Mirabai Holland
Mirabai Holland, M.F.A., is one of the leading authorities in the health and fitness industry and a public health activist who specializes in preventive and rehabilitative exercise. She is the creator of the "Skeletal Fitness by Mirabai Holland: A Workout For Your Bones, Fabulous Forever Easy Aerobics," and "Fabulous Forever Easy Stretch: Flexibility and Stress Reduction" home exercise videos.
New York Magazine once called her the "best aerobics teacher in New York City." Mirabai has made numerous TV appearances as a health and fitness expert, including the "Today Show," "Good Morning America," CBS nightly news, and a nationally syndicated women's health series produced by ABC. As a freelance journalist for the New York Times, American Health, First For Women, and trade magazines like IDEA Today, Metro Sports, Club Industry and Fitness Management, Holland's writing has reached over 20 million readers.
Her Moving Free approach to exercise is designed to provide a movement experience so pleasant it doesn't feel like work. Virtually anyone can ease into the best shape of their life by simply Moving Free™along with Mirabai.
She is an active volunteer of the American Heart Association and has been on their committee on Preventive Cardiology and the Women's Heart Initiative.
As a consultant for Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, she designed the women's heart exercise protocol for their Cardiac Rehabilitation Phase II Program. She also designed the exercise program for Rutgers University College of Nursing titled "A Culturally Attuned Exercise Intervention for Coronary Heart Disease At-Risk Minority Women and Children."
Mirabai is a contributor to the National Arthritis Foundation's PACE (People with Arthritis Can Exercise) manual. She served four years as chairperson of the American Council On Exercise (ACE) Exercise Instructor Examination Committee.
She has been a speaker at major health and fitness organizations and corporations including Forbes, Time Warner, American Heart Association, Education Coalition of the NJ Interagency Council on Osteoporosis, National Wellness Association, NJ Foundation of Aging, National Arthritis Foundation, NIKE Women's' Symposium, The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine, Metro Sports, HIRSA, Club Industry, IDEA, East Coast Alliance, AAHPERD, Mind Body & Medicine and Women’s Health Symposium, 92nd Street Y.
She is certified by the American Council on Exercise (ACE), the Aquatic Exercise Association, holds two certifications by the American College of Sports Medicine (A.C.S.M.), and a Medical Exercise Specialist certification from the American Academy of Health & Fitness Professionals.
Currently, she is director of fitness & wellness programs at the 92nd Street Y in New York City.
