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Islipped into pilates by accident,flailing around thefast-paced Eastern suburbs ofSydney, like a fish out of water.Without knowing it at the time, my journeythat led me to being here began around ayear prior. I ensured a spontaneous vertebralartery dissection. That is, a tear in one of thetwo main arteries that travel down the backof your neck. There was no predisposition,no lifestyle or medical reason this happened,it just did. Half my body paralyzed from thelack of blood to my brain. My trademarkinvincible positive nature left my body alongwith the cannulas draining my blood, as I wasbeing told the news. Eventually I was told tobuy a lotto ticket as after a few hard intensivemonths, my physical body was back to symmetricfunctioning. My recovery throughoutthat year consisted of rehab, strength trainingsessions at the gym and truckloads of PTSDtherapy. Like rain on a tin roof, the pressure Iput on myself to return to a healthy “normalperson” was relentless. The running a marathongoal I had set myself, not the kindestof things I could have rewarded my damagedbrain and body with. Nevertheless, I hadbought into the infamous culture of needingto aggressively train my body and makeit hurt. For it to be “healthy”. I had subconsciouslyset out to punish my body for how ithad failed me. I believed that proving it couldhandle pressure would be the best thing todo.So, simply to compliment my running, I enteredthe Pilates studio for a private lesson with excitedenergy. My head racing instinctively like a cheetah,miles in front of my body. I was going to run thismarathon. I was greeted by an instructor who wasas sweet as the smell of the saltiest sea air. As Iexplained my goal, smiling delicately, my instructorasked me if I had been cleared to run a marathon?I bent the truth. My neurological professor wouldmost certainly not approve. Then she explainedthat the global muscles I had been recruiting to liftat the gym, pick up the kids and run on the hardconcrete, needed some support. We focused on thesmaller stabilising muscles so they could support mymovement in life.I WENT FROMFEELING DISAPOINT-ED IN MY BODY, TOAPPRECIATE ITOver the next month, whilst creating space in andlengthening my body, I started to unwind. Like afierce ocean rip, whilst I wasn’t watching, my strengthincreased organically. I no longer craved a physio ora massage therapist. I didn’t have to psych myself upwith an energy drink before the class. Music didn’thave to pump and I wasn’t gritting my teeth. Closingmy eyes and being gentle with myself, holdingmy composure when it burned, I loved the power ofbreathing through Pilates . At the end of each session,my instructor would ask us to place a hand onour body and thank it for one thing we were gratefulfor. I went from feeling disappointed in my body, toappreciating it. These subtle little movements werebringing my exhausted body and soul back on kilter.LUXNOMADE.COM | @ LUXNOMADE35
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