Pirate Wellness Center
21460 Overseas Hwy  
Cudjoe Key, Florida 33042  
Telephone: 305-744-3348 (744-3FIT)  
Fax: 305-744-3450  

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About Us

walt Pirate Wellness Center is owned by Walt and Joanne Drabinski who live on  Cudjoe Key.

The idea of developing a first class facility came about when Walt began construction of a new office building for his consulting firm. Local input caused the concept to grow from a small facility to one that is almost 5,000 square feet .

Since the building is located near Pirate Cove, and Walt and Joanne often feel like pirates who are living in the Keys a hundred years too late, the name was spawned.

In planning and developing this facility, we tried to think about all of the other pirates living among us. Hence, our mission is to provide a facility that meets the wellness needs of the “Pirates” living in the lower Keys.

 

These Pirates, defined as those who love the lifestyle of the Keys, will be able to exercise, rehab, join in athletic activities, receive sound, professional advice on diet, exercise and lifestyle and socialize with their friends and neighbors in a well run, professional facility.

So please stop by and check out our facility at MM 21.4 on Cudjoe Key.  We are excited to introduce new classes and seminars for 2010.

 

General Manager

buzzBuzz has joined Pirate Wellness Center as General Manager. 

He has over a quarter century of experience as a personal trainer, working with seniors interested in longevity and healthy life styles as well as young athletes active in High School and College Athletics. 

He was the Owner/General Manager of the Coca Beach Health and Fitness Club and has worked as a private personal trainer in both Florida and California.

 

 

 

 

Instructors

 

Jane Basford - Kripalu Yoga Instructor

Jane Basford, Certified Kripalu Yoga instructor, has been curious about the mind and body for as long as she can remember. Upon taking her first yoga class at the Kripalu Ashram in 1986, she knew it would be a lifelong passion.

 Jane has since studied with many renowned and respected teachers, from India, Europe, and the United States and completed the Kripalu certified Yoga teacher intensive teacher training in 1996.  Combined with her professional background in Occupational Therapy, Jane began teaching and leading workshops that same year at the request of professional Yoga teachers and practicing students alike.

 

She is a motivational teacher known for her warm, creative approach to helping students feel at home in their bodies.  Her approach is to bring the roots of Yoga alive for contemporary practitioners: people of all ages, shapes, sizes, and abilities!  She enjoys making Yoga accessible to beginners and inspiring the enthused and experienced.  Jane’s inspirational Yoga classes include asana (postures), pranayama (breathing techniques), and meditation practices (stilling the mind) combined with an “off-the-mat and into the world” philosophy.  Her approach to this “living Yoga”, emphasizing mindfulness, balance, and compassionate action, is influenced by the insight of her years of self-reflection, dharma practice and Yoga study.  Jane provides tools that help individuals access their inner wisdom, while cultivating inner and outer clarity, and find support for their ongoing process of physical health, and spiritual development.

 

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KathieRockett, Group Exercise Instructor, Kathie has always believed that you are only as young as you feel. Exercise has been a big part of her life and the reason I feel youthful. Starting in high school with gymnastics continuing through her twenties, and then started up with weight training.  During the time she owned her own gym, Step was being discovered as a means of exercise. After becoming certified in 1989 they had their first step boxes for the gym built out of wood. They were so heavy that they used to get their upper body workout by lugging them around for class. 

Kathie has two teenage sons.  After working for many gyms in the area over the last 15 years, I was very excited when I found out that Walt and Joanne were opening up a new gym. There has been a great need for an exercise facility in the lower keys for many years." 

Kathie is certified from AFAA in both Fitness and Personal Training as well as Reebok Step.  Kathie has also taught Step Circuit, Step Interval, Double Step, L Step, Sculpture, Butts & Guts, Weights, Ball Sculpture, and Water Aerobics.

 

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Vicki Gladwell is an AFAA Certified Personal Trainer, Weight Room instructor and Group exercies Leader.  She moved to the Keys in 1975

and exercise has alweays been part oif her life.  She used to own her own gym, The Body Joint, so many of you may recognize her from there.  She has taught many classes, including Step, Sports Conditioning, Stretch, Interval Training and a variety of Strength and Resistance Trainging classes, with most classes geared so that anyone, beginner or advanced, can come into a class and get a good work out.  Vicki says "I am very excited to be part of a gym again with group exercise classes.  I feel it helps keep everyone, including myself, motivated."

 

halleyHalley Haack was born and raised in The Keys!  She has been dancing for 25 years and has owned her own dance studio "Tip Tap Toe". 

Now certified as a Zumba Instructor, she has taught many classes including body sculpting, step, spinning, activity ball and circuit training. 

Halley looks forward to fusing her dance and aerobic training to give people that extra edge.

 

 

 

Robert Bosic arrived in the Florida Keys from Southern California in 1999. robert

He is a certified Personal Trainer and has spent over 30 years in the gym

and fitness industry.  Robert works with both men and women of all ages in an attempt to assist them in reaching their goals without compromising health or safety.

Robert is also the author of "Thinking Thin".  His book includes combining exercising with good eating habits and allows each individual to choose their primary concern at the beginning of each and every day.  Eating anything and everything you want and then exercising accordingly. 

His book will be available soon, so watch this space for details.

 

 

Randy Dudley has practiced yoga for over 25 years, beginning his studies in Cincinnati, Ohio, before moving to the Keys.  He has been trained in the Iyengar tradition, studying with Georgia Siegel at The Yoga Space in Key West, where he was on staff teaching beginner and intermediate level yoga classes.  Randy also has studied and practiced Ashtanga yoga with Adarsh Williams and Stacey Lee at the Shri K. Pattabi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute USA.  In addition, he continues to attend various workshops covering subjects related to his style of practice.  He has maintained a daily personal practice for over ten years.

His classes are a fun blend of asana sequences, progressing from basic to more challenging to more restful, intending to give the student an understanding of the various yoga asanas and their benefits while practicing in a safe environment.  His classes cover asana theory, sequencing, home practice tips, use of props and adjustments.  Randy encourages his students to develop their unique personal practice and to experience the journey yoga practice provides

 

 

 

 

Catherine Duncan is a dedicated student of yoga who has practised many styles of Hatha yoga throughout her life. She teaches a mixed level class incorporating Breath work, Strength Building, and Stretching in a flow of poses designed to

connect Mind, Body and Spirit.

 

 

 

 

Deborah

Deborah Jacobsen, a teacher of yoga for the past 10 years, gave up her

own studio's in Miami to marry and move back to the Keys.  Her first yoga experience was many years ago in New York City where she was studying dance.  The direction turned towards yoga with the realization of the similarities to dance with total mind and body connection, but more spritual. 

Deborah trained with Bikram Choudury and is a certified Bikram instructor.  She continued her studies with six months in India with Sri Patthabi Jois,

the founder of the Ashtanga style of yoga.  Deborah continues to train though

workshops and keeping current with the latest information and passes this on to her students.

 

Ahzs VardoAhzs Vardo has been dancing, performing, and teaching Belly Dance both in Florida and North Carolina for the past 7 years. Her love for this passionate art form began with her first class found in a flyer listing Adult Education Classes. She began taking classes and she never looked back. Her last endeavor was to start a dance community in a small town in North Carolina which never had previous Oriental (aka Belly) Dance, and built the group to 138 members/dancers within one year. Her enthusiasm for enriching those around her is contagious.   She has studied with several Master Teachers including international Latin Pop Star, Shakira's, first teacher Myriam Eli. Ahzs teaches dance classes, workshops, performs, promotes events and fundraisers, continues her own on-going education in the world of dance, and brings all of that with her to Pirate Wellness Center. www.ahzsbellydance.com   

 

 

Brittany Miosky is an Expert Rating Certified personal Trainer.  Brittany has worked for fitness facilities since she was able to be employed starting at 16 years old.  She believes strength of the mind and body is the foundation for happiness and success. 

Brittany has an Associates degree in Business Administration and is

currently working on her Bachelors Degree in Information technology.  She is excited about joining the Pirate Wellness Center team and changing lives. 

"Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person's physical, emotional, and mental states." ~ Carol Welch. 

 

 

 

RoslynRoslyn SIiva has been involved with fitness and training for the past 25 years providing instruction in aerobics, step, fit camps, interval training, dance, cycling and coaching. She especially enjoys spending time out of doors and bike riding. Roslyn was a Forest Ranger in the Angeles National Forest and while stationed in La Canada California, received extensive outdoor training in hiking, rock climbing and running in the mountains. 

Roslyn has a Masters Degree in Education and Administration, Bachelors in Elementary Teaching, Associates Degree in Food and Nutrition from Pasadena City College,  AFAA Certifications in both Group Fitness and Personal Training.

 

Her love for personal training and weight lifting has been provided through a constant source of inspiration through people like Jack Lalane, Denise Austin, her husband and her dad. As a result of their ongoing quest for physical fitness, She does her best to pass on that inspiration to all of you.  She may not be the competitor that her dad was in tennis but now that she is living here in beautiful Key West she has added tennis to her newest outdoor hobby. Pirate Wellness is a fabulous source of inspiration for personal wellness and i am very excited about joining the team of pros.

 

Chiropractic

kevinKevin Kemner D.C. is a 1993 graduate of the New York Chiropractic College.   Upon graduating, he worked for NYCC as a clinician at the on-campus student clinic, training other students.

He uses hands-on adjusting techniques with an emphasis on muscle rehabilitation and can tailor his treatments to meet individual patient needs.  

Kevin came to Key West in 2007 and maintains an office in Key West on N. Roosevelt Blvd.  He is looking forward to helping people through chiropractic while working out of the Pirate Wellness Center!

 

Massage

 

A massage therapist for over 20 years, Maggie Becker was inspired to be a maggie 2

therapist because of it's creative healing possibilities and artistic

characteristics. She studied at the International School of

Massage Therapy in San Francisco after attending under-

graduate school at the University of Rochester where she majored

in English and Modern Dance after which she returned to her

home state of Pennsylvania to grow organic food and study healing herbs.

At the time she began working at the Massage Studio at

the Casa Marina in 1986 there were only two massage studios in

Key West. She has continued her own practice, Therapeutic

Bodyworks, until the present time with an emphasis on intuitive

healing, deep tissue work and acupressure. Maggie's focus is

upon healing at all levels: body, mind and spirit.  Health challenges

and specific areas of complaint are addressed to restore balance and well-being.

Each person receives a massage suited to their particular needs.

Maggie is also a musician and a social and improvisational dance instructor,

the proprietor of Face the Music and Dance Studio. Salsa and west coast Swing

are her specialties.

 

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Peter Fox is a licensed Massage Therapist. 

He has avidly studied many subjects including Swedish Massage, Sports Massage, Trigger Point Therapy, Polarity Therapy, Reflexology, Zen Shiatsu, Jin Shin Do, Tui Na, and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

He is Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Body Work, and holds certifications in Sports Acupressure and Pain Management. 

He is also a 3rd Master Degree in Martial Arts and a qualified EMT Basic.

 

 

 

Holistic Health

karin sturlaKarin is a trained counselor with over 20 years experience in clinical           psychology and a national certification in holistic health counseling. She is also a licensed soccer coach and founder of a women’s soccer league. Karin has a lifelong commitment to healthy living and helping people find their own “inner healthy voice”.  Through a combination of listening, educating and positively supporting her clients, Karin helps people to find their unique level of health and energy.  By using a holistic approach to nutrition, creating balance through changes in eating and lifestyle, and working with other practitioners to achieve the highest state of health, Karin helps clients gain confidence and experience success in their own life choices.

Karin brings a diverse background and wide range of interests to the table. A licensed captain and marine enthusiast, Karin’s passion for the Florida Keys draws her to the beauty, the challenge and the incredible people she has met over the past 15 years. After many winters in Alaska, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, in 2005 she created Healing Lifestyles, a private holistic practice in the Keys. She now looks forward to being part of a wonderful team at the Pirate Wellness Center on Cudjoe Key!!

Karin offers individual sessions by the hour. Monthly workshops will be offered on topics of interest, including healthier shopping, cooking and eating out. By special arrangement, home visits and phone sessions are also available.  

Acupuncture

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Dr. Jean Gormley is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture Physician practising here at the Pirate Wellness Center on Monday and Wednesday each week, and other days by appointment.  Dr. Jean graduated from Tri-State College of Acupuncture in NYC.  This was followed by an additional three years of advanced training in Chinese Herbology at Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia.  She is Nationally Board Certified in Acupuncture and is the only board certified Chinese Herbologist in the Keys.

Dr. Gormley has over 25 years of practice expereince.  She loves what she does and looks forward to each and every day of practice.  She considers it an honor when a patient presents themselves to her for treatment. - and takes that honor very seriously.

Acupuncture and oriental medicine treat many conditions including pain and  musculoskeletal injuries.  Did you know additional problems treated include stress, anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleeping disorders, smoking addictions, low libido, acne, Lupus, fibromyalgia, etc?  Women's issues including peri-menopausal complaints, hot flashes, PMS are also addressed.  For men, issues such as prostate problems and ED.  In other words, if something is out of sunc, it can be addressed with this ancient and effective form of healing. 

Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine has been helping patients reach their optimum potential for thousands of years.  Isn't it time to help you?  Dr. Jean Gormley can be reached through the Pirate Wellness enter or directly at (305) 797 8527 with any questions you may have, and to schedule an appointment.

 

 

Usui & Karuna™ Reiki Master

Janet SullivanJanay Sullivan, Principal of Intrinsic Works, LLC, has over eighteen years’ intuitive experience and knowledge in business, training and coaching.  She developed Intrinsic Works, to activate personal power by creating energy from the inside out.

Janay has a Masters of Science in Management with a focus in Human Resources.  A recent transplant to Key West from Portland, Oregon, Janay is inspired by the natural beauty and local creative culture.   Janay is an intuitive Tarot Reader, as well as a Master in Usui and Karuna™ Reiki.  These skills are used with individuals and groups to teach and apply energy tools for real benefits in work, health and life. 

Reiki (Ray-key) is a gentle yet powerful energy tool that promotes balance, focus and well being.  The client lies fully clothed on a massage table without their shoes for a relaxing and refreshing energy session.     

 

Nutrition

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Donna Shields, MS, RD, LD is a registered dietitian and integrative nutrition therapist with a

private practice in Key West.  A 25-year Keys resident, Donna has spent most of her career

doing nutrition spokesperon work and recipe/product development for many of the major U.S.

food companies and is also a cookbook author. She is a former faculty member at the

Culinary Institute of America Hyde Park, NY.  Donna is now focused on providing progressive

and personalized nutrition counseling in Key West and at Pirate Wellness. Her specialty

is integrative nutrition which utilizes the power of diet and supplements to help heal many

chronic health problems such as fatigue, depression, gut problems, weight loss resistance,

food sensitivities, diabetes and insomnia to name but a few. She also offers metabolic

nutrition testing.   Listen for her weekly radio show Natural Living with Donna Shields

(Tuesdays 1pm) focusing on health and wellness on KONK 1680AM and on the

internet www.KONKAM.com.  For more information, go to www.donnashields.com. To

book an appointment (available Mondays 4-7pm), contact Pirate Wellness Front Desk.

 

Family Counselling

Beth Moyes, LCSW graduated with a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000 and is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida, New York, and California.   Working as a therapist and adoption specialist in these very different communities has given Beth a broad perspective on people, various cultures and backgrounds, and a multitude of life issues.  She has helped people cope with all kinds of struggles.

Beth moved to Key West in 2007 to enjoy the beautiful, relaxed island living

and is looking forward to helping the members of our island community improve their lives! She recognized the Keys as a place of great beauty, but often not many resources. Beth believes that one of the most important factors in working with a therapist is to find the right fit and connection. She will walk you through this process and encourage you to develop the goals you wish to achieve in order to create the life you are looking for.  It is through this connection, an understanding of yourself, and a desire for change that great things begin to happen in our lives.

Pirate Wellness Center is an excellent place to improve the quality of your life through healthy living – mentally and physically. Beth also maintains an office in Key West at Womankind in the evenings. Her fees are based on a sliding fee scale for 50 minute sessions. Beth is not an insurance provider, but is willing to work with any insurance company.

 


Pirate Wellness Center
21460 Overseas Hwy, Cudjoe Key, Florida 33042
Telephone: 305-744-3348 (744-3FIT),   Fax: 305-744-3450

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