SPOONIE MOM · VISTANCIA
A small class with deep roots.
Some parts of Spoonie Mom have grown.
This one has stayed intentionally small.
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I teach a gentle, thoughtful movement class here in Vistancia for women who want to move with their bodies rather than constantly against them.
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Some women come because they live with pain or illness.
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Some are recovering from injuries.
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Some are navigating aging, stress, hormones or bodies that simply feel different than they once did.
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And some are perfectly healthy women who are beginning to question whether pushing harder is always the same thing as getting stronger.
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You do not need a diagnosis to belong here.
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You just need a willingness to pay attention.
Movement as a conversation.
This isn’t a class built around keeping up.
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I teach, offer options, explain what we’re doing and invite you to notice what your own body is telling you.
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Sometimes we work on mobility.
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Sometimes strength.
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Sometimes balance.
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Sometimes breath, stability or release.
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And sometimes the smartest choice in the room is to make something smaller, different or skip it completely.
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The goal is not to teach you to fear movement.
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And it is not to convince you that every uncomfortable sensation means stop.
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It is to practice a more intelligent relationship with movement:
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notice → understand → choose → respond.
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Over time, that can look like something deceptively simple:
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knowing when to challenge yourself and knowing when challenge has turned into fighting yourself.
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That fits the book's movement philosophy, which explicitly frames movement as conversation rather than punishment.
Who comes to class?
You may feel at home here if you:
have always been active but your body is asking you to approach movement differently,
are rebuilding confidence after illness or injury,
live with persistent pain, fatigue or other symptoms,
are navigating midlife changes and don't want exercise to become another battle with yourself,
want strength and mobility without a “no excuses” environment,
or simply want a class where adapting something is treated as good judgment—not failure.
You do not have to prove that you need modifications. And you do not have to make yourself smaller than you are.
What “gentle” means here
Gentle does not mean easy.
It means we are not at war with the person doing the movement.
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You may work.
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You may build strength.
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You may sweat.
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You may challenge balance or endurance.
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You may also sit down, change range, use support or decide that today calls for something else.
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The question is not:
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Can I force myself through this?
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It is:
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What is the right challenge for the body I brought with me today?
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That's redefining strong in physical form.
A small class on purpose
This class matters to me for reasons that have very little to do with scale.
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It is one of the places where Spoonie Mom became real.
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Before there were six rooms, a Membership or a book, there were women showing up, telling the truth about what their bodies were doing, trying something, changing something and coming back the next time.
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A lot of what I believe about movement was sharpened here:
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that people need options without being made to feel fragile,
that challenge and support can exist in the same room,
that adaptation is a skill,
and that sometimes the most important part of movement is rebuilding trust in your own judgment.
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As Spoonie Mom grows, I want this class to remain a small part of my actual life.
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I know the women who come.
We laugh.
We talk.
We notice when something has changed.
And I get to keep teaching instead of only talking about teaching.
I think that matters.
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That's why Vistancia isn't a program I am trying to scale.
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It is part of the roots.
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I really like that.
Where this fits into Spoonie Mom
The same philosophy, in a real room.
The Vistancia class is one expression of the larger Spoonie Mom philosophy:
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Your body is not the problem to solve.
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Movement gives us a practical place to practice that.
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Can I notice before judging?
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Can I support myself without underestimating myself?
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Can I change the plan without calling that failure?
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Can I challenge myself without leaving myself behind?
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Can I trust what I learn?
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That same philosophy extends beyond class—to food, rest, work, relationships, health and the way we build our lives.
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If you want to explore that broader work, you can begin with Spoonie Foundations, the free guided walk through The Spoonie Mom Method™.
Come move with us.
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What to bring
Comfortable clothes you can move in, water, and whatever personal support you routinely use.
Experience level
No particular yoga or fitness level required. Participation and adaptation are always your choice.
Still here.
Spoonie Mom has changed a lot since I first began teaching locally.
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So have I.
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But I still believe in what happens when a small group of women walks into a room, pays attention, tries something and learns a little more about how to work with themselves instead of against themselves.
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So I’m still here.
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And if this sounds like the kind of room you've been looking for, you’re welcome to join us.