F8 Training & Wellness Studio

We’ve almost made it through May! This month is arguably more crazy than December and if you’ve been feeling the overwhelm, come try our Sunday Sound Bath.

Curious what a Sound Bath is?
Read below for more about the science of this ancient form of healing:

Sound baths work by immersing you in sustained, overlapping tones from instruments like singing bowls, gongs, and chimes, creating a wash of vibration that slows your breathing, lowers muscle tension, and shifts your brain toward the same relaxed state you pass through on the edge of sleep.

You don’t do anything during a sound bath. You lie on a mat or sit in a chair while a practitioner plays instruments around you, and the “bath” part refers to being surrounded by sound rather than submerged in water.

The practice sits somewhere between meditation and passive therapy. The measurable effects on mood, anxiety, and nervous system activity are what draw most people to try one today.

The core mechanism is something called entrainment: your body’s internal rhythms, including heart rate, breathing, and brainwave patterns, gradually sync up with a slow, steady external stimulus. When the instruments produce low, sustained tones, your nervous system interprets the environment as safe and begins shifting from a sympathetic (fight-or-flight) state into a parasympathetic (rest-and-digest) one. Heart rate drops, breathing deepens, and muscles release tension without any conscious effort on your part.

Gongs produce lower fundamental frequencies than singing bowls and generate a broader, more complex wash of overtones. The combination of low rumble and shimmering high-frequency harmonics creates a sensation that many people describe as being “inside” the sound rather than simply hearing it. Vibration is also felt physically, particularly through the floor or mat, which adds a tactile layer to the experience.

Want to experience these benefits yourself? Join us May 31st at 4pm to rest away your stress!

Every summer we start seeing the same message everywhere:
“Get your body summer ready.” But maybe we can skip that this year..

Maybe this summer is less about trying to look a certain way and more about actually feeling good. Having energy. Sleeping better. Feeling stronger. Moving without aches and pains all the time.

Maybe we listen to our bodies instead of fighting them. Maybe we take care of ourselves because we want to feel healthy, steady, and present for our lives, not just for one season.

That kind of care lasts a whole lot longer than summer.

That "I don't feel like it" feeling is real, and you're not weak for having it. ❤️‍🩹

Your non-conscious mind generated that mood, possibly from a stress pattern that was running long before today's goals even entered the picture. A pattern your mind built. Working exactly as designed.

Here's what the research shows: your mood and your decision to act don't have to be synchronized. Your directed mind, the part that made the plan when you were clear-headed, runs on a different signal than your emotional state.

You can feel unmotivated and still move. Those two things can coexist. Each time you choose the plan anyway, that underlying pattern begins to shift.

The version of you that set the goal had good judgment. Trust them.

Do you agree or not agree? Reply and let us know if you've felt that shift pushing through your healthy habits some days...or did your mood win?

One of the most underrated skills you can learn is the ability to ignore your mood and stick to the plan.

This Healthy Habits Challenge has been about testing your ability to stick to a goal or plan, even when life is hectic. It's not an end goal, but day in day out a choice to make those healthy habits happen.

If you felt like you've failed, you haven't, you've learned something about yourself!

Or did you crush your habits and find out that you CAN do things even when you don't feel like it?

No matter how many stickers got on the chart, you're a winner for making a choice to try your healthy habit!

We can't wait to celebrate the end of our Healthy Habits Challenge with you May 30th & 31st!

Let me tell you about Jan.

Jan is 58 years old. She's active. She's always been the kind of woman who takes care of herself. She watches what she eats, she stays moving, she does the things you're supposed to do.

And for the two years, she gained 20 pounds anyway.

She was exhausted in a way that sleep didn't fix. She was hungry constantly, in a way that felt different from anything she'd experienced before.

She has hypothyroid disorder, which made everything harder to manage and easier to dismiss. Her doctor had explanations. None of them came with solutions that actually worked.

She was frustrated in the way only a healthy, disciplined woman can be frustrated: she was doing everything right, and her body was ignoring all of it.

Sound familiar?

Jan's story isn't unusual to Registered Dietician, Angela Jenkins.

It's what happens when a woman who has been solving the wrong problem finally starts solving the right one.

If you're reading this and thinking "that sounds exactly like me," I want you to consider that it might not be a coincidence.

We have a small number of spots open for Saturday's Wellness Workshop, "Doing Everything Right ..but Still feel like Crap?!", with local author, Angela Jenkins, RD.

This is a conversation workshop where we look at exactly what has been blocking your progress and map out what your body needs right now.

No obligation. No pressure. Just clarity on what's actually going on and what to do about it.

Enrollment closes Saturday. If Jan's story resonated with you, that's worth paying attention to.
F8Training.com/register to save your spot for Free!

P.S. Jan didn't wait for the perfect time. She just started. Four days left to do the same.

P.S.S. The Workshop is completely FREE, but we ask you bring a donation for Dream Network, our charity organization for our 3 year celebration weekend! Dream Network helps single-parent families in our community with those extra expenses, like car repairs and utility bills, for hard working single moms that need the support of a village!

At this point if you’ve been seeing us talk about our anniversary weekend for weeks… this is your sign to just come already 😂
We’ve got:
✔️ a community workout
✔️ a wellness workshop for people who are tired of feeling tired
✔️ a sound bath for anyone whose nervous system has been THROUGH IT lately

Basically, it’s a whole weekend dedicated to feeling better.

Bring a friend, come hang out, move your body a little, learn something, relax a little, and celebrate 3 years of F8 with us 💙

We’re really excited about this one and we can't wait to see you!