Monique

Wow, you achieved this amidst ALL of the things! Way to go, Bella Ballerina!

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Stephanie!! Badass Ballerina ✨

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27 Jun 20:15

Sweaty build-upon class where we add on, yet count is somehow doable. Superior focus on upper body without any planking whatsoever. Hand weights frfr when we get there! So much ass-tastic squats (especially as I chose lower impact squats over jumps tonight) and my back and core are activated even doing this class without a stable surface. Mostly standing albeit we’re dropping it LOW at times. Movement ball under feet and at the very end of class the ball is behind your back while in a crunch position down on the mat (yet we work core and obliques throughout standing series). Foot position ranges from parallel to turn out; some low wide second positioning; hips gooey with circles and tucks. Did I already mention sweaty? ❤️90s hip hop❤️

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27 Jun 19:25

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. 🩵

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26 Jun 11:23

Caroline S aww thank you Caroline, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARLING!!!

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26 Jun 11:22

So amazing!! Congratulations Mayo, your partner, this little one’s two older siblings, and t this little soul who gets to be a loving family together!

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25 Jun 17:13

Amanda Powell thank you thoughtful Amanda! It is Caroline S.’s birthday tomorrow (June 26th) and mine is coming up this weekend on June 29th. 🎂

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25 Jun 10:33

Full agreement with all comments before me. Approach this class with a playful mindset, as the M/ovement ball is a wiggly bug and may or may not stay where you plan as we are lunging knee onto ball and rising up from the ball, and some other wild muscle engagement. I am grateful for the original ball for under my arches (bigger shoe size here) and under my knee, and the smaller M/ovement ball squeezed behind my knee is the perfect size (still hard to keep it there with movement and sweat, but that’s part of the fun and play!). I did this one Live, but look forward to doing again from the catalog with pause/rewind button for when I need to play fetch with my escaping ball. Adding to Favorites for a playful challenge and a all-muscles-activated-neck-to-toes class.

25 Jun 10:12

This no-equipment class incorporates beautiful “hover” moments of pause at the top before descending again- LOVED that! We are first sequencing in standing position and the second half of the choreographic flow brings us down to the mat on knee(s) and hand(s). Low-impact with a brief moment to be light and jump. Need room for elongation, extensions (standing and down on the mat), side to side to have a wide stance and a knee-up from your back leg, and room behind for the curtsy position. It’s not just the current heatwave in the mid-Atlantic; this 20 minute class heated me up!

17 Jun 06:18

Class begins with warmup- no chit chat before movement. Another gorgeous, effective use of 20 minutes: my heart rate was accelerated, I was sweating, and I definitely feel more energized.