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Empowered Inner Circle

For the leaders, founders and high achievers who carry everything, and are ready to build a body, nervous system and identity strong enough for what's next.

Six months of strength training, breathwork, recovery and identity work, coached by me, alongside a small circle of people playing at your level.

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Now accepting applications for January

  • 15+ years

    Of coaching

  • 20,000+

    Hours coached

  • 6 months

    High-performance container

Hey you,

You built a life that looks powerful. Now build a body, a breath and an identity that feel it.

Empowered is a six-month, application-only container for high-performing men and women ready to train their strength, regulate their nervous system and become the person their next chapter requires. Movement coaching, breathwork, identity work and real community, in one place.

Apply to Work with Summer

LET'S BE REAL

You've built the life on paper. Your body is sending the bill.

You lead the team, close the deals, show up for your family and hold it all together. Everyone counts on you. Somewhere along the way, your own body became the last thing on the list. Or if you are a high performer who runs a mile a minute, you’ve been going hard and fast for so long… you body is showing signs of burnout, chronic fatigue and slow down. 

Maybe it's stiffness that wasn't there five years ago. Sleep that doesn't restore you. A wired-but-tired nervous system that never fully clocks out. Workouts that feel like one more thing to grind through instead of the thing that fuels you.

In 15+ years and 20,000+ hours of coaching, I've seen this again and again: high performers don't lack discipline. They lack a container that matches their drive with recovery, their ambition with embodiment, and their output with capacity.

That's what the Empowered Inner Circle is built for.

Who this is for

Men and women who lead, and are ready to be led back into their bodies.

specifically...

✨High performers ready to find Flow.

You’re looking for something different, you have tried the gym, the diets and you want something that resonates with you on a deeper level.

✨Founders & executives.

You make high-stakes decisions all day. You want a body and mind that stay clear, strong and steady under pressure.

✨Leaders & coaches.

You hold space for everyone else. Here, you get coached and get to be the student again.

✨High achievers in midlife.

You want to get stronger, more mobile and more resilient every year, not slowly trade capacity for comfort.

✨The ready and the coachable.

All levels are welcome, and you don't need steel mace or club experience. You do need commitment to the work and a willingness to be coached.

 

 

 

What we'll build together

Expansion into your next-level self, from the body up.

Over six months we optimize three things at once, because in high performers they never move separately.

 01:

Strength & Health

Steel mace, clubs and HIIT programmed for you. You build rotational strength, grip, mobility and conditioning that carries into real life.

02:

Recovery & Regulation

Breathwork and recovery practices teach your nervous system to downshift. You can go hard when it counts and actually rest when it's time.

03:

Mindset & Identity

Performance coaching breaks your upper limits and rewires the identity underneath your habits, so the change holds long after six months.

Strength. Breath. Identity. Community. Six months to come home to your power.

Empowered is my most intimate container. It brings together everything I've learned in 15+ years and 20,000+ hours of coaching bodies, minds and businesses.

For six months, you'll train with intention, breathe with purpose and rewire the habits that run your days. You'll do it inside a small circle of driven, grounded men and women who will hold you to the standard you set for yourself.

This is where movement becomes medicine, breath becomes leadership and your new identity becomes non-negotiable.

About Empowered Method

The Five pillars in Empowered

  1. 01: Movement Coaching: Train like a warrior.

    Steel mace, clubs, HIIT and yoga-based mobility, coached live by me every week. You'll build real strength, mobility and resilience with programming that fits a full life, not one that competes with it.

  2. 02: Breathwork: Lead from regulation.

    Guided breath practices to calm your nervous system, sharpen your focus and access flow on demand. Learn to shift your state in minutes, before the meeting, the hard conversation or the training session.

  3. 03: Identity Shifts: Become that person now.

    Deep coaching to name who you're becoming and release the stories keeping you small. We bridge the gap between who you are and who you're ready to be, then embody it daily.

  4. 04: Habit Change: Make it non-negotiable.

    Simple, sustainable rituals that stick because they're tied to identity, not willpower. No more starting over every Monday.

  5. 05: Community Connection: Rise together.

    A hand-selected circle of men and women who meet you at your level. Celebration, accountability and friendships that outlast the six months.

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The Empowered Curriculum

Six months. Six thresholds.

Each month has its own theme, training focus and coaching arc, and you keep lifetime access to the full curriculum course.

  1. 01

    Month 1: Recalibration & Expansion

  2. 02

    Month 2: Increasing Capacity

  3. 03

    Month 3: Flow State Frequency & Quantum Creativity

  4. 04

    Month 4: Atomic Habits & Re-Invention

  5. 05

    Month 5: Hacking Your Upper Limit

  6. 06

    Month 6: Becoming the Alchemist

Two ways in

Choose how close you want me in your corner.

Option 1: Empowered Group

The full Inner Circle experience: live coaching, curriculum and community.

  • Kickoff group Functional Movement Screen & intake to set your baseline and custom program needs
  • 4× a month live group movement coaching with Summer: steel mace, clubs, HIIT & breathwork
  • 2× a month Empowered Performance group coaching calls
  • 1× a month Breathwork & Mindset session
  • Private community for video form submissions & weekly check-ins
  • 6 months of newly curated steel mace and/or club strength programming, reviewed & updated every 30 days
  • Lifetime access to the Empowered Curriculum course
  • 6 months of access to Summer's full program vault
  • Friday SMV Movement Lab series with Summer
  • 2 quarterly Flow Jams with Summer
  • Replays of every live session

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Most personalized

Option 2: Empowered Group + 1:1

Everything in the group, plus private coaching built around your body, your goals and your life.

  • Private Functional Movement Screen & intake with Summer to set your baseline and custom program
  • 4 × 60-minute 1:1 coaching calls with Summer on performance optimization, somatics & mindset
  • 4× a month live group movement coaching: steel mace, clubs, HIIT & breathwork
  • 2× a month Empowered Performance group coaching calls
  • 1× a month Breathwork & Mindset session
  • Private community for video form submissions & weekly check-ins
  • 6 months of newly curated steel mace and/or club strength programming, reviewed & updated every 30 days
  • Lifetime access to the Empowered Curriculum course
  • 6 months of access to Summer's full program vault
  • Friday SMV Movement Lab series with Summer
  • 2 quarterly Flow Jams with Summer
  • Replays of every live session

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1:1 sessions must be used within the 6 months. Late cancellations and missed sessions don't roll over. If you're traveling, your sessions can happen wherever you are. During integration weeks (the 4th week of each month) and while Summer leads retreats and seminars, you'll occasionally learn from guest coaches.

 

 

 

Included in both options

The vault is open.

You get six months of access to every program I've built, so you always know what to train between live sessions.

  • Steel Mace Vinyasa 101
  • On-Demand Movement Library
  • Embodying Flow (12 weeks)
  • Warrior Strength (12 weeks)
  • Steel Mace Strength (new)
  • Steel Mace Vinyasa Level 1 & 2
  • Nutrition manual for fat loss & muscle gain (on request)
  • & more

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Your coach

Hi, I'm Summer Huntington.

I'm the founder of Flow Shala and the creator of Steel Mace Vinyasa®, the method that fuses steel mace strength training with the flow and breath of vinyasa. I hold a Master's in Kinesiology and a 500-hour yoga certification. I've spent 15+ years and more than 20,000 hours coaching people to get stronger in body and mind.

I'm also a mother of three and a business owner, so I know exactly what it costs to perform at a high level. The Empowered Inner Circle is the container I wish every leader had: your strength, your recovery and your identity grow together.

Author of Warrior Goddess · Creator of Steel Mace Vinyasa® · Founder, Flow Shala

How to join

  1. 01

    Apply.

    Tell me where you are, where you're going and what's in the way. It takes a few minutes.

  2. 02

    Clarity call.

    If it looks like a fit, we'll get on a call to make sure the circle is right for you and choose the option that fits best.

  3. 03

    Step in.

    Once you're accepted, you'll receive your enrollment link, bonuses and everything you need for kickoff.

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Frequently asked questions

Your next level is waiting in your body.

If you're ready to lead from a stronger body, a calmer nervous system and a bigger version of yourself, I'd love to read your application.

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Limited spots · Now accepting applications for January