Urban Fitness Studio

I have been working out with Jaya’s for the past ten months at the recommendation of friends. During our groups, it’s not just that we exercise and go home. We talk about other healthy habits including nutrition, meditation, green smoothies, enjoying life, and we support each other.
It’s one thing to join friends at a workout session. It’s another to join one that makes you feel comfortable and secure. I trust Jaya’s knowledge to make sure that l gain strength and general conditioning without injury. She pushes, but always checks in to make sure the exercises are appropriate. I’m hooked! I feel good! More importantly, I’m motivated to stay healthy and strong!
Jaya is talented, skilled, fun, and knowledgeable about living a healthy life.
I’m very grateful I’m able to work with her. She gets my highest recommendation!

Great, private location with focused personal attention from trainer, Jaya! Individual and small-​group options available. Jaya is flexible, creative, and passionate about finding the best, most motivating program for each client. Her sense of fun and use of music enhances every workout. I have seen positive results in balance, posture, strength, tone, and vitality. Highly recommended!

Jaya is the best! I started taking Shimmy Fit a month ago and absolutely love it! This high-​energy dance fitness class gets your heart pumping to awesome reggae beats and works all parts of your body while remaining super fun the whole time. This hour flies by, and I always wish there was more, and look forward to class all week. Jaya is strong, and has amazing, positive energy, a playful spirit, and a good sense of humor, which radiates out to the class and keeps everyone smiling and laughing throughout our routines. She’s a great teacher and breaks things down in a way that’s easy to catch on. This class also feels like a celebration of the female form, and a place to grow, express and feel supported. Pretty much a dream for this new mama! Come dance with us, PDX!

Jaya has been a huge help in my fitness journey after having my daughter. She has provided me with workouts catered towards regaining the strength I lost during pregnancy, and has given me motivation to stay fit during my next pregnancy. Not only is she knowledgeable and inspiring, but she has a great personality and I look forward to seeing her every session.

I’ll preface this with saying I usually hate personal training. Whenever I feel fat I would go for a run but that has done nothing to help with my core fitness. Jaya is awesome at tailoring workouts that fit me and using her suggestions I feel a lot stronger and healthier. I travel a ton and she came up with great workouts that I can take with me anywhere. So even if you are not a pro with training this is a good place to start. I really enjoyed how clean her studio is too. This studio is right by the Trader Joe’s in Hollywood area so a quick MAX ride to 42^nd or a drive (with plenty of parking around) is was easy to get to.

I have been working out with Jaya as my trainer for over 2 years. She has helped me gain strength as well as endurance! I love her training sessions as she always varies my routines and allows me to vent about my week! So not only do I get a physical workout, I get my emotional workout as well! I would highly recommend Jaya and Urban Fitness if you want to get a great workout from an experienced personal trainer!

So I’m the kind of person that usually has a really hard time getting myself motivated to work out, but since I started seeing Jaya on a regular basis my attitude has changed dramatically. With her personalized work outs, I’m getting what me and my body needs. Her super positive attitude and and down to earth personality is contagious. Instead of dreading working out, now I look forward to it.
Jaya is awesome! At this point I don’t know what I would do without her.

I have attended Jaya’s yoga class since the fall of 2011. Where she outshines other yogi’s and her strength is most visible is how effectively she takes in the input of her student’s and their bodies and adjust that class to best suit everyone’s needs. Every class is different, and every class resonates… deeply.
She brings just the right amount of spirituality and mind/​body connection lessons to the experience. There are a lot of mediocre yogi’s out there. Jaya stands out.

Jaya just makes working out fun! Her yoga classes are relaxing, light-​hearted, & suitable for everyone regardless of flexibility or proficiency. I’ve done one-​on-​one training sessions with her which are really productive– I get an amazing workout that’s tailored to me, with exercises that are easy to remember and add to my normal routine. She even gave my husband and I a few exercises that we can do together. And she always plays music during her sessions– being a music lover I really appreciate that. Two thumbs up!