Jax Wellness Collective

Jax Wellness Collective Yoga | Pilates Reformer | Group Fitness Studio in Jacksonville Illinois

09/05/2026

We love the sound of our students chatting before class 🫶🏼

Meet Sarah Bruce, the newest addition to our Jax instructor team! 🫶🏼Turns out, sunrise strength at 5:15 AM isn’t so bad ...
09/03/2026

Meet Sarah Bruce, the newest addition to our Jax instructor team! 🫶🏼

Turns out, sunrise strength at 5:15 AM isn’t so bad when this smiling face is there to greet you, hype you up, and get you STRONG before most people have had their first cup of coffee. 💪

Sarah has spent years training in the CrossFit space and recently completed her certification to lead our Jax Strength classes. We are SO excited to finally have an early morning strength option on the schedule!

And apparently you are too. We haven’t even marketed these classes yet and some are already hitting a waitlist. 👀 We’ll be buying more weights and opening a few additional spots, but space will still be limited, so get yourself signed up!

Jax Strength is designed to help you build real-world strength, stability, and confidence. Think of it almost like a small-group personal training session: intentional programming, functional movements, progressive strength work, and an instructor there to guide you through it.

Catch Sarah Tuesday + Thursday mornings at 5:15 AM and start your day strong.

Welcome to the team, Sarah! We’re so happy you’re here. 🫶🏼

Pregnancy and postpartum aren’t seasons when you need to stop moving. They’re seasons when movement needs to move with y...
09/03/2026

Pregnancy and postpartum aren’t seasons when you need to stop moving. They’re seasons when movement needs to move with you. 🫶🏼

At Jax, moms are especially close to our hearts. Wendy is a certified doula and lactation counselor, in addition to her experience teaching yoga, Pilates, strength and wellness.

Our yoga teacher training includes prenatal and postpartum education, so our teachers understand how to thoughtfully adapt movement throughout pregnancy. We know how to use props and modifications from the first trimester through delivery, helping moms continue practicing as long as they feel comfortable and have no medical restrictions.

That includes Pilates, too. We can provide wedges for our reformers to provide elevation during pregnancy and can modify movements to upright, side-lying or other comfortable positions as bodies change.

And we’re especially careful postpartum.

At Jax, we consider postpartum to extend through the first 24 months after birth. Being cleared for exercise doesn’t necessarily mean your body is ready to jump straight back into everything you did before pregnancy. Your core, pelvic floor, joints and connective tissues need time and thoughtful progression.

Start with yoga and beginner-friendly Pilates. Walk with baby. Reconnect with your breath and core. Then gradually add strength as your body is ready.

No pressure to “bounce back.” Just smart, supportive movement that meets you where you are.

Because taking care of the mom is part of taking care of the baby, too. Oh, and please bring the baby for us to snuggle 🫶🏼

Sometimes the goal isn’t to push harder. Sometimes the goal is to help your body feel safe enough to soften. 🫶🏼If you’re...
09/03/2026

Sometimes the goal isn’t to push harder. Sometimes the goal is to help your body feel safe enough to soften. 🫶🏼

If you’re moving through a season of chronic stress, burnout, grief, overwhelm, anxiety, or simply feeling like your nervous system is stuck in “ON,” this is the Jax schedule we’d start with.

Think less about burning calories and crushing workouts, and more about creating consistent experiences of breath, movement, strength, rest, connection and regulation.

Start with the gentler options. Nourish. Infrared Yin. Reformer Stretch. Walking meditations. Choose 1–2 classes rather than feeling like you need to do everything. As your capacity grows, Pilates and strength can be beautiful additions too. Your nervous system doesn’t need you to avoid challenge forever. We want to gradually build your capacity to meet challenge and recover from it.

And this is an area we care deeply about at Jax.

Our yoga teacher training is a trauma-informed training, and all of our yoga classes are taught through a trauma-informed lens. Wendy and Gabby have completed additional education in trauma-informed care as well.

And we’re expanding that philosophy beyond the yoga room. After Wendy completes her certification through Ritual Moves, our Pilates teachers will receive additional education in embodied and intuitive Pilates, bringing more awareness, choice and connection into the way we teach movement on the reformer, too.

Trauma-informed doesn’t mean every class is quiet, easy or restorative. It means we recognize that every person walking through our doors arrives with a different body, history, capacity and lived experience. We want you to have choices. We want you to learn to listen to your body. And we want movement to be a place where you can build trust with yourself, not another place where you have to override yourself.

You don’t have to earn rest.
You don’t have to punish your body into wellness.
And healing doesn’t always look like doing more.

Sometimes it looks like learning how to be in your body again.

Okay GLP-1 girlies (and guys!), this one is for you. 💉✨A GLP-1 can be an incredibly helpful tool, but losing weight and ...
09/03/2026

Okay GLP-1 girlies (and guys!), this one is for you. 💉✨

A GLP-1 can be an incredibly helpful tool, but losing weight and building a strong, healthy body are not necessarily the same thing. And while the medication may help with appetite and weight loss, we still want to be intentional about protecting muscle, supporting bone health, maintaining mobility and building habits you can carry forward.

That’s where movement comes in.

If you’re newer to exercise, you absolutely do NOT need to jump straight into six hard workouts a week. Start with gentle yoga and Pilates options. Walk. Get comfortable moving your body consistently. Then begin adding strength training 1–2 times per week.

As you build your routine, we love a combination of:

✨ Strength to prioritize and preserve muscle
✨ Pilates for strength, stability, balance and core
✨ Yoga for mobility, recovery and stress support
✨ Walking/cardio for cardiovascular health and daily movement
✨ Jumpboard, bounce or other appropriate impact for an extra challenge and bone-loading stimulus

Swipe through for our class recommendations and a sample week. And remember, the sample schedule is an example, not a prescription. You don’t have to do everything on it. Pick the pieces that work for your body, your schedule and your current fitness level.

And one more thing: please make sure you’re eating enough protein and fueling your body. The goal isn’t simply to eat as little as possible because your appetite is lower. We want to support the muscle you’re working hard to keep.

The medication can be one tool.

Movement, muscle, nutrition and sustainable habits are what we are here to help you build around it.

Perimenopause called. She would like you to pick up the weights. 😂This stage of life can feel like someone changed the r...
09/03/2026

Perimenopause called. She would like you to pick up the weights. 😂

This stage of life can feel like someone changed the rules without giving us the new rulebook. The things that worked for our bodies at 25 or 35 may not be exactly what we need now.

And the answer is NOT to punish yourself with more and more exercise.

It’s to get strategic about the kind of movement you’re doing.

For our perimenopause crew, we want a week that includes strength, Pilates, yoga, cardio, impact and recovery. Not necessarily all in one day, and definitely not seven hard workouts a week.

✨ Prioritize strength 1–2x/week
✨ Add Pilates for strength, stability and core work
✨ Keep yoga in the mix for mobility, recovery and stress management
✨ Walk, especially when you can get outside
✨ Include some impact if it’s appropriate for your body. Jumpboard, bounce and even brisk walking can help round out your routine
✨ And please, please remember that recovery counts too

Swipe through for the classes I’d choose and a sample week to show you how it could all come together.

And as someone who has spent years working in women’s health and now specifically coaches women through perimenopause, I cannot say this enough:

This is not the season to give up on your body. It’s the season to learn how to support it differently. 🫶🏼

You are not trying to exercise your way back to your 25-year-old body.

You’re building the strong, capable, well-supported body you want to live in for the next several decades.

College students, this one’s for you. 🎓✨Between classes, studying, work, late nights, social lives and trying to figure ...
09/03/2026

College students, this one’s for you. 🎓✨

Between classes, studying, work, late nights, social lives and trying to figure out what you’re doing with the rest of your life 😅, movement can easily become one more thing you feel like you’re supposed to fit in.

It doesn’t have to be complicated.

A little yoga. A little Pilates. A couple days of strength. Some cardio. Pick what works with your class schedule and build from there.

And while we LOVE our Illinois College students, you absolutely do not have to go to IC to get the student perks at Jax. If you attend another local college and don’t have access to the classes we teach on the IC campus, come see us at the studio. You can take any of our classes there.

✨ ALL college students get 30% off Jax memberships with code STUDENT.

And for our Illinois College students, because we’re already on campus offering yoga + mat Pilates, you also have an extra option:

💙 $10 Reformer classes at Jax with code TRUEBLUE10.

So use the free classes available to you on campus. Come to Jax for Reformer, strength, barre, bounce, yoga and everything else. Use the weight room. Walk to class. Mix and match it all.

You do not need a perfect workout routine in college. You need one that fits into your actual life and that you’ll keep coming back to.

Swipe for a few ways we’d build it. Save it. Send it to your roommate. Then come move with us. 🫶🏼

Your body doesn’t age out of movement. In fact, staying strong, mobile, balanced and connected becomes more important as...
09/03/2026

Your body doesn’t age out of movement. In fact, staying strong, mobile, balanced and connected becomes more important as we get older. 🤎

So if you’re an active ager wondering where you fit at Jax, the answer is: right here.

And no, that doesn’t mean we’re sending everyone over 65 straight to Chair Yoga. 😉 Our goal is to help you find the right combination of movement for your body, experience and goals.

We’d recommend building your week around:

✨ Yoga for mobility, balance, flexibility and nervous system support
✨ Pilates for core strength, posture and functional movement
✨ Strength training to help maintain muscle and support strong bones
✨ Walking and other cardio for heart health and endurance

Start with 1–2 yoga classes and 1–2 Pilates classes. Once you feel comfortable, add strength. You absolutely do NOT need to do every class on these slides. Swipe through and use our sample week to see how it could all fit together.

And a reminder we don’t talk about nearly enough:

Adults 65+ receive 30% OFF Jax memberships with code SENIOR. 🎉

(Listen we’ve TRIED to get on with silver sneakers and they like to ghost us- if you have an in- let us know!)

Because we want Jax to be a place where you can keep moving, keep getting stronger, keep trying new things and keep feeling good in your body for a very, very long time.

The goal isn’t to move like you’re younger. The goal is to keep moving well as you get older. 🤎

Whether you haven’t been to Jax since 2019 or just since July… consider this your sign to COME BACK. 🤎Life happens. Sche...
09/03/2026

Whether you haven’t been to Jax since 2019 or just since July… consider this your sign to COME BACK. 🤎

Life happens. Schedules change. Kids grow up. Jobs get busy. Bodies change. Motivation comes and goes. Sometimes a few missed classes turn into a few missed months, or even a few missed years.

But you don’t have to “get back in shape” before you come back. Coming back is how you begin.

And if you remember Jax from a few years ago, you might be surprised by just how much there is to come back to. Yoga, Reformer Pilates, mat Pilates, strength, barre, bounce, mobility, infrared classes and more. You can build a routine that actually fits the season of life you’re in right now.

For our comeback crew, I’d start simple:

✨ Pick 1–2 yoga classes each week
✨ Pick 1–2 Pilates classes
✨ After a couple of weeks, layer in 1–2 strength classes
✨ Walk when you can, or add a little barre or bounce for cardio
✨ Most importantly, don’t try to do everything at once

You do not need to make up for lost time. You just need to start showing up again.

Swipe for a sample week, save this post for when you’re ready, and remember: your spot at Jax didn’t go anywhere.

Come back tomorrow. Come back next week. Come back after six months. Come back after six years.

Just come back. We’d really love to see you. 🫶

THE 9–5ER ✨You work all day. Your mornings are early. Your evenings are full. And somehow you’re still supposed to stren...
09/03/2026

THE 9–5ER ✨

You work all day. Your mornings are early. Your evenings are full. And somehow you’re still supposed to strength train, get your steps, stretch, manage stress, work on mobility, protect your bones, strengthen your core AND sleep eight hours a night. Cool cool cool. 😂

So here’s how we’d actually build a routine for you at JAX.

The goal isn’t to do everything every day. It’s to create a week that gives your body a little bit of everything it needs.

🧘 Yoga: Pick 1–2 classes from the options shown. Maybe Empower when you want to move, Yin or Nourish when you need to slow down, or Half Moon somewhere in between.

✨ Pilates: Start with 1–2 classes per week. Reformer, mobility, stretch or mat all count. Pilates gives you that beautiful combination of core strength, stability, posture, mobility and control.

💪 Strength: Once you’ve settled into your routine, aim for 1–2 strength sessions each week. This is especially important as we get older, when maintaining muscle and bone strength becomes less of an aesthetic goal and much more about how we want to live 10, 20 and 30 years from now.

🚶 Cardio: It does not have to be complicated. Walk. Ten minutes counts. Thirty minutes is wonderful. Take a lunch walk, walk after dinner, or add one on the days you aren’t at JAX.

A week might look like Monday yoga, Tuesday strength, Wednesday Pilates, Thursday walk, Friday rest, Saturday reformer, Sunday Nourish.

Or it might look completely different.

The best schedule isn’t the one that looks perfect on paper. It’s the one that actually fits your life well enough that you keep doing it.

And for our 9–5ers, that is exactly why we have early mornings, evenings, weekends AND online workouts available. 🤍

Save this one and use it to build your week. ✨

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