TSS team member, Maya, shares why The Sculpt Society has been so transformative for her. From breaking free of an “all or nothing” mindset to rediscovering the joy of dance, she highlights how TSS goes beyond a workout—bringing community, confidence, and gratitude into every class.

Before The Sculpt Society, movement equated to punishment. My teen years were filled with guilt-ridden treadmill runs, 90% dark chocolate bars as dessert, and painfully obvious check-ins with the mirror. One dark shadow always followed me – my ‘all or nothing’ mentality. I think we all, in one way or another, can relate to the feeling that every little thing is the ‘end all be all,’ and the egregious level of self-ridicule that follows. I sweated through my workouts with the goal of leaving exhausted, rather than energized. Most of all, I felt alone and lacked a community of like-minded people who moved to connect and inspire, rather than to fill the void.

Growing up on the dance floor, I missed that girl who danced freely without a care in the world about her stomach sticking out or arms looking too big. I’m grateful to say that TSS reinvigorated that freeing feeling. TSS workouts remind me of dance parties with my parents in my childhood living room. They remind me of late-night hip-hop rehearsals in high school. They remind me of heel scrapes near DJ booths during sorority formals. They remind me that movement sparks joy - it is something to look forward to and not something to fall back on when extra calories need to be burned.