Flow Motion

Specialties

Flow Motion is more than a wellness studio; it’s a wellness sanctuary! Unlike your gym, Flow Motion has a well rounded approach to health & wellness with a large focus on stress reduction, group fitness classes, dance instruction (both ballroom & bellydance), & essential oil education.

The relaxation lounge offers heated massage chairs around the fireplace, foot spas, an aromatherapy bar, an espresso & hot tea bar, heat therapy, & a wellness library.

Flow Motion offers essential oil AromaTouch on the massage table, sessions in the zero-​gravity massage chair with complimentary diffused aromatherapy & color therapy. Also available is the full spectrum infrared therapy room with color therapy and sound resonance therapy.

Classes include: Beginner’s Yoga, Vinyasa yoga, Clubbell Yoga, Zumba, Zumba Toning, Bellydance Fitness, PiYo, Insanity, Deep Stretch, Abs & Core, instructional bellydance classes, country line dance, & free essential oil classes.

History

Established in 2011.

Flow Motion’s roots were established in 2009 in Mississippi. Back then it was called Gulf Coast Bellydance & it was a center for much more than dance classes. Men, women, & children all came to the studio for dance instruction, exposure to a different culture, & Zumba Fitness classes.

When owner Alyssa Springs moved to Bellingham, focus was put on the community aspect that Gulf Coast Bellydance provided for all the students. Flow Motion was created to encompass more than just dance classes. Classes were held in various places around Bellingham, but nothing fit quite like Ferndale. Flow Motion held classes inside Ferndale Kula Yoga for nearly two years before opening the current 4,000 sq. foot facility it now calls home. Kula Yoga closed in 2014 and Flow Motion took over yoga classes, offering Ferndale’s only private studio for yoga.

Flow Motion expanded to 6,000 sq. ft. during its 2015 renovation. It now has two large classrooms for group classes, & a beautiful lobby & lounge.

Meet the Business Owner

Alyssa S.

Business Owner

Alyssa Springs has been providing a place of community for her students & clients since 2009. The roots go much deeper though. Music & dancing have been a part of her life since childhood. Homegrown love of dance started from watching her mom dance in the living room for exercise on Saturday mornings & a love for music started in kindergarten during a band concert, sitting fixated on the drums. With a passion for percussion music & no previous formal dance training, Alyssa found bellydance classes during adulthood & now loves teaching other women to dance & enjoy the music after her own years of study.

Alyssa opened Gulf Coast Bellydance in 2009 & Flow Motion in 2011. With hundreds of students across the country, she continues her pursuit of wellness through dance & dance fitness in a beautiful space that feels like home away from home to everyone who walks through the door. It’s like dancing in the living room on Saturday mornings all over again… but with a better sound system!