Niya Gingerich (on the right)

"I was doing my freestyle beach workout in Troncones, Mexico in 2016. I had just gone through a devastating pregnancy loss. There was not a soul insight, my mind and body were processing the experience and I was trying to come out of the darkness. I sprinted upon a young group of local kids playing soccer, without much thought, I ran up and joined them. We laughed and tried to communicate with my very broken Spanish. My heart felt lighter as I lunged and skipped back to our Airbnb. My mind finally shifted into lightness and it just came to me, female fitness vacation, I want to start a(nother) business! Why not bring all the things I love together and create bonding and supportive, healthy experiences for women. I knew just the ladies to do it with! Two weeks later Jen, Melissa and I were bouncing around all the exciting ideas and founded FitTrip Adventures.

 I grew up dancing, swimming and messing around with some sports, never got too serious with any of it. As an adult I turned my focus toward outdoor adventures, back backing, canoeing the Boundary Waters, biking, yoga and functional fitness. In 2009, I was drawn to the balanced discipline, and followed the pathway to become a WillPower & Grace instructor. In 2012, at the same time I was opening Local 46 Bar & Biergarten, I become a certified Willpower Instructor, it was a great way to keep me balanced and helped me have an outlet from of all the craziness opening a new business brings. My teaching style promotes the critical equality between strong, sweaty hard work and fun, whimsical enjoyment of life, love and spirit. I am also a  Certified Yoga Sculpt instructor.   

After some struggles, my husband Grant and I welcomed Harlow Grace into the world in 2018, it has been my biggest joy to be a mama. We are enjoying our wonderful community in Denver for part of the year and enjoying winters in Baja, Mexico."