Jessica Powell
March 12, 2018 23:12
I've been going to Tribe for almost a year now and I was always SUPER resistant to Pilates. I don't know why... endurance athlete snobbery? It wasn't a spiritual enough body awareness activity as yoga? I was physically broken though w/ 2 bum knees and a hurting back so I had a few people recommend I give it a whirl and based on reviews I did a trial membership at Tribe and then... I never left! I love this place and really the community, because that's really what it is. Someone complained about towels? Really?
Tribe is truly one of those places where I feel you can just show up as YOU and all the teachers are encouraged to be their full authentic selves and I've had such an incredible year getting to know the staff and my fellow peeps. I took a all this time off yoga as well since I found I was compensating A LOT for certain body weaknesses and I just went to my first Jivamukti class in a year and I felt stronger than I have in years! I could feel my butt engaging when I never even knew it existed before. I felt my core activating in ways it never was able to and didn't really have to due to back compensation and I attribute so much of this to my time at Tribe. There is such an amazing range of classes too and I feel it's one of those places where if you need to go easy, you can really make yourself select classes to keep ya in check and if you want to push yourself to the max, that's also there and everything in between.
I don't see myself leaving this place for some time. I will be having knee surgery soon but as soon as I'm able to get back into it, Tribe is going to be the first place I come back to. They've really done an amazing job creating such a welcoming, fun, warm, authentic environment. Thanks guys!