Dani Wenger

2026, you‘ve already been insane, but I have a good feeling about the rest of you ❤️

what sort of things are you going to be/do/create this year?

GREETINGS FROM KYOTO 🇯🇵❤️

I loved Kyoto far more than I thought I would! It’s an excellent blend of city streets and beautiful nature. If you’re looking to see incredible shrines and temples, Kyoto was the place for us during our trip.

Highlights include:
• Finally going to a sushi restaurant where it comes to you by conveyor!
• Exploring the shrines and beautiful parks
• Visiting the Arashiyama Bamboo Forest and Monkey Park (we did a walking tour and it was amazing!)
• Visiting the Kyoto Botanical Garden and the infamous Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine (1,000 torii gates)
• Finding amazing restaurants (including a whimsical one that played Disney music) and trying the Creamia soft serve (delicious until it started melting all over us lol)
• Our hotel was Bach-themed and the public onsen played classical music - so relaxing 🥰🎵
• So much Kirby everywhere!! 💕

From the excitement of Tokyo to the serene nature of Hakone, Kyoto was *the* ideal blend of both and it was so delightful. Add this one to your Japan list!!

Turns out, you actually *can* do whatever you set your mind to 😉 LOCK IN 2025: COMPLETED ✅

For me, after not challenging myself physically all that much this year, attempting 35 spin rides in 30 days at my local studio () felt like the best experiment to work on.

(The actual challenge is 35 rides in 50 days but you know I gotta be a little extra 💅🏼 😉)

What I learned is that I still got *it.*

The grit, the determination, the joy of pouring into my cup through movement - it’s all still there.

I felt a little loss in that area, with having recovered from marathon training but was too nervous to jump back in.

Because there were days that I struggled to show up. The accomplishment sometimes was just getting to the studio on time and clipping in.

But I knew I was going to be okay because the motivators had my back. 10 minutes later, I’d be sweaty, mentally locked in, and super grateful for this opportunity to show up.

Thank you for the reminder that I can do whatever I set my mind to and for helping me round out this year strong.

Thank you for the community who made me feel so welcomed, my friends I got to see so much more, and the Vault team who are the best cheerleaders and support systems in the world.

Favourite Rides
🎸Nostalgia Ride feat. Girlboy bands we love to hate with
🎤 Pussycat Dolls vs Destiny’s Child with
🧙‍♀️ Wicked: For Good with
🎵 Rise and Rap with

Being a creative is not for the faint at heart 🙃😬

Happy Halloween to the creatives, the dreamers, and the makers during a holiday that literally is all about being inventive and artistic 🎨📸🎃

GREETINGS FROM TOKYO 🇯🇵❤️

What a beautiful and exciting city! We spent the most time in Tokyo out of all the cities on our trip and it was definitely worth it. Highlights include:

• Going to a Japanese baseball game
• Shibuya!!! Our favourite district
• Tokyo Disneyland
• Playing arcade games in Akihabara
• Seeing the night sky from the Shibuya Sky Tower
• Finally trying the 7-11’s and they are UNREAL. The egg salad sandwich is truly a pillow of love.
• Going to the Nintendo Store and Donjuri Republic (Studio Ghibli merch store)
• Buying so many pens!!!
• Enjoying the beautiful jingles of the Tokyo subway and jumping from one line to the next
• Winning my first claw machine stuffie!
• Museum of Modern Art Tokyo (we love a deal where three hours before closing was ¥300!!)

Already looking forward to going back to this magical city. ❤️🇯🇵

that one time we ran off to Japan for three weeks and got ENGAGED 😍💍

AUGUST HIGHS AND LOWS ☀️

Highs 📈
• Taught a Wellness Wednesday class
• Spent time with friends
• Went out for two date night with my guy
• Went to Folklorama twice!
• Went to see Frozen at Rainbow Stage twice
• Trained for [redacted] and even though it didn’t work out, I was still super proud I tried
• Did a cheeky little interview for a project (will share more news when I have it!)
• I BOUGHT A NEW CAR! 🚗
• Wrote a personal essay on my Substack and it’s my most read piece I’ve put out!! (Link in bio to read it 😉)
• Put my toes in the sand at the beach
• Kept growing with working through the Artist’s Way
• Finished five books

LOWS 📉
• Weather cancelled my second Wellness Wednesday class
• Had to say bye to my old car that was written off
• Didn’t take as great of my body as I should have

I’m so grateful for July & August and looking forward to the fall! 🍂

cheesin’ with my new ride! 🚘

So excited to be the proud owner of a new-to-me 2013 Toyota RAV4! It’s been a long time coming but grateful to have a new car with Command Start 😉❄️

Reminder: You deserve nice things. 🥰

JOIN ME AT WELLNESS WEDNESDAY! ❤️🎉

Teaching Wellness Wednesday during a TORNADO WARNING was so insane and crazy and I’m so pumped to be able to do it again this week (without the warning obvi 😉).

Creating spaces for accessibility is important to me and my business. Being able to teach for free on such an iconic stage has challenged me and made me so grateful to be in these shoes.

Come join this week! Let’s strengthen, mobilize, and have so much fun along the way 🎉

FREE Strength & Mobility class
6:00-7:00 pm
Assiniboine Park’s Lyric Stage