Work out!

Ever get into your 30s or 20s and start to wonder how exactly did I become this slow and sluggish? I laughed at myself a couple of months ago cause I realised in first year I spent my time sleeping at 2 and waking up at 6 and now that feels like an impossibility. Ever just feel like you’re slowing down?

We have no name for this Friday session yet, but hopefully when the name comes up, we’ll still be here talking and sharing our stories in love. May love lead you this beautiful weekend and may your being be a blessing.

Fridays are dedicated for love and what better way to show love than to exercise. I don’t actually mean get to a gym even though that is one way to get exercise but really it’s not only about your body muscle.

I recently started on my yoga variations again and something interesting happened this Friday that really caused the article you’re reading. I’ve been working out nights mostly but for once I was able to work up at 5 to actually get my yoga work in and I felt really refreshed after the workout.

Which made me wonder, do I love myself, to eat right and take care of the temple I house? Sometimes the eat right and flex the temple is hard simply because, “I’m tired” like really tired. And instead of working out I was losing fat because I wasn’t eating right or creating the time to care for this magnificent temple.

I wasn’t feeling well at the start of the week but I had to remember to do some yoga or face my bodies cruel rejection and suffer the pain. Before we claim miracle do note I went to the hospital but I also kept working out and this feels like my shortest flu period. Which then made me curious…

What would happen if I actually woke up at 5 to work my body out? I stay up till 2 typing a story. Prayed before sleeping and then texted my Girl good night. My alarm went off and I actually felt more than motivated to wake up. I went outside, practised a Yoga, downward dog, hindu push up variation.

It’s only been day one and I had two serious moments when sleep and tire seemed destined to take me out, I dozed for 1 minute literally and the first time after talking and walking around I had no moment or lack of energy to sleep.

Conclusion, waking up at 5, exercise , prayer and loads of happy thoughts will transform your life. Again, it’s only been one day but when something transformational happens we feel the shift, we know something has happened even if we can’t explain it, we simply know.

You don’t have to yoga, and exercise doesn’t necessarily mean body. Both both and mind have to be exercised it we re truly to be of any use to those around us. And yes to all those who say, you could get hit by a bus and it really doesn’t matter. That’s true, but it does matter because, everyday a bus doesn’t hit us, is justification that we wasted a day not taking care of ourselves for ourselves.

You don’t have to work on only one muscle, remember your brain is a muscle, your body too and so build yourself by working on you diligently. Be proud of owning us to the workouts you’ve promised you want to embark on. Show love by ensuring you put yourself first every so often and expand the gift of yourself and life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Mahatma Gandhi

Love yourself enough invest in your body and mind. Love yourself enough to try something new to get to something you’ve never had before. Until another blog on love be safe and remember to spread love always.