Let’s EVOLVE

EVOLVE was created by owner and Portsmouth resident, Jackie Lucas, to connect with the local community and cultivate our individual and collective resilience and strength - inside & out. The primary mission here is creating habits and practices that provide inner calm and physical wellness — fitness is a happy side-effect. Life evolves through significant ups, downs and changes - Jackie’s steadfast mission is to introduce clients to practices that are sustainable for life supporting our highest potential through it all.

Jackie has a lifetime of classical ballet training, 13 years of experience teaching barre and three movement teaching certifications. She is one of very few instructors in North America to be certified by the renowned Esther Fairfax, London-based daughter of Lotte Berk. Lotte invented the first barre classes in the world which forever transformed creative movement, dance and fitness communities. EVOLVE’s approach is about rising above life's obstacles and tapping into mindfulness unified with thoughtful movement to nurture our best, strongest, most resilient selves inside and out.

EVOLVE classes are a foundation for fitness and wellness. Our barre method integrates ballet conditioning exercises fused with yoga, pilates, orthopedic, calisthenic,  isometric and plyometric movements. All of our classes focus on form, flow, and mindset while your intentions and breath remain a unified focal-point of your overall experience.