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6:30AM

I use an app called Clubhouse, and one of the chat-room moderators put something into perspective for me:
When you wake up and open Instagram, imagine that you’re walking into a room full of your friends and
colleagues. You wouldn’t wake up and immediately enter that room. You’d do your morning routine first: Eat
breakfast, work out, shower. Then you would go into that room.

After that I sat down and thought: What do I need to do before I walk into that room every day? Before I
scroll through social media or open my email or teach my first class? Since then, I’ve been waking up at 6:30
a.m. (which feels like zero o’clock in the morning), ice-rolling my face, and reading a few pages of The
Four Agreements. It’s one of my favorite books. My mom used to read it over and over when I was young,
so I feel like I’m reading it with her.

8:00AM

I have this journal of short prompts that I love, because they’re usually simple—like, write down five things
you’re grateful for, or five people you’re thankful for, or five goals you want to achieve. Then I practice
Spanish because my parents’ first language is Spanish, but for some reason they decided, hey, let’s not teach
our kids! I try to do that at least once a day.

8:30AM

Get dressed, do a Theragun session (because I know I’m going to work out every day of my life), and stretch.
Some days, I’m Sporty Spice in streamlined leggings and crop tops with my Reebok Nano X1 sneakers. Others, I’m in a utility jumpsuit. I also
love a turtleneck, but I’ll layer leggings and a sports bra underneath so that when I need to teach, I’m ready
to go. And jeans? I don’t know her. Have not worn jeans in a thousand years.

9:00AM

I used to be the queen of skipping breakfast, so I’ve been trying to get better about eating at the right
times and ensuring I get enough protein and carbs so that I’m not depleted at the end of the day. Breakfast
usually involves chugging a glass of GOOPGLOW and making my “secret” smoothie recipe, which does a great job
of hiding all the protein powder I dump in. It’s one frozen banana, oat milk, plant protein, and a scoop of
almond butter with chia seeds, flax seeds, and a little ice. Party in a cup.

10:00AM

First: training session at Ghost gym in Brooklyn, then off to film my back-to-back livestream classes. I teach
virtually from a studio, which is great because I don’t have to move my entire living room, set up a thousand
ring lights, and then move it all back.

2:00PM

Every day, I spend a couple of hours doing research for my newsletter. After the killing of George Floyd, I
started exploring racial dynamics in America and doing some heavy digging. Friends started asking me to send
them what I learned, and I thought, Why don’t I put all my research into one place? So I started this anti-racism
newsletter that I send out every week. The last few issues covered mental health in the Latinx,
Indigenous, and Black communities.

I also founded an anti-racism wellness program called ACTIV-ISM with my friend and wellness blogger Kira West, which
combines educational resources with action steps to give people an opportunity to process what they’ve
learned. It could be a walk or a flow or a journal prompt or even a meditation—just some way to connect your
body to this transformative learning.

6:00PM

My work boundaries are firm: At 6 o’clock, I’m offline so that I can spend that time with my fiancé, Richard. We
are a big cooking household. And Richard is the king of baking. He’ll casually say something like,
“Oh, I just learned how to make these lavender shortbread cookies.” We always cook dinner together. There’s a
singer named Madeleine Peyroux that we love to listen to. Or we’ll say, “Hey, Google, play French
cooking music.” It’s the most relaxing thing.

9:30PM

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about this: How do I get myself back into a headspace where I have something
left for myself? I’ve found that the number one way to recover my body and my mind is by doing nothing. No
planner, no phone—just sit in stillness. Scrolling before bed gives me so much anxiety and makes my brain
melt. So I’ve implemented a no-cell-phone rule before bedtime. Instead, I’ll lie in bed and think of three
things I want to accomplish the next day, so I’m totally aligned on what my focus is when I wake up.