Optimal Self

Specialties

Optimal Self is a Community Health and Wellness Center that embraces all aspects of health mind, body, and spirit! We meet every person where they are – no judgement, no egos. You will find a well-​equipped weight training room for all levels, a beautiful, sacred movement room for Yoga, Fitness, meditation, and kids classes, and treatment rooms for massage and energy work.

Optimal Self encourages every person to achieve their full potential, and we are all dedicated to help you achieve that!

History

Established in 2013.

Optimal Self Community Health and Wellness Center was founded by Eric Hilton, whose prior service related injuries and experiences brought him to a unique understanding of how to heal himself using holistic means. This path of healing included weight training, massage, energy work, and many other therapeutic techniques – most of which are now offered at the Wellness Center. Eric, his fiancé Sandra, and their brothers and sisters in the community have been the driving force in the birth of a Center of health, fitness, and healing for Portland, Maine.

Meet the Business Owner

Eric H.

Business Owner

Eric Hilton is a Certified Fitness Instructor, massage therapist, Reiki master, and combat veteran. His path to wellness and the healing arts began due to his own personal challenges after serving twelve years in the U.S. Army as a Special Operations Combat Medic. When his enlistment ended after two tours in Iraq, Eric was on his way to medical school when his combat related injuries forced him to withdraw from classes. He chose to utilize fitness, nutrition, energy work, and bodywork to help his body heal from the inside out. The holistic path of healing allowed him to achieve his own level of Optimal Health, and this was when he began working with and training people.​Eric has also been trained in and practices Active Isolated Stetching, Zero Balancing, Polarity, Cranial Sacral, Deeksha, and is a Wellness Coach. Eric believes that the union of these mind-​body-​spirit therapies is a necessary approach to wellness and seeks to unite the community in changing their lives together!