BFF bought me this for my Foreo UFO 2 mask for my birthday. When I looked it up online, I learned it retails around $200. I am still somewhat unclear what it does.
I’m no stranger to medspas and I own a high end red light panel. Never seen this thing.
Would love to hear from some of you.
I feel like it's more and more common for studios to force you to come in for an evaluation or worse, take their fundamentals class before you can take regular classes.
Case in point. There's a new studio in my area that I wanted to try out. My regular studio had canceled classes that day for studio maintenance. I figured I'd drop into the new place and check it out.
Despite my 14 years of pilates experience, they insisted I had to do a fundamentals class with them first to even sign up. I don't need to learn how to put my feet in straps, I just wanted to try the studio and get a class in.
Another local studio insists you come in for an eval session before they'll sign you off for classes.
As a pilates student who spends money on her practice, I find this to be a very poor customer experience. It asks for a time commitment when I'm not sure I'm ready to commit to the studio at all.
(To be clear, I don't have a problem with sign-off requirements for advanced classes.)
Babysat these two littles for twenty-four hours. So cute it hurts!
Got this girl 5 years ago when she was a cutting with three scrawny leaves. Already outgrew the spot I bought her for.
Earlier this year she grew a secondary vine towards the bottom with two smaller non-fenestrated leaves (2nd photo). There's another node threatening to do it again.
She just keeps growing!
Snuggly litte floof blending in with the stuffies in the spare bedroom.
Tried to go for brunch today and the restaurant was closed with new hours posted. I was super bummed!
I'm scheduled next week to start 3-6 treatments of Aerolase Neo. I'm looking to reduce fine lines, tighten up turkey neck, deal with some spider veins. I'm 51F
Looking for experiences.
Seriously, if you find her let us know. Our family won’t be the same without her. 😭
Went to the executive offsite in DC this week. 15 execs (VP & C-Level) and I was the only woman. 😞 Can't we do better than this?
Hey Pilates friends, something really cool happened the other day.
TL;DR: A core movement in my powerlifting class had the body builders falling on the floor, while I thought it was way too easy.
Details:
I've been doing classical pilates regularly, mostly reformer and springboard for 14/15 years. Now that I'm in my 50s and concerned about bone loss, I've begun taking powerlifting classes 3x week. Think deadlifts and bench presses with barbells.
I'm the novice in the class. Many of the men and even women in there are bench pressing 200+ lbs while I'm seriously challenged at 65lbs.
Monday we were told to do 5 sets of 10 Russian twists. That's basically teaser while you hold a dumbbell and twist side to side. I could have done that for 5 minutes while carrying a relaxed conversation
Meanwhile all those body builders were falling out of it constantly. Most couldn't make it through 3 without putting their feet down.
I got concerned that I must be doing something wrong because it seemed too easy, so I asked the coach what I was missing.
She said nothing.
So there it is, pilates family. Pilates might not prepare you for heavy lifting, but that core strength is legit!
Not a hoya expert but I do have a pretty green thumb generally.
I ordered this from unsolicitedplanttalks.com for $50. This is three cuttings pinned into a substrate, not a fully rooted plant. I'm pretty disappointed.
Yes, I plan to complain loudly.
But what are the chances this lives? What do I need to know to make sure it fully takes root? I unpacked it about 2 hours ago.
Would love advice from experts because I'm not feeling too good about the chances here.
THANK YOU!
EDIT: Due to feedback here, I will not complain loudly. Many of you feel like it's a good deal and that the plant will be OK. Glad I asked you lovely people.