Beginner Status
Day 9 of this brand new year and I am slowly feeling more like myself ... thankfully! I am superstitious by nature and this was the first New Year I haven't actually rung in, for as long as I can remember! I was beginning to wonder if somehow missing the clock strike twelve doomed me to a year of Meh!
Not so much!
My mojo is returning, slowly; but I will take it as it comes, with a healthy dose of gratitude!
To start with; my intention this year, after an amazing flurry of growth last year; was to create; and by it's very nature 'create' lends itself to a much slower pace for me mentally! Create says we have everything we need, there is no running around, or deep learning to happen, there is only being!
Just be ... just write, just create workouts and flows; and articulate all the ways I have cleaned up my lifestyle and am benefiting, as a service to those who share this path with me! The path where being our best version, of our unique self is the common direction!
It feels good to be taking the time to let my growth settle into my bones, to deepen my practices and expand the edges of what I believed were my limits. There is much work to be done sorting everything out and letting it find it's rightful place in my days, weeks or months! Not everything can be a daily practice - there just isn't room for that in the 24 hours we are allotted!
As I was going through all the various trainings last year there were always 'mental notes'; things to come back to, look deeper into this, or find more ways to do that; and now in this space of 'create' I am inviting those mental notes back and finding their fit!
Curiosity is leading my days and I am a beginner in my new found knowledge!
Beginner status is something I recently decided to allow myself; as a recovering perfectionist, I have come to thoroughly enjoy the freedom and pressure free existence of being a beginner! I can make mistakes and change my mind based on new information; I am open to try things outside my comfort zone because - no pressure!
One of my greatest hangs up in life; that need to be perfect, all knowing and infallible, is no longer holding me back, or leading the inner conversation with negative chatter about whether or not I am worthy, or have what it takes ... I am a beginner in life, with 51 years of experience and the only thing I hope to ever call myself at an expert at is 'Me'!
I want to know everything there is to know about Jo; what she really likes, wants, feels and is capable of ! I don't just want that for myself, I want it for everyone whose life crosses mine! I want people to understand and value the importance of getting to know themselves; in a real and tangible way that supports them reaching their full potential - joyfully!
What I know for certain is that it makes a profound difference in how you live your life! Knowing yourself makes every decision you make, matter; and infinitely easier to make! When we know our truth we are better equipped to say no when needed and hell yes when it serves us! We're just passed Christmas; so as an example; how fun and wonderful is it shopping for someone you truly know compared to the sheer agony of trying to gift someone you don't know? How much easier are decisions for ourselves when we know ourselves? Right?
Such a novel concept to be looking inward! So much of my life has been focussed on the external; comparing myself and everything I do to what's going on around me, the constant hustle to keep up or get the lead - in this new space, what's going on around me is of little to no consequence in what I do ... amazing!
My desire to share my journey is authentic, not because I feel like I'm special, just the opposite actually, my life is kind of ordinary and relatable, and to that end finding things that work for me likely means it could work for others ... so I share!
I don't spend a lot of time trying to build my email list or generate thousands of followers; I've never been big on what all of that actually brings to ones life; my goal is 'community'. A place where everyone feels 'At Home', a place where the information is relatable and attainable for everyone willing to do the work; a place where everyone can be a beginner and no one gets left behind!
So as I marinate in the yoga training, the energy healing and the endless online courses that have filled 2017 I look forward to sharing my journey; to teaching from where I am, and practising in my beginner status along side all of you!
The destination this year is 'Now', this moment; to it's absolute fullest, and I hope along the way you will find yourself in these moments too! Namaste
Not so much!
My mojo is returning, slowly; but I will take it as it comes, with a healthy dose of gratitude!
To start with; my intention this year, after an amazing flurry of growth last year; was to create; and by it's very nature 'create' lends itself to a much slower pace for me mentally! Create says we have everything we need, there is no running around, or deep learning to happen, there is only being!
Just be ... just write, just create workouts and flows; and articulate all the ways I have cleaned up my lifestyle and am benefiting, as a service to those who share this path with me! The path where being our best version, of our unique self is the common direction!
It feels good to be taking the time to let my growth settle into my bones, to deepen my practices and expand the edges of what I believed were my limits. There is much work to be done sorting everything out and letting it find it's rightful place in my days, weeks or months! Not everything can be a daily practice - there just isn't room for that in the 24 hours we are allotted!
As I was going through all the various trainings last year there were always 'mental notes'; things to come back to, look deeper into this, or find more ways to do that; and now in this space of 'create' I am inviting those mental notes back and finding their fit!
Curiosity is leading my days and I am a beginner in my new found knowledge!
Beginner status is something I recently decided to allow myself; as a recovering perfectionist, I have come to thoroughly enjoy the freedom and pressure free existence of being a beginner! I can make mistakes and change my mind based on new information; I am open to try things outside my comfort zone because - no pressure!
One of my greatest hangs up in life; that need to be perfect, all knowing and infallible, is no longer holding me back, or leading the inner conversation with negative chatter about whether or not I am worthy, or have what it takes ... I am a beginner in life, with 51 years of experience and the only thing I hope to ever call myself at an expert at is 'Me'!
I want to know everything there is to know about Jo; what she really likes, wants, feels and is capable of ! I don't just want that for myself, I want it for everyone whose life crosses mine! I want people to understand and value the importance of getting to know themselves; in a real and tangible way that supports them reaching their full potential - joyfully!
What I know for certain is that it makes a profound difference in how you live your life! Knowing yourself makes every decision you make, matter; and infinitely easier to make! When we know our truth we are better equipped to say no when needed and hell yes when it serves us! We're just passed Christmas; so as an example; how fun and wonderful is it shopping for someone you truly know compared to the sheer agony of trying to gift someone you don't know? How much easier are decisions for ourselves when we know ourselves? Right?
Such a novel concept to be looking inward! So much of my life has been focussed on the external; comparing myself and everything I do to what's going on around me, the constant hustle to keep up or get the lead - in this new space, what's going on around me is of little to no consequence in what I do ... amazing!
My desire to share my journey is authentic, not because I feel like I'm special, just the opposite actually, my life is kind of ordinary and relatable, and to that end finding things that work for me likely means it could work for others ... so I share!
I don't spend a lot of time trying to build my email list or generate thousands of followers; I've never been big on what all of that actually brings to ones life; my goal is 'community'. A place where everyone feels 'At Home', a place where the information is relatable and attainable for everyone willing to do the work; a place where everyone can be a beginner and no one gets left behind!
So as I marinate in the yoga training, the energy healing and the endless online courses that have filled 2017 I look forward to sharing my journey; to teaching from where I am, and practising in my beginner status along side all of you!
The destination this year is 'Now', this moment; to it's absolute fullest, and I hope along the way you will find yourself in these moments too! Namaste
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