A new women’s-only Pilates studio is coming to Worcester as Her Zen Studio is set to open on Sunday.
Her Zen will be located at 12 Portland St., just off the Worcester Common. The studio will host a sold-out open house on Sunday, with regular classes beginning Monday.
Tracy Aryee, owner of Her Zen Studio PHOTO COURTESY OF HER ZEN STUDIO
“This is something I've always wanted to do,” said Tracy Aryee, owner of Her Zen. “Then I realized, I could totally do this here.”
Her Zen will host classes as early as 5:45 a.m. on some days and as late as 7 p.m., seven days a week. Classes include traditional Mat Pilates, which doesn’t use weights or equipment; Sculpt, which uses weights; and Pilates Fusion, which is a mix of Sculpt and cardio.
Drop-in classes are $20 and class packages range in price from $50 to $150, including those priced specifically for students.
Aryee, a self-described gym rat, decided she wanted to make her studio women’s only after becoming self-conscious at other facilities.
“I didn't feel as comfortable going to the gym and just having people look at me,” she said.
As a result, Aryee resorted to doing a lot of at-home workouts, including Pilates.
“Then I was like, 'Okay, I want to open a studio, but I wanted it to be women only,’ because I didn't have that,” she said.
Aryee thinks the model will appeal to many women for a number of reasons. .
“There's people for personal reasons, people for religious reasons, whatever it may be, probably want to have a space where they're just with women,” she said.
Registration for classes opens on Her Zen’s website at 6 p.m. on Thursday.
Mica Kanner-Mascolo is a staff writer at Worcester Business Journal, who primarily covers the healthcare, manufacturing, and higher education industries.
