Before her | After her - Emily

Before her | After her #2 — Sharing the stories of amazing her Elevated clients and their personal words of how attending her Elevated has “elevated’ their lives…Emily, the bestie to our first share, Nina, sharing their story with us!

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I started coming to Her Elevated almost a year and a half ago and I could list an endless amount of ways that being in this space has added to my life! Before joining the studio, I tried so many different gyms and activities around town to try and stay active and move my body. Nothing ever stuck. I never found an activity or gym that I found I wanted to prioritize in my life. They all felt like work and always made me a bit anxious, even if I was going with friends. I played sports all my childhood and was searching for something to keep me active and that felt like an integral part of my routine because I enjoyed it.

I clearly remember the day that I signed up for my first class at Her Elevated - I was sitting with my bestie Nina at a coffee shop when I somehow stumbled across the studio on Instagram. I’m not sure how I found it, but I do know Nina and I agreed that we had to give it a shot, even if the only day we could do was the day before heading to Disneyland. I remember that first class, the amazing and welcoming energy of Gabby and Victoria, and scared looks Nina and I exchanged when we had to figure out what to do with a barbell (LOL). Even though we were insanely sore walking around Disneyland 2 days later, Nina and I talked A LOT about how much we enjoyed the class. Even though we are tried and true besties we had never really worked out together and the fact that we wanted more of her Elevated was a BIG DEAL. 

Now, over a year later, I’m so proud to see how much work I have put in for myself. I feel and see the impact of this work every day, both little and small. Some of the things I see and feel are because I’m stronger and I have seen the results of that ever since I started! I am dancing my ass off at concerts with less pain and fatigue, I can pull myself up on an old school standup jet ski from the 80’s (something I could not do a year ago), I’m happily walk miles and miles around town, at disneyland, or at 3-day festivals, and I am generally just trying to find more ways to prioritize movement out of the studio.

More importantly than any of this, I just love how I feel. Coming here, and coming consistently, feels like one of the few good habits I have been able to create for myself in my adult life. I feel good physically and I feel good mentally and emotionally. By nature, I am prone to bouts of sadness, stress,  and existential grumpiness, all things that have become easier to manage with every time I step into the studio. Yes, I am physically stronger thanks to my time here, but I feel it even more mentally and emotionally and I have so so much gratitude for that. I am more me thanks to the time I have spent in this community.

I am endlessly thankful for Katie for creating this space, but the love I have for it, and consequently the love I have been able to build for myself, is a product of all of us in the her Elevated community. Challenging ourselves is hard, pushing weight it literally hard, and building a consistent habit where we have to show up for and prioritize ourselves is hard, but there is something so evidently special about this studio and the community that chooses to not only work out together, but have fun and laugh together, push each other, and celebrate our wins.