This is Leila.
in her own words.

How S68 started.

I trained as a dancer in Lausanne, then in New York, then taught Pilates in three cities I had no business living in. The clothes I bought were either loud or wrong. The retreats I attended were either too austere or too performative. The classes were good, mostly, but I never wanted to stay for the coffee afterwards. I wanted a quieter middle.

So in 2024 I started S68 in Geneva, in a small room above a wine bar with eight women I'd been teaching privately. We did class, then we ate. Someone brought pastries. Someone else brought flowers. After the third week I realised the women were coming for each other more than for me, and I thought: oh, that's the thing.

We grew slowly. A friend let us use a hotel ballroom in Lucerne — Mo Luzern, with its gold leaf and red damask — and we ran a class there once a month. I made a small apparel collection because the women kept asking where my shorts were from (TJ Maxx, I lied). The first retreat to Marrakech was meant for fourteen and we got eighty applications. We're still figuring this out.

My pros, according to the group chat: loving, caring, always here for every girl. My cons: I will count down and still make you pulse. Both are true. Welcome.

— Leila