Wellness Theories: “If I can get my baby in a carrier, put on my weights, and go for a walk, that counts as a workout. I’m focused on little movements throughout the day versus this big moment where I go get sweaty,” says balabangles’ Natalie Holloway
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Courtesy of Bala, Getty Images Before Bala Bangles were all over your arms, legs, and Instagram feed, they were just an idea drawn on a napkin. Natalie Holloway was traveling with her husband, Maximilian Kislevitz, when they had a realization: “It’s weird that wrist and ankle weights haven’t been redesigned after all of these years, and nobody uses them anymore as a real result, because nobody’s wearing ugly ones out and about.
On her definition of wellness: COVID-19 has changed my idea of wellness. Now, wellness is more of a state of mind. That means you have to consider both mental health and physical health to feel well. You can’t just work out and feel like you’re great on physical health; you have to go to therapy and think about your mental state. It’s about both.
I used to do affirmations in the mornings when I was pregnant. It was really important to me because I was growing a little guy in me. I would do Rainbow Relaxation, which is geared towards hypnobirthing. The more that you meditate while you’re pregnant, they say, the better your birth experience can be because you’re calming yourself, and you’re calming the baby. It’s basically affirmations over and over, mantras like “My body is made to do this,” or “I am meant to birth this baby.
Summer Fridays x Bala Pool Time Body Bundle $160 $160 at bala Buy $160 at Summer Fridays Buy On how she moves: I love Torch’d with Isaac Boots. I do a lot of yoga — I love Marie Grujicic. I do hot Pilates — I love Alexis Fischer — but I’m trying to be easy on myself because I am a new mom, and with the business, there’s not always time to work out. I have an 18-pound baby, and I’m throwing him up and down and up and down, and I’m like, “That is a workout. That counts.
On vegetarianism: I’ve been vegetarian for six years for animal reasons. I come from Austin, Texas, where lots of people are responsibly ranching and eating responsible meat, and that I’m all for, but I felt like I’d seen a couple of things about the meat industries — you see certain documentaries out there about the treatment of animals, and you don’t know where the meat is coming from.
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