Love Thyself With Free Expression
About Elevate YOU
“Love Thyself With Free Expression" is our motto and our mission.
As women, we wear a multitude of hats: wife, mother, caregiver, provider, and career woman (just to name a few). It's easy to get caught up in it all, and if we're not careful, we can lose ourselves in the process—providing for everyone's needs except our own. Elevate YOU offers women the platform to focus on themselves, conveying our expression through fitness and dance.
Elevate YOU is designed to help women succeed in their fitness journeys through expert coaching, instruction, and prestigious customer service.
We currently offer all levels of pole as well as strength conditioning and movement for women with pain and mobility issues.
We are a diverse community of women in South Jersey. We are Black, white, Latina, Asian. Some of us are in our teens, some of us are in our 60s. We have students who had never done any kind of dance before they joined us, and students who have been practicing pole for years. Our diversity is our strength. So whoever you are, you are welcome, and you belong.
Team
Meet the women of Elevate YOU!
Owner/Head Instructor
Thelma
Where it all started! Head Instructor Thelma is ready to get you ELEVATED for all of your fitness needs and goals! Whether it be tightening and toning for the summer or getting ready for that wedding dress, Thelma is the one to call! Thelma teaches pole classes at all levels.
Instructor
Brandy
Brandy was one of the first instructors to join Elevate YOU. She teaches Intro to Pole, Level One Pole, Level Two Pole, and Sexy Floor Work classes. She brings her fun personality, simple teaching style, and years of experience to her students, and makes sure they get a great workout, too!
Instructor
Samiyah
Samiyah moves with style and grace in her Intro to Pole and Open Pole classes, incorporating a sensual tone to the pole spins and moves. Looking to find yourself again? She is the instructor for you! Feel good about yourself and sexy at the same time.
Instructor
Keisha
Keisha has been learning and teaching fitness classes for 30 years. At Elevate YOU, she teaches Sexy Strength classes and Liquid Motion workshops. If you want a good burn in a fun environment, you should come to her class! And if you want to supplement your pole practice with core and booty development, you should come and work out with "Killer" Keisha!
Instructor
Deseria
Deseria has been pole dancing since 2019. She's a former Philadelphia Eagles cheerleader with a dual BA in psychology and performance arts & dance from Rowan University. She holds a master's degree in business administration from Georgian Court University. She enjoys going to the gym and reading. At Elevate YOU, she teaches Pole Level One, Pole Level Two, Tricks & Transitions, and Flex & Mobility.
Instructor
Lea
Lea has been teaching since 2021. She's passionate about music, singing, and dancing. A nurse by day, she loves pole fitness because it encompasses many styles of movement and builds strength of mind, body, and spirit. She loves teaching because she loves to see women fall in love with pole fitness just as she has. Lea teaches Liquid Motion and other workshops.
Instructor
Neka
Joining Elevate YOU in 2023, Neka also teaches at Flaunt Fitness, but still considers herself to be a student as well. Constantly learning and moving, she brings this mindset to her Beginner Heel Flow class. You can also find her performing at aerial experiences in Philadelphia.
Instructor
Zami'Ra "Fairy"
Zami'Ra, mostly known by her pole family as "Fairy," is a multidisciplinary artist and model born and raised in Tampa, Florida. In her classes, she always emphasizes the confidence that comes with honoring your body, slowing down time through movement, becoming more graceful, and activating your own inner fairy! Join her for her Flex and Pole Flow class.