#wegotgoals

An epic fail at work. A blowout with—even a split from—the love of your life. A life-altering piece of medical news. Every day, people carry all this—and more—into spin studios in Chicago and around the country. Inside those walls, they seek an hour or so of peace, of active meditation. “You’re riding to the rhythm of the music, you’re sweaty, you’re working really hard,” Tevia Celli told me on this week’s episode of #WeGotGoals. “You walk into a class and you've got all this stuff on your mind; you’re weighted. Somewhere, pedal stroke after pedal stroke, you're letting that go and becoming present.” Few people understand this transformational process better than Celli. Back in 1998, she opened one of the very first spin studios, Body & Soul, in Los Angeles. She ran it for more than a decade, then stayed in the business to work as a master instructor at Flywheel and then an independent consultant. Now, she’s the Director of Education at CycleBar Franchising, where she trains and develops a team of 1,800-p