THE HAIA METHOD
A Practice Built for Women
The Haia Method is an alignment-based movement practice rooted in functional strength, Pilates, and yoga, designed specifically for women.
Rather than focusing on performance, repetition, or intensity for its own sake, the Haia Method teaches women how to move well, with intelligence, awareness, and care.
This is not about fixing the body.
It’s about restoring its ability to support you, physically, mentally, and energetically, over time.
A Practice for Women in Real Life
The Haia Method is designed for women across different seasons of life, because the body is not static, and neither is our practice.
For women who’ve tried everything
Many women arrive at Haia after years of workouts that left them in pain, tight, or disconnected. What begins as “Pilates” or “Yoga” becomes education, learning why your body hurts or why you feel stuck, and how to move differently.
For movement teachers
We welcome teachers whose training focused on choreography over understanding how the body moves. Haia becomes a place to practice, refine, and continue learning.
For mothers and postpartum women
Haia was born from a postpartum journey. This practice supports women through the physical, emotional, and identity shifts of motherhood, helping them come home to themselves as a way to fill up their own cups.
For women in midlife and beyond
Many women are still being asked to train like they’re 25 (or men). Haia offers an alternative; building strength, stability, and resilience without depletion, inflammation, or injury.
Haia invites you to step on your mat and see what an intelligent and practical practice can do for you.
Why the Haia Method Exists
Most movement systems are built around:
Pushing harder
The assumption everyone is the same
Ignoring your individual structure and needs
Treating the body as something to fix
The Haia Method was created in response to what women experience:
Chronic pain
Nervous system overload
Disconnection from their bodies
Inconsistent results despite consistent effort
Societal pressure to look and behave a certain way
We believe women don’t need to hate their bodies into submission.
They need clarity, structure, and community.
The Three Foundations of the Haia Method
Alignment creates structural integrity.
When the body is organized well, strength becomes accessible, movement becomes safer, and pain begins to resolve.
Rather than forcing range or chasing aesthetics, we focus on how each body is built and how it functions best.
Alignment is the foundation to a body that is healthy and able.Alignment
Breath supports movement, endurance, and nervous system regulation.
Learning how to breathe properly changes:
- How you move
- How you manage stress
- How you recover
- How you show up in daily life
Breath is not an accessory to the work, it is life energy firing up your body.Breath
Awareness turns movement into a potent life practice. By learning to feel what’s happening in your body, you develop the ability to adjust, respond, and take responsibility for your own care.
Awareness is what allows the practice to extend beyond the studio, into how live.
So that you remember you are responsible for how you move, how you breathe, and how you meet your life.Awareness
Why This Method Is Different
The Haia Method is taught, not performed.
Our teachers are trained to:
Read bodies
Identify patterns
Offer real-time guidance
Adapt the work to the individual in front of them
This creates consistency, safety, and continuity.
Women don’t come to Haia to be told what to do.
They come to learn how to inhabit their bodies.
Built for Women
The fitness industry was not built with women in mind.
Most movement systems were designed around male physiology and hormonal systems. Repackaged for women in ways that prioritize intensity, aesthetics, and depletion over longevity and health.
At Haia, we take women’s health seriously.
The Haia Method is designed by women, for women, honoring hormonal cycles, connective tissue, nervous system patterns, and the lived experience of being in a female body.
Our work supports:
Long-term strength instead of burnout
Stability through physical and emotional change
Regulation rather than depletion
A sustainable, respectful relationship with movement
This is why the practice continues to deepen over time.
Because it’s a longevity practice.
Not a trend.
Not a quick fix.
Not something you outgrow.
As your awareness increases, the work becomes more precise.
As your alignment improves, strength builds naturally.
As your nervous system stabilizes, consistency becomes possible.
Your body is wise, it learns and remembers.
Why Haia Works Long-Term
How To Start Your Practice
In-studio classes
Live-streamed Classes
Haia App On-Demand Library
Programs and Seasonal Offerings
Trainings & Continuing Education
Learn More, Go Deeper
Those who want to deepen their understanding can explore
FOR THE LOVE OF YOUR BODY
For the Love of Your Body is an invitation into deeper conversations about movement, relationships, nourishment, and what it means to live well in your body.
We explore how the practice extends beyond the mat and becomes a way of relating to yourself and your life.
The Haia Podcast
NOTES ON BEING
Notes on Being is a collection of reflections on embodiment, movement, womanhood, and living with awareness.
These pieces explore what it means to come home to yourself, in your body, your choices, and the way you move through the world.
Written ReflectionsIn-Studio Deep DivesWORKSHOPS, PROGRAMS & TRAININGS
Our workshops, programs, and trainings offer intentional spaces to deepen your practice. From beginner foundations to continuing education for teachers, these experiences support learning, integration, and long-term growth, on and off the mat. This is where the work unfolds over time.
