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Our Studio

Feel the Flow

Experience a transformative wellness journey at Invictus, nestled in the heart of the Costa Rican jungle. We offer an exciting selection of fitness classes, including Yoga, Movement, and cold plunge sessions, ensuring you find harmony and strength in nature. Unleash your potential and immerse yourself in our holistic approach to wellness.

At Invictus, we invite you to experience wellness like never before in the beautiful Costa Rican jungle. As a family-owned studio, we are all about creating a sanctuary for health and happiness. With future amenities like restaurants, a bar, and pickleball courts, your journey to wellness will flourish here.

Meet the Instructors

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Athena

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ATHENA

Instructor: Athena

Class: Pilates Teacher

Class Description:
Pilates is a low-impact exercise method that strengthens the core, improves posture, increases flexibility, and enhances overall body control. It focuses on precise, controlled movements combined with mindful breathing to build long, lean muscles without bulk.

Suitable for all fitness levels, Pilates can be adapted for beginners, athletes, rehabilitation, and prenatal or postnatal clients. It helps reduce pain, prevent injuries, and improve balance, mobility, and mental focus.

A gentle yet powerful practice for a stronger, more aligned, and healthier body.

Personal Summary:
Hi, I’m Athena! ✨ I’m a certified Pilates instructor, trained at @alynepilates Paris. Originally from France, with Italian and Romanian roots, I come from the world of performing arts — I used to work as an actress. Over time, I realized that what truly fulfills me is helping others feel stronger, more confident, and connected to their bodies. That’s what led me to Pilates. 🧘‍♀️ Pilates is a mindful movement method that focuses on core strength, posture, flexibility, and balance. It’s not just a workout — it’s a way to build awareness and harmony between body and mind. Now, instead of being on stage, I love putting others in the spotlight, guiding them toward a healthier, more aligned version of themselves. 💫

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KATIA

Instructor: Katia Wittenborn
Class: Power Barre
Class Description:
A blend of Dance, Pilates and Strength training: Power Barre Fitness is a full body workout integrating breath, creative sequences and mindful movement to the beat of energizing music. No dance experience or training required. A playful sweat, guaranteed to lengthen, strengthen and challenge you.

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Instructor: Kai Warner

Class: HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training)

Class Description:

A workout that combines cardio and strength in timed intervals to great music!

Personal Summary:
Kai Warner is a wife, mom of 4 girls and former high school teacher.  She fell in love with HIIT in a heated exercise room in California, where she became a certified HIIT instructor. It was the perfect transition to exercising in the warm climate of Uvita, Costa Rica where she has been providing HIIT classes since 2022.   Kai combines strength and cardio to each routine to maximize the experience.  The music in her class is another highlight that her clients enjoy.  Join Kai on the platform for her HIIT class. You won't be disappointed!

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I am so grateful for HIIT classes with Kai. Not only did she pull me out of an entire 10 year non working out hiatus, her classes are challenging and super fun. She is incredibly accommodating and makes it so people of all levels can come to class and have a great workout. The space and community surrounding classes with Kai is amazing. When I can’t be there in person, I follow the few videos she has available just to keep up and feel included in her HIIT energy! I have never looked forward so much to working out, and even when I fall off track, I can always look forward to HIIT to pick me back up!
From: Jess

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Instructor: Kelly Shaw
Email: Kelly.shaw22@gmail.com
Instagram: @k22shaw
Phone: +1 (905) 464 1291
Class: Power Barre
Class Description:
A blend of Dance, Pilates and Strength training: Power Barre Fitness is a full body workout integrating breath, creative sequences and mindful movement to the beat of energizing music. No dance experience or training required. A playful sweat, guaranteed to lengthen, strengthen and challenge you.

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MICHELLE

Instructor: Michelle DiMillo 

Class: Yoga

Personal Summary:
Michelle is a committed yoga student and teacher with more than 500 hours of training in multiple disciplines. Born in Toronto and nurtured by life in Uvita for the last five years, she teaches with passion, clarity, and a deep connection to the practice.

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LIA

Instructor: Lia
Email: lia.thal@gmx.de
Instagram: @liaxomx

Phone: +506 7245-9733
Class: Hatha Yoga
Class Description:
I'm trained in traditional Hatha Yoga and have recently finished a trauma-informed yoga training to deepen my understanding and expand my approach. My teaching style is intuitive, gentle and integrates somatic movement along with restorative plus yin elements. 

MELINDA

Instructor: Melinda Chandler 

Instagram:@sounds.heart.sanctuary

Class: Sound Practitioner

Class Description:
"Tune in with Melinda" a Biofield Tuning & Sound Bath Experience. Step into a space of deep relaxation and renewal. In this special class, we’ll explore the art of Biofield Tuning—using tuning forks to gently clear and balance the energetic field around the body. As blockages soften and harmony is restored, you’ll be guided into a nourishing sound bath that invites peace, clarity, and calm.

Come release what no longer serves you and leave feeling lighter, clearer, and deeply aligned.

Gift yourself this powerful reset at Invictus.

Testimonial

My sessions with Melinda have been transformative, helping me adjust and reset my nervous system in a deeply tangible and meaningful way. In today’s world, where we constantly adapt to and absorb the energy of everything life throws at us, it’s easy for our own energetic balance to become disrupted. Melinda’s sound healing practice provides a powerful space for recalibration. Science supports the idea that vibrations influence other vibrations, and through her intuitive use of sound, I could feel my own energy realign, creating a sense of harmony and grounding. Her work beautifully demonstrates how sound can be a gentle yet profoundly effective tool for healing and renewal.
Thomas

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CRYSTALE

Instructor: Crystale Boisvert
Email: crystaleboisvertg@gmail.com
Instagram: daughers_of.god 

Class: Yin Yoga
Class Description:
A slow, calming yoga practice focused on deep stretching and stillness. Yin Yoga targets connective tissues and joints through long-held poses to improve flexibility and mobility while encouraging relaxation, breath awareness, and inner balance. Suitable for all levels.

EMMA

Instructor: Emma Jane Terry

Email: emmajaneteachings@gmail.com

Instagram:@everywhere_yoga_life

Whatsapp: +1 206 697 4467

Class: Vinyasa yoga

Class Description:

A fluid, breath-led practice where poses flow smoothly from one to the next creating a moving meditation. Designed to build strength, flexibility, awareness, and deeper connection to the self, this class is suitable for all levels.

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Personal Summary:

A 200 hour Hatha and 25 hour Children’s Yoga certified teacher, Emma has come to understand yoga as a transformational tool and a way to unlock a life that feels more alive, grounded, and in-tune with your mind, body and soul. Emma has taught Hatha, Vinyasa, and Children & Family Yoga. Across all her classes, she thoughtfully and lovingly supports her students to deepen their self-understanding and discover what brings greater alignment and harmony to their lives.

Testimonial

Emma was amazing and so kind. The class was transformative. I will be back!
Anna J.

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