If you don’t know where you are going, how will you get there. Create the vision you see for yourself and your life in 2019. What will you achieve? What people would you like to call into your life? What love will you call in, or offer out? With what intention will you pursue your career? How? Will you let anger, sadness, and resentment dominate your year? Or, will you fill it with kindness, joy, and patience? Who will you be in the face of obstacles, how graciously will you

The Essentials Name: Valerie Heckel Nickname: Val DOB: January 25th, West Point New York- to 2 army parents Raised mostly in Northern Virginia Education: BFA in Dance Performance with a Musical Theater Minor from University of the Arts in Philadelphia. I moved to LA to pursue being a dancer and actor in the entertainment industry. Valerie's Pilates Love Story: I was formally introduced to Pilates by Juliet Kaska at JK Zen Fitness, where I also studied to become a certified te

Warning: Tearjerker Yesterday morning I sat holding my mom’s hand as she took her life's last breath. The bookends of life, the 2 most significant moments of one’s life, the first and last breath. She was there for my first and I was there for her last. My mom, Barbara’s first breath came in March-1942 in Belmar, NJ. The daughter of Mary & Jean Perrault. Mary was a factory worker from the age of 8 years old, and Jean a Merchant Marine. They met and 2 days later were married.

Don't drop the ball and join us for our first ever New Years Day Burn! Where: @ JK Zen Fitness When: New Years Day Time: 10am-11:15am w/ Alex (75 Minute Class) Cost: $40 or use a class from your package & pay the add-on rate of $20 Spaces are very limited. To reserve your spot, contact the studio now! schedule@jkzenfitness.com 323-559-4334

Below is our Holiday Class Schedule for Christmas/New Years.

Before Valerie found her passion for Pilates and became certified through JK Zen Fitness under Juliet Kaska, she found her love for movement as a dancer. She began dancing at the age of 3. Over the next fifteen years, she expanded into several different styles: ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, lyrical, modern, contemporary, and hip-hop. In addition to the annual Winter Concerts and Spring Recitals, she performed in an Off-Broadway production of Cinderella, the Moscow Ballet’s prod