NY Integrated Health LLC

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Rika is the best!
I started doing personal sessions with Rika in her barn and now regularly take her group classes — she’s amazing in both settings. Her training style is warm, motivating, and incredibly knowledgeable. Rika has a way of making you feel supported and challenged at the same time, and she feels more like a friend than a trainer. I always leave her classes feeling stronger, more centered, and grateful to have found her.

Working with Rika has been instrumental in strengthening and aligning my body in its recovery from a back injury 12 years ago. Rika tailors her sessions to build my strength and connect it to my movement which I can then apply to day to day tasks to playing a game on the tennis court. As an avid tennis player but with severe impairments, Rika trains me to coordinate my movement, reducing pain and risk of injury. In the controlled environment of our work-out, we simulate movements that I would use playing tennis, and through repetition teach and strengthen my muscles to react quickly on court. Through our work, I have gained a better, more subtle understanding of my body. I have never played such good tennis, not even before my back injury. Beyond that, Rika’s energy, demeanor and in-depth knowledge make each session engaging and fun.

I started attending Rika's Saturday morning training class earlier this year and it is the highlight of my week. Rika is so knowledgeable and inspiring. Her class is always fun and I get a fantastic workout. Rika knows how to help me train safely which is important to me after suffering from back and knee issues.

Rika is the most comprehensive knowledgeable and detailed trainer I have ever had. She is very generous with her expertise and extremely dynamic and attentive about fine tuning each movement and each individual body.
My alignment and core have never felt so nurtured. She is truly an alignment and movement guru. Aside from revitalizing, life changing training sessions it is a real pleasure to be in her presence in her beautiful fitness barn. I highly recommend her exceptional personal training !

Rika is a spectacular personal trainer/coach. I'm 67 years old and train with her once a week in her beautiful and expertly appointed space in Washington CT. From the first, it was clear that Rika was going to tailor the training to my specific body and health level. She is precise in her directions and careful to push me only to the correct limit. Her training as a dancer has been of particular benefit to me. Issues of body alignment and balance are a particular need of mine and she utilizes her years of classical dance training in our work. A new world for me and great fun. I feel so much better after our workouts and have certainly noticed a growth in strength, balance, and stamina . I look forward to every session and the hour goes by in a flash. On a personal level, rika is kind and thoughtful human and I so appreciate our work together