Fusion Yoga & Wellness

Fusion Yoga & Wellness Our Fusion Philosophy is simple....Breathe. Move. Connect. The energy at Fusion is incredible! We are conveniently located between I-75 and Tamiami Trail (US 41).
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We are very excited to be a source for Yoga and Wellness center in Estero and surrounding areas as well. We are only a few minutes to Fort Myers and Bonita Springs in Lee County, and Naples in Collier County. Our mission is attainable and realistic...to guide students through practice and education leading towards ultimate health and wellness by fusing a variety of styles and proper movements with awareness of the body and breath, while simultaneously achieving calmness of the mind. We offer a fusion of different styles of yoga and other fitness types, group and private classes, inspiring and knowledgeable teachers, wellness-oriented educational workshops, seminars and events. We have a variety of class times and programs to meet your needs. We are always open to suggestions and input on what our students need and desire so please feel free to let us know when you see us or perhaps by email or through the "Contact Us' option on this site. Our intentions are always the same at Fusion. Making a difference for our students to acquire an improved state of well-being. Namaste.

Express Yourself with Happy Hips🧡I have experienced many sunsets from land, water, and air adventures. All are a natural...
01/25/2026

Express Yourself with Happy Hips🧡

I have experienced many sunsets from land, water, and air adventures. All are a natural gift, but I believe there are none as magnificent as those in Southwest Florida. At dusk, they begin to lure us in with the splendor of their spectrum of hues and formations as they illuminate us in a once-in-a-lifetime live performance. Like an artist in the sky with freedom to express and create as we gaze in wonder. Can you also see the glow of the hearts formed in the clouds that captured my eyes, or perhaps I just created in my mind?

When we connect with our Sacral Chakra, Svadhisthana, we find the power to create. Considered sacred as far back in history as the ancient Egyptian civilization, the energy of our Sacral Chakra thrives in the area our hips. This orange sphere of energy is our center for creativity, pleasure, and passion. Think reproduction physically, emotionally and mentally, a truly sacred center.

The Sacral chakra is vibrant orange and the element is water. When the chakra is clear and balanced we can be playful and passionate about things we love.

I got more acquainted with this area after an injury that screamed for my attention. So I reviewed some basic anatomy.

There are 5 fused vertebrae (S1-S5) that form the sacrum at approximately 30 years of age. A large triangular bone important for support, protection and structure as it connects with our last spinal vertebra and joins our hips together at the sacroiliac (SI) joints for movement. Key muscles of the hip joints pull on the sacrum to move our legs. This explains why it was painful for me to stand, walk, or sit after my injury. It surrounds and protects our lower spinal nerves and is central in the pelvic cavity to support and protect organs in the abdominopelvic cavity.

The kidneys, bladder, and reproductive organs find their home here. Movement helps this center for creation to allow the flow of fluids and purification.

Hip focused yoga postures help us release inhibitions and nurture our creative nature. When we focus on the sacral region we are more flexible to move with ease, maintain and strengthen our muscles, bones, joints, kidneys, bladder and reproductive organs. Healthy hips allow us to find comfort in our whole body.

Pranayama, the breath practices, help fuel and circulate prana, vital life force energy. So any physical or energetic blockages will challenge and stagnate the function of the whole body as the sacral area is a powerful link.

The mantra, a chant or sound for the Sacral Chakra is VAM. When we chant Vam, the vibration we create within and around us encourages a free and playful sensation.

So wear some sassy orange and chant VAM to manifest the vitality and vibrancy to create the pleasures that your body and soul desire!

Freedom to Express and Create,
Gina 🧡

Owner, Certified Yoga Teacher 500ERYT, Reiki Master Teacher, R.N.

Private Yoga Events and Reiki sessions available.

Call 239-498-800 or email info@fusionyogawellness.com

Breathe. Move. Connect.

🌳🪾Root for the Fruit 🍎Grounding for Healthy Roots is necessary to manifest the fruits of our labor. But sometimes I feel...
01/18/2026

🌳🪾Root for the Fruit 🍎

Grounding for Healthy Roots is necessary to manifest the fruits of our labor. But sometimes I feel like I am going in so many directions without focus or control. If I pause and redirect my energy with proper fuel, rest and foresight, I find my way.

So we kick off our Chakra Energy Center series with...Root to Rise, a common term by yoga teachers. We ground our feet or hips if a seated position, then eventually move upward. Like the tree, we reach for the light without compromising our stabilty for success. Whether a mighty oak or a more flexible palm tree, we get to our destination.

We create energy locks in our feet, known as Pada Bandha, engaged muscles and sturdy bones as we extend through our torso and lengthen our spine. We may reach through our arms, hands, and ultimately our heavy head at the top. We may even plant our hands down on the earth to connect with its energy for grounding.

Rooting down first to rise also means proper use of setting up any strong foundation. Like a basement before the roof, strong roots before the tree's crown, a foundation must be securely set.

The Root Chakra, Muladhara in Sanskrit, at the base of our spine encompassing our hips and sitting bones. Its energy is stoked when we engage our lower core, Mula Bandha.

Purposeful breathing also helps us become more centered. Equal parts inhale and exhales through the nose create harmony.

Nature walks with intentional breathing make me feel like I am home with my thoughts and body. Connection to everything. This was my walk in the woods during the early months of the unstabling pandemic that brought me feelings of security beyond just survival.

Wear a shade of red, your root chakra power color this week to attract a stronger sense of stability. Create new rituals that start your day with fresh perspective, positive affirmations, breathing fresh air with warm sunlight on your body, some mindful meditation, and an action plan to feel secure wherever you arrive.

Happily Rooted in Nature,
Gina

Owner, Certified Yoga Teacher 500ERYT, Reiki Master Teacher, R.N.

Private Yoga Events and Reiki sessions available.

Call 239-498-800 or email info@fusionyogawellness.com

Breathe. Move. Connect.

Chock Full of Chakras       ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🤍Spinning Wheel, got to go round. Clear the obstacles, restore the power centers an...
01/12/2026

Chock Full of Chakras
❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🤍

Spinning Wheel, got to go round. Clear the obstacles, restore the power centers and adjust the direction. We're going for a ride!

Time to get energized with our favorite Fusion tradition, exploring and restoring our life force energy centers, the 7 Major Chakras. We always become more connected with ourselves as we review each one, including their functions and how we can best optimize their energy and flow patterns.

The 7 Major Chakras run along the spine and are spinning spheres. These energy centers influence our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health.

Our goal is to maintain their energy sources and movement pattern to an optimal state. We can do this in many ways with purposeful breathing and movements, meditation, sound frequency, energy healing practices and focused mindfulness. Even spending time in nature or with other positive energy sources prove to be beneficial.

A rainbow color system assigned to each chakra help us better understand their related focus. Included below is each major chakra, sanskrit translation, color and character:

Root (Muladhara) Red Stability
Sacral (Svadhisthana) Orange Creativity and Pleasure
Solar Plexus (Manipura) Yellow Inner Power
Heart (Anahata) Green Love and Compassion
Throat (Vishuddha) Blue Communication
Third Eye (Ajna) Indigo Intuition
Crown (Sahasrara) Violet/White Higher Consciousness

🎶 Enjoy these lyrics to our opening line, Spinning Wheel. by Blood, Sweat & Tears.

What goes up must come down
Spinnin' wheel got to go 'round
Talkin' 'bout your troubles, it's a cryin' sin
Ride a painted pony, let the spinnin' wheel spin

Ya got no money and yeah, ya got no home
Spinnin' wheel, all alone
Talkin' 'bout your troubles and ya, ya never learn
Ride a painted pony, let the spinnin' wheel turn

Did ya find the directing sign
On the straight and narrow highway?
Would you mind a reflecting sign?
Just let it shine within your mind
And show you the colors that are real

Someone is waitin' just for you
Spinnin' wheel, spinnin' true
Drop all your troubles by the riverside
Catch a painted pony on the spinnin' wheel ride

Someone's waitin' just for you
Spinnin' wheel, spinnin' true
Drop all your troubles by the riverside
Ride a painted pony, let the spinnin' wheel fly

So get reacquainted with your wardrobe and wear the colors that relate to your desired state of overall health! Stay tuned for additional writings as we explore together to raise the good vibes within and around us. Our energy fields are transmissible!

Chakra Enthusiast,
Gina

Owner, Certified Yoga Teacher 500ERYT, Reiki Master Teacher, R.N.

Private Yoga Events and Reiki sessions available.
Call 239-498-800 or email info@fusionyogawellness.com

Breathe. Move. Connect.

I struggled trying to finalize this blog theme as I insist it must be written from my heart with guided intuition, no A....
01/04/2026

I struggled trying to finalize this blog theme as I insist it must be written from my heart with guided intuition, no A.I. except spell check. It just didn't flow in, then out onto my keyboard. So I paused. Although I wanted a perfect a New Year's message, a simple one would be enough. The world would not stop revolving without more, humanity would survive. At least a few days, haha.

Joy need not come from some grand accomplishment or deed. Little things that can make every day special when we allow them to be enough and smile BIG. This treasure box from my mom reminds me, Enjoy the Little Things.

Mike Rowe, television host, narrator, and podcaster recently clarified the correct title, "Dirty Jobs", not "Dirtiest Jobs" to a caller. He points out that TV trained us to expect the extreme version and everything is being oversold. Makes sense. More, more, more mentality.

A Little IS Enough

I was blessed with little and big things this past year. My heart is happy, my soul peaceful, and my mind grateful. As I share these in writing I believe I seal the memory, and my future intentions. May it inspire you to do the same.

1. Reluctantly participated in my first women-only retreat in Costa Rica. Self-Love, not a topic I felt comfortable with, but have since discovered it's a happiness necessity. How can we love others if we don't know how to love ourselves?

Intention: Love me a little more, to love others a little more.

2. Attended my son's medical conference in Scottsdale, AZ where he was a key moderator on stage with prominent physicians. Like a proud mom, I thought, "my kid stole the show". Well, he did!

Intention: Keep celebrating his journey and cheer him on (even if it embarrasses him).

3. Survived the anguish of vacating from the most amazing wellness sanctuary, Fusion Yoga & Wellness, by practicing the Serenity Prayer. I surrendered and now teach fun yoga classes at other locations, our teachers and practitioners landed safely in their new homes, and our community still thrives.

Intention: Use wisdom to accept things that cannot be changed, move forward with courage, observe and trust what reveals itself, for us.

4. Started our weekly Explorers Book Club in the park to share and grow, and I committed to lead our first Explore & Restore Retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina which has received great interest.

Intention: Envision, commit, and follow through.

5. Fusion Yoga & Wellness won an award voted on by the communities surrounding Bonita Springs & Naples. An incredible honor and will always cherish this as you recognized our small but mighty business.

Intention: Gratitude for little things, apparently enough.

6. I learned a new sport, Pickleball, in the hopes of meeting new friends. Got hooked on the game, and am taking lessons for a new skill, gaining incredible new friends along the way.

Intention: Keep moving the body (safely) and work the brain. Learn new things, grow a great circle of friends.

So, how lucky am I! Many things to celebrate, little and big. Be open and accepting of possibilities as the Universe is always conspiring for our highest good. Follow your intuition, then get out of it's way!

A little may be enough so let's not be so hard on ourselves. Things work out with good intentions.

Commit to create your amazing story, play your part. Observe and applaud as a grateful audience by reflecting on the littlest of things.

So what "little" things happened in your life that are now great treasures? Smile, write them down, say "thanks", and set an intention to bring more every day, every year.

Happy New Year!

Grateful and excited,
Gina
Fusion Owner, Registered Yoga Teacher, Reiki Master Teacher, R.N.

Private Yoga Events and Reiki sessions available by request:

Call 239-498-8800 for quickest response or email info@fusionyogawellness.com with requests.

Breathe. Move. Connect.

P Words have Positive PowersDuring our Book Club gathering we explored the New York Times Best Seller, The Four Agreemen...
12/18/2025

P Words have Positive Powers

During our Book Club gathering we explored the New York Times Best Seller, The Four Agreements. On the last week for this book we each summarized their messages and our perspective on how they may influence us positively for our future.

Be Impeccable with Your Word.
Don't Take Anything Personally.
Don't Make Assumptions.
Do Your Personal Best.

Then we took it further, as one of our Club participants and a retired school teacher of over 30 years shared the 4 P's she introduced as she started every school year. She posted and directly told her wide eyed students, "follow my guidelines of these P words and you won't be sent to the Principal's office". I'm sure they paid extra attention that day.

So easy! If only I would have been offered these same requirements I would have spared myself many dreaded walks to the office as misaligned student.

PROMPT
PREPARED
POSITIVE
POLITE

Typical for me, I later pondered (another P word!) each of these and then thought of some others that would be good guiding words.

For instance, Powerful, Passionate, Perceptive, Productive, Purposeful, Persistent, Perseverance, Playful, Proactive, Patient (challenge for me sometimes), and Peaceful Peacemaker.

So as I prepare for days ahead to present a better version of me in the future, I will think about many of these P words that may lead me with more focused intention.

What words most resonate with you? Are there any "P" words you would like to add?

Join us next month in the beautiful outdoors when we welcome our next read, the follow up book, The Fifth Agreement, by Don Miquel Ruiz and his son, Don Miquel Ruiz.
We meet Mondays at 1:30pm at Estero Community Park on Corkscrew Road after our noon yoga class. Join us for class or meet in the park under the pavillion.

Always an Explorer,
Gina
Fusion Owner, Registered Yoga Teacher, Reiki Master Teacher, R.N.

Private Yoga Events and Reiki sessions available by request:

Call 239-498-8800 for quickest response or email info@fusionyogawellness.com with requests.

BREATHE. MOVE. CONNECT.

BUILD BODY BALANCE ⚖️ 💪🏽🤸🏾‍♂️🧘🏻‍♀️Balance poses can be fun and empowering whether we find ourselves wobbly or strong on ...
12/07/2025

BUILD BODY BALANCE ⚖️ 💪🏽🤸🏾‍♂️🧘🏻‍♀️

Balance poses can be fun and empowering whether we find ourselves wobbly or strong on one leg, two hands, or just one leg and hand. They can be frustrating if just days before I was like a trapeze artist on a tightrope nailing the challenge, only to find myself now struggling like I'm impaired. That's how last summer felt for me after injuries and mind-body strains. Why not simply observe? Heck, the earth is moving, why not me?

Fortunately, I snap out of any discontentment knowing it's quite normal to have one side stronger than another with variations day to day in my stability. Practicing and persistence is imperative to prevent falls, get up and down out of our seats, and possibly from the floor. So I persist whether on rocky and loose terrain or a steady surface.

We need strength, focus, calm thoughts, and preparation to tackle any balancing act. Inhale on the lift off for fuel and focus .

Focus your sight and mind like a laser point aiming at a target. Drishti (dri-shti), is our "eyesight" in Sanskrit. Navigate the steps to prepare to launch, then we go for it! Do both sides also creating balance within the body.

Fire up your Energy locks, known as Bandhas, in your feet, hands, abdomen, and chin/neck as you engage key muscles. Your eyes have muscles and contract for distant vision. Let them engage with steadiness.

There are many asanas (yoga postures) that challenge us to balance on one knee, leg, arm, hand, and even our shoulders and head. Decide when it feels right to let go and test your strength, stability and stamina to balance. Prepare your space for a safe landing. Start out easy and slow, then soar like an eagle or a mighty oak. Grab a balance buddy, a wall, counter or mounted bar as needed. No ego, no fear.

SEATED BALANCES 🧘🏻‍♀️

Boat - (one or both feet lift, hands lifted, twists optional)

Seated Lift (Hands down, lift hips and feet)

KNEELING BALANCES 🧎🏽‍♂️

Bird Dog (one leg extends behind you, opposite side arm forward)

Gate (lift opposing leg while on on knee, foot and hand to side)

STANDING BALANCES🧍🏽‍♂️

Tree (form a triangle below or above knee)

Falling Star (Star pose on one foot)

Side Mountain (stretch to one side, lift same side foot)

Warrior III, or Airplane

Dancer (as pictured)

Eagle (arms and legs crossed over one another)

Figure 4 (cross one foot on top of opposite knee)

Bird of Paradise (binding under one leg to then raise it)

Half Moon

Hand to Toe

ARM BALANCES 💪🏽

Crow - also side Crow

Side Plank (one hand/arm, one knee/foot)

Flip Dog (one hand and foot down in reverse table)

INVERSION BALANCES (head below heart)🤸🏾‍♂️

Standing Split (Downdog with one leg lifted)

Shoulder, Hand and Head Stand

Balance and stability mission is complete! Let go of the fear, stay motivated to follow through knowing the benefits are worthwhile. Enjoy the ride.

Soaring in-flight!
Gina

Fusion Owner, Registered Yoga Teacher, Reiki Master Teacher, R.N

BREATHE. MOVE. CONNECT.

Observe and Celebrate                 Miracles of Life 🦋I share some similarities with the life cycle of the Monarch but...
12/02/2025

Observe and Celebrate
Miracles of Life 🦋

I share some similarities with the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly that transforms before my very eyes throughout the year. Their amazing metamorphosis seems surreal. Like a magical, divine force must have created such a magnificent creature. Sometimes I soar through my days like a butterfly, my nature symbol that best describes my Vata Dosha in Ayurvedic philosophy.

Vatas have predominant tendencies with more air and space elements than earth, water and fire elements. So I need grounding and quiet time to get back into balance. I tend to be chilled more easily and require lots of sunlight and heat for warmth and comfort. I do this by feeding my body like the caterpillar feasts on the milkweeds' leaves in the sun, to later retreat and nest like the chrysalis that is spun where they rest to later transform.
Vata is necessary for functions of the body relative to
movement and circulation.

Butterfly's Circle of Life 🦋

✅Butterfly female and male mate

✅Eggs left on Milkweed leaf

✅Caterpillar hatches and feeds only on Milkweed leaves

✅Forms green Chrysalis to blend in, later becoming translucent as butterfly forms

✅Butterfly emerges and dries its wings while upside down

✅Butterfly enjoys life and meets a mate

✅Repeat cycle

All this natural beauty emerges only because of the Milkweed's cycle of life. Seeds grow in the soil 🌱 (earth element) with sunlight ☀️ (fire element), water 💧and air 🌬️elements. Butterflies 🦋 land on the plant to lay eggs 🪺. You know the rest of the story.

Ah, but there's more...

Bees 🐝, like the butterfly, travel through air and space to pollinate the flowers 🌼while leaves 🍃 and roots grow with earth nutrients, sun and water to feed future caterpillars. Later, seed pods are formed that will release wisps of feathery seed clusters that blow in the wind to eventually make landing with soil to call home.

The seeds and plants will then repeat their own Milkweed life cycle.
Note, I am also much like a busy bee, another nature symbol for my Vata (air and space elements) tendencies

Allow yourself to simply pause to observe and reflect on the wonders of life. Notice how similar and important some creatures really are to us . Let them guide you on your own journeys for a beautiful and magical life.

I hope you enjoyed the photos of my magnificent winged and crawling creatures, and colorful Milkweed.

If you would like a FREE plant I would be honored to share one or more as I have plenty, and our Monarchs' habitat is shrinking.
(Email or text me to arrange local delivery or pickup.)

Soaring with the wind beneath my wings, the earth below my feet to rest when needed, water to sip when thirsty, and basking in sunlight to keep me warm,
Gina
Fusion Owner, Registered Yoga Teacher, Reiki Master Teacher, R.N.

Private Yoga Events and Reiki sessions available by request.

BREATHE. MOVE. CONNECT.

🍂 🍁🍂Just before our traditional feast, I ask those ready to break bread, "Name at least one thing you are most grateful ...
11/27/2025

🍂 🍁🍂
Just before our traditional feast, I ask those ready to break bread, "Name at least one thing you are most grateful for today". Most are ready to dive into the meal but oblige me with an easy answer, "this food and the people here today", or something like that. Then I can't help myself, "anything else?". It's interesting what they share. I strategically go last. My list pours out over us. We smile, we laugh, we celebrate.

🤗The gift of feeding another is your superpower. No one should ever go hungry from poor nutrition or starve from a lack of love. Sometimes we focus on the "Thanks..." and not the "...giving". Let's do both.

So, Happy ThanksGiving! 🍁🍂🍁

🧐Did You Know? (reports vary):

⛵️ In September of 1620, Pilgrims known as religious separatists, and the ship's crew sailed from England on the Mayflower headed for Virginia to begin a new life in the New World. But after 2 months at sea and blown off course they landed at the tip of Massachusetts, now known as Cape Cod. Short on supplies, they helped themselves in desperation to crops of the indigenous people. Fortunately, Samoset of the Abenaki people came to them as he also spoke English. With his leader's guidance he graciously led them to the Wampanoag people who taught them about the land and waters' resources.

🌽🥕🍞Due to their assistance, about half of the approximately 100 passengers survived harsh famine and diseases. A year later, in November 1621, they all shared the harvest in a 3-day feast between the new Plymouth Colony and the Wampanoags, now known as the First Thanksgiving.

United States and Thanksgiving History:

🗓️ In 1789 Congress proposed and President George Washington proclaimed Thanksgiving as a national holiday. In 1869, Abraham Lincoln's proclamation went further, standardizing it to the last Thursday of November. But, in 1939 Franklin Roosevelt concerned this may affect spending during economic recovery of the times with less weeks before Christmas, he changed it to the second to the last Thursday in November. 32 states accepted this while 16 did not, of the 48 states at the time. A few other amendments over the years eventually led to all states observing annually on the 4th Thursday in November.

🤔 Reflect on this tradition of ThanksGiving as you notice what comes up first, then follows...fond memories of people, places and meals shared together.
And the gift of Giving. 🤗

Shine your smile and warm your hearts 🤎💛🧡

With thanks and gratitude for the gift of giving,
Gina 🙏🏼
Fusion Owner, Registered Yoga Teacher, Reiki Master Teacher, R.N.

🖌️Vitruvian Man…As a Yoga Teacher and RN, I appreciate the variety of movements and design of humans. How we move, how w...
11/16/2025

🖌️Vitruvian Man…

As a Yoga Teacher and RN, I appreciate the variety of movements and design of humans. How we move, how we balance and how similar or different we are with our sizes and abilities. For instance, my arms are not as long and proportionate as others or this artist's description. Reaching my toes is a stretch requiring props to assist me.

The Vetruvian Man. To me, it looked complicated and uninteresting in my early days working in Washington D.C. for an Internal Medicine doctor. I noticed this large piece of artwork with descriptions in another language. I may have seen it before but it never left a lasting impression.

Now I see it with the wonder the artist must have had about man's proportions. His interpretations describe the anatomy and measurements of an architect and engineer, Vitruvius who lived from c. 80 – c. 20 BCE in the Roman Republic. He thought it important enough to share with us on paper.

The artist, Leonardo Da Vinci. In 1490 he created this lasting marvel putting his pen to paper. Many find it familiar and interesting but often not connecting to its intention to show us the mathematics l of man.

Description on top:

“Vitruvius, the architect, says in his architectural work that the measurements of man are in nature distributed in this manner, that is 4 fingers make a palm, 4 palms make a foot, 6 palms make a cubit, 4 cubits make a man, 4 cubits make a footstep, 24 palms make a man and these measures are in his buildings. If you open your legs enough that your head is lowered by 1/14 of your height and raise your arms enough that your extended fingers touch the line of the top of your head, let you know that the center of the ends of the open limbs will be the navel, and the space between the legs will be an equilateral triangle”

Description on bottom:

“The length of the outspread arms is equal to the height of the man. From the hairline to the bottom of the chin is one-tenth of the height of the man. From below the chin to the top of the head is one-eighth of the height of the man. From above the chest to the top of the head is one-sixth of the height of the man. From above the chest to the hairline is one-seventh of the height of a man. From the chest to the head is a quarter of the height of the man. The maximum width of the shoulders contains a quarter of the man. From the elbow to the tip of the hand is a quarter of the height of a man; the distance from the elbow to the armpit is one-eighth of the height of the man; the length of the hand is one-tenth of the man. The virile member is at the half height of the man. The foot is one-seventh of the man. From below the foot to below the knee is a quarter of the man. From below the knee to the root of the member is a quarter of the man. The distances from the chin to the nose and the hairline and the eyebrows are equal to the ears and one-third of the face”

If you're like me, you'll try to confirm some of these for your own body. Although not completely accurate, his observations are close to reality. The original is secured from the public and potential damage or theft at the Gallerie delle' Accademia in Venice, Italy to be offered only every 6 weeks for a short period of time. Maybe you'll get lucky to see this original masterpiece someday!

Leonardo Da Vinci

An instrumental Italian painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, architect, and visionary. He was the Painter of the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.

Da Vinci had no formal education, yet was able to study and create many scientific writings and artworks of anatomy, architecture, astronomy and more. Ahead of the times, he created designs for bicycles, helicopters, submarines for the future. Hence, the nickname, "Renaissance Man". Thank you Leonardo.

Respect for a Renaissance Man,
Gina
Fusion Owner, Registered Yoga Teacher, Reiki Master Teacher, R.N.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)From My Feared Foe to New FriendI am a resistor of anything that diminishes the human and so...
11/09/2025

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)

From My Feared Foe to New Friend

I am a resistor of anything that diminishes the human and social connection.The Blue Zones studies have proven its importance for longer, healthier lives along with many other reputable studies. And, I know this in my heart.

When a major pandemic stunned and immobilized us in 2020, I was determined to reopen and offer our boutique-style yoga and wellness services as soon as legally permitted to do so for our community. Some thought I was crazy but I remained determined, declining the option to switch to an on-line community most others were doing. My intuition told me our in-person sanctuary could help us maintain some level of sanity, boost our immune system, and support one another, including me through some difficult years. We adapted and did so while being responsible in the process. I am grateful we stayed the course.

When A.I. emerged, I resisted. Movies like I Robot and Terminator instilled fear in me, along with other sci-fi movies over the years. I like people, not robots. In reality our world is changing quickly and it's no longer just a movie. A.I. is here. So wisdom tells me, understanding it is my responsibility.

In order to overcome my bad attitude that was getting me nowhere fast, and since I cannot change the inevitable, I decided to attempt to understand it better. So, I participated in a recent 3-day A.I. Summit with Tony Robbins (international motivational speaker, coach and author) and team to give me a jumpstart along with over 650,000 others. I admire his undeniable energy he maintains at 65 years of age. His first book, Unlimited Power inspired and resonated with me as I listened to it on multiple cassettes in the 1980s while stuck in traffic around the D.C. beltway drives. When Tony talks, I listen.

Some key takeaways about A.I. to consider:

Most of us alive now are the last pre-A.I. generation. Reflect on the experiences without and with the technology and notice how it enhanced your life.

If you use a smart phone or other technology-based device including TVs and streaming, you're already experiencing its ability to predict and provide. But you still choose.

Humans and A.I. can collaborate for more efficiency and problem solving allowing us more time to enjoy life.

Cloning yourself with an Avatar is available now. Learn to distinguish what's real.

We have been using A.I. for many years and super developments are coming over the next 3-5 years. Stay ahead of the curve. Research and experiment now.

Medicine, health care, research and economics will advance.

Jobs and careers will change. Those in the market need to prepare for possibilities and learn what A.I. cannot do where humans excel.

24/7 services are available at our fingertips.

Only humans have personal experiences, emotions, intuition, and choice.

We are still the decision makers. Let A.I. assist us in the process of choices.

People will always need people to thrive including the experience to love. Have no fear.

How are you preparing to merge with the rest of the world as A.I. develops and offers you tools to support your needs and offer you more free time?

Committed to the human spirit while accepting inevitable advancements,
Gina

Fusion Owner, Registered Yoga Teacher, Reiki Master Teacher, R.N.

Private Yoga Events and Reiki sessions available by request:

Call 239-498-8800 for quickest response or email info@fusionyogawellness.com with requests.

BREATHE. MOVE. CONNECT.

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Estero, FL
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Our Fusion Philosophy is simple....Breathe. Move. Make the Connection with Your Body and Mind. Achieve the Perfect Blend for Ultimate Health & Wellness! The energy is incredible! We are very excited to offer a Yoga studio and Wellness center in Estero that will proudly serve not only our wonderful Estero community, but the surrounding areas as well. We are only a few minutes to Fort Myers and Bonita Springs in Lee County, and Naples in Collier County. We are conveniently located between I-75 and Tamiami Trail (US 41). Our mission is attainable and realistic...to guide students through practice and education leading towards ultimate health and wellness by fusing a variety of styles and proper movements with awareness of the body and breath, while simultaneously achieving calmness of the mind. We offer a fusion of different styles of yoga, group and private classes, we have inspiring and knowledgeable teachers, wellness-oriented educational workshops, seminars and events. We have a variety of class times and programs to meet your needs! We are always open to suggestions and input on what our students need and desire so please feel free to let us know when you see us or perhaps by email or through the "Contact Us' option on this site. Our intentions are always the same at Fusion. Making a difference for our students to acquire an improved state of well-being.

Namaste!