Chomping at the bit and ready to go!
In addition the #allgooddays challenge, I set a bunch of goals on my food journaling app, and decided to start a 30 cardio challenge, a 30 day abs challenge, a 30 day arm challenge, a 30 day butt challenge, a 30 day pushup challenge, and a 30 day squat challenge (all of which were miraculously already on my smart phone from resolutions ago). Yes, that may have been overkill...but I am nothing if not enthusiastic. Planning is the fun part...and lists are great too, along with these apps, and lest we forget count down clocks! Ooohhhh...the excitement of it all! I may have over done the screen time. I seemed to be viewing the world through blue coloured glasses.
Time to disconnect from all devices.
In addition the #allgooddays challenge, I set a bunch of goals on my food journaling app, and decided to start a 30 cardio challenge, a 30 day abs challenge, a 30 day arm challenge, a 30 day butt challenge, a 30 day pushup challenge, and a 30 day squat challenge (all of which were miraculously already on my smart phone from resolutions ago). Yes, that may have been overkill...but I am nothing if not enthusiastic. Planning is the fun part...and lists are great too, along with these apps, and lest we forget count down clocks! Ooohhhh...the excitement of it all! I may have over done the screen time. I seemed to be viewing the world through blue coloured glasses.
Time to disconnect from all devices.
All oracle cards are from THE WILD UNKNOWN ANIMAL SPIRIT deck.
Horse was the overall theme of 2018 and what an inspiring card it was! Horse represents momentum, freedom, expansive energy and force - I like the way this is going! A horse to ride through the rest of the year towards my goal. Also, I grew up riding horses...so hopefully, it's like muscle memory.
Oh, so everyone and their horse is telling me to get back to exercising. I guess I had better pay attention. But it's true, when's the last time that you saw a fat
horse? They are few and far between. Before I even started this
#ALLGOODDAYS challenge, I signed up for a SHE RECOVERS: Sacred Pause Saturday workshop facilitated by my yogini guru, Taryn Strong. I used to go to Taryn's yoga for recovery every Tuesday night. It was my hour to disconnect and just be in my body. I remember loving it...and being surprised at what my body would do. I also remember joining up about a month into a pretty insane training regimen and about 15 pounds lost. So this time it's going to be different. It may just be my reintroduction to moving my body, but more importantly I am ready for the spiritual side of yoga. The side that has been sorely lacking in my life as of late. Since stopping regular exercise, I feel like I have gotten waaay more bitter and judgemental, and I don't want to be that way. I want to be more present and mindful...and you know...nice. When I don't practice self-love and self-care, I seem to stop projecting love and care towards others. Oh gods, all the clichés are true! Whatever, this is me trotting towards better place for my mind, body, and spirit.
As for January, I pulled the bear. The beginning of the year, a perfect time for waking from spiritual hibernation, and for starting anew.
"Building physical stamina (exercise) and mental focus (meditation) are the secret weapons behind the horse's legacy." - All quotations from Kim Krans' THE WILD UNKNOWN ANIMAL SPIRIT GUIDEBOOK
Oh, so everyone and their horse is telling me to get back to exercising. I guess I had better pay attention. But it's true, when's the last time that you saw a fat
horse? They are few and far between. Before I even started this
#ALLGOODDAYS challenge, I signed up for a SHE RECOVERS: Sacred Pause Saturday workshop facilitated by my yogini guru, Taryn Strong. I used to go to Taryn's yoga for recovery every Tuesday night. It was my hour to disconnect and just be in my body. I remember loving it...and being surprised at what my body would do. I also remember joining up about a month into a pretty insane training regimen and about 15 pounds lost. So this time it's going to be different. It may just be my reintroduction to moving my body, but more importantly I am ready for the spiritual side of yoga. The side that has been sorely lacking in my life as of late. Since stopping regular exercise, I feel like I have gotten waaay more bitter and judgemental, and I don't want to be that way. I want to be more present and mindful...and you know...nice. When I don't practice self-love and self-care, I seem to stop projecting love and care towards others. Oh gods, all the clichés are true! Whatever, this is me trotting towards better place for my mind, body, and spirit.
"At first the movement and effort is difficult, but the bear knows it's time to awaken and move toward the dawning light. The bear card represents an individual on the cusp of new directions and personal transformation."I have already said that these cards are a way for me to focus, I see bear as a metaphor for my seeing the light. My recovery from unhealthy habits, mindsets, and self sabotage. Time to walk a different path, time to find my purpose again. I am a stereotype...here we go again.
Namaste on track this time.
SIDE NOTE: When I turned out all the lights and tucked myself into bed, there was this noticeable red glow around me. Oh my gods, I was seeing my aura! No, wait! I opened my eyes, looked up, and I had forgotten to turn off one single light...my red resin Buddha head. Buddha the enlightened one was shining down upon me. Coincidence? I think not.
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