The vividness of the color changes, the resolute acknowledgement\u00a0of another year under my belt, and the reality that an incredibly smart, vibrant and powerful woman will be voted President in less than four days, brings me to setting a focus on “keeping it real and authentic” as a categorical way of writing and thinking for the year ahead. \u00a0#TruthSpeak<\/p>\n
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What does that mean? \u00a0How will it manifest itself in the year going forward? \u00a0Why is this different than in the years past?<\/p>\n
It may not necessarily be different, but I am going on record that it will be more consistently resolute. \u00a0I know that I live, work and teach with an authentic spirit, heart and mind. \u00a0It’s evidenced in my walk on this earth; it’s the way I was raised by my parents; it’s what I expect\u00a0in the exchange from others and therefore what I seek to give. \u00a0So, I therefore, apologize in advance for being a little\u00a0tougher on a few more – going forward – than I may have been in the past.<\/p>\n
Patterns & Rhythms<\/strong>. \u00a0It’s all about the repeat\u00a0of the\u00a0pattern. \u00a0 \u00a0There’s a rhythm and pattern to the way our lives move and progress. \u00a0Sometimes the rhthym gets static and monotounous. \u00a0Boring or rote. \u00a0 It needs to be shaken. The pattern needs a shift, a beat change to keep the flow. \u00a0Some people challenge themselves for 7, 28 or 30 days to do something new or different. \u00a0We\u00a0build habits with the patterns we\u00a0follow. \u00a0We seek to repeat the desired activities for a consecutive number of days allowing the\u00a0brain and body lay in a new pathway; a new pattern of moving and living.<\/p>\n Then unfortunately,\u00a0if we haven’t\u00a0fully owned the work, the next current, energy or wave of motion throws us back to the old way of experience.<\/p>\n Authenticity.<\/strong> \u00a0When its authentic, true and real, its repeatable. \u00a0It’s not a fluke. \u00a0This is true of the movements made with a strong, centered body and the actions seen in their delivery. \u00a0It’s true with the innate feeling one has when you meet another “tribe member.” \u00a0Truth resonates deep and can be felt on the inside without a word being uttered.<\/p>\n The vividness of truth and authenticity are undeniable. \u00a0You either like it or you don’t. \u00a0You either repeat it or you can’t. \u00a0You either own it as yours and make it a part of your experience and expression or mock and model another in the doing.<\/p>\n If your movement and living are centered and authentic, it can\u00a0withstand an energy or current change. \u00a0We will flow with the wave rather than being knocked over by it.<\/p>\n Since I’m much too old to fake the funk, I am resolutely walking strong, tall and loudly going forward. \u00a0Not necessarily “different” from the past. \u00a0Simply clearer<\/em><\/strong> about my\u00a0flow, rhythmic expression and all the\u00a0“thang” in it. \u00a0#TruthSpeak<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The vividness of the color changes, the resolute acknowledgement\u00a0of another year under my belt, and the reality that an incredibly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,113],"tags":[79,78,23,37,114],"class_list":["post-6226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-scoop","category-truthspeak","tag-pilatesinstructor","tag-pilatesteacher","tag-personal-work","tag-teaching","tag-truthspeak"],"featured_image_url":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/GJ__0456-grass-200x200.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/GJ__0456-grass-300x169.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/GJ__0456-grass-768x432.jpg","large":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/GJ__0456-grass-1024x576.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/GJ__0456-grass.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/GJ__0456-grass.jpg","uncode_woocommerce_nav_thumbnail_regular":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/GJ__0456-grass.jpg","uncode_woocommerce_nav_thumbnail_crop":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/GJ__0456-grass.jpg"},"post_author":"Gina Jackson","assigned_categories":"The Scoop, TruthSpeak","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6226"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6310,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6226\/revisions\/6310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}