Lorraine “Lolo” Santos · Rochester, NY & online

Movement as a way home to yourself.

Strength, Pilates, yoga, and somatic breathwork for women ready to feel stronger, listen more deeply, and come back into relationship with themselves.

Private movement coaching · Breathwork · Group experiences

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There are seasons for effort and seasons for softening. There is wisdom in knowing the difference.

25+ years guiding movement

Work with Lolo

Begin with what you need.

Some days the body asks to be challenged. Some days it asks to be heard. We make space for both, with a practice shaped around you.

01 / Breathe

Somatic breathwork

A guided space to slow down, listen to your body, and notice what is ready to move. Private sessions make room for preparation, breath, grounding, and integration. You can also join me in a group, in person or online.

Private sessions · 90 minutes   /   Group sessions · In person or virtual
02 / Move

1:1 movement coaching

Personal training, strength, Pilates, yoga, and mobility shaped around your body and this season of your life. We can challenge what is ready to grow and soften where you have been holding, with thoughtful progress along the way.

Personal training · Strength · Pilates · Yoga · Mobility

Come move or breathe with me

Where I'm teaching.

Studio classes, gatherings I host, and somatic breathwork. Choose a date to see the details and save your place.

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Classes & experiences

No classes posted for October 2026 yet. New dates will appear here as they're announced.

At a studio

Strength, Pilates, yoga, and movement classes around Rochester.

With Lolo

Garden yoga, small group practice, and experiences I host.

Breathwork

Guided somatic sessions in person and online.

The way I work

Strength and softness belong together.

I still believe deeply in strength and the feeling of discovering what our bodies can do. I also believe movement can be a place to listen, not only a way to push toward something else.

We pay attention to your goals, your energy, and what life is asking of you now. The work might be strong, playful, restorative, or grounding. It is always personal.

Practice together

Find your people in the practice.

With Anahata Rising

Retreats that make room for more.

I help create immersive experiences where movement, breath, community, and time away invite a deeper connection with yourself.

Explore upcoming retreats
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Meet your guide

Hi, I'm Lolo.

Movement Guide · Retreat Facilitator · Somatic™ Breathwork Practitioner

For more than 25 years, movement has been one of the ways I've understood myself and helped others understand themselves too. My path has taken me through personal training, strength coaching, yoga, Pilates, mobility, martial arts, obstacle racing, bodybuilding, and now somatic breathwork. I've spent years learning what the body is capable of when we challenge it.

But somewhere along the way, my relationship with movement began to change. I became less interested in always pushing the body to become something else, and more interested in what happens when we learn to listen to it.

When strength isn't only about how much we can lift. When softness isn't mistaken for weakness. When movement becomes a way to come back into relationship with ourselves.

That is where my work lives now. I still love challenging movement, Pilates, yoga, mobility, and breath. I also believe there are seasons for effort and seasons for softening. There is wisdom in knowing the difference. I carry this approach into classes, workshops, and retreats with Anahata Rising.

My work is especially evolving toward women who are becoming: women moving through change, rediscovering themselves, or ready for a different relationship with their bodies. My sessions may be strong, playful, restorative, grounding, or some combination of all of them. What stays constant is thoughtful attention to the person in front of me.

I want you to leave with more than a workout: stronger in your body, softer where you've been holding, more connected to yourself, and more trusting of the woman you are becoming. This is movement as a way home.

25+ years Teaching movement and coaching
Strength + mobility Personal training and functional movement
Yoga + Pilates Private and group instruction
Breathwork Somatic™ body-led practice

Take the next step

Come as you are. We’ll begin there.

Tell me what is changing, what you are longing for, or what you are curious about. We can find a way to move forward that feels like yours.

Connect with Lolo ↗