Since our early days on Hongkong Street, Lauren has been part of the Barre 2 Barre journey—sharing the shake with us in-studio, on livestream, and even across the sea in our Hong Kong space. She’s pulsed through it all.
With the rise of online movement, Lauren transitioned seamlessly into our virtual community, bringing the same grace and commitment to her practice on screen as she did at the barre. We recently caught up with her to reflect on what it’s been like moving, sweating, and staying connected from home.
What motivates you to attend an online livestream class?
I find barre is so therapeutic for me physically and mentally. There was a period of time I stopped barre for 1-2 months to focus on other physical activities and noticed distinctly that my back pain and stiffness returned. I find it helps keep the physiotherapy sessions further apart and I often get even more relief from regular barre practice vs. spa massages! Mentally, I also find the practice helps to ground me and keep the positive vibes flowing especially during these difficult times.
What do you love about our livestream classes, and what would you like to see more of?
I love the flexibility – I’m a full time working mom so livestream classes really work for me and helps with my work-life balance. I’m able to still get a good workout in the evenings, but also be near to my 3 year old (sometimes he even joins me for some stretches!) without having to fight through the rush hour traffic home after work / studio as I previously did.
I also love the connection, variety and feedback from a live class, which you can’t get with on demand videos.
I’d like to see more livestream classes in the evenings daily but understood that this isn’t always easy in terms of scheduling / demand. I also love your on demand platform because that helps to fill the gaps where livestream classes aren’t available during the timings that work for me. Thanks also for uploading new content regularly and matching it to a daily routine (Mondays / Tuesdays / Wednesdays, etc.) because this means the content never gets old and keeps it fresh / easy to follow. It’s also really nice to see longer and shorter videos, so I can pick a session that best suits my needs or free time that I have that day.
Thanks so much for all that you ladies do – barre is such a part of my daily practice now and so healing for me 🙂
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