SOMA GET FIT.

SCOTT BRYAN CRAWFORD: INTEGRATED FITNESS SPECIALIST & SOMA RETREAT DIRECTOR

For over a decade, Scott Crawford has dedicated his professional life to promoting and teaching fitness as a lifestyle. Drawing on his extensive education and experience in sports, fitness, psychology, nutrition, and bodywork, Crawford has developed a unique approach to personal training – one that holistically integrates body, mind, and spirit by combining acute mental training with demanding but enjoyable physical exercise. Most recently Crawford has created SOMA GET FIT Retreats, based on his wealth of experience inside the country’s most prestigious resorts and spas.

Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Crawford grew up playing sports. Excelling in soccer, he learned that focusing on fitness, health, and self-care led to dramatic gains in his self-confidence and outlook on life. He attended Texas Wesleyan University on a full soccer-scholarship transferring to University of North Texas graduating with honors obtaining a B.A.A.S. in Sociology. He holds an M.A. in Theology and an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from the Dallas Theological Seminary and has completed doctoral work in Sports Psychology at San Diego University and Somatic Psychology at the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute.

During and after college, Crawford played professional soccer for several of the premiere clubs in the nation, including the Dallas Sidekicks, Texas Lightning and Texas Toros, a Dallas Burn affiliate. He had the opportunity to work with some of the top trainers in the country which led him to discover his deep passion for fitness and exercise science. After working as a master/elite personal trainer and group-exercise instructor at 24 Hour Fitness Santa Barbara for several years, Crawford joined the teams at Platinum Fitness Montecito/Summerland as a functional trainer and at Spectrum Health Clubs as a master/pro trainer and Pilates master instructor. During this time Crawford was also Fitness Coordinator for the post-op rehab patients at the Santa Barbara Plastic Surgery Center as well as an ambassador and event-organizer for Lululemon Athletica’s community-outreach athletic programs in Santa Barbara.

Crawford also served as BACARA Resort and Spa’s Wellness Choreographer for Destination Transformation, a customized long-stay wellness program that offers the resort’s guests hands-on guidance in all aspects of health. This deluxe program drew upon his knowledge to concierge the guest in assessment, meeting their goals by working with spa treatments, Pilates, Yoga, personal training, outdoor fitness, hikes, personalized chefs, and private classes. Crawford currently splits his time between the renowned SPORTS CLUB/LA, where he works with A-list clientele in both Private Training and Pilates, and the prestigious OJAI Valley Resort and Spa. He resides atop Gibraltar Mountain, overlooking Santa Barbara, in a hand-made solar-powered cabin, enjoying the outdoors and creating unique life changing formats for his SOMA GET FIT Retreats.

Crawford’s diverse clientele has included world-class athletes, film and fashion industry celebrities and professionals, corporate executives, and members of international royal families. In an effort to better serve his clientele Crawford founded SOMA GET FIT, which provides custom-tailored, goal-specified, integrated training, combined holistically with mental-wellness consulting, Pilates training, yoga, nutrition education, and bodywork – all in single sessions. Catering to all ages and fitness levels, a customized SOMA program begins with an in-depth health and fitness evaluation and could include beach and mountain training, weekend to long-term retreats as well as life-coaching services.

Scott Crawford has developed a highly diverse, premiere team to add unsurpassed value to SOMA retreats. His team includes a master of marketing, an events specialist born and raised in Santa Barbara, a magnificent personal chef, a prominent medical director, and an exceptional outdoors specialist. This team is truly the “best of the best” providing five-star service to each guest.

Crawford’s goal is to nationally franchise the SOMA GET FIT brand.

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