Make the Poses Work for You
Our October Mantra in the Be You Hub is Be Imperfect. The mantra came out of my inspirations from reading Brene Brown’s The Gifts of Imperfections. I lean towards perfectionist tendencies and much of my self work, mothering work, and leadership work is to let that shit go.
I’ve been at the trying for a long time and sometimes I can do it and sometimes I’m less successful. This month I paired the mantra with a focus on Spinal Extension and more specifically backbends. I’ve well documented that backbends are my pose category nemesis. Here we are mid-way through the month and I started playing my old tune of I can’t do this.
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Eat Your Eggs
You want to know one of my biggest shame cycles? I talk a good self-care game, but I’ve always eaten a bit trashy. I would brush it aside saying my pitta nature could burn up anything. The top of my trash list was how I regularly started my day. Coffee and noshing on whatever leftover sugary cereal or half eaten toast from my kids was my norm. Before kids, at best I’d grab a break room doughnut. My spouse has begged after me to eat a nourishing breakfast for years, and much to his (and my) delight at 43 years of age – I am finally doing just that.
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Certified Personal Trainer
When I launched the Be You Hub I added the fitness class y’all know as Triple B. I’ve always encouraged yoga students to cross train for life so maybe it didn’t seem like too much of a leap to some, but for me it was.
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