Today we’d like to introduce you to Raquel Veloso.
Hi Raquel, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
Movemind Therapy starts with a dream! I always worked on exercise field, and I had my own studio in Brazil. After I moved over here for the second time, I decided just to wait my kids getting a little older to open my own space again! In a meanwhile I used to work privately in my clients houses and that way my schedule was just for the time my kids were in school. Last year, they were old enough for me to go deeper and start taking out of the papers my dreams and make happens. So, we looked some places to rent and finally got one that we liked. Then the journey really starts: paperwork, city permits, buying apparatus, remodeling, uniforms etc. On June 07, 2024, our dream came true and we opened the doors!! 4 months after we had to move to a bigger space at the same building to make our clients more comfortable! Since that we are growing every day and our mission is to make people healthier and happy throughout movement! Our vision is to be the first reference in pain relief and muscle strength through the movement in and around Deerfield Beach and also for snowbirds at winter season. This year 2025, we were recognized as a top rated Pilates Studio in Deerfield Beach from outstanding customer satisfaction on google. I am very happy for that moment in my career!
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Wasn’t a smooth road; first because I had to pass a hard test to go to a very high university in Brazil to get my bachelor’s degree in Physical Education at Federal University in Viçosa- 1994. Was 4 years of a full-time school dealing with no money to buy books, leaving in the dorms and had to stretching the monthly money that my parents could sent to me.
Later, had to deal with a new language to pass the test at American College Sports Medicine (ACSM) certificate in Personal Trainer (2019) and Inclusive Exercises for Special Population (2020). After my 3 kids grow I felt the need to go deeper in my knowledge and did a Pos Graduation in Pilates for Rehabilitation and Special groups from Unifatec -2024. And now because I had my own studio, I decided to study a MBA Marketing for Pilates – Conclusion in June 2026 plus more than 30 years of experience in the field of exercise. Time wisely for school, family, kids, jobs, voluntary work sometimes is very stressful but we won!
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
We have 30 years of experience in the field of exercise.
We offer Pilates and Functional Training once, twice, 3 or 4 times per week.
Mat and Apparatus session and classes.
Individual Personal Training/Pilates session
Double Personal Training/Pilates sessions
Personal Training Consultation
We also offer sessions for pregnant women, people with back, hip, knee and feet pain always using the
movement to help relief their pain and discomfort.
Clients usually after few sessions tell us how much better they fell after they start doing what we suggest them to do in sessions or classes.
So, before we go, how can our readers or others connect or collaborate with you? How can they support you?
It is really important to come and try a class to fell the environment, the teachers and the love we have for what we do here.
A good way to support us is to follow us on Instagram movemindtherapy, review on google Movemind Therapy, check our website www.movemindtherapy.com. or go on Vagaro Movemind Therapy and book your session too. You can also call or text our phone number 954-696-7192 and talk and book with us! We are very pleasure to answer your questions.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://movemindtherapy.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/movemindtherapy/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Raquel9712
- Other: https://www.vagaro.com/movemindtherapy
