It started because I hated the gym.

I spent years feeling like movement wasn't for people like me: too slow, too self-conscious, too tired after work.

Then a friend dragged me to a tiny class in someone's living room. No mirrors. No one performing. Just a warm room and people being kind to their bodies. I cried a little. Then I signed up for the week.

Marigold is my attempt to bottle that feeling and leave the door open. It's the studio I wish I'd found ten years ago, and if you've ever felt like you're "not a movement person," it's especially for you.

— Renn, founder