Cherry Street Movement Studio turns up the heat in the center of town

Business introduces new home for Strength training, Pilates-inspired fitness and Hot Yoga in Black Mountain

Fred McCormick
The Valley Echo
August 4, 2026

Amanda Holland will open Cherry Street Movement Studio, Aug. 8, in the center of downtown Black Mountain. The location offers hot yoga, strength training and Pilates-inspired fitness classes. Photo courtesy of Emily Abney

A warm inviting charm surrounds a quaint bungalow overlooking the very heart of the bustling Black Mountain central business district. The front porch, with panoramic views of the surrounding mountains, offers a place of comfort and rest.

A moment of respite might be welcomed for the clients inside, Saturday, Aug. 8, when Cherry Street Movement Studio opens its doors with a slate of classes that include Hot Power Yoga, Strength and Conditioning and Warm Sculpt.

Established by Amanda Holland, the movement-based fitness studio will focus on “good instruction and good quality movement where students show up to work hard, feel strong and take care of their bodies.” The new business represents the realization of a vision that began to come into focus after the former Black Mountain Yoga owner moved to town five years ago.

With a background in fitness and strength training, Holland embarked on a search to find a suitable location capable of accommodating a range of professional services. She purchased the property at 116 Cherry Street in the spring of 2024, beginning an extensive renovation that expanded the former residential home to approximately 3,000 square feet.

“I always liked strength training, I love hot yoga and I really appreciate Pilates as a tool to build strength. I wanted to bring all of these modalities under one roof, but I wanted the vibe to be right,” Holland said. “I always had this vision running a business like this in an old home, and when I came here and saw the old wood floors, I knew this was the place.”

Cherry Street Movement Studio hosts a hot room, which maintains a temperature of 98 degrees for hot yoga or 85 degrees for warm sculpting exercises. A spacious strength room fills much of the top floor, with a window framing views of the mountains to the south.

Cherry Street Movement Studio opens Aug. 8, offering a range of fitness and movement classes, including hot yoga. Photo courtesy of Emily Abney

The infrared heat, which raises the temperature through radiant energy waves, is incorporated in sessions like Warm Flow and Yin, incorporating fluid, breath-led movement with yin postures to balance strength, mobility and recovery. Hot Power Yoga employs high-energy, strength-focused flow, designed to build endurance, while strength and conditioning sessions, held in a non-heated space, combine resistance work and interval training, challenging the cardiovascular system.

“Generally, the people who will get the most out of our classes are people who want to work hard and get a good workout in,” Holland said. “In every class there will be ways to scale up and scale down, so you don’t necessarily have to know what you’re doing. Take a vinyasa class, for example, where you will learn technical skills for yoga practice. You might be next to someone in a full handstand while you’re learning, but you practice based on where you are.”

Qualified instructors lead regularly scheduled classes throughout the week, with weekend pop-up sessions open for registration for registration at cherrystreetmovementstudio.com or through the Mindbody app.

“We have awesome teachers who will help you through every single step of the class,” Holland said. “You can just come in and somebody will tell you what to do, which I personally really like in a workout. They’ll offer you ways to learn more or improve. They’ll give you the tools you need to work on whatever you’d like to work on.”

The hot room in Cherry Street Movement Studio, which opens Aug. 8, uses infrared heat to maintain a temperature of 98 degrees for hot yoga and 85 degrees for warm sessions. Photo courtesy of Emily Abney

Building a welcoming community, connected by a shared interest in fitness through movement, is an appealing aspiration for Holland, who began participating in strength and conditioning training and yoga to support her other interests.

“I started in my early 20s, and really fell in love with it when I lived in Jackson, Wyoming,” she said. “It was really a way to help outdoor activities, like trail running, hiking, climbing and some mountain biking. I was introduced to it as a way to prevent injuries, and the studio I learned from was phenomenal. I was a student there for years, did my training and ultimately began teaching.”

Cherry Street Movement Studio represents an opportunity to a bring a unique blend of fitness and movement instruction to the center of Black Mountain. While classes are designed to be challenging, the environment is supportive and gratifying.

“Music is another tool we use, which helps keep the classes fun,” Holland said. “We want this place to be a nice reset, start or end to your day, where you can forget your stress. I’m really excited to open and welcome people in, because this is an idea and vision I’ve had for years. I’m looking forward to sharing it with this community.”