{"id":5831,"date":"2016-02-25T23:30:51","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T23:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/?p=5831"},"modified":"2016-05-22T22:46:07","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T22:46:07","slug":"decisions-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/decisions-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Decisions & Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Couple of decisions were made this week. \u00a0I decided to stop\u00a0drinking wine the day after my “all-girls hangout<\/a>” that forced me to look critically at the volume of my intake each night. \u00a0The wine was going down like water. \u00a0Since I am intent on holding myself to a daily regimen of Pilates, health and clean eating, these two paths were simply out of synch. \u00a0So I decided to stop drinking wine on Monday, February 22nd.<\/p>\n

Mentally\u00a0preparing for Part 2 of Blossom’s workshop<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0I laid on my\u00a0mat early this morning with the intention of doing the entire advanced mat workout in a slow and deliberate pace. \u00a0Slow and methodical. \u00a0Deliberate and conscious. \u00a0 Lying in deep to the muscle so that the breath moves me –\u00a0rather than rushing through the series to have finished the work for the sake of finishing.<\/p>\n

Slow – because I wanted\u00a0to feel every inch. \u00a0Methodical – because Pilates is just that; \u00a0a precise, methodical practice of movement. \u00a0Deliberate and conscious\u00a0– because frankly, its the only way to move.<\/p>\n

In the middle of Open Leg Rocker, I decided that I would participate in the MarchMatness2016 social media blitz and do it all with video. \u00a0That would change the experience for me,\u00a0keep it fresh \u00a0and give me a creative outlet to participate. \u00a0As it turns out, I started my IG account only so that I could participate in #MarchMatness2015. \u00a0I’ve built fabulous new<\/strong><\/em> social media relationships with the account, as a result, by following and enjoying other teachers globally last year through the campaign. \u00a0It was blast and I was going to sit it out this year. \u00a0Up until this morning.<\/p>\n

I decided I might as well take it all the way and do it\u00a0with video! \u00a0A few of my private session students are traveling during the month, leaving me a few extra hours to “work and play” while I use my energy during the\u00a0month to “clean up my act” (i.e., no wine or alcohol). So I’m in! \u00a0I may as well go all out! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lastly,<\/span>\u00a0I was very moved\u00a0and inspired by the fluid, beautiful #KathyGrant’s “cat-inspired” movements of a fellow sister-teacher from West Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Those are the stakes. \u00a0Hammered into the ground. \u00a0I said it out loud. \u00a0Now it happens.<\/p>\n

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Time-honored precision ala a #KathyGrant ‘Inspired’ Cat Stretch \ud83d\udc95\ud83d\udc95 Loving this movement and @isawellypilates doing it! #pilateseveryday #pilatesinstructor #pilatesteacher #Repost @isawellypilates<\/a><\/p>\n

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