Founder and Owner of The Studio Ventura.
05/09/2021
The wildest ride I’ve ever taken. Forever grateful to be your mama.
Happy Mother’s Day to my mom and mother in law. Today is a special day to celebrate all you do that we see and don’t. Thank you 🥰
I really have the worst angles for videos. But.. on this special day where we celebrate women, I’d like to bring attention to my favorite girl in the world. She has taught me another meaning to being a woman, from carrying her in my belly to watching her grow up and capturing these special moments.
She is one wise little soul that has changed me, my entire outlook on life and has shown me a whole different side of myself. A softer and yet stronger side. One who fights for a better world for her to live in but one who listens and feels just as much. I’m proud to be a woman and carry the responsibility of teaching this girl very seriously. The best part though is Im learning just as much from her, everyday.
Just for reference she really wanted to learn how to do crab from animal flow and at the end when she got it she says “I’m so proud of you 🤣”
This baby is currently in my belly and growing oh so fast. Kevin and I are so happy to announce that we are expecting baby boy in September of this year. Hayden is pretty excited to be a big sister as well (although not quite sure she grasps it all yet 🤣). And I’m feeling really honored (and terrified) to experience a girl and now a boy. This pregnancy is definitely kicking off very unlike the first. I’m only 12.5 weeks and already showing, my body is changing rapidly and I had quite a bit of nausea/fatigue the last few weeks. I also took this video alone in my doctor’s office so I could share it with Kevin later. Covid doesn’t allow him to come to any appointments. Overall maybe we are a little crazy to get pregnant in a pandemic, but watching those little feet bring me so much joy and excitement that I think maybe, just maybe everything will be ok. We just can’t wait to meet you. 💙
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Recovery is hard. Slowing down is hard. Speeding up is hard too so I guess it's all freaking hard. I hurt my back about 3 months before COVID hit. Had an accident, but in reality, it wasn't the accident that hurt me... it was my bad movement patterns for years.
You see, when you do something over and over again (like say, carrying a growing baby on only your left side) for years, you create patterns of movement that serve 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. Your body is constantly adapting and it's really good at following the path of least resistance.
Add in postpartum hormones that soften and then harden your joints/ligaments and well... I feel like I was really going uphill. Then COVID hit and in order to save the business, we went virtual which meant I worked out 1 or 2x (sometimes 3x) per day on top of my injury that was just healing. I was able to push through, but now I'm paying the price.
So here I am, taking it slow, moving with my breath, feeling every vertebrae and changing movement patterns.
Moving with intention is the hardest workout you'll ever have.
Throwback to the fundraiser workout we did for The NAACP and the hill sprints at the end. These people make it all worth it. We raised a little more than $2,000 that day. ⚡️
09/14/2020
My kind of avocado toast!
Avo.
Eggs.
Orange tomatoes (sweeter than red ones).
Arugula micro greens (double the benefits than just arugula).
Everything but the bagel seasoning.
On top of the smaller Dave’s bread!
09/03/2020
I was in middle school and we were going to a family party. Everyone was running late, but I insisted on having my hair straightened (which made us even more late!) because curly hair was definitely NOT in. It took my mom AND my aunt 2 hours to do it. 😳 They were so patient. I used to obsess over having it slicked back and straightened and it obviously drove my mother crazy! I can't tell you how badly I wish I had listened to my mother when she said "let your hair be curly, it's so beautiful!"
It's amazing how one thing that you cannot control (easily at least) can make you feel so "ugly" and "unattractive!" And I would feel those things deeply, daily. It made me so "different" and being Iranian was already so different and not understood that I spent most of my teen years comparing negatively.
Fast forward to now when I'm frankly more aware of what makes me, 𝘮𝘦. My roots, the culture, the food, the language, my hair! It runs in my whole family and it has become a statement for me. The women in my family that I consider the most beautiful have curly hair! That's pretty special.
As I age, I realize more and more that if I lean into the things that I probably ran away from, I understand myself more. If I listen to the things I want to run from, I will grow more. And growth is truly the best part of age: growth is the wisdom we all search for.
And... being me is freeing.
There’s a trend of a whole bunch of parents cuddling their toddlers when they watch their favorite show.... Hayden never disappoints 😂
08/24/2020
New overnight oats recipe!
1/4 c oats
1 scoop protein
1 date
1/2 c milk
1 tbsp almond butter
A little cinnamon
I had this after my workout this morning so I added protein powder, not necessary if you don’t like protein powder or if you prefer more natural protein you can add some yogurt instead. Do you want more recipes?
