by Marlene | Apr 25, 2019 | Community, Fitness, Fitness & Exercise, Functional Fitness, Motivation, Nutritious Movement
As I reflect upon the past year, I would never have dreamed that I would do one Alkalign class, yet a year later I’m at almost 200 classes! I never considered myself an “excerisey” person, and definitely not a barre class person. No way. Not me. I tried a barre...
by Marlene | Apr 15, 2019 | Community, Environment, Fitness & Exercise, Functional Fitness, Motivation, Nutritious Movement
Every challenge we host in our studios brings out the best in us all! We are happy to end our March Madness Buddy Challenge with this amazing testimonial from one of our Los Altos studio clients, Kristen Stothard. She shared with us what ALKALIGN stands for and we...
by Cathy Purnell | Apr 8, 2019 | Community, Fitness, Fitness & Exercise, Motivation
The 10 year Anniversary of the opening of our Menlo Park studio has given me pause to reflect and look back and how my own life has changed since 2009. There are a few more candles on my birthday cake and more “laugh” lines on my face. All a testament to a decade of a...
by Lizzie | Mar 26, 2019 | Community, Fitness & Exercise, Motivation
Those of you who take my class frequently have heard me joke about cuddle parties and eye contact parties (yes, they are a thing). And while we often laugh off those ideas as yet another “weird Bay Area thing”, it’s actually not niche or fringe. Activities like...
by Marlene | Mar 11, 2019 | Fitness, Fitness & Exercise, Functional Fitness, Mobility, Motivation, Nutritious Movement
Your body is a system of systems that work together to help you functionally move in everyday life as well as perform better in every activity you engage in. Why would you treat your body as separate parts on your workout days? We’ve all heard the infamous line from...
by Lizzie | Feb 25, 2019 | Fitness, Fitness & Exercise, Mobility, Motivation, Myofascial Self Massage, Nutritious Movement
Earlier this month, I had the incredible opportunity to spend the weekend at 1440 Multiversity to take a course on Dynamic Aging co-taught by movement and yoga/mobility pioneers Katy Bowman and Jill Miller. While I am still processing all of the juicy content from the...
