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Mirabai Holland - M.F.A.
Mirabai Holland M.F.A. is one of the leading authorities in the health & 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 &
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 free-lance 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 City, 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 entitled " 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 and the 92nd Street Y in New York City.
She is certified by the American Council on Exercise (ACE), the Aquatic
Exercise Association, holds 2 certifications by the American College
of Sports Medicine (A.C.S.M.), and a Medical Exercise Specialist certification
from the American Academy of Health and Fitness Professionals.
Currently, she is Director of Fitness and Wellness Programs at the 92nd
Street Y, in New York City.
Check out Mirabai's Videos:
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