Fragmented

I'm feeling full, heavy, weighted and somehow fragmented.

What do you reach out for when you feel like this?  Do you find yourself feeling like this?

I reached out for:


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I get a real good burst of stable energy from the good old Venga, but even today I felt a little tired, blue, upset, disappointed, and hurt.  While life is good, there are challenges deep under the surface.  Let's just leave it at that.

signed, the willow

Be Specific

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Ran a marathon in 2013.  You bet.

When you find it's time to make some changes in your life, you need to be specific with your goals.

Recently I wrote something down (in the present tense), not realizing how specific I was, or how much or little intent I put into it.

My goal was answered.  I've been job searching.  Soul searching in a way too.  Looking for something satisfying.  Within a few days, I found the specific job that I had written down.  It was advertised on the internet.  So, I applied.  Smirking the whole time that I had written this goal down.  Well, within an hour I had a phone call to arrange an interview!

To make a long story short here, I didn't get the job.  No one did.  I seem to have that luck.  Turns out the organization didn't have the funding to go ahead and employ anyone yet. So, yeah, be specific.  Actually get the job.  Not just the call for it.

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My trip to Paris in 2014.  Absolutely!

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These are my abs in early 2012.  Looking just like that, with no cupcake remnants left on top.

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My new house with pool.  I had to cut the palm trees down as they weren't flourishing in Canada.



Point is:  be specific.  Just saying.

signed, the willow

Nia Bo-Bia, Shanana-Bana-Po-Pia, Nia!

The past two weeks, I have been sneaking off to a Nia class in Hamilton.



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Laura, a friend from *Mila's* old school, is the instructor.  She's got a natural knack for this relatively new way of moving one's body.  It's described as Nia (neuromuscular integrated action):

Nia is a sensory-based movement practice that leads to health, wellness and fitness. It empowers people of all shapes and sizes by connecting the body, mind, emotions and spirit. Classes are taken barefoot to soul-stirring music in more than 45 countries. Trainings are designed for those seeking personal enrichment and professional development. Every experience can be adapted to individual needs and abilities. Step into your own joyful journey with Nia, and positively shape the way you feel, look, think and live.  (source:  Nia Now)

source:  niawellness

You can read all you want at Laura's site or the Nia Now site.  The expected response is going to be "Oh, it's like yoga!"  Sure, logical.  I brought my yoga mat.  Don't fret.  But I got so much more.  Dance steps.  Stretches.  Kenpo punches. (insert my Viking heart here)  Booty shaking.  Spirituality.  Enlightenment.  Insightfulness.  Introspective.  Aha, see where I'm going?  No, not to Yoga!  I love yoga, don't get me wrong.  But, Nia offered me so much more.  A chance to pop out a "no" while I punched the air. (insert more Viking heart here)  An opportunity to throw out the trash of my daily life.  A practice for me.  A giggle.  An expression of me.   

Oh, hello there "Me".  How have you been?  

I felt alive, a sweat had broken, with no pain.  A relaxed rejuvenation.  I was genuinely rejuvenated.  Enough to come home and suffer the pain of wall squats with Tony Horton's P90X after.  Nia offered me no pain.  Nia offered me satisfaction.  And so, I'll continue with Nia.  She's a good friend.

It was nice to get out and try something new.  Will you join us?  

signed, the willow