YogaSix Rolling Hills! What's Your Favorite Thing About Your Body?
YogaSix Rolling Hills | Friday, May 15th, 2026 |8:45am-1:45pm
This past Friday, I took my sign to YogaSix Rolling Hills for my first-ever pop-up!
My friend and teacher at YogaSix Redondo Beach (my home studio) asked if I’d be interested in taking my sign to their sister location for a pop-up. I was SO EXCITED. We were in talks of planning a day for me to pop-up at my home studio, but the chance to take my message into Rolling Hills first, a studio I have yet to step foot into, was so exciting for me.
I drove 20 minutes to Y6 RH, and I walked in to set up. Annie, the wonderful human working the front desk, helped me get set up.
Just as I put the finishing touches on getting my table all set, people started trickling in.
I had taken my sign to the streets multiple times before, but a pop-up? With a table? This was new for me. Erika, my roommate, asked me the evening prior if I was nervous at all, and I said that I was more excited than anything - which tells me I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing.
This was so different from any other sign days because I was inside a yoga studio and there were only a select few people that were in each class. Everyone was so generous with their shares, and I am so grateful to all who answered my question. It was fun having downtime between classes to reflect and chat with Annie, the girliepop working the front desk. My good friend Megan even stopped by for a visit! They both shared their favorite things about their bodies for social media too - so keep an eye out for those ◡̈
I took some time after my time at the yoga studio to reflect on the experience and wrote down those that I remembered most:
“What’s Your Favorite Thing About Your Body?”
LOCATION: YogaSix Rolling Hills
DATE: Friday, May 15th, 2026
TIME: 8:45am-1:45pm
Answers I heard:
My eyes
My heart
My brain
My smile
My legs
My height
My cheeks/face
My mole
My biceps
My strength to power me through class
“I paid good money for my boobs. But I also love my butt, and my body birthed my children.”
“My brain - it’s the one thing I can’t look in the mirror and criticize.”
The theme that stuck out to me the most:
A lot of people said their eyes
First-Time Responses:
My fearlessness (LOVED this one)
My liver
My body can do this (standing head-to-big-toe pose)
Powerful responses that stood out:
One woman, Jessica, said she had too many to count. She started sharing about how she birthed her children through a C-section and her body healed from that. She’d broken a hip at 12 years old, and still fully developed, though her mom told her (once she was older) that the doctors said she might not. She also shared that she used to be over 100 pounds heavier and had lost a lot of weight. She shared that learning breathwork through her hot yoga practice at YogaSix truly changed her life.
A gentleman said his mole on his face, because he used to want to get rid of it. But the people close to him in his life told him to keep it, and he did. And now it’s his favorite thing about his body.
Various groups that approached me:
Two yoga besties shared that their favorite thing was they could each hold a leg up in the air. They were so cute and agreed to be on video doing the action and sharing with me.
Stand out words of encouragement:
One of the winners of the raffle, Sheila, let me know after the fact, “That totally made my day. I loved the pop-up and really appreciated the reminder to be more compassionate toward my body ❤️”
Patterns I noticed:
A few women, in particular, shared that they didn’t have anything that they liked - only things they didn’t like. Like usual, I reminded them that they either were taking or just took a yoga class, and how incredible their body could power them through class.
I am beyond grateful to Sara Krish for bringing me into the space, to the owners of Y6 RH, Blaine and Jodi, for allowing me to pop-up, and to Annie for helping me set up and being a ray of sunshine to spend the day with. Thank you all for helping me spread my message into your yoga space ❤️
My chosen place to reflect: Japonica, Hermosa Beach. After I went home to let Mary Jane out, I took myself to happy hour at Japonica in HB. I’m so grateful for the opportunity to do this work and to take myself on a special little date after the fact to relish in the goodness and really soak in everyone’s answers.
My favorite thing about my body that day was… my flexibility - Y6 has contributed to my ability to deepen that, and I am so grateful my body can stretch in the many ways that it can.
Stay tuned for another pop-up coming very, very soon!!
I’ll leave you with this: What’s your favorite thing about your body?
❤️🔥Megan
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