At the start of this week, I woke up on Monday with a very odd feeling. I felt like overnight a confidence stealing fairy had paid me a visit in my sleep and drained me of my ability to teach Pilates!
I
had butterflies in my stomach, my voice was croaky and weak, I felt a bit anxious about all sorts of issues, I had a headache, and I felt tired and without energy.
I try and start every morning with a short meditation, and on Monday I felt I needed to meditate for focus and purpose — so this is what I did. I shut my eyes and silently spoke the words, “I am relaxed” “I am calm” “I am strong” “I am safe” “I can relax at any time I want” “I am confident” “I love my
job”.
I focused on my breath — and I did this for just 2 minutes.
I decided to write down these words, and I read them a few times over, and then I wrote down the facts about my teaching Pilates — that I had been teaching for 16 years, that I had a lot of experience with my teaching, I have worked with many different experts in this area, including medical practitioners, that every day I learn something new that means I can help my Pilates family
more, that I love what I do and that I am passionate about how Pilates can help people.
This perhaps sounds like a lot, but it literally only took me about 30 minutes to do, and by the time I had completed this I had begun to feel better. I hadn’t completely lost my butterflies but my voice started to sound more normal, my breathing was deeper, and I felt a lot less anxious and I was prepared to face the day.
I wanted to share this with you,
because I think we all wake up some days with these kind of feelings, and if I can learn to help myself, then anyone can. It all comes back to choice and intention. I made a choice to actively do something which would help me on that day, and my days are always lived by my intentions to care, to work hard, to love and to be happy.
