Let’s talk black leggings. The black legging is truly the new Jean. Who wants to try to squeeze into those tight jeans everyday just to go grocery shopping. It is so much easier to make our “fitness fashion” our “every day fashion”. But finding the right legging, does require carving out some time to go to the dressing room and
Do you ever listen to the radio in the car and start tapping your finger on the steering wheel? Or while waiting in line at the grocery store, you start to tap your foot to the beat of the music? Well, music and movement are sisters. They belong together. “There is a science of movement and music. The right combination
August 3, 2015 Mind Over Matter Studio Monthly Newsletter August 2015 One more month of Burn at the Barre! I am so proud of everyone for all that you have accomplished. I have learned quite a bit about our strong group of women. You are dedicated, smart and hard working. Despite vacations and crazy schedules, you still have found
Mid-summer + mid-Burn at the Barre = All mid-section! Last week, we devoted the whole week to core strength, a central part of all of barre work. Our week started with a workshop using those big blue balls in our equipment room. In the workshop, we explored all uses of the stability balls and found that 90% of its use
This Interval Workshop will focus all on SEAT work. Our bottom is a large muscle. Learn to use it properly in all your barre work and into every day.
I cannot believe that the summer and our Burn at the Barre Challenge is half over!! Well, let me rephrase that, we have half the summer and half of Burn at the Barre left! So let’s make the most of it! Personally, every week posed a challenge thus far; with different camps,
The sun is shining and it makes me feel so happy! With this gorgeous weather, it so easy to throw things on the grill and have a quick healthy meal. But the question was, when I first moved here to Northwest Indiana, “where do I get fresh organic ingredients?” I had to do some digging around to find health food
When I brought the barre workout to Northwest Indiana over 2 years ago, nobody really knew what “barre” really was. Some thought I was preparing law students to take their bar exam. Nope that isn’t me! Some thought I was working at the local bar at night. Not me either! Some thought that barre was like Zumba and some
July 1st, 2015 Mind Over Matter Studio Monthly Newsletter July 2015 With one month down in our Burn at the Barre Summer Challenge, I am in awe of the dedication, commitment and energy that has been put into this challenge. Over 350 classes total have been taken, and a couple of people who already got their 24 classes in. AMAZING! No
This week, the Mind Over Matter Studio Blog was inspired by going to the Natural History Museum in Washington D.C. with my daughters. We were one of the first ones there and went straight for the butterfly exhibit. Over 300 butterflies of all sorts of species were housed in a tropical environment. As we waited to enter, my six-year-old daughter
