Imagine forgiving yourself in the middle of an intense workout. It can be a powerful and unique experience to combine mental/emotional work with your physical efforts, especially while feeling the effects of your decisions and your health and fitness karma, aka your conditioning or lack thereof, your food decisions, and more.
“You can feel toxicity pulse […]
Nothing induces meditation quite like staring at a barbell in preparation for a big lift. The focus. The presence. Putting yourself in a state of strength. Managing your state of being.
“Standing on the platform, I paused to breathe for a moment before attempting my first successful “heavy” clean. The barbell needed to travel from the […]
Pay attention to how you hear the music. It can tell you how open your heart is. It can tell you how dead or alive you are inside. It can serve as a barometer for your happiness.
This is important because it is possible to be unconscious to your unhappiness, to not want to admit when […]
First, you become your breath. Then, you become your breath in movement. Your breathing comes first. Before you move, be aware of where your breath is and where you are going with it in that movement.
Test your breath and the energy related to it. What does it feel like? Where have you been breathing from? Higher in […]
Stand, stretch, and straighten. Take a deep breath.
Spread your arms out wide. Reach above your head. Grab your hands behind you. Bend to touch your toes. Go into a low squat or lunge. Open your hips and shoulders. Discover new ways to stretch your body.
Get to know your body and ranges of motion. Get to […]
