Transforming Wellness from the Inside Out – Exclusive Interview with Joanne Angel Barry Colon
- Brainz Magazine
- May 5
- 4 min read
Updated: May 6
Rev Joanne Angel Barry Colon has 40+ years in the health, fitness and wellness industry and 15+ years in the Healing industry. She is the Founder of Wholistic Fitness NY and Wholistic Integrative Teacher, Certified Wholistic Personal Trainer, Reiki Master, Medical Astrologer and Master of Numerology, Host of Joanne’s Healing Within T.V Show, Author/Self-Publisher, the Creator of Chakra Balance Numerology Cosmic Energy Forecast Deck, and Founder of Wholistic Healing Magazine.
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.
Joanne Angel Barry Colon, Certified Wholistic Personal Trainer, Intuitive Healer & Cosmic Energy Reader
Introduce yourself! Please tell us about you and your life, so we can get to know you better.
My dad and I share a special bond that very few people get to share. My dad tells this story every year on my birthday. My dad brought me into the world, as I was born at home unexpectedly. Dad got this gut feeling that he needed to go home for lunch, and a good thing he did, as my mom was about to give birth. There was no time to get to the hospital, I was ready to greet the world, and there my dad was to greet me. My middle name is Angel, and it was given to me by the two police officers who escorted my parents and me to the hospital after my birth. I am the middle child, have two sisters, and am blessed with two nieces and a nephew. I married my high school sweetheart on August 10, 2013, and our daughter is 30 years old. At 12 years old, I taught my first Slimnastic class, and from that moment, I knew it was my calling to teach, help, and transform women's health and wellness. When I'm not writing, I spend much of my time researching and exploring astrology.
One of my unique qualities is that I have a superpower, which allows me to see people at their highest level of potential and what they were born to do. This superpower comes from my Astrological Make-up, as I have three planets in Pisces in the ninth house, which is known as a Stellium. The three planets are the Sun, Venus, and the North Node. The ninth house represents the higher consciousness and traveling from earth to heaven, which I often do when I sleep. I also communicate with spirits and loved ones (mine and other people). When I communicate with other people's loved ones, it's usually because there is a message I need to deliver, not always my favorite part, especially because most of the time, these people are strangers. As a child, I adored cats; as an adult, I favor dogs more.
What inspired you to start Wholistic Fitness NY?
I knew since I was 12 years old that I was born to own my business. My inspiration comes from my mission to help and teach women the right way to transform their bodies and remind them that their transformation starts from within.
How do you define “wholistic” fitness, and why is it important?
The "W" in Wholistic represents the whole person, the mind, body, emotions, and spirit. Wholistic Fitness is defined as blending the physical body and spiritual principles into one prescription. The prescription includes Reiki, Chakra Balance, Crystals, Astrology, Numerology, and Aromatherapy, and P.O.S.T. Method Body and Soul Transformation.
What types of clients benefit most from your programs?
Women in midlife who are ready to break free from old subconscious beliefs around food, weight, exercise, and their body image, and are ready to take a deep dive to discover who they are from a soul level as they undergo a transformation of self-love.
How do you integrate mind-body wellness into your sessions?
Through my P.O.S.T. Method Body and Soul Transformation Prescription Plan, which consists of the body, mind, emotions, and soul.
What makes your approach different from traditional fitness training?
I help and teach clients how to get to the root cause of what their weight is connected to and encourage them to focus on releasing emotional weight without dieting, in addition to teaching them how to utilize their Astrological and Numerology makeup. There are three primary placements on one's chart that’s related to their health, fitness, and wellness success. By the time a client graduates from my services, they are ready to do serve and live their highest purpose.
What’s one success story that stands out to you from your work?
I have witnessed many women transition from a 3-dimensional frequency to a 5-dimensional frequency as they released old subconscious beliefs around food, weight, and their body and experienced peace, grace, and unconditional self-love that led to feeling light and full of bliss.
Tell us about your greatest career achievement so far.
My greatest career achievement is transitioning from a storefront after 22 years to a virtual business and experiencing financial freedom while expanding my services to women worldwide.
If you could change one thing about your industry, what would it be and why?
I am changing things about my industry as I continue to share my insight and wisdom on how to break free from old subconscious beliefs around food, weight, and exercise. I am also bringing awareness to the metaphysical principles of menopause. I believe there is nothing healthy about the health, fitness, nutrition, and wellness industry, and it's time to introduce a revolutionary approach.
Tell us about a pivotal moment in your life that brought you to where you are today.
For most, the pandemic was devastating; for me, it was a moment to pivot. Like most businesses, I had to shut my doors and by doing so it led me to see clients virtually, which I did at my storefront until one day, I said to myself, it didn't make sense to keep my storefront when most of my clients I was seeing virtually, so I made a decision to close my storefront after 22 years and transition to a virtual business.
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