08/08/2026
If you had told me a few years ago that one of my favorite maternity sessions would happen in a Pilates studio, I probably wouldn’t have believed you. 🤍
A few months postpartum with Ella, my friend blessedkaila introduced me to Pilates, and what started as something new quickly became my practice.
Of course, I loved seeing the ways my body began to change—but what I noticed first was how different I felt in it. I felt stronger. More connected to my body. More aware of what it was capable of. The physical transformation came, but the strength came first.
Somewhere along the way, Pilates also became so much more than movement for me. It became one of my most grounding forms of self-care—a place to slow down, breathe, quiet the noise and take care of me.
And as a mama, that last part doesn’t always come naturally. There is always someone or something that needs you. Pilates has been one of the spaces that reminds me that I need me, too. That taking care of myself matters. That I can pour into the people I love and still make space to pour back into myself.
So to be here now, carrying another little one and continuing the practice that has been part of my life since those early postpartum months with Ella, feels incredibly full circle.
And I can’t think of anyone better to have captured these photos than my friend Madelynne Grace - Pilates Photographer Madelynne Grace . She has been behind the camera for so many special milestones in my life and for my family, and now she’s given me these memories of another chapter I never want to forget. There’s something really special about being seen and photographed by someone who already knows your story.
Some photos capture what you look like.
These capture how I felt—strong, grounded, grateful and becoming.
