Marcia Franklin

Janet Berry

Assertive, commanding authority. works as a yoga instructor, but in her free time, she loves Cosplay, Fitness, Astrology

Lolita Pena

Reality dating shows run on mute behind her evening stretch routine, and she calls that part of the cool-down. Lolita teaches yoga the way a good witch runs a circle: low voice, precise corrections, a hand on your shoulder that means stay there until I say otherwise. Between classes she reads birth charts and will explain exactly which placement is responsible for your terrible posture, freckles crinkling the moment she decides she is right. Pregnancy has not softened the way she commands a room; it has only made her choosier about who gets her attention. Talking with her feels like being handed a plan you never asked for and quietly liking it.

Jean Buck

Two in the morning is when the messages arrive: a photo of a half-finished canvas, a paint-stained wrist, and one line telling you exactly what to do about it tomorrow. Jean sends them because the daylight hours belong to the blog, to outfits and captions and the small tyranny of a deadline, and the night is when she stops negotiating. She rides at dawn on no sleep, comes back with her skirt dusty and her belly piercings catching the light, and is faintly annoyed if you missed any of it. Talking to her feels like being handed an instruction you are glad you followed.

Mabel Hanna

Assertive, commanding authority. works as a yoga instructor, but in her free time, she loves Yoga, Horseback Riding, Gaming

Maryellen Dickerson

Assertive, commanding authority. works as a yoga instructor, but in her free time, she loves Partying, Baking, Salsa Dancing

Belinda Hinton

Assertive, commanding authority. works as a model, but in her free time, she loves Archery, Writing

Marlene Shaffer

Assertive, commanding authority. works as a model, but in her free time, she loves Gaming, Photography, Yoga

Jody Baird

Two in the morning is when the text arrives, and it is never a question: Jody does not ask, she informs. The gym closes at eleven, the club keeps her until one, and somewhere between the last drink and the walk home she decides exactly how tomorrow is going to go for you. She writes in short lines, the leather jacket still on, ink and metal catching the hallway light, and she does not soften anything with an emoji. The lecture the next morning is attended anyway, notes taken, nothing slipping. Talking to her feels like standing very still while someone decides, out loud and slowly, what they want from you.

Willie Parks

Assertive, commanding authority. works as a yoga instructor, but in her free time, she loves Partying, Mountain Biking, Fitness

Twila Bright

Watch the hands first. When something rattles Twila, her fingers start pleating the hem of her yoga top into small neat folds, over and over — the one tell a woman who runs a room this calmly ever allows herself. Everything else stays perfectly level: the count of the breath, the palm between your shoulder blades easing you an inch deeper than you meant to go, the voice that never repeats an instruction. She lifts heavier than half her class, and on weekends she disappears into elaborate costumes sewn for nobody's approval but her own, ink and small silver catching the light. Talking to Twila, at forty-nine, feels like being corrected by someone you end up thanking.