April 30, 2026

Move How You Feel | Mental Health Awareness Week at Healthworks + Republic

A fitness class at Healthworks or Republic Fitness in Boston during Mental Health Awareness Week 2026.

Healthworks and Republic Fitness are opening their doors to everyone for Mental Health Awareness Week, May 12–15 — free classes, workshops, spa access, and community events. No membership, no catch.

Here's something we think everyone should know: movement is one of the most powerful tools for mental health. It lowers stress, lifts mood, builds real confidence, and cuts through the isolation a lot of us are carrying around without talking about it.

Healthworks and Republic Fitness built their spaces, their class programming, and their community around that idea — and for Mental Health Awareness Week, May 12–15, they're making it available to everyone.

No membership. No catch.


Pick Your Class Based on How You're Feeling

No need to show up knowing what you want — just know how you feel. Healthworks and Republic put together an emotion-based class guide for the week, with icons mapping each class to a specific feeling: tense, nervous, sad, disconnected, unconfident, and more.

Feeling like you need to scream-sweat it out? There's a class for that. Need something quiet and grounding? Also covered. Find the icon that matches your mood on the Mental Health Awareness Week page and go from there.


What's Free All Week

A complimentary one-day pass gets you access to everything:

  • Group fitness classes across all formats and levels
  • Trainer-led workshops on core connection, habit stacking, posture, and balance
  • The full Fitness Floor
  • Restore Spa — sauna, cold plunge, steam, and whirlpool

Certain classes are also labeled Connect — they end with a group walk to a nearby local spot for complimentary coffee, tea, and treats. It's low-key, no pressure, and honestly the kind of thing that turns a workout into something more. Real conversations, new faces, actual community.


Pass It On

Know someone who could use this week? Pass along a one-day pass. Sometimes the best thing you can do for someone is hand them a reason to show up.

This is one of those weeks worth taking advantage of — for yourself and for the people around you. We'll see you there.

Healthworks Mental Health Awareness Week 

Republic Mental Health Awareness Week