The Stories: “The class is very methodical and purposeful and scientific in the way that it's designed. The hour is not, ‘I worked out for an hour because that's going to bring me to the body shape that I want.’ It's, 'I'm committing the hour to self with no phones and with movement in my body.' My communication is deeply healing on a lot of levels. “Fake it ‘til you make it? That didn't work for me. Faking it ‘til I make it just evokes too much imposter syndrome. I study until I’m confident. I was thrust into a position where, all of a sudden, I had a successful studio and I was hiring more people. I became focused on reading, learning, taking my own classes, and discovering how I could be better." The Backstory: "Shackles on, shackles off." After landing in Hollywood, and a lot of soul searching, the one-time actor from Canada stepped into her purpose when she tapped into teaching and what made her feel whole. Wisdom Rains: “I believe that carving out sixty minutes of focusing on self, body, and being, is a type of neurological healing that is also a nervous system healing". “Ten minutes of moderate movement after you eat is more effective than thirty minutes of moderate movement at another time of day.” On Inspo:  "Allow yourself ebb and flow. That's really important. The concept that we have this schedule that's going to last through every life shift and change, and when we fall off, we're bad? We have to remove that thinking because it puts us in a constant state of distress. Where is your space to achieve? Where is your space to explore? Where is your space to have a victory? Those are the things that get us out of bed.” On the fitness industry: “We've had our own little industrial revolution from 2014 until now. Boutique fitness hadn't had the boom it's had now.” On Drew Barrymore: “She's trained with every famous person you can imagine, and she kept being drawn back to the way that I work because of the conversation I ask clients to have with their bodies. What Else: Marnie shares the details for how she does life: sleep and morning routines, weekend routines, skin and hydration rituals, what she eating, how she detoxes, the self care and body treatments she believes are worthwhile. Obsixed: A collection of Marnie's current lifestyle obsessions.

A WORD FROM THE HOST

Marnie Alton was ahead of her time, a pioneer in the health and exercise space. The actor from Canada found herself in LA, increasingly pulled towards a life in fitness. “Shackles on, shackles off”, she says, when describes her disenchantment and experiences in the entertainment industry versus how she felt when she was teaching class. Then she built a studio from scratch, from sanding to painting, and she was in her element. Long before today, back in the days when gyms offered select classes and when Crossfit was the outlier, Marnie Alton craved a curated experience: the combination of sweat, stretch, a spiritual vibe, and of course, sculpt---as a dancer she was big into barre. Today and post-pandemic, M/Body reaches the masses with it’s online offerings. I love that Marnie sees health in such a 360 holistic way, and has a way with words. Clients like Drew Barrymore can be found on social media attempting to share a morsel of what it’s like to train with her, and the M/Body inspiration she provides is palpable in those posts. Get ready to be inspired for spring. Marnie tells the story of a most-amazing student, shares the key to slimming down, building and revealing muscle, and creating healthy skin, and we get into the details for how she does life: sleep and morning routines, weekend routines, skin rituals, what she's eating, how she detoxes, the self care and body treatments she believes are worthwhile, and how it’s all about waterwaterwater. 

                                        + tamara rappa