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Yay 2022!

January 02, 2022 159 Views 0 Comment
Happy New Year! This has been a week of joy for me. There’s nothing I love more than turning a …
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Simplify, the Tarrylife Motto

July 10, 2021 311 Views 0 Comment
“Simplicity simplicity simplicity”, the words of transcendentalist, Henry David Thoreau, move me and sum up how I want to live. …
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a clean and tidy kitchen
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Covid Clean Up, Do These 3 Thing Every Day

July 25, 2020 434 Views 0 Comment
Imagine this – it’s 6am and you’re up for a Zoom meeting for work. Your head is achey from watching …
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My Kids’ Room’s Got Me Tearing My Hair Out

July 19, 2020 411 Views 0 Comment
My kids’ room is the one area of the house that I just can’t get a handle on. You know …
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Molly Niles Renshaw

I’m Molly, writer, Pilates teacher/studio owner and entrepreneur. I started my
career as a modern dancer in the mid-90’s (read- waitress and artist model). I
started Tarrylife as a place to write about what’s on my mind and to remind
readers to press pause, remember what’s important and live the good life.

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An absolutely epic birthday at the pier! Pippa had An absolutely epic birthday at the pier! Pippa had the best time and so did I!
#santamonicapier #pippasbirthday #8thbirthday #pippabird
Can my angel girl really be 8 today?! Happy Birthd Can my angel girl really be 8 today?! Happy Birthday my Pippa Bird 🥳🎉🎁🥳🎉 We love you so much ❤️You’ve made our lives so fun.
#pippa #pippabird #happy8thbirthday #myangel👼
It's National Yoga Day! I've been a Pilates teache It's National Yoga Day! I've been a Pilates teacher for 23 years but I started yoga and Pilates the same year in 1995.

Since then I've had a great love affair with yoga and when I'm at the right studio with the right teacher, I feel like I'm coming home. I started at Jivamukti in New York City where it was hot and sweaty with lots of chanting, sanskrit and theory. I loved it.

You have to dig a bit to find studios like this in Los Angeles where looking a certain way is more important than a spiritual practice but they exist and I've found some amazing teachers here.

As I've gotten older and wiser, I'm more careful about who I practice with because I definitely did some damage in my crazy youth of holding endless shoulder stands, headstands and backbends. As I've studied the body and biomechanics, I know my limits and I know what the body should NOT do. If a teacher cues me to do something I know is harmful to me (or any cervical spine), I politely decline. 

I've been lucky to have great instructors like Sharon Gannon, @malachiyoga and @heatherseiniger who certified me at YogaWorks in 2008!

I used to get annoyed when people would ask "Is Pilates kind of like yoga?" Uh, not really. They're different but both awesome. I see Pilates as more of a physical practice to strengthen, stretch and overall make your body balanced and strong and yoga as a spiritual practice that can also makes you strong and flexible (with the right teacher who understands the body) Happy #nationalyogaday 
#jivamukti #yogaworks #pilatesandyoga
RIP Mark Shields. I’d look forward to the sparri RIP Mark Shields. I’d look forward to the sparring match of “Shields and Brooks “ every Friday with David Brooks on the PBS Newshour. He was a great storyteller, so funny, knew everything about history and politics and above all was always civil. Sadly so absent today. I’ll miss him! #ripmarkshields #pbsnewshour
I miss my dad every day but even more on this day I miss my dad every day but even more on this day ❤️ #happyfathersday #happyheavenlyfathersday #imissmydaddy
Happy Father’s Day to this Rad Dad! ❤️❤️ Happy Father’s Day to this Rad Dad! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I don’t think I realized when we met what a rad dad he would be. He teaches them all the things I can’t - how to fix stuff, coding, bug removal and so much more😂 Most importantly he’s the solid, steady rock my kids depend on no matter what and that’s priceless 🌟#happyfathersday2022 #raddad
Pre Father’s Day al fresco dinner 🍔 🥗 🌽 Pre Father’s Day al fresco dinner 🍔 🥗 🌽 🍉 #fathersdaybbq #ilovesummer
I’ve been hosting these teacher workouts when I I’ve been hosting these teacher workouts when I can with the goal of making it a weekly session. It’s so fun to workout together and do advanced work and encourage and egg each other on. And it holds me accountable so I actually do all the reps! #teacherworkout #advancedreformer #gratz_pilates #teamgratz #gratzreformer
My red nails look so good against a black cat back My red nails look so good against a black cat background 😻🐈‍⬛💅🏼#rednails #blackcat #improcrastinating
Omg, Top Gun Maverick was EPIC! Back to the scene Omg, Top Gun Maverick was EPIC! Back to the scene of the crime at the Gal with the same gals from 1986 minus @cmcwolff and @erinprinnkerrigan It was so fun!
My question is seriously, how does Tom Cruise look that good? He’s freaking 60 years old. It’s unreal.
#maverick #topgunmaverick #valleygirls #818rules #sogood
Pippa’s ballet bestie, a couple unauthorized pic Pippa’s ballet bestie, a couple unauthorized pics from the show and Pip’s favorite soup dumplings at @danmodernchinese #agoodnight #balletperformance #soupdumplings
First Day/ Last Day of school. I now have a 3rd an First Day/ Last Day of school. I now have a 3rd and a 5th grader!!😭Stop growing! 
Another awesome year at Westminster in the books. Thank you Ms Pruett and Mr. Shear and Mr. Cohen for making 2nd and 4th great 😊 🙏🏻❤️🫶#elementaryschool #lastdayofschool2022 #firstdaylastday
An epic Mom’s Night Out! First one since 2019. I An epic Mom’s Night Out! First one since 2019. I’m so glad we pulled it off one time this year. So fun! And I love the surveillance photo 😂Thx Mario ❤️❤️@vanzettiandsacco #momsnightout #westminstermoms
Tug O War! Go Pip! WE Fitness Fun Day was a succ Tug O War! Go Pip! 

WE Fitness Fun Day was a success! Had to go to Ben & Jerry’s on the boardwalk to celebrate and they’re giving out these awesome Venice/Pride towels. So into it.
#wefitnessfunday #movementismedicine #icecreamfriday
This could be my boy. Im so disgusted with this co This could be my boy. Im so disgusted with this country. How can this keep happening ? How can we live in a place that values a few idiots gun rights over the good of everyone else? These weapons should be illegal! Im just sick over this and the 2nd amendment which makes no sense in 2022. We’re the only country this ridiculous. There was one mass shooting in Australia and they took all the guns away! That’s sanity. That’s a solution. You know how many shooting there’s been there since? A big goose egg- zero. If you support the NRA you’re a terrible person. Period.
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