I knew I wanted to write about Bhargavi Ogale when we were in the locker room and she told me that she doesn’t even live in the Twin Cities. What? She went on to explain that she’d come to Minneapolis for the first of three internships in the terrible Polar Vortex of 2013. Upon returning,… Read More >
Kelly Sams accomplished something truly wonderful last November: she completed the rigorous, Pilates Method Alliance Certified Teacher Training at Six Degrees. It was the culmination of a full year’s commitment, dozens of courses, hours of practice, and, of course, a true passion for the practice. Now that she’s assisting in Asana Stretch and teaching Six°… Read More >
Six Degrees is honored to partner with local caffeine entrepreneurs Five Watt Coffee, which now sponsors our Friday Coffee Break Asana Stretch and our Sunday “Espresso Barre” class. I reached out to co-owner Lee Carter, who can often be spotted at our barre, to learn a little more about the collaboration (and whether we need to try to… Read More >
Without going into a lot of detail, I’ll say that the last year of my life was tougher than expected. By fall, I didn’t feel at home in my own body. I worried that I’d never get my mojo back when it came to the work I do—and that is so much a part of my… Read More >
The following is a guest post I solicited from a close college friend whose ability to juggle a demanding career, a graduate program, and a commitment to health truly amazes me. Essentially, I asked Ann-Michelle Levangie, a barre devotee who works in publishing, how she manages it! Here she explains her fitness journey and her… Read More >