WE DID IT! We made it through 2020. You survived. You’re here. You learned some things along the way. And, wo-man-o-man, how those lessons will serve in this decade to come. Take a deep breath and release. 2020 was challenging. And with challenging years, like with challenging workouts, your body needs space to rest and recuperate. Give yourself the gentle touch of rest. Grace your body, your mind, your soul with a break. Discover the lessons you’ve learned and tap into your reign. Click to read the full blogspiration.
2020: The Year of Doubling
It was two weeks ago, I was sitting at the kitchen table of our AirBnB, pulling document after document of proof of my income to show to the rental company for our new place. I even needed a letter from my accountant stating the growth of my company. FYI, Australia doesn’t mess around when it comes to proving you can pay your bills. As I was reviewing my numbers, it was then that it hit me… “Holy shit...I did it!” I leapt up from my chair and ran into Spike. “I did it!” We doubled our income this year. We doubled our profit this year. Discover your growth and tap into your reign. Click to read the full blogspiration.
Release to receive
Expectations can be hard to manage, especially when you’re a high achiever.We tend to set the bar pretty darn high for how life/business/our bodies “should be.In the past, I’ve had this expectancy of what I “should” be making or “should” be doing around the holidays.So many shoulds.You should have turkey on Thanksgiving.You should sell on Black Friday.You should be making more money.There is a difference between living with expectations - having a belief that certain dreams and desires that you have will come true.And operating with expectancy - being in the STATE of anticipation.Manifest your dreams to reality and tap into your reign. Click to read the full blogspiration.
Allow for it to fall apart.
It's not perfect, this journey. There are moments worthy of puffy eyes, release, pain, struggle, triumph, challenge, championship, figuring it out, and all the above combined into the span of 90 seconds sometimes. But it is in those moments of crashing, burning, finding, releasing, allowing that allows for all the pieces to come together. Discover your resilience and tap into your reign. Click to read the full blogspiration.
Unwinding the Body of Racism
Since restrictions are slowly, systematically lifting in Australia three weeks ago, I have received exactly three massages. Yes, nearly a massage a week. Spoiled. Spoiled. Spoiled. And 100% okay with it. This past Sunday, when Hymy was working on my lower back and butt, she noticed something, something that I had never really paid attention to... As a former Pilates instructor, I know you’ve got a lot of muscles in your butt. You’ve got the big bad boys that everyone knows about - gluteus maximus, medius, and minimus. But then, underneath those, there are five other smaller muscles, like your piriformis, and obturator externus, and other funny-sounding Latin ones that make you sound like a smarty-pants when you say them. It’s these smaller, lesser-known muscles that sometimes get so tense you don’t even notice them anymore... ...Until you do