Ansley so glad you’re here and you were in the Live class yesterday for your Marnieversary! Your words ring familiar and true for so many of us… while the twists and turns on our journeys are not all the same, the feelings are relatable and the refuge of classes (for our mental and emotional healing as well as physical healing and re-learning [‘remembering’ what our bodies already know we need, perhaps]) seems universal in our special M/BODY community. Thank goodness for something like this to lean into as part of our healing. Very cool to hear you feel happier and healthier, cheers to that progress and growth! ✨ And please pass along my pets to that 85 lb snuggle butt pup.

FYI my glutes were feeling this class for 3 full days afterward.

Sooo since the glute muscles quieted and I had a little extra energy and time, I revisited this class 4 days later (with gliders!).

XXX classes are among my all-time favorite theme, thank you for this one where we feel joy, strength (and sexiness in our strength [hello hips!]). The sequences feels classic signature style and the songs are so fun (I lovingly curse in class and this playlist does too). Fire in lower body throughout; use of hand weights (I went with 5 lb. and the weight series flies by) and we use movement ball in between our thighs and under our tail bone. I appreciate incorporating moves I find challenging so I can keep at it (specifically barely hovering hip raises in kneeling position and some plank choreography). We incorporate optional jumps and impact (yes please bone density!). Beautiful opening messages (explaining Live #555) and closing meditation. After meditation, Marnie shares personal insight on wellness noise and some vulnerability of our possibilities and safe space on the mat together.

Happy Marnieversary Ansley and happy bday class Kendall!

Such a great short igniting of energy and sweat! Bouncy is so great for maintaining bone density, and getting to do it in a joyful space is lovely.

So glad to catch a weekday Live class today! The burn and fire is REAL; following Marnie’s guidance about form is helpful (my goal is a more bent/lower front leg next time). I used my usual 5 lb. handweights which were doable; we are spending some of the time holding our weights and other times arm dancing that engage our back muscles. I used ankle weights and highly recommend for increased burn (it’s ok to have ankle weights on from the start even though we do some wake-and-shakes/bounces), and while I didn’t have time to grab my gliders during the livestream I plan to have them ready for when I return to this class. There is a series in the first half of class where our leg glides from extended to our side to behind us in a curtsy lunge, then the series ends with an incremental back leg slow slide to front leg’s heel. We are all standing until cool down stretches. The class was fire-y glutes, stretch and fire on the legs, back muscles engaged, arms worked, brought warmth and sweat, and some “woo hoo”s along with curse words to carry me through. I have M/BODY Hum Bum a few hours later (my bum is humming- especially gluteus medius and up to the hips into lower back). ❤️‍🔥

I revisited this one with ankle weights for funsies and it added to the burn from the warmup onward. Great class- that few minutes on our knees, tucked position with torso crunching inward yet spine straight and the lean back is a silent killer! So many moves are simple, sometimes even small, but my oh my are they effective.

I revisited this class this morning - WITH 3 lb. ankle weights - and there was no way to be anywhere but in the moment as it took my whole focus. Loved it! If you need a pep talk in general, or to psych yourself up to strap on some ankle weights for this class, go to the ending meditation for the best pep talk of all you can do.

Thank you for getting the playback in the catalog so quickly as I missed the live but was able to get to the mat a few hours later. This no equipment class flows the sweat and stretch moments so beautifully and lovingly for our bodies. We warm into this slowly and the moments of sweat are not frenetic but quick and the moves are not incredibly large or chaotic but my goodness I was sweating and breathing deeply. These classes feel like the ebb and flow of ocean waves to me. 

Comments before me are spot on- this was a cool twist of a Healing Hips class in that it is more active and we are not holding as long but flowing with a faster pace and Marnie reminds in the class (and comments here reiterate) the pause and rewind buttons are there for a reason, and to linger in certain stretches for longer if your body calls you to it. We stay low for most of class either in wide second plié, lunge position, or down on our knees. Engaged, activated, and felt much calmer than my headspace when I started class. When I revisit I will definitely use the pause/rewind where I need to.

Francesca Tiganis I was thinking about ankle weights! I felt the muscle activation without any, but was bravely curious. Sounds like you rocked that add-on 😊