She wasn't lying. She felt it every day: the stretch between who she was and who she was becoming. The old Ivy—the one who traded on pure spectacle—was a ghost. The new Ivy was a brand. She appeared on Good Day LA in a cream-colored cashmere sweater, demonstrating a standing split while a chiropractor nodded approvingly.
Ivy signed.
So began the Stretching Series.
Then she did a deep lunge, held it for two minutes, and smiled at the burn. Because that was the other thing she had learned: the more you stretch, the more you realize you’ve only just begun to move.
