First of all, thank you Lizamary for the class soundtrack honoring National Hispanic Heritage Month! Listen via: Spotify- search- Marnie Alton profile- M/<60 Signature /493. Thank you Kady for the closing meditation! Thank you Marnie and M/BODY team for this fun class that added some invigorating twists on our Signature rhythm and flow. All props included, and having a regular movement ball and then the mini to hug behind your knee was fabulous! Squeezing the ball between our knees while kneeling really helps me, and I was surprised at how some of the simplest movements felt SO good in stretching and loving parts of my body that were tight or tense (e.g. one arm back at a time as we kneel and lean our body backward while maintaining posture felt SO good). We incorporate some pushups but it’s brief and in all the ways Marnie gives options. Those form notes/reminders remain consistently helpful no matter how many years I’ve been doing these classes. Happy Bday Molly and happy early bday Faith!

Ohh Megan, this is the best! Congratulations to YOU, your husband, and snuggly baby Aaron for rocking 8 weeks out here together!! And welcome back to the mat- it’s here for you and even if that’s interrupted, not done to completion, or modified in ways you’re not used to choosing. New seasons to explore and enjoy, cheers all around! 💞

Still sweaty and wiggly with the ball work- no room for thought to wander when trying to balance. Love all the options of with and without equipment, holding onto the barre for stability or not.

Revisited today (almost exactly a year later), and digging following classes around the same time of year for the seasonal flow. HBD Lindsey J!

Revisited this class right after #490 Posture class for more lower body activation, and I did #491 Sculpt + Stretch yesterday and holy moly!! This class brings that intense fire that is so powerful- wide parallel feet, wide second position, pulses and optional jumps to incorporate like a firework. Down on the mat for the last 1/3 or so. Ball between our hands while standing and between  feet and then knees when down on the mat.

I agree with Lindsey J: stretch flow and sculpt blend here; 5 lb. hand weights worked for me and the regular Movement ball under foot/feet. We have some P&P embedded moments but a lot of stretch for our posterior side as well. Super focused on arms and shoulders but felt the work into my core as I used breath and hip-centered positioning in the mirror to brace core as other muscles engage.

Unique and new, but familiar blend together seamlessly in this class, where we can add ankle weights from the very beginning before we start, and where we pick up hand weights for at least half of it (and one of my personal favorites with one weight behind the knee in a challenging and fabulous choreography set that incorporates a one legged plank with the extra weighted leg dancing). Purposeful twists involved with hip openers, and the floor series that was nothing less than a beautiful challenge working the entire core (front to back, sides included). Pilates vibes and Rye the puppy brings the giggles for additional ab work. Flowy, strengthening, and sculpting all wrapped in a 45 minutes! Cannot wait to do this one again- and love celebrating Lindsey J’s birthday and Molly G’s Marnieversary and with some birthday minis (Elijah included ❤️).

How lucky are we to share space in the world with Yvonne and Kady?? Thank you for creating this and sharing it! You both inspire and shine so bright.

Loving these Presence themed classes! We are mindfully warming up and elevating our heart rate, then slowing it a bit to savor while keeping an active tempo and the heat going in anaerobic ways. The Movement ball (regular and mini) are stars of the class. Some intense one leg work at the barre which I adored despite some exhaled words along the way. Todd joined me for the playback of this and said it may be one of the best and sweatiest classes he’s done yet. I was dehydrated from the night before and didn’t sweat as much as he did, but it was a class leaving us both feeling the full body work and a sense of accomplishment and calm.