Monique

23 Sep 06:01

Gorgeous from the inside out- I’m sure that’s a lot of you at your core and a reflection of your lifetime love of movement! Happy Birthday month, Lisa!

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21 Sep 09:35

Ohhh this new series of a "Stacked" Signature was so much fun! I enjoyed adding in various equipment, weight level options, etc. I used two 10 lb. hand weights as my heavier ones and probably could have moved up to 12s as we use both at first and then use one heavier one. For the lighter weights I used two 5 lbs and that felt good at first but by the time we were down on the mat with the ball behind us in the crunch series with arms I was fighting for those reps! Doable but challenging. I enjoyed ball under feet and behind our back down on the mat. Leg lifts in all fours tabletop is one of my favorite moves and I enjoyed all of the choreography and combos within this class. As Marnie says we are not staying in one position for too long, so nothing is too burdened but my oh my are we getting a beautiful full body workout here! Adding to Favorites :)

Happy Birthday Lindsey J! Happy belated birthday Lisa! Happy wedding day Faith and anniversary Molly G!

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18 Sep 09:03

Monique what a WONDERFUL full body, no equipment, class! 30 minutes of cardio activation, jump options, one leg focus at a time, standing to curtsy lunge choreography to some plank dancing and back again. Such an effective and active 30 minutes of my day- thank you! I also love the meditation and appreciate Becca asked about it and Sarah typed out. That actually helped me decide to revisit this particular class today.

18 Sep 07:28

Aww congratulations Faith!!! How special to make it so his momma could witness, and I hope the wedding celebration this Saturday is as amazing as you are! You are more than enough and don’t need anyone accompanying you down the aisle unless you chose to invite someone present to join you. Cheers to you and Cas and all of the adventures yet to come! Thanks for adding more love into this world!

16 Sep 13:24

Perfect balletic stretch class for: evening time when you need to keep your nervous system calm, for menstrual cycle days, for low energy days, for days you are recovering from illness and need to remain upright for your sinuses, for a slow and easy greeting of the day to set yourself up for a calm mental and physical space regardless of what awaits you in the outside world. This was all standing, use of a barre, leg working with posture muscles engaged and an invitation for an arm to participate but one at a time please and thank you. We allow grief to be present along with/AND every other emotion that may arise. We move and stretch through it with intention but not with sweat or jumps. Some wide second pulses that do generate warmth and parallel foot work not always seen in traditional ballet but intentionally here in barre work. Nothing is over burdened here and it is a gentle embrace of a class.

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13 Sep 06:59

Glider classes result in me feeling like I can kick down a door later, if I had to, once my leg muscles are no longer jelly. Glider classes make me feel so strong! Yet they require my muscular and brain strength to work through it, so I don't often seek these classes out. 20 minutes is so darn accessible so please give it a try when you are in a space to tune inward. As Marnie says, have a lot of physical space around you (a giant circle of light and strength around you, think the length of a completely stretched out leg 360 degrees around you). I used my 5 lb. hand weights but originally picked up my 3 lbs and decided to try heavier knowing I can switch to lighter if needed. I received two vaccines in one arm two days ago and yet shaking things out with two barre sweat classes yesterday helped me pick up weights today and engage in some plank choreography. The burn in muscles is loud and the sweat glistening is real, all in 20 minutes, I love that for me and for us! I appreciated the closing meditation about trust as well (same Kady!). Future me: when in plank it's ok to have palms on the ground rather than propped on handweights if that feels better, we aren't lifting arms in plank positioning.

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12 Sep 11:14

This quickie was over before I wanted it to be (and I had done another class immediately before this one). No equipment beyond a barre and all standing. Enjoyed hearing about the study of strong leg muscles correlated with maintaining stronger cognitive abilities as we "grow up" shared before class started.

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12 Sep 10:40

Definitely brought the sweat for me! All standing with some back angle knee to the ground behind us before it lifts in front of us to the side, but otherwise all forms of wide second, parallel, in and out of relevé, and we change sides at the barre (or move the barre if applicable). Moments of cardio lift options (I was sweaty before the optional bounces and jumps but that added to it). Beautiful closing message. I used ankle weights and that probably added to my sweat, too, because whew they were felt! 

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12 Sep 09:02

I am so sorry for the gut wrenching day. I am envisioning Bourbon happily greeting and helping Whiskey cross over, sharing the softest bed in front of the fireplace, snuggled together, and chatting about all of their adventures with Marnie in the decade+ they shared. And even still I can feel the sadness from afar for the humans and others left to continue creating and playing earth side a while longer. Sending all the love and hugs, and holding space for deep sobbing cries and all the ways grief hits and resurfaces as our hearts remember grieving other loved ones too. 🐾💔❤️‍🩹💗🪽

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He IS tall for his age 🌱😍