"I just want to say WICKED, AMAZING and WOW! :) I am NOT a fitness girl - I'm not really into exercising. Pole dancing is amazing. You get a one hour workout (better than some I've seen) and it's fun. You really don't notice you're getting "fit" until you wake up the nexy day and feel the "Burn". :) The teachers are awesome. From day one they make you feel comfortable and anyone who thinks "this is sleazy" quickly realise how wrong they are. It is hard to explain the energy at Aradia, but it definatley radiates power. The studio, the people, the music, it's almost like being at the best nightclub you can imagine! I'm currently in level 2 and Suzanne and Alishia are very knowledgeable and always willing to help make sure you get the right moves. I've also purchased a pole and I LOVE IT. It even looks "pretty"."
- Tanya

"I feel fantastic everytime I finish a class, thank you! This is the best excercise ever, I can really feel my abs working and my arms and legs are so defined now, actually my whole body is defined and sexy - my butt has never looked so good! :-)"
- Su

"I finally found my passion!! It's my pole dancing class at Aradia. I get soooo much out of it! Not only does it makes me feel more confident and powerful, it's also been great for my physical health. I've been suffering from Scoliosis for the past 20 years and so far swimming and some physio exercises were all I could do to help my backbone, but amazingly the pole work (as well as the floor work) only in the past four months, has improved my upper body strength so much that my back doesn't look as uneven as it used to! Thank you so much for bringing "fitness for fun" to this city! :) It's more than just fun! :) Cheers!"
- Sahar

"I didn't realise what a great workout this would be, and it's so much fun at the same time!"
- Victoria

"What has Aradia done for me? When I started Level one, I was very overweight without any muscle tone, completely uncoordinated and absolutely without confidence. I would never, ever have set foot in a gym, which of course added to the problem and became a cycle; I felt everyone was looking at me. I did not want to go to the Aradia teaser class, but my best girlfriend forced me. I was very nervous and expected every girl in the class to look like the gym bunnies I was used to seeing, but instead I walked into a room where there were all sorts of age ranges, body types and styles. From the moment I entered the class, I was completely at ease, because we were all learning something completely new to us. I've completed level three now and am doing my first pole flow class to get back into the habit of doing cardio. The classes have increased my strength, dropped tons of weight off, tightened me all over, and given me gorgeous muscle definition. I've met some fabulous people, both teaching and taking the classes, been inspired, learned to dance, and gained confidence. I've never felt this way about exercise. At first, I hated the open pole at the end of the classes because I felt that I had to get every move perfect - now I've learned that the most fun is trying something new because everyone there is supportive and open. I push my body a little further every session. I've been encouraged to try different styles and every different instructor brings something new to the table. My partner is a happy, happy man; I don't go to Aradia for him, but I've learned some side benefits. I can get out of doing any housework I want by saying I'm going to Aradia - when I come home the laundry/dishes/cleaning is done. I walk differently, move differently now. I've added cardio and weight training outside my classes with Aradia. I'm gettting fit because every muscle gained and every pound lost adds to what I can do on the pole. The side benefits are enormous, including the resolution of a medical problem that I've had for years. I can't say enough about what Aradia does or how it makes you feel. Aradia has changed my life and I can't thank them enough."
- Lisa

"Aradia classes are fun and a great workout, but that isn't why Aradia has made such a difference in my life. It seems silly to say that an Aradia Fitness class has 'changed my life' – typically those statements are reserved for matters of great importance, like tsunami's, childbirth or Billy Graham... but Aradia has had a tremendous impact on me. I was raised to believe that a woman's worth came from beauty and making a successful marriage. I could have a job – as long as it was a woman's job in childcare, nursing or teaching – but should aspire to find a good, stable man, have children and then work hard to ensure both the man and children were happy and had easy, stress free lives. It never seemed to matter how good I was at my job – as long as I wasn't adored by a perfect man and as long as I had cellulite on my thighs, I simply wasn't good enough. Not surprisingly, this resulted in anti-depressants, panic attacks and dairy queen binges. When my live-in boyfriend left me, I was a mess. It didn't matter that the relationship had had moments of verbal and physical violence – in my mind, I was obviously too ugly or fat or stupid or boring or just too something. Never mind all those self-help books or Dr. Phil. Aradia never once lectured me about anything and there was never a 12 step plan. Aradia classes introduced me to a group of amazing women who don't judge me or expect me to be anything other than what I already am. It's cheesy to say, but Aradia women are sexy and confident and amazing regardless of body type, myself included. Sometime over the past 6 months it has become more important to flip upside down on the pole than to lose five pounds. For the first time in my life, I have a circle of fabulous women who are fun and supportive. And I've begun to view myself as so valuable and sexy – just the way I am right now – that I don't need a boyfriend to be happy. (How ironic that now that I don't need a boyfriend, man pop up left, right and centre, all vying for that position.) Aradia classes have changed a lifetime of negative, self-depreciating thoughts into a ridiculously easy self-confidence. And that is worth far more than the health benefits - which, alone, make the classes worthwhile."
- Pamela