Our Team
Josh Giles - Owner and Founder
A Little About Josh:
Since I was a kid I was always an entrepreneur at heart. I would set up lemonade stands, sell candy door to door, mow lawns, and umpire little league baseball games. While in the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa, I was trying to figure out what type of business I wanted to go into after graduation. While on that search, I was also trying to get into a meditation practice and found myself struggling with distractions. Around that time I learned about Floatation Therapy on a Joe Rogan podcast I was listening to. Soon after I booked a 90 Minute Float at FadeAway Floatation in Des Moines and was hooked from the first float. It was incredible. It cut out all distractions for me and I was able to get into my deepest meditation I had ever had.
It was soon after that float while in an Advanced Business Plan Writing class that I wrote the business plan for Total Rejuvenation. As suggested feedback from my professor I found Halotherapy, Infrared Sauna, and Normatec Compression Therapy to add to the services of Total Rejuvenation to offer benefits to more clientele with different needs.
Soon after graduating from the University of Iowa in 2016 with a degree in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management I got to work on starting TR. We had our Grand Opening on March 25th 2017 and in just over 4 years and 30,000 therapy sessions later, we are continuing to grow as more and more people learn about all the benefits our services have to offer.
In my free time I enjoy traveling, hiking, working out, starting new businesses, and hanging out with my family and friends. So far my travels have taken me to 4 continents, 19 counties, and 37 states. My biggest hiking achievement is summiting Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania Africa with my parents and brother on January 10th 2020. I am always looking for suggestions on unique hikes and places to visit so if you have any please share them with me on your next visit! I have always enjoyed being invited back by my professor and being a guest speaker in his class. It is fun to help his students build their business plans and help them work through road blocks.
Austin Flieder - Operations Manager
Ever since the ripe age of 12 when I first volunteered for Habitat for Humanity with my father, I have recognized the value of supporting people so they can reach their potential. This sentiment never left me as I entered Linn-Mar High School and prepared for a career in Health and Wellness. After graduating High School in 2015 I was accepted into the University of Iowa Pre-Physical Therapy Honors program where in 2019, I completed a Bachelor's degree in Human Physiology and a concentration in Exercise Science. I had long dreamed of owning my own wellness center and after much consideration, I decided to put graduate school on hold for the time being.
Shortly after I graduated from the University of Iowa, I was looking for a place to work while I sorted out my direction in life and start building the skills to have a health facility of my own. That’s when I found Total Rejuvenation. I had been fascinated with the world of meditation and the benefits of preventative healthcare throughout my life and was looking for a place where I could try a float tank. I found TR and loved it so much I asked Josh if I could work for him just before the pandemic hit. And through the incredible community Josh has cultivated at TR, he was able to keep me on through 2020 and now we are working together to give our clients the most revitalizing and healing environment possible.
In my free time, I like to listen to healthcare-related podcasts, disc golf, run, hike, backpack, and snowboard. I try to make a snowboarding trip and a backpacking trip each year to reconnect with nature and recharge the soul. Any great spots to hike into let me know! I am always down to chat about life and health-related goals.