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As the months went on and I started to master
how to move with greater technique, the
progression became harder. I couldn’t isolate
my muscles or follow instructions whilst my
brain was outside my body. It became impossible
to do Pilates whilst simultaneously
worrying about work or wondering if I had
made my son’s lunch healthy enough. Instead
of rushing (or running) through something, I
had to sit with the discomfort. Embrace and
enjoy my breath so I could prepare and focus
for the next move. By the time the class had
finished, I no longer cared about the school
lunch or what was going on at work. This
really is when the mind-body-soul connection
gift from pilates began to take place. My body
loved the movement and my mind loved the
break I gave it. The combination was euphoric.
I was healing myself. I became addicted to
moving. Not for my kids or my husband, not
for my work, not to get skinny, not to run a
marathon, but just because of how it made me
feel to move. Six months after I entered that
studio, I danced my way into my 40th birthday
in a glamorous dusty pink dress with confidence
and alignment in my body I never knew
I was missing. A year on, I am continuing to
surprise myself with my strength and what my
body can achieve. I look around my studio
and I love the personal empowerment it gives
women in my studio from all shapes, sizes and
life stages. I see people in their strength, core
turned on, beaming like little care bears standing
proud in their magic.
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