M/BODY Challenge completed!

This June I embraced hopping around the board for classes to match my available time/energy. I set out to do at least 5 classes/week.

M/BODY classes, and certainly a Challenge Board, are the healthiest coping skill for me when life gets wild and I need to anchor into something while navigating some storms. 2025 has been hurtful to everyone I know for various reasons, and I have felt incredibly smooshed in the Sandwich Generation role of caring for parents and my kiddo. Thankful I’m not doing it alone within my family and circle, and thankful for the support that always is available within our #mbodyglobalfam.

I’m wrapping up this Challenge as I wrap up a decade and turn F-IN’ FORTY on Sunday! My 30s were a wild ride of joy, sadness, loss, learning, trying again, and hope. I wear it imprinted on my body from pregnancy, laugh lines, tiger stripes, and making all sorts of shapes. Thank you M/BODY for helping me strengthen my body, heart, and spirit and helping me welcome new unknowns with a little more balance and freedom.

Congratulations to my fellow Challengers and to those who knew this wasn’t the time for them but found their own schedule for movement and breath work, one great choice at a time. 🩵

Did anyone else read the May Community Spotlight email featuring Tricia Nelson and think ”she sounds so cool!”?? 🤩

It’s December 29th - Happy Birthday, Marnie!!! Where would we be without you and this amazing practice and platform you created, and community you fostered, and movement we share? Thank you for being born, for sharing your love and light, and for helping us all reconnect with ourselves, and for encouraging our health and wellness. We are all grateful for you and wish you the best year yet outstretched before you. Be in the Light. ✨💫🥳🎂🎉💖

(📸is a throwback to NYC June 2022 for a weekend of M/BODY IRL loveliness!)

Happy Holidays to all of you amazing, strong, capable, smart and getting wiser each day, brave, healthy Loves! Extra warmth sent to those who find this time of year extra challenging. It’s all valid and you matter. Happy early Birthday to Marnie and everyone celebrating a new trip around the sun. I loved being with you all during the Live class today, thanks for shouting out my own beacon of light, my mom Ramona’s birthday, on this winter solstice. Todd joined me for this fabulous Holiday class and wishes the fam a happy new year! Here’s a sweaty post class selfie, he wore the holiday PJs during class for extra thematic heat. 😂❤️‍🔥💚

I did it!
I completed a long-term goal of doing every single M/BODY class at least once, to date. I counted approximately 415 movement and meditation classes as of August 12, 2024 (since not all are numbered and not all were Live classes, and both times I counted I had slightly different numbers 🙈). I loved the experience of different lengths, different focus areas, different years, and the comments under videos that helped me plan for which class was best for that day. My list of “favorite” classes just kept growing. I completed on August 12th, wrapping up with class #394 (favorited!) and Intention Meditation #105.
I am so grateful for these classes created by Marnie and supported by M/BODY queens behind the scene/camera, and thankful for this #mbodyglobalfam community of support. I fell in love with this movement practice quickly (after severalYouTube videos and questioning if I could get through those PopSugar videos without so many breaks), then trying the platform and diving deep into it. I try to make the Live classes as much as possible, login as “desk crew” when I can’t join on the mat in that moment, and I feel healthier physically and lighter emotionally because of it. When personal life knocked me over, I was fortunate I was already anchored into this practice. We can turn to classes for our joyous celebrations, for shaking off BS, and for gentle stretches and releases to melt into when sadness and grief overwhelm. So many muscle shakes and (mostly happy) cuss words along the way, and yet to come. Thank you Marnie for creating this space, inviting us to take up space, and to all with whom I share this space (from my bedroom and living room to yours, across time zones and backgrounds).
I can’t wait to celebrate the 400th Live class this Saturday, and to continue moving through this life embodying healthy connections with myself and others. Cheers to anyone else slowly working on their goals, whether that’s at the barre or anywhere else in your life.

Sweaty and sandy post-work selfie (Ballet Glide class) Bursting with gratitude for the warmth and connections within the @mbodybymarniealton #mbodyglobalfam and the promotion of health, wellness, and dance this movement platform provides for me. Thank you for all of birthday wishes and all of the kindness shared. Sending hugs from the Atlantic Ocean (with my M/ovement ball and yoga mat of course). 🌊🩵🌊

Cheers to all during endings, beginnings, and rerouting of this wild time.
Summer of Strong was my third M/BODY Challenge- and I moved classes around, substituted, and didn’t complete the #s I set for myself:
goal: at least 45 classes and all 60 wellness activities
vs.
reality: 38 classes and 54 wellness activities

It’s been such a busy, transitional time. My takeaways are I feel better and do better when I get to the mat more consistently (any time of day or evening/night); the numerous benefits of sleep make it worth the effort to prioritize; I am inspired to find my new rythym of re-committing to consistency with my new schedule.

Hi everyone! It’s been a busy time for many of us (anyone else managing a lot of transitions this year/season?). I cannot express enough gratitude for anchoring into time on the mat, at the barre, and connecting with others I’ve met through M/BODY (especially during this past year). Friendly reminder if you need some sense of community and connection, scroll through these posts! Happy Summer of Strong to those in the Challenge and those creating their own rhythm. I’ve been board hopping and class substituting more than ever this time around, with a lot of classes to catch up on in these last 12 days, but still happy for the inspo! Cheering you each on as you navigate the upcoming month 🩵

Hi everyone! I’m excited for this Challenge and seeking balance amidst lots of ongoing changes. I’m aiming to complete at least 45 workouts and all 60 Wellness activities (mentally gearing up for that celery water chug).

My 3 Goals during these next two months are:

1. Go just a little longer before pressing the pause button on videos when I need a break, sip of water, or to re-tie my hair back (go even just one more set of 8).

2. Explore getting lower in wide second while still honoring my sensitive knees.

3. Venture a little further beyond my comfort zone to interact and socialize more (in my newer neighborhood as more people are outside and mingling and in my upcoming new job).

Hoping this Challenge feels like an invigorating, re-focusing, and supportive guide for anyone participating! It’s not intended to add shame or guilt to your inner dialogue, so let’s not give that precious real estate. 🩵

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