No one needs to be told that 2020 was a rough year. On January 1, 2020, none of us could have predicted all that the coming year would entail. As we move into 2021 and start to get some perspective, many of us would agree that it changed us. It changed what we value, how we spend our time, where we spend our money, and how we view our relationships with others., plus so much more.
Breathing. If you’re alive, you do it multiple times every minute of every day, but are you doing it well? Breathing is one of the best freewellness techniques there is. It calms us, it helps our digestion, our circulation, and puts us back into rhythm, which serves us in day-to-day life in many ways.
If you ask anyone who has ever lived with me, they will tell you I am not a morning person. In part, that is true, but I’ve learned that that narrative is not as much true as the one that says I don’t like to communicate in the morning. That is true. I just don’t. Talking is work for me, and when I wake up, I don’t have the physical or emotional energy enough to regulate the effort necessary to have a pleasant conversation, even if it’s just “What’s for breakfast?”
I learned to workout around age 40. I had always been active but a dedicated workout routine, or even knowing how to, was beyond my experience. A few years ago, I met a woman who became my workout partner and, in the process, a good friend. She has all the letters after her name that qualify her to teach me how to move my middle-aged body, and I actually have felt better than I did in the years before that. I am stronger and know I am physically capable of more than I think I am, but all that is not my point today.
I work at the overlap of the mind, body, and the spirit which is where we find our identity and our motivation. Those are areas in which I work. I help people unravel what they want, how they want to get there, and when; and in the process, learn who they are and what works for them and what doesn’t.
