Coming to a Crossroads
- May 20, 2025
- 3 min read
Joanne Angel Barry Colon has 30+ years in the health, fitness, and wellness industry. She is the Wholistic Fitness owner located in NY Queens, certified holistic personal trainer, intuitive healer, cosmic energy reader, student of Astrology, Master of Numerology, and Creator of Chakra Balance Numerology Cosmic Energy Forecast Deck.
For many, the pandemic was scary, overwhelming, and a worldwide disaster. For me, it was a crossroads. As many businesses were closing down, my business was expanding thanks to the internet. Many of my clients were happy to continue their services with me virtually.
Every day, I would physically go to my storefront and work with clients virtually until one day, after my workout, it dawned on me that it didn't make sense to continue doing what I was doing.
Over 22 years of owning a storefront on September 22, 2022, I closed my physical storefront and transitioned Wholistic Fitness NY into a virtual business.
I know and believe that everything happens for a reason.
With four decades of experience in wellness, strength training, nutrition, and holistic healing, my deepest desire is to help, teach, and transform women's lives and to be able to reach as many women as possible.
Now that my services are available virtually, my desires can be fulfilled.
My mission isn't just physical and helping women get fit, it's about helping women reclaim their bodies, rebuild their spirits, and remind them who they were before the world told them who to be. Although I refer to myself as a wholistic personal trainer, many call me a soul activator.
Within the last five years, there are three words that describe my work and where my passion stems from.
I am known as "The Disruptor" not because I am loud, but because I am unapologetically different. My methods do not involve trendy diet fads or one-size-fits-all fitness. Through my P.O.S.T. Method (Prescriptive, Observational, Soul-based Training), I help women release emotional weight, find discipline without punishment, and meet their own strength, often for the first time.
I am a teacher, I teach my example through the work I do. I believe my "work" is my calling and purpose. I work on purpose, for purpose, and in purpose. Through my teaching, I encourage clients to activate their energy through their healing hands and pursue their soul’s agreements while undergoing their physical, spiritual, and soul transformation.
To say that I have been blessed to witness many women's transformations is an understatement; it was more than physical, many clients transitioned out of their 9 to 5 jobs to pursue their soul’s calling.
As an Ordained Minister, Reiki Master, Medical Astrologer, Master of Numerology, Card Creator, Self-Publisher, TV host, and Founder of Wholistic Fitness NY and Wholistic Healing Magazine, I knew I had a higher calling. Especially when naming my business Wholistic Fitness NY, the "W" represents the whole person, the mind, body, emotions, and soul.
I believe we are spiritual beings having a multitude of human experiences.
Some have asked me what's next? "Whatever God has written." I have learned to unwrap each blessing in divine timing.
To the dreamers, healers, and seekers just starting their journey, I offer this:
"If it's in your heart, it's already yours. Trust the journey. The process might shake you, but it will never break what was meant for you."
Did you know you have more than 5 senses, you have 15 senses combined with your body, soul, and spirit:
Body: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.
Soul: Mind (think), Will (to act), Emotions (what you feel), Affection (who you feel for)
Imagination (seeing beyond what's in front of you)
Spirit
Prayer: Speaking truth
Praise: Declaring truth
Worship: Aligned to highest version
Faith: Belief beyond evidence
Meditation: Pure focus
And for those lucky enough to meet me at a crossroad, be prepared to lift more than weights. You just might lift your life.
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Joanne Angel Barry Colon, Certified Wholistic Personal Trainer, Intuitive Healer & Cosmic Energy Reader Joanne Angel Barry Colon has 30+ years in the health, fitness, and wellness industry. She is the Wholistic Fitness owner located in NY Queens, certified holistic personal trainer, intuitive healer, cosmic energy reader, student of Astrology, Master of Numerology, and Creator of Chakra Balance Numerology Cosmic Energy Forecast Deck. She is the Host of Joanne's Healing Within T.V Show and Joanne's Cosmic Energy Radio Show and Author/Self-Publisher.
Joanne's mission: To help women (men by referral) release issues from their tissues as they release emotional weight and fall in love with themselves while witnessing their transformation of being the best version of themselves.
