I’ve been occupied the last few months with a little expansion project: I opened a second Pilates studio in my neighborhood. It has been wonderful splitting my time between the two spaces, seeing my longtime clients at my original spot, and teaching brand new faces only a ten-minute walk from home. Each space has its own different but equally lovely vibe and moving between the two each week feeds my creativity and excitement about teaching.
With the new space so close to home I’ve been spending a lot more time working on my own fitness and these Alo high-waisted 90s capris are my most favorite for moving. (These Lululemon Align High-Rise ones in black camo are great as well.)
This Buck Mason slub cotton muscle tank has also become part of my uniform…
The hand wash I have in both studios and love is this Grown Alchemist sweet orange, cedarwood, and sage one…
Another favorite soap that I use daily in the shower is this REN Kelp and Magnesium body wash…
As I’ve chosen to prioritize teaching and moving right now, I’ve consequently chosen to devote less time to meal prep and being in the kitchen. The cookbook I’ve been reaching for most these days is Dawn Perry’s Ready, Set, Cook. It is a fantastic book and a good fit for my life when I need something healthy, delicious, and quick.
One of my favorite non-alcoholic beverages right now is Ghia’s Le Spritz in ginger. I love their whole “clear-eyed and high-minded” vibe.
For years I suffered from pretty major cystic acne. Paired with intense seasonal allergies and a number of food sensitivities it became clear through lots of research (and the help of my doc) that the root cause of all these “unrelated problems” was an imbalance in my microbiome. It was a lengthy process getting it all back on track and ever since I have made sure to really prioritize my gut health and take a proper daily probiotic. My preferred one is made by Seed.
They just came out with a pediatric version that my son now takes…
I wrote about Susan Cain’s amazing book Quiet EIGHT years ago. Eight. I’ve gifted that book a number of times and read it twice myself. Her newest book Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole resonates just as much.
We watched 14 Peaks on Netflix last fall and I wrote down this quote in the film by the legendary climber Reinhold Messner that I keep returning to…
“Most of us are forgetting that from the beginning of our life we are approaching death. Life is absurd. But you can fill it with ideas. With enthusiasm. You can fill your life with joy.”