Personal trainer Silviya Mihaylova's Swet Studio, which is having its "soft opening" next week at 480 Tremont Street, promises an innovative, holistic approach to health through a wide range of fun and stimulating exercise options and nutritional guidance to help patrons make wise food choices for both dining out and preparing meals.

The Bulgarian born Mihaylova's passion for healthy living is the lynchpin of the studio's unique offerings, and her goal is to keep patrons engaged in their fitness routines. When Mihaylova came to the US from Bulgaria as a young adult, she decided to re-shape her body and her life. "After first coming to the United States, I got in shape and transformed my body, and changed my outlook on life." Mihaylova said via e-mail.

Swet's location on the ground level of the Castle Square apartments is in keeping with Mihaylova's desire to connect with the community and with patrons of all ages and physical ability levels. Toward that end, Swet will offer exercise classes ranging from Get Started to A.M. Mojo Transformation (boot camp) as well as ballroom dancing for fun and fitness. Swet will also emphasize healthful eating as part of overall fitness, offering nutritional classes for both adults and teens.

Opening her own studio is the culmination of her passion for healthy living. In a personal statement on her page at homeexercisecoach.com, "The first time i went to the gym I fell in love with fitness. Ever since then I have been obsessed with working out. Since I was already in the gym six days a week, I figured that it would be the perfect career for me."

That her passion is infectious is clear in the fact that her business partner, art and advertising professional Lesley Fenton, first met Mihaylova as her personal trainer.

Swet's workout offerings will be centered on activities and equipment that mirror motions and activities that occur in everyday life; for example, Swet will have sand bags rather than dumbbells for lifting, ropes for climbing, and Swet's rowing machines will have a water base, providing the sound and movement of real rowing.

"The approach that we are going with will help people more in the long term. How many times in your lifetime do you do something similar to lifting a dumbbell? Your body usually doesn't work that way, so we decided that you don't need anything that doesn't look or feel like something you use in everyday life. If you have a garden, you come in here and work out and you should feel almost the same way as when you work in your garden," Mihaylova said during a visit to the studio. Swet's dance classes, much anticipated by the neighbors in Castle Square, offer a path to fitness through a popular recreational activity.

"There are a bunch of really nice ladies over there, and they are waiting for us to open because we are having the dance classes," Mihaylova said in a telephone interview. The dance team includes Bulgarian-born Kalin Mitov, director and producer of Boston Open DanceSport, a ballroom dance program for same-sex as well as opposite sex couples and Venezuelan performer Mariale Celimen, who teaches ballroom, jazz, modern and a variety of Latin American dance styles.

Having served as a consulting coach to several Boston-area high school rowing programs, Mihaylova designed Swet's Organic Teenagers program to encourage youth to put down their cell phones, engage in "natural movement", make mindful and healthful food choices and re-connect with the natural world. During the past few years, I trained teenagers and younger kids in the public and private school setting for competitive team sports, and I love working with them," Mihaylova explained via e-mail.

Healthful eating is integral to Mihaylova's philosophy of fitness and Swet will offer classes to help patrons shop and eat wisely. She said in an e-mail, "Separate from the Organic Teens class, we will be having a nutritional workshop for adults concerning healthy eating and food preparation, and will include events such as an experienced nutritionist taking the group to a local grocery store to learn about what to buy or avoid.

She added in a telephone interview, "Everybody has a busy schedule and sometimes you can eat fast food and find a healthier choice. That's why we want to educate people about nutrition, about carbohydrates and fat and protein so they can make better choices when they go out to eat. We want to try to help them read labels because a lot of people don't know how."

Swet offers term memberships, a Passkey option with a reloadable-value card, and a free introductory evaluation and class. In an effort to be a good neighbor, Swet is planning two free classes for Castle Square residents this month and more special offers in the future. "If we didn't take care of our neighbors, what would we do?" Mihaylova said.

For further details on Swet's fitness offerings and memberships, please visit http://www.swetstudio.com/home.