Peaceful Strength
Mat Pilates is on for Christmas Day at 6am.
Our class schedule will stay the same through the holidays.
Mat Pilates is on for Christmas Day at 6am.
Our class schedule will stay the same through the holidays.
Trail Mixer
The Nature Trails East Grand Opening is coming up
Ride, run, hike, or just hangout with us from 1-4pm on Saturday, April 26th, for the grand opening of Quincy’s new Nature Trails East recreation area, located at 3420 Kochs Lane.
Bloom
Sparrows sing in the pre-dawn rain. Dusk hangs with the warm breeze. Spring’s here with a fresh playlist to go with it.
Flower model thanks to our barrel cactus.
Sparrows sing. Morning rain. Dusk hangs and the warm breeze. Spring’s here. Heather has a fresh playlist to go with it.
BLOOM
1. The Pattern Speaks - SKLOSS
2. Wandering Lost - Blackwater Holylight
3. Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - Basic Shapes
4. 777 - L.A. WITCH
5. Pursuit - Mhaol
6. She's Good to Go - Billy Changer
7. Be Good - GGGOLDDD
8. Flowers by the Door - T.S.O.L.
9. Abre Camino - Death Valley Girls
10. Red Right Hand - Nell Smith, The Flaming Lips
11. Blood And Sand / Milk And Endless Waters - All Them Witches
Love Like Winter
Some of Heather’s favorite songs this winter.
Cover: Heather on the frozen Judith River, Montana
Heather has a new playlist for winter.
WINTER 24/25
1. Oh Frail - Madensuyu
2. Hyper Worm Tamer (UNKLE Remix) - Grinderman
3. Sunspots - Julian Cope
4. The Monitor - Live - Inger Lorre
5. Horse Of Freedom - The Vovos
6. H-Bomb - Night Beats
7. Sabali - Amadou & Mariam
8. Swimming Pool - TRAAMS
9. Insistor - Tapes 'n Tapes
10. Men of the Women - Peter Kernel
11. The Sky Was Pink - Vessels
I’ll be wearing out ”Horse of Freedom” by The Vovos and “Men of the Women” by Peter Kernel.
Click here to listen on Spotify.
Panther Strength
Personal training intention meets small group energy in Panther Strength, our new M,W,F, class.
We have a new class.
W,Th at 6am
This early morning class is designed to build functional strength and expand your natural mobility—the kind of capability that makes you feel ready for whatever.
Panther Strength blends the intention and guidance of personal training with the energy of tight-knit small group training.
Using minimalist equipment like sandbags, kettlebells, and boxes, mixed with proven movement patterns and bodyweight work, you'll train to be stronger and move better on any terrain—home, work, or wilderness.
Walk through walls for winter
Just you, the ground, and five minutes a few times a day, how hard can it be? WALLS is back to start 2025.
The spot on the rug between the fire and the coffee table.
It’s all the space you need.
The glow from the hearth throws your shadow across the dark walls of winter morning.
The drop of sweat hanging from the tip of your nose glints with fire light.
You hold.
You exhale.
Your blood is pumping.
Outside, a whiteout sky of winter wind whips against the walls.
It’s a battering ram of cold eager to crack your will.
A wry smile flickers on your face and says no.
Your heat nips back at the cold.
The sweat drips.
You breathe.
You push.
It’s only five minutes.
It takes that long to make coffee.
And you’re on your third already.
WALLS is back, and begins December 30th.
You don’t need anything other than a spot on the ground the size of your body, and 5 minutes at time.
Enrollment opens soon.
More details to follow.
Classes are back September 28th
Class break is this weekend. We'll be outside finding something fun to do, ideally somewhere beautiful. Hope you’ll do the same, send us a picture.
No class this weekend September 21st.
Night’s coming sooner and the day’s growing cooler.
The Autumn Equinox is this weekend and it’s our favorite time for doing anything outside.
This is our first weekend without class since the last years Autumn Equinox so we’'ll be doing something fun outside, ideally somewhere beautiful.
If you get into something similar send us a picture with the subject Fall Fun to thedojo@thedojoofdowell.com
We’ll see you next weekend on the 28th. Sign up for class here.
The Early panther
Panther People like to get started early, even on the weekends, but not too early. Panther now starts at 8am on Saturdays.
Panther people have spoken. Earlier is better.
Saturday’s Panther HIIT class is now at 8am.
Body heat
It was snowy, below zero and a holiday, but you came anyway and we made our own heat. So much heat the furnace switched off and steam froze to the windows from floor to ceiling. Happy New Year ♥︎
In a blink we went from two classes on Saturday to filling a third.
It was snowy, below zero and a holiday, but you came anyway and we made our own heat. So much heat the furnace switched off and steam froze to the windows from floor to ceiling. Happy New Year ♥︎
We started a new ritual this year—hammering names and X’s into brass tags and nailing them to our wall. Showing up day after day isn’t easy. You’re body keeps score, and now so do we.
12 Xs earn you a free class.
Thank you for your energy, effort, and commitment.
Walls of fire in winter
Keep your fire bright and your body strong all the winter long with WALLS in 2024.
Keep your fire bright and your body strong all the winter long, with just five minutes and a floor, a few times a day.
Long, dark, and cold, winters can take a toll on your mental and physical health.
Walk Through Walls for Winter is a 3 month program beginning January 1st, that we made so you can walk out of winter and step into spring stronger in mind and body than you were at the start.
The program uses a simple, systematic progression of short bodyweight exercise bouts we call Walls.
Walls are like swigs of fire that deliver a potent dose of movement to build strength and endurance.
We wanted to make sure the program could work for you even if you’ve never worked out, but also work if you’re athletic and looking for additional motivation through the winter.
We’ve ended up with a program that’s scaleable and approachable.
So, as long you have a body, the ground, and gravity you can do Walls in the time it takes to make a few cups of coffee each day.
When you sign up, you’ll be sent an email with a link to join Heather and the group in Everfit, our training app.
Once you click the link and join us in the app, you’ll have direct contact with Heather.
The program won’t begin until the 1st, but when it’s time to start we’ll add you to the Walls program, leaderboard, and message board.
$60 gets you in for 3 months, enrollment closes December 31st.
third season sounds
When dead leaves blow and the sun gets low.
Seventy Seven is a playlist for Fall.
Twilight comes early. The breeze carries the musk of dead leaves, dragging the dry bodies behind, skittering on bricks.
Seventy Seven Heather’s new playlist for fall.
Tracklist below. Click here to listen on Spotify.
Seventy Seven
1. Intro - Zeal & Ardor
2. Hey Now - When I Give You All My Lovin' - Romare
3. Total Depravity - The Veils
4. Cavaliers - Mansfield.TYA
5. When That Head Splits - Remixed by Woodpecker Wooliams - Esben and the Witch, Woodpecker Wooliams
6. Feu - Flora Fishbach
7. Maria's Theme - The Limiñanas
8. Cemetery Rain - Jaye Jayle
9. Call to Arms - The Huntress and Holder of Hands
10. Hold My Hand - :Of The Wand And The Moon:
11. I Am All I Got - The Dead Brothers
