Bliss Integrated Wellness

06/20/2025

Sevier Ave is buzzing with excitement for the 5th annual SoKno Pride tomorrow!

🧘🏽 Pilates classes are canceled tomorrow, but you can still kick off the day getting grounded and moving in community. Join us for Pride Yoga with at 9:00 at Suttree Landing Park! No registration needed- just show up with your mat.

🌈 Our Sevier Ave studio will be closed to the public tomorrow, and it will serve as a green room for the drag performers.

✨ Make sure you stay hydrated in the heat. be kind, take care of each other, and remember q***r joy is resistance. Looking forward to connecting and celebrating with our community!!

04/05/2024

Heads up! The marathon comes down Sevier Avenue on Sunday. We’re open for regular classes and massage appointments, but you’ll want to plan ahead and allow some extra travel time.

Some roads on the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon route will be closed or limited this weekend. Plan ahead if you plan to be in the area. Visit https://knoxvillemarathon.com/marathon/ to see a turn-by-turn course description and a map of all the races included in the weekend's events, including the 5K and Kids Race on Saturday and the half and full marathon Sunday.

02/14/2024

Are you currently working with pain or recovering from an injury? Don’t worry, you’re in good company here! Many of our clients and teachers discovered Pilates along their rehab journeys, and we're here to help you find your balance.

We love offering supportive options in both 1:1 and small group classes to help you work toward your goals. Pilates is a great low-impact work out that meets you where you are, builds functional strength and mobility, and evolves with you through many seasons of life.

The best way to get started is booking a Free Movement Consult so we can review your health history and make a plan together. You and your body are welcome here!

02/11/2024

Does your neck need some love? Almost everyone we see carries tension in their neck and shoulders these days, but massage can help!

Whether you like deep pressure or prefer a more gentle relaxing approach, therapeutic massage helps unwind tension and invites your nervous system to settle.

Book some time for yourself (or someone you love!), and let us help you find some balance.

12/27/2023

Welcome the new year and celebrate with our team, friends, and family. Pop by the studio to play and explore connections in a circuit on the Pilates equipment, learn about our classes and services, and connect with our team.
Enter the drawing for fun gift baskets, including props and services. RSVP in advance for an extra drawing entry! Head over to the workshop section on our website to early register.

12/13/2023

Need some space to Unwind? Sign up for this restorative class to stretch and roll away tension using therapy balls, bands, rollers, and other props for assistance. Learn techniques to use at home, while traveling, at work, or in recovery.

You don't already need to be flexible to Unwind with us. Bring requests of what you’d like to work on, or just show up and see what’s ready to unwind.

Unwind is the perfect mid-week break on these dark winter evenings- Join us Wednesdays at 6:00!

12/11/2023

Teacher Spotlight ✨ JoAnn has been teaching at Bliss for almost TWO years now, but we want to share a little bit more about her story and how she found Pilates...

JoAnn grew up in New Jersey, where she participated in gymnastics from an early age. She graduated from Clemson and promptly began a career at a Department of Energy facility in South Carolina. During that time, she became a fitness instructor and personal trainer and she has taught many forms of fitness. Her vast array of exercise knowledge includes step, hip-hop, spin, TRX, and barre. She has competed in running and cycling events, triathlons, and mud-runs. Despite sustaining multiple injuries and surgeries along the way, JoAnn has always found that movement helps her find balance in her body and mind.

Here's JoAnn's story on how she found Pilates:
I learned about Pilates from my original fitness mentor, but I doubted its efficacy. A bike wreck in 2017 led me to revisit this movement system. This time I approached Pilates with a different mindset. After beginning in a regular practice, I was happy to discover new challenges and connections that led to immense growth. I couldn’t rely on my stronger “global” muscles to do the work, and had to develop a new kind of stability. I became physically and mentally stronger, and my quality of life improved. I love to share the joy of movement with my clients, regardless of their current fitness level, injuries, or age, or injuries. My goal is to help people find a love for movement while helping them learn to move safely and enhancing their everyday lives.

12/08/2023

If you have taken a class with us in the studio, chances are you've used one or all of these props. We love using these tools to add support, challenge, and focus to exercises or to help invite awareness and unwind tension patterns.

You may have even left class or a massage with some homework to roll out that stubborn spot in your shoulder with a therapy ball, stretch your hamstrings with a band, or spend some time with a foam roller at home.

Did we say we love props yet? Well.. it's a great time to add to your props kit at home, grab an extra prop for the office, or gift your favorite prop to someone you love. They're all 15% off through the end of the year, so grab what you need next time you're in the studio!

PS- Wanna learn more about how to use these props as part of your self-care routine? Join us for our new Unwind Small Group Class starting next Wednesday 12/13 at 6:00!

12/06/2023

Are you feeling the pressure of the holiday season as we approach the end of the year? Take a deep breath, and invite your shoulders to soften with your exhale.

December schedules tend to fill up, so claim some time for yourself and go ahead and book your next massage appointment. Your future self will thank you for thinking ahead!

11/29/2023

Welcome Jeanene Winston to the studio!

Jeanene is an Apprentice Pilates Instructor and former professional dancer. While in NYC, she performed with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, The Peridance Ensemble, Battery Dance Company, and Thomas Ortiz Dance. Most notably, she was principal dancer for the Graham based modern dance company Buglisi Dance Theater for 8 years. She was a professor of modern dance at San Jose State University in California for 5 years before retiring from dance to spend more time with her husband and two children, and their family relocated to Knoxville in 2021.

She discovered Pilates while cross training for her professional dance career. This practice has helped Jeanene maintain strength to support her mobility and recover from various injuries. She is pursing Pilates certification to continue sharing her love of movement with others. She believes that Pilates is for every body, enjoys working with everyone, and she loves seeing physical connections being made and built upon.

A couple fun facts from Jeanene -
I am an arts enthusiast! I love live performances of any kind, vintage movies and music, and anything Mid Century. Taking a long walk with my kids is pretty perfect here in Tennessee too!

11/26/2023

Happy Small Business Saturday! Thank you for your support of our small business that allows us to do what we love every day and help folks find some balance in this crazy world.

Every purchase you make with a small business pours back into our community, and there are many ways to support local businesses all year round. We are so grateful for your trust, each connection made, and every referral that helps us grow. These things don't go unnoticed, and they make small businesses do a happy dance.

This Small Business Saturday we're offering 10% off gift certificates! Help someone you love find balance with a Therapeutic Massage, Pilates Private Sessions, Group Class Passes, or choose your own amount toward any studio service. Use code SHOPSMALL23 in our online store now through Monday 11/27.

11/22/2023

Finishing up at the studio before we close for the holiday, and I’m feeling super grateful for this space and the people who make it so wonderful.

We get to work with the best clients and team, and I love watching connections deepen within our community- finding balance, continually learning, growing, and evolving together.

We hope you all have a nourishing Thanksgiving, and we look forward to seeing you soon!

PS- Join us in the studio this weekend if you’re in town. We have some fun classes and workshops planned for you. Bring someone you love, move well, and connect. (There’s a special holiday guest pass for friends/family!)