Alyssa, thank you for sharing and how awful to go through this physical pain journey and process of healing. I hope your chosen path works for you, but perhaps it’s good to know surgery is a backup plan IF necessary. We are here with you, so making things known helps us know when to rally around and lift each other up. Whether you need an organ to go (appendixes are overrated, right?) or whether you need community and reminders to soften your heart and strengthen your back as you recover from spinal/nerve injuries, speak up and we show up. This community is a living, breathing, pulsing realm of safety and support and I am so grateful to be here with you and with others. I know I don’t always check/keep up with the Community Board or group chats, but when I do it’s this awe-inspiring reminder of what is here to tap into and give and receive. Sending you all the love and healing and being seen and supported, whether that’s comfortable or not, to you!

So good for a no-equipment class where you want to release and get a bit sweaty in just 30 minutes. It's cardio dance with jump options and moving down to the mat for some P&P dancing (planks and push-up) then pilates-esque abdominal work. 

So elongating! I almost forgot the power of how we shift the direction of our toes, purposefully flex or point, and this class reminded me of the simplistic and powerful purpose of these moves with our own body weight. All on our knees or in table-top with brief stepping up to standing and back down again. 

Class can use both the traditional and mini size movement ball (the smaller ball for behind the knee down on the mat). Next time I’ll try this with ankle weights; I bet that adds a lot of power (and cuss words?) with kicks and pulses in lunge and leg dancing in forms of tabletop on the mat. When in doubt, tuck to align posture/form again and again (every single spoken reminder from Marnie had me shifting this). 

HBD to mama of Marnie & Spagz!! Happy 5 year Marnieversary to Julia H!

PS: I deleted “correcting” and typed “shifting” b/c doing frequent M/BODY classes each week helps make different shapes with your thoughts too. 🫶

jennyg ohhh I love this! I’m glad it was most awesome so far and I hope you like the option of picking up hand weights or adding light ankle weights!

Short class with so much detoxifying center line twists, legs up and down in standing formations, and some moments of bringing us down to the mat and back up again. I went with 5 lb. hand weights but in hindsight I was losing my balance on the mat when lifting same side leg and arm and future me can switch to 3 lbs. if that happens again so I can stabilize more. This is the one with the cool down stretch in a pike-plank combo.

Sooo good after a technical 9 mile hike yesterday! My hip flexors and legs have been sore and this helped heal them in the recovery.

Absolute perfection to revisit this evening. I did not feel lopsided but I felt the burns-SO-good all over. The 5 lb. hand weight behind the knee in table top for dancing leg work is a fun challenge to maintain posture throughout. The messages of Marnie and the wellness activity of that Fall 2022 Challenge (“wish upon a star”) reminded me it was some of our inspiration for a small gift for Marnie months later. Revisit (or try) this class if you have decision fatigue.

Anaerobic class that felt 'balletic dancer's legs' to me, with upper body primarily through arm movement that compliments lower body movement. Used a barre and gliders on carpet (could be fuzzy socks on a hard floor or paper plates on carpet). Warming but not sweaty, slow flow, instrumental music behind us.

Upbeat, celebratory Signature class grabbing our weights early (although not incorporating them again), and some beautiful building-on choreography at the barre and standing. We involve P&Ps on the mat with the ball in between our thighs and incorporated in the down-on-the-mat work, including a balancing act of laying on ball, tummy skyward, with one or both leg work and arm work. I have been feeling my lats, arms, and abs from this class and recent ones in the catalog. And are speaking to me the following day after this Signature.

HBD Ann!