levels
All Movara hiking guides are CPR/First Aid-certified and specially trained to lead, motivate, and care for all guests on these fun, calorie-burning daily workouts all while keeping you safe.
Sharon Read
Program Manager
A certified personal trainer and part of Movara since almost the very beginning, Sharon has come to know exactly how to push people in the most compassionate way, and is dedicated to making exercise fun! ”What can you do in 30 seconds!!?” – Sharon
Jared Jones
Fitness Manager
Jared’s background is in education and exercise science, with a Master’s degree in Human Movement, with an emphasis in movement quality, correcting muscle imbalances, and personal and group exercise training; a background tailor-made for Movara!
Ronda Birch
Health & Fitness Coach
A highlight of your stay will be Ronda’s stretch classes. An expert in essential oils, she weaves them into this incredible recovery experience. When she’s off the clock, Ronda is with her family, cooking, or relaxing on the nearest beach.
Tamee Valenzuela
Health & Fitness Coach
Tamee is a lifelong dancer who started teaching at age 16. With an education degree (minor in Dance), Tamee is perfect for Movara! She is thrilled to be a part of the joy that comes through exercise, because that joy has a ripple effect, touching everyone else in your life.
Clara Call
Health & Fitness Coach
Clara went to college on a soccer scholarship and was a powerlifter and firefighter in her 20s. With a degree in biomechanics and certifications in Personal Training, Group Fitness, Corrective Exercise, Senior Fitness, and more — Clara is ready to train you!
Meet Our Hiking Guides
TJ
Hiking Manager
Slade
Wendy
Marlyn
Kimmy
Sherry
Greg
Dennis
Hiking Guide
Renee
Kendell
Brent
Jen
Lisa
Hiking Guide
Cap
Kari
Harmony
Brian
Hiking Guide
Joe
Liv
Hiking Guide
Josh
Jan
Hiking Guide
Dean
Hiking Guide
Delilas
Hiking Guide
Cade
Hiking Guide
Jill
Hiking Guide
Stephanie
Hiking Guide
Kelsi
Hiking Guide
Thomas
Hiking Guide
Brandon
Hiking Guide
Maryn
Hiking Guide
Fitness/Hiking Staff
Unique Classes
Scenic Hikes
Gallon Pool
Fitness Classes
Join our classes lead by some of the best fitness trainers in the industry to help you burn calories, lose weight, and build yourself.
Morning Stretch
30-Minute Stretch class designed to increase circulation and wake up your body and muscles in preparation for the morning hike and the rest of your day. You will need your mat and strap, but the class may also use foam rollers and other implements.
Yoga Stretch
Restorative flexibility and stretching using traditional yoga-based stretch postures.
Stretch
Restorative flexibility class using static stretching and light dynamic or ballistic stretching. May include stretch-assisting implements like yoga strap, blocks, and foam rollers.
Mobility
Mobility focuses on combining range of motion with balance, coordination, and stability. We also address the issues with muscle balance and focus on corrective movement strategies and practices bringing the body into balance. This class uses foam rollers, lacrosse balls, straps, and blocks.
Mountain
Select the cardio machine of your choice! Mountain increases aerobic conditioning and cardio-pulmonary efficiency by increasing intensity and your heart rate, primarily through resistance and/or incline.
Cardio Intervals
Select the cardio machine of your choice! Cardio Intervals increases aerobic conditioning and cardio-pulmonary efficiency by increasing intensity and your heart rate through a series of specifically timed intervals at varying speeds and/or resistance levels.
Treading
Select the cardio machine of your choice! Initially designed as a treadmill-specific workout, but can be adapted to any cardio machine. Treading increases aerobic conditioning and cardio-pulmonary efficiency by increasing intensity and your heart rate through a series of specifically timed intervals at varying speeds and/or resistance levels.
Cinco Speed
Select the cardio machine of your choice! Cinco gets its name because we work in 5-minute intervals, where each 5-minute block is approached as its own distinct workout. Placed at the end of the week, Cinco is designed to push you further with higher intensities, and guarantees that you will leave the class having done more than you thought physically possible.
Pool Classes
Each pool class is different depending on which instructor is teaching. Pool classes use equipment like aqua-bells, noodles, and body weight to increase your heart rate, build muscle, increase joint range of motion, and burn calories in a low-impact environment. Work in the pool is a popular alternative activity for many guests with joint pain or movement limitations.
AMRAP
AMRAP is an acronym that stands for “As Many Rounds/Reps As Possible”! You will complete as much exercise as possible, ensuring a great muscle building and calorie burning workout regardless of current fitness level. The format changes weekly but always includes total-body functional movements using equipment like dumbbells, medicine balls, weight bars, fitness balls, bands, and more.
Bootcamp
Bootcamp traditionally focuses on higher-rep, lower-weight, or bodyweight functional movements. Because the focus is on increased reps, muscle fatigue and “burn” requires the workout to be as much mental as it is physical.
Body Blast
The Body-Blast format changes each week but is a total-body workout that uses a number of different pieces of equipment, isolating individual muscle groups that let you see where your strengths and weaknesses are, as well as any imbalances.
TRX
A suspension training class guaranteed to challenge anyone! Suspension training takes traditionally “closed-chain”, or more stable exercises, and makes them “open-chain” exercises that require the body to stabilize itself through the exercise’s range of motion. Each exercise can be altered making it more difficult or easier simply by changing the angle of the body.
Circuit
Circuit has been the foundational fitness class at Movara since the beginning. It’s a hybrid class combining strength and cardio workouts where you will be coached through a series of two-minute working sets alternating between cardio machines and pin-selected weight machines.
Pilates
Mat based Pilates focuses on strength, stability, posture, proper breath control and flexibility. Each class will work to balance strength and flexibility for all muscle groups, with an emphasis on challenging the core muscles with each movement. Classes will be taught using slow, controlled movements. Movara also has small group and private Pilates Reformer classes upon request.
Core
Strength-based class combining isometric and small controlled movements that isolate the core musculature with an emphasis on breathing to control blood pressure spikes.
Hip Hop
Dance-based cardio class designed for fun while burning calories and increasing motor control, balance and coordination; all set to contemporary hip hop and pop music.
Zumba
Latin dance-based cardio class designed for fun while burning calories and increasing motor control, balance and coordination; set to contemporary Latin and pop music.
Barre
Barre is a progressively rigorous workout that blends elements from different exercise styles including ballet, pilates, and yoga. Movara’s barre class welcomes first-timers as well as seasoned practitioners. Get ready to feel muscles you didn’t know you had!
Last Blast
Last Blast is offered once a week as the last class on the weekly schedule. It is a 90-minute class divided into three consecutive 30-minute blocks. The first 30 minutes focuses on cardio training in the gym. The second 30 minutes is in the court, with a focus on strength, and the final 30 is flexibility work. Whether you’re staying over or heading home, there’s no better way to head into the weekend!
See what Nutrition looks like at Movara
Check out this video!
Nutrition
We all know that nutrition is the key to healthy weight loss, but we don’t want you to worry at all about what you’re going to eat while you’re our guest. Let Movara show you just how mouth-wateringly delicious nutrition can be! With world-class chefs preparing every meal (and discreetly accommodating any preference, allergy, or medical condition), you’re sure to look forward to every flavourful bite.
If you’ve grown up thinking that healthy nutrition and delicious taste are mutually exclusive, you’ll be blown away by the cuisine at Movara, and everything is included with your stay! So relax, and let our culinary team give you the perfect fuel for your body so you can get the absolute most out of your time with us.
Doug Gerpheide
Executive Chef
If you’ve been to Movara before, we don’t need to tell you how good the food is, and our Executive Chef Doug Gerpheide is the reason why! He’s a graduate of the Western Culinary Institute in Portland and loves what he does. He has run several prestigious kitchens, and now, after embarking on his own health journey, Doug is ready to help our guests discover how delicious healthy eating can be.
Janette Salisbury
Sous Chef
Janette has run restaurants in California and Montana, and worked at vineyards in Sonoma County. Janette is excited to help teach everyone at Movara about healthy eating. (As a metal-working artist too, there’s a chance she made both your food AND the beautiful jewelry she’s wearing!)
Melissa Gardner
Nutritionist
Melissa is a Holistic Nutritionist who takes an evidence-based approach to nutrition and weight management. Her approach allows the body to naturally achieve its ideal weight, while you feel renewed energy and vitality. We do not have to give up the foods we love! It’s all about balance.
Kitchen Staff
Unique Recipes
Fresh Ingredients
Meals Served
See what Education looks like at Movara
Check out this video!
Education
Movara understands that any treatment of the body is incomplete without also focusing on the mind. Education is a crucial component of the Movara experience, because when someone embarks on the journey to change their lifestyle, they must also understand the how and why of that journey, so that they can have faith in themselves and the outcome.
That’s why Movara includes daily lectures and workshops, run by some of the world’s leading experts on physical, mental, and emotional health. This is cutting-edge science made accessible and applicable to you. More than simply a crash course, you will emerge from your Movara experience as an expert in all the issues that are most relevant to you and your ongoing health and well-being.
Education is the most effective way to create and maintain lasting change. At Movara, you can learn something that will change your life every single day.
See All
Available Classes
Healing & Connection
This lecture focuses on helping each of us understand how to utilize our emotions and relationships in a way that supports our physical wellness and healing. Emotional connection is one of the greatest gifts that we have in this life and this lecture helps us maximize our relationship with ourselves and others.
Mindfulness
learning how to live in the present moment is one of the ancient arts of many enlightened cultures; this lecture examines how mindfulness can support our overall wellness; in addition, guests will be guided through various mindfulness and breathing techniques.
Stress Management
Stress is often seen as a bad word and comes with a host of ailments and challenges often associated with the negative effects of stress. This lecture will teach guests how to use stress for your benefit and lead your best life through an empowering approach to stress.
Life Balance
This lecture is an experiential activity in which guests engage in a process of examining their current life roles, activities, and boundaries; through this exploration, guests are encouraged to re-examine how they can structure their lives from an internal place leading to greater personal satisfaction and alignment with life in general.
Nutrient Density vs Calorie Density
In this lecture we go deeper with nutrition, discussing how to rebalance our bodies and truly feed our metabolism. We dispel the myth of needing to starve ourselves to achieve sustained and healthy weight loss. Learning that when our body has the nutrition (information) it needs, we not only regain health and vitality, but we also naturally return to our optimal weight.
Macros and Labels
As we learn how different foods effect our bodies and give it different information, in this class we discover how to create our individual balance and create a template to meet our goals of health and weight loss. We discuss further what Macro Nutrients are and how they affect our weight loss goals. In addition how we learn how to look at nutrition labels to ensure our food choices match our goals.
The Plate Method
In this class we learn how we are able to create meals at Movara that make us feel so full and satisfied. We discuss how we can active certain receptors to achieve this same result at home! The plate method pulls all of this knowledge together in an easy to understand process that guests can take home and incorporate into every day life.
Nutritional Imbalances
What is my body telling me? In this discussion we learn to pay attention to what is out of balance in our body and how we can support it and re-establish homeostasis with nutrition. This allows us to achieve faster better results with health and weight loss. By learning to pay attention to our body and the symptoms we experience day-to-day, we become our own “expert” on know how to support our heath and vitality and overall function of our body.
Mini Habits: A Small Tool for Big Success
Habits happen - whether by default or by design -- and learning how to form positive habits is a learnable skill. In this talk, you'll learn everything you need to start making measurable change in your eating, exercise, and wellness habits. You'll learn how to use proven methods like "habit stacking," how to break bad habits using "friction," how motivation often follows action (rather than preceding it), how to create tracking systems to keep you accountable, and how shrinking your habits may just be the solution you've been looking for to help you lock in your exercise and eating routines. Habits are the key to your success and this presentation will show you how
The Brain Wellness Connection
Self care is one of the most important things you can do to perform at your best, become physically fit, and kickstart the healing systems of the body. Your brain needs breaks throughout the day just like your body. With our work demands getting faster and faster, brain science has now shown that the key to our most healthy, productive, and happiest selves isn't working harder, it's working smarter. In this presentation, you'll learn why scientists are advising you to take a nap in the afternoon, why you should schedule breaks throughout your day to "recharge" your focus, and how exercise and time in nature can have deep restorative effects on the body and brain. The science of micro-breaks has shown that getting more done isn't about managing time better, but about managing energy better.
The Power of Positive Emotions
Negativity comes naturally but positivity takes work. The brain, for all of its strengths, is often pulled toward the negative. Our brains tend to pay more attention to, believe, and filter in more negative information than positive information -- something scientists call the “negativity bias.” In this talk, you'll learn how to cultivate positivity and learn how positive emotions have a number of physical and mental benefits, including reducing inflammation, lowering stress, and increasing creativity. This talk will help you learn the tools and skills to get in the habit of focusing on the things that went well in your day instead of focusing on the things that didn't.
Building Stress Resilience
This talk will unpack the brain science of stress and give you the tools you need to reduce worry, conquer anxiety, and take actions that will help you manage uncertainty. Chronic stress is directly related to weight gain and puts us at increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, faster aging, and even cancer. Whether you need help to stop your mind racing at night or want to get better at not letting little things upset you, this talk will teach you how to work with your brain rather than against it to unlock a calm, centered, connected new you. Calm can become your new normal, but it takes brain training to get there.
The Movara Way
Just a few sentences that explains what the class is about, maybe mention lecturer and maybe, just maybe.
Fitness Tips
Just a few sentences that explains what the class is about, maybe mention lecturer and maybe, just maybe.
Healing & Connection
Mindfulness
Stress Management
Life Balance
Nutrient Density vs Calorie Density
Macros and Labels
The Plate Method
Nutritional Imbalances
Mini Habits: A Small Tool for Big Success
The Brain Wellness Connection
The Power of Positive Emotions
Building Stress Resilience
The Movara Way
Fitness Tips
Jared Jones
Health & Fitness Coach
Jared’s background is in education and exercise science, with a Master’s degree in Human Movement, with an emphasis in movement quality, correcting muscle imbalances, and personal and group exercise training; a background tailor-made for Movara!
Melissa Gardner
Melissa is a Holistic Nutritionist who takes an evidence-based approach to nutrition and weight management. Her approach allows the body to naturally achieve its ideal weight, while you feel renewed energy and vitality. We do not have to give up the foods we love! It’s all about balance.
Ray Forrester
Life Coach / Therapist
Ray is bridging the gap between mental health and physical health, with a Master’s degree in Social Work and pursuing a second Master’s in Sports Conditioning and Performance! Before Ray became a licensed clinical therapist, he was a professional rugby player, and once powerlifted a combined total of 1745lbs in competition! He knows what he’s talking about.
Koby Taylor
A St. George native, Koby received his Doctorate of Pharmacy in 2000. He has managed several successful retail pharmacies and knows exactly how to calibrate the systems in your body through nutrients in order to achieve optimal health, giving you the keys and scientific insight to remove, replace, repair, restore, and rebalance yourself!
Elaine Hartrick
Elaine is not only a world-class lecturer and certified life-coach who has run half-marathons on every continent. Not only a proud Canadian mother of two, and Movara’s General Manager. She’s also been right where you’re sitting, on her own Movara fitness journey, so she absolutely knows what she’s talking about. (Hope you like getting inspired!)
Hours of Learning
Unique Topics
Years Combined Experience
Lives Changed
See what recovery looks like at Movara
Spa Recovery
Just as important as any other component of our program, we know that you need time to relax, unwind, de-stress, and focus on your general well-being. That’s why we know you’re going to love the Movara spa experience!
The Spa at Movara is all about recovery. After a long day, the Spa is a place to come and get your body recovered so that you can face the next day refreshed, rejuvenated, and ready for anything! Featuring a complete list of the top wellness treatments, we invite you to indulge yourself – relax your body and mind while renewing your spirit.
See Descriptions of our Spa Treatments
Facials
A variety of facial treatments will leave you feeling refreshed and your skin sparkling with vitality. Cleanse, exfoliate, and nourish your skin, and leave the spa with a youthful glow. Choose from Vital C Hydrating Facial, European Facial, Back Facial, 02 Lift Facial or Microdermabrasion.
Nails
Your hands and feet work hard. Let us treat them with the care they deserve! Our signature manicures and pedicures are a treat for your mind, body and spirit. Indulge in a luxurious soak, followed by exfoliation, mask and massage, complete with cuticle care, shaping and polish. Shellac is also available for a special treat.
Waxing & Tinting
Our bodies occasionally put hair where we don’t want it, or make it a different colour than we might prefer. Movara’s waxing and tinting services will come to your rescue!
Accupuncture
Utterly painless and highly invigorating, feel the incredible results you can achieve through the ancient art of acupuncture.
Holistic Chiropractic Treatment
Having chiropractic treatment while at Movara is a proactive measure to help ensure that you stay in top health and condition, particularly when you’re pushing yourself so hard. Chiropractic care increases your body’s flexibility and Dr. Scott uses gentle techniques with his hands or small instruments to restore proper nerve function and movement so your brain can communicate with the many complex systems of your body.
Swedish Massage
Sometimes you just want to relax and feel the stress and tension melt away like warm butter. Utilizing long, fluid strokes this classic massage relieves muscle tension and improves circulation after a great day on the trail or in the gym. Reward yourself.
Deep Tissue Massage
Show those muscles who’s boss! Get your sore muscles activated, refreshed, and ready to face anything with our energizing therapeutic deep tissue massage. A Movara guest favorite.
Body Polish
Let your skin breathe! This exfoliating and hydrating treatment is like a facial for your ENTIRE body, leaving you feeling smooth, soft, and ready to take on another full day at Movara.
Hanakasumi Foot/Hand
This Japanese inspired foot and hand massage treatment incorporates a scented exfoliation cream with cherry blossom and rice powder and finishes with melted aromatic shea butter to nourish and smooth skin on your hands, feet and lower legs. This concentrated ritual improves circulation and nourishes the skin.
Lomi Lomi Massage
This traditional Hawaiian massage technique by our one and only Marie, she incorporates the Hawaiian concept of Aloha, and you will leave feeling loved, unified, and at harmony with your own body. Just breathe, relax, and float away...
Raindrop Swedish Massage
The “raindrops” you’ll feel are just pure essential oils, making this stimulating and mood elevating treatment a massage for your body and your senses. This massage will bring structural and electrical alignment, balance and greater healing.
Hot Stone Massage
If you have never been massaged by stones you may not have ever truly experienced relaxation. Warm soothing stones follow the principles of hydrotherapy and while it can feel like a relaxation treatment, the stones are able to sink more deeply into the tissue for a satisfying and therapeutic effect. They promote sleep and reduce tension, a refreshing hot stone massage may be the perfect way to cap off your day at Movara.
Fascia/Cellulite Smoothing Massage
Let us stimulate your fascia by triggering the body’s natural healing processes to ensure optimal blood flow and nutrients are reaching your affected areas. This treatment relieves pain, tension, and reduces the appearance of cellulite.
Reflexology
A surprisingly refreshing and restorative treatment, you will be amazed by the parts of your body our therapists can access through the skillful application of pressure to your feet and hands.
Facials
Nails
Waxing & Tinting
Accupuncture
Holistic Chiropractic Treatment
Swedish Massage
Deep Tissue Massage
Body Polish
Hanakasumi Foot/Hand
Lomi Lomi Massage
Raindrop Swedish Massage
Hot Stone Massage
Fascia/Cellulite Smoothing Massage
Reflexology
See
More
Info
Facials
A variety of facial treatments will leave you feeling refreshed and your skin sparkling with vitality. Cleanse, exfoliate, and nourish your skin, and leave the spa with a youthful glow. Choose from Vital C Hydrating Facial, European Facial, Back Facial, 02 Lift Facial or Microdermabrasion.
Nails
Your hands and feet work hard. Let us treat them with the care they deserve! Our signature manicures and pedicures are a treat for your mind, body and spirit. Indulge in a luxurious soak, followed by exfoliation, mask and massage, complete with cuticle care, shaping and polish. Shellac is also available for a special treat.
Waxing & Tinting
Our bodies occasionally put hair where we don’t want it, or make it a different colour than we might prefer. Movara’s waxing and tinting services will come to your rescue!
Accupuncture
Utterly painless and highly invigorating, feel the incredible results you can achieve through the ancient art of acupuncture.
Holistic Chiropractic Treatment
Having chiropractic treatment while at Movara is a proactive measure to help ensure that you stay in top health and condition, particularly when you’re pushing yourself so hard. Chiropractic care increases your body’s flexibility and Dr. Scott uses gentle techniques with his hands or small instruments to restore proper nerve function and movement so your brain can communicate with the many complex systems of your body.
Swedish Massage
Sometimes you just want to relax and feel the stress and tension melt away like warm butter. Utilizing long, fluid strokes this classic massage relieves muscle tension and improves circulation after a great day on the trail or in the gym. Reward yourself.
Deep Tissue Massage
Show those muscles who’s boss! Get your sore muscles activated, refreshed, and ready to face anything with our energizing therapeutic deep tissue massage. A Movara guest favorite.
Body Polish
Let your skin breathe! This exfoliating and hydrating treatment is like a facial for your ENTIRE body, leaving you feeling smooth, soft, and ready to take on another full day at Movara.
Hanakasumi Foot/Hand
This Japanese inspired foot and hand massage treatment incorporates a scented exfoliation cream with cherry blossom and rice powder and finishes with melted aromatic shea butter to nourish and smooth skin on your hands, feet and lower legs. This concentrated ritual improves circulation and nourishes the skin.
Lomi Lomi Massage
This traditional Hawaiian massage technique by our one and only Marie, she incorporates the Hawaiian concept of Aloha, and you will leave feeling loved, unified, and at harmony with your own body. Just breathe, relax, and float away...
Raindrop Swedish Massage
The “raindrops” you’ll feel are just pure essential oils, making this stimulating and mood elevating treatment a massage for your body and your senses. This massage will bring structural and electrical alignment, balance and greater healing.
Hot Stone Massage
If you have never been massaged by stones you may not have ever truly experienced relaxation. Warm soothing stones follow the principles of hydrotherapy and while it can feel like a relaxation treatment, the stones are able to sink more deeply into the tissue for a satisfying and therapeutic effect. They promote sleep and reduce tension, a refreshing hot stone massage may be the perfect way to cap off your day at Movara.
Fascia/Cellulite Smoothing Massage
Let us stimulate your fascia by triggering the body’s natural healing processes to ensure optimal blood flow and nutrients are reaching your affected areas. This treatment relieves pain, tension, and reduces the appearance of cellulite.
Reflexology
A surprisingly refreshing and restorative treatment, you will be amazed by the parts of your body our therapists can access through the skillful application of pressure to your feet and hands.
Facials
Nails
Waxing & Tinting
Accupuncture
Holistic Chiropractic Treatment
Swedish Massage
Deep Tissue Massage
Body Polish
Hanakasumi Foot/Hand
Lomi Lomi Massage
Raindrop Swedish Massage
Hot Stone Massage
Fascia/Cellulite Smoothing Massage
Reflexology
Rhiannon
Esthtician
Martin
Marie
Lomilomi Specialist
Brian
Annetta
Fascia Specialist
Jeannetta
Dr. Scott
Yana
Quinn
Nail Tech
Spa Rooms
Unique Treatments
Years Combined Experience
Appointments Made
Our Reservations Team would love to help!