Desiree Zhou

Commented on Lets Get Twisty

05 Mar 02:27

My whole body is vibrating as I write these from the magical transformation it has gone through in a mere hour with Meghan 🧚‍♀️ As Meghan asked at the beginning if my mental environment was a uplifting atomosphere, I wasn’t sure (I went from absolutely elated to absolutely devastated in a matter of a few days this past week), but as I lied down at the end in a deep simmering of all the physical circulations and emotional bubblings Meghan has brought up in me, my mental environment has definitely become a uplifting atomosphere 🥰 I never cease to be amazed by the power of transformation of Meghan! Thank you 💕

Commented on Fire Flow

16 Feb 07:10

Did this little jewel tonight after the Journey to Astavakrasana last night (which I’m still sore from 😅). I used to appreciate the much longer classes here much more because I love that they give me space to feel and linger and digest through the course of the practice, which I still LOVE, but life is such that now very often I’m happy to simply have the opportunity to jump on the mat and move without thinking too much if I have grasped everything a pose has to offer or if I have done the absolute best I could. So…guess I just want to say thank you for the lovely combination of long and short classes here 💖

Commented on Total Hip Eclipse

06 Feb 06:17

Yummiest practice to bring some sweetness to a dreadfully chaotic Monday (and some circulation to my stiff hips from sitting so long at work) 🥰

Commented on Expand Your Heart

27 Jan 06:30

Felt quite stuck all around the body today (sitting at the desk for a whole week?) and an expansive class sounded really appealing to me 🙃 Despite initially struggling to settle down onto my mat, I carried on and at the end my wheels exploded - in a good way - my heart shone through my shoulders and even the last variation where the hands grab the legs was done without a single bit of struggle. I really saw my progress since my first attempt over a year ago where I was filled with frustration - I’m calmer, kinder to myself and of course, more expansive in my heart. Thanks Meghan 💖

Commented on Short & Spicy

20 Jan 07:09

Awww I’m broiling in the spiciness! 🌶🥵 And that’s a perfect wrap to a long-ass work week 😁

Commented on Let Go, Create Space

19 Jan 07:23

My body is sore today from the Whole Body Bright practice yesterday and this class felt like what I needed…but it turned out so much more advanced than the strong practice yesterday. The more I do yoga, the more I realize the hardest part is the spiritual and emotional part, not the physical. It is hard to let go. It is hard to just let your breath do the work. It is hard to wait, with calmness rather than anxiousness, for your body to peel open. That patience, that feeling of being ground and content and having nothing to ask the world and ask yourself for, that tenderness for your own body, these are so precious and so elusive. I shall continue on this sacred spiritual and emotional journey. 💚

Commented on Whole Body Bright

18 Jan 06:25

I think I have finally made through this nth episode of being sick and today I felt ready to take on a spicy practice! 🌶 I loved it, loved the feeling of being strong again, of being able to activate my whole body again and of my whole body beaming from all sides again like a jubilant torch. Koundinyasana has steadily been in my practice since I first took Meghan’s class on Alo, and it was always nice to be reminded of the fundamentals of the pose again. Reinforcement is the key to learning! 🙃

Commented on Lunar Flow

16 Jan 01:09

Fell sick again last week and this is my first practice since the previous Sunday 😌 My intention today was to “know what you can control and what you cannot in life, and keep moving on”, which is really the calm, grounded mindset that I haven’t been able to find all these weeks. But I think I managed to get a little bit of that during this yummy soothing most wonderful class! It literally could be my safe harbor to come back to whenever I need it in the future 💖

Commented on Softened Spine

08 Jan 04:30

First practice of 2023 after some very sporadic practices in the last two weeks (I did manage to find time for the two-hour Slow Steady Strong class but amid the holiday chaos and constant interruptions I didn’t feel at peace at all 🤯). I am so relieved the holidays are over and I’m back to my routine, and what’s better to restart than my all-time favorite class of Meghan? This one never disappoints - it cracked open all my cranky bones, greased them all over, and put them back in place shiny and new 💖 Thank you!

Commented on Effort and Surrender

14 Dec 08:59

So happy to have revisited this class today! Keeping equal length breaths throughout such a strong practice was definitely challenging, but I did my best and I was amazed by my own balance today 💪🏼 Didn’t even quiver a bit in all the wonderfully complex and fun transitions. Pure bliss on this cold winter morning 😌💚