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Emily Diers

@emdeers

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founder @letsbodycraft
forever dancing 🤸🏼‍♀️ building my business 🌻
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My heart is so full from this whirlwind of a wedding season. What a gift it is to witness and be a part of your friends’ celebration of love. This month was a reunion of friends across so many arenas of my life. And each wedding was so different and unique to the couple 🥹🪩🤍 by @emdeers

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The end of summer gave me the gift of nature in two very different experiences: a solo two-night getaway to @prospectberkshires (thanks to my bodycraft community 🥹🙏🏼) and a family trip to my dad’s hometown of Chetek, WI to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary.

Nothing is quite as cleansing as swims in the lake, waking up to coffee and gigantic trees, and sunrises and sunsets on the water. Having a scrumptious nephew doesn’t hurt either!

Back in the concrete jungle ready for whatever this next season brings 🍂 and thankful for the final hours of summer bliss. by @emdeers

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at bodycraft, everyone is a dancer!! and dance release is the class that will have your heart racing and your backup dancer dreams fulfilled. join us for 30 minutes of cardio and 15 minutes learning a combo at the end! she’s sweet and spicy! taken in bodycraft by @emdeers

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Use what you have. Work with time constraints, your environment, and whatever resources are available to you. This is what my spontaneous vacation workout looked like this week. I found myself with ~30 minutes of free time and I was craving some intentional rigor. In the absence of weights, I used two things to amplify the experience:

1). Some kind of step! This property had a little moss-covered ledge so I used that to my advantage in bridges, calf raises, and Bulgarian split squats. Not featured are the five minutes of step aerobics I improvised to get my heart pumping!

2). An incline! The lawn was on a slight slope. This made everything more challenging because it deepened the range beyond a flat floor.

Get creative! I’m a huge advocate of releasing perfection around exercise. Just move, make it work, and let go a little. 🌲 taken in Chetek, Wisconsin by @emdeers

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we pulled off an epic surprise flash mob to say goodbye to our dearest @kattrobertson and celebrate her wedding. wow!!! what a special, celebratory day. and she had NO IDEA! 🥳 we love you Kat!!

post dance sandwiches from @courtstreetgrocers hit the spot! taken in bodycraft by @emdeers

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Today I turn 39 🕯️

This past year was a hard one, and with heartbreak, loss, and grief, you receive many gifts. Pain cracks you open and gives you perspective. At my emptiest, I also felt the clearest, the most attuned to my spirit and intuition.

And so, this new year feels particularly sacred. I have never in my life felt so loved, supported, protected, and guided as I have in recent days. I feel held by the very community I’ve been creating, on the receiving end of all the ways I’ve shared with others. It has been beautiful and heartwarming to see the human spirit in all the friends who have shown up for me, and in myself.

I took myself on a hike today, surrounded by buzzing insects and wise trees. I saturated my shirt in sweat from the rigor of hiking up, up, up, blissfully aware of my body. I feel tremendous gratitude for the ways my life is unfolding. We think we know how things will play out, and yet, we can still have no idea. How humbling.

I look ahead to 39 curious and hopeful about what’s around the corner, and I trust. Because one thing I feel solid about is that I’ve always got me. And knowing myself, and liking myself, and trusting myself? That’s the best birthday gift. taken in Brooklyn, New York by @emdeers

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@letsbodycraft was birthed eight years ago today, on a park bench with a whole lot of uncertainty alongside my unflagging passion for providing robust dance experiences. I don’t think I’m necessarily gifted at knowing what the vision looks like 8 years from now, but I am very good at putting one foot in front of the other and listening to my intuition. It has gotten me this far!

Every next step has led to something beautiful and unexpected. An app! A studio! A team! A community! Merch! Retreats!

The last 8 years have been really fulfilling. I feel so much love to the younger me who made this bet on myself and took the leap. And if you haven’t joined the party, it’s not too late to join us! We’re out here offering something completely singular and unique, and I’m so proud of that. Thank you to every single person who’s walked through these doors or taken a virtual class! You make bodycraft possible and special! 💓🪩🦋 by @emdeers

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3 months ago

Something I’m playing with this week is the addition of instability and asymmetry to your strength training. Working with lighter weights like 5’s is a great complement to the ball. Keeping the ball steady requires focus and control, and those weights will feel plenty heavy! This one goes particularly hard on obliques and hamstrings (peep that heel squishing the ball in the bridge — oof!).

I change my programming every week, and enjoy diversifying my intensity and vibe. depth is @letsbodycraft ‘s strength modality. Catch me in person or online because every single program I film for my app. Lots of magic happening on bodycraft mobile! taken in bodycraft by @emdeers

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our founder @emdeers is back after taking a couple months off to heal an injury, and the vibes were ELECTRIC for saturday morning classes! wow!! here’s a peek into the bodycraft energy 🤩 taken in bodycraft by @emdeers

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Entrepreneurship has a way of thrusting you into the Great Unknown…over and over again. But I remind myself that the things I’m now competent at, were once things that were new and scary. And the things that now feel new and scary are only that because they’re unknown to me.

And with practice and stamina, I’ve reminded myself that I’ve always got me. And *I* have a pretty good track record of getting me through the tough stuff.

Shoutout to anyone navigating a new obstacle this season — ride it out 🌊 on the other side comes a newfound confidence 🌞 by @emdeers

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4 years as a brick and mortar! some of you have been here for 8 years, but the @letsbodycraft studio opening always feels like the biggest milestone. this day always makes me nostalgic and reflective 🥹

we have only two sales a year, and one is running right now! you can become a sun member and pay only $25.50/class, or get a 20-pack if the commitment scares you. move virtually with us throughout the summer and get a month free! thank you for moving with me and my incredible team! 🥳🎂 taken in bodycraft by @emdeers

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5 months ago

last week we talked about how bodycraft came to be. soon after, depth followed, a result of many years of playing around with dumbbells at home, the YMCA, and Planet Fitness.

learn a little bit about how founder @emdeers approaches strength training and brings that to life with our depth format. have you tried this class yet? pick up the big ones! 💪 taken in bodycraft by @emdeers

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