About The Body Shop

The Body Shop began as Body by Sunita, in 2005. Sunita Bancroft, a certified personal trainer was looking for a way to work out of her house and be home for her family. Word traveled fast about Sunita's amazing workouts. In just 4 years the business outgrew the beautiful solarium studio. It was time to move to a bigger studio and extend the hours. The Body Shop opened May 10, 2010 at its current location on the corner of Soquel and Porter, in Soquel village.

The people at The Body Shop

Sunita Bancroft, owner and trainer
Visionary of workouts extraordinaire. Sunita truly wants to help everyone achieve an easier life with mobility, strength and endurance. Her workouts are challenging and fresh. You never think "If I have to do one more set of leg extensions I'm going to scream" in Sunita's classes...although she may make you scream.

Janel Lodge, trainer
Janel has tremendous passion to help people improve and often transform their health, fitness, and wellness. She is an advocate, a motivator, an educator, a guide, and a coach. Janel helps you achieve progress in your personal heath, fitness, and wellness according to your own individual challenges all for the purpose of increasing quality of life. She provides safe, functional, effective exercise routines to help improve her clients' confidence, strength and fitness, balance, and coordination, thus increasing their overall well being. Janel gives you the tools to work through mental barriers and then helps you to put your health as a priority. Janel wants to help people live well and be strong!!!!

Debbie Goodwin, Office guru
Maybe you'll recognize Debbie as the one with the big smile as you enter the back door to the studio. Or, maybe you'll recognize Debbie as the one with the big smile as she's conquering monster crunches. Either way, know that Debbie is the one with the big smile who keeps The Body Shop running with administrative ease.