about

the body shop blog was created by Monica Pirez (from Miami, FL) shortly after my sister was diagnosed with cancer (at age 35!).  upon hearing the horrible news, i started doing massive amounts of research on the internet and learned so much about our highly toxic environment.  I have always been very resourceful and was stunned to realize that i didn’t have a clue about so many important things.  so i decided that i needed to put this information together in one place so that anyone can access all the information that i find.  my days of emailing are over - i’m sure many are happy about that, as i was doing it very frequently!

together with my partner Kurtz Reader (from Miami, FL) and the staff here at the body shop, we will bring you all sorts of interesting info on all things “healthy” and, of course, green - we care about our planet too! and if you are interested in what our day job is, continue reading or browse through the rest of our site.

we are a private personal training studio that focuses on one-on-one fitness training.  our clients consist of all kinds of people with different backgrounds and different goals.  but they all have one thing in common, and that’s improving their health.  that’s why they visit us a few times a week, so that their trainer (that’s right, everyone has their own personal trainer!) can guide them through their workout.  so we already know that exercise is crucial and very necessary in our daily lives, but what else can we do? all of us here firmly believe that our health is a priority and commit ourselves daily in living in a way that is best for our body (and our souls!). unfortunately, there are so many aspects behind being “healthy” and we understand that this can be very challenging for many of us.  who really has the time, right?  well, we do (or at least we are making it!) and that’s what this blog is all about - informing you, our viewers, on what we believe is important in acheiving optimum health.  that’s how important this is for us and we hope it is for you too.  remember that together we can make a huge impact to change things!

please enjoy and feel free to post comments - we’ll make time to read that too

happy reading…monica