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Growing a baby is extraordinary.But sometimes, you just want your body to feel ordinary.Pregnancy can be beautiful and e...
09/30/2026

Growing a baby is extraordinary.
But sometimes, you just want your body to feel ordinary.

Pregnancy can be beautiful and exciting and miraculous.

It can also be really, really hard.

One of my clients has been dealing with significant “morning” sickness — except hers doesn’t politely restrict itself to the morning. After some time away, she came back to the studio this week, and what her body needed wasn’t a workout.

It needed support.

So we slowed everything down.

Restorative yoga. Props. Breathing. Quiet. No expectation that her body needed to do anything other than be exactly where it was that day.

And when she left, she felt better than when she arrived.

Not every session has to make you stronger, sweatier, or more accomplished.

Sometimes movement is about creating enough space for your body to say, “Oh. Thank you.”

And yes, Driffin provided emotional-support-cat services throughout the entire appointment. His rates remain exorbitant. 🐈🧡

Live audaciously. Age powerfully. And meet your body where it is today.

09/29/2026

Maybe ordinary isn’t ordinary. ❤️

Looking back at this retreat, some of my favorite moments weren’t the big, planned ones.

It was women sitting around talking.

Moving their bodies together.

Someone trying something new.

The laughter coming from across the room.

A conversation between two women who were strangers a day before.

On paper? Pretty ordinary stuff.

But when you slow down enough to actually notice what’s happening, there’s nothing ordinary about it.

Connection. Courage. Movement. Laughter. Being completely present.

THAT is the good stuff.

And maybe that’s what I’m taking with me most from this retreat.

We don’t always need bigger, better or more exciting.

Sometimes the extraordinary is already happening right in front of us.

We just have to notice it. ❤️

Live audaciously. Age powerfully.

09/28/2026

Were things perfect at the retreat? Nope.

Did I learn from it? Absolutely.

Am I proud of it? Hell yes.

I’m proud of myself for making decisions on the fly, adapting when things didn’t go according to plan, and keeping the experience moving forward. There were plenty of things happening behind the scenes that these women never needed to know about—and honestly, that’s part of the job.

But mostly, I’m proud of them.

Women who started the weekend as strangers came together, laughed, shared, moved, supported one another, and created a genuine community.

That’s the part I’ll remember.

You don’t have to do something perfectly to be damn proud that you did it.

And if you’d like a little taste of this community without committing to a retreat, I’m having a free gathering at my house October 17. Nothing fancy—just a bunch of women, a couple of dudes (my husband being one of them), Driffin obviously, and some really good food. 😂

Send me a DM and I’ll send you the details.

Maybe extraordinary isn’t the opposite of ordinary.Maybe extraordinary is what happens when you keep showing up for the ...
09/28/2026

Maybe extraordinary isn’t the opposite of ordinary.

Maybe extraordinary is what happens when you keep showing up for the ordinary.

I see it every week in my studio.

Women who show up even when life is busy.
Women who are learning to trust their bodies again.
Women who try something that scares them a little.
Women who work hard—and women who are brave enough to say, “I need to take it easy today.”

Most of them probably wouldn’t describe themselves as extraordinary.

I would.

This week, we’re talking about the extraordinary that’s hiding in plain sight.

09/25/2026

Who decided movement has to leave you sweaty, exhausted, and questioning all your life choices to actually count? 😂

Sometimes strength looks like this.

A chair.
A little movement.
A deep breath.
And a room full of women realizing, “Ohhhh…that feels GOOD.”

Chair yoga was one of the many ways we moved during the retreat, and I loved watching these women slow down, connect with their bodies, laugh together, and just BE.

Because movement doesn’t have to be complicated.

It doesn’t have to be perfect. 😂🙌

Move in a way that feels good.
Try something new.
Laugh while you’re doing it.

Live audaciously. Age powerfully. ❤️

I’m weirdly proud to introduce you to my mascot. 😂 Meet Bandi Blitz.I saw a prompt going around that basically said: Giv...
09/24/2026

I’m weirdly proud to introduce you to my mascot. 😂 Meet Bandi Blitz.

I saw a prompt going around that basically said: Give my personality a mascot based on what you know about me. Don’t ask me what it should be. You decide.

Well… apparently there was only one possible answer.

A BANDICOOT. 🤣

If you’ve been around me long enough, you may already know about Bandicoot. She’s my alter ego — the part of me that gets a little wild, a little whirly, starts hopping from one thing to another and occasionally needs to be reminded to settle the hell down.

But I think that’s exactly why she resonates with me.

Because I can be grounded and energetic.
Strong and playful.
Focused and a little feral.
Polished professional and the woman laughing her ass off while dragging her friends to look at gongs in New York.

Those things don’t cancel each other out.

For a long time, I think many of us learn to smooth out the parts of ourselves that seem contradictory. Pick a lane. Be serious. Be appropriate. Tone it down.

Nah.

At this point in my life, I’m much more interested in owning the whole damn thing.

The strength. The joy. The ambition. The silliness. The calm. The chaos.

I’m proud of the dichotomy.

And apparently my dichotomy travels with a tiny yoga mat. 😂

If you gave AI the same prompt — “Based on everything you know about me, give my personality a mascot” — what do you think yours would be?

Drop yours below. 👇

09/22/2026

Who knew a tennis ball could teach us this much? 😂🎾

Balance.
Focus.
Coordination.
Connection.

But this moment was about more than the exercise.

It was watching a group of women show up willing to try. To wobble a little. Laugh a LOT. Encourage each other. And discover what their bodies are still capable of.

That’s one of the things I’m most proud of from this weekend.

Women who arrived mostly as strangers created a space where it felt safe to move, play, connect and maybe even get a little outside their comfort zones.

Because getting stronger doesn’t always have to look so serious.

Sometimes it looks like a tennis ball, a room full of women, and a whole lot of laughter. ❤️

Live audaciously.
Age powerfully.

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