Holy FIT

Hey friends -

As many of you know I gave birth to TWIN boys at 30 weeks March 25th. Both boys have called the NICU home since - growing & meeting milestones bit by bit. This past week has been a bit of a roller coaster - with news that one of my boys would be sent home - then held - then sent home - then held again.

This experience reminds me of how important community, & looking after my personal health, well-being & self-care is to being a mother & rolling with all of life's highs & lows.

With reverence to motherhood & self-care in mind, I invite you to join me in this VERY LAST-MINUTE virtual Movement & Meditation pop-up. It's my intention that we mothers & caregivers can feel connected & we can continue (or begin to) prioritize our health & wellness & self-care to honor our roles as both mothers/caregivers & women.

This event is FREE to all mothers & caregivers - please help me spread the word & give yourself & the other mamas & caregivers in your life the gift of self-care this Mama's Day.

I hope to see you Saturday 💓

Link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/902019623977?aff=oddtdtcreator

How far away does this feel in Milwaukee, today?

I love summer. I covet the sun.
Yet I honor the winter, as well. The more peaceful & fulfilled i internally feel, the more gracefully I am able to move into the colder seasons. The harsh wind & chills are challenging, certainly. Yet they give us an opportunity to move in doors, to slow, to surrender, to fill our time with comfort, with family, with warmth. The next week or two, your feed will likely be filled with words entertaining & welcoming the new season - how to embrace moving inward, how to honor self rest & restoration, etc.

In honor of the change of the season, I’m thanking summer, & welcoming fall. 🍁

How far away does this feel in Milwaukee, today?

I love summer. I covet the sun.
Yet I honor the winter, as well. The more peaceful & fulfilled i internally feel, the more gracefully I am able to move into the colder seasons. The harsh wind & chills are challenging, certainly. Yet they give us an opportunity to move in doors, to slow, to surrender, to fill our time with comfort, with family, with warmth. The next week or two, your feed will likely be filled with words entertaining & welcoming the new season - how to embrace moving inward, how to honor self rest & restoration, etc.

In honor of the change of the season, I’m thanking summer, & welcoming fall. 🍁

Me today, with my close people, because PMS is an a**hole 👌🏻.

***le

& you?

Okay, real talk - I’m meant to be in the wild.

I love my life - my career, my friends, fam, city, local opportunity, etc.

However, I honor my intuition - & as long as I can remember, she’s called me to far away places rooted in slowness, sun, sand, nature, culture unrooted in western values & a more holistic, simplistic, life pace.

My peoples have always heard of my lofty goals & desire to create what I have in the Midwest else where, & collaborate my niche in health & wellness & souls desires with that of cultures rooted south. As I grow I do not feel further away from that desire, but called even more to fulfill what the soul is asking for. Happy as I am, when you have a reoccurring dream or thought, it is not by accident. It is likely asking you to tune in, & to listen.

2020 is going to be the year of feeling this desire out in a more serious manner, planning, problem solving, allowing myself to dream & lean into all the ‘lofty’ whispers that I have so easily pushed to the side -because it’s been the ‘easy thing to do’.

Lucky am I that I have such a beautifully vast community at my finger tips - if you have information that may help the journey & desire of relocation, feel free to share. Thanks friends ✌🏻.

& your body 🙌🏻

Throw back to the bright part of Bali 🌞.

I’ve been in bed w a virus caught in Bali for one week. A few days ago, I posted about whatever I caught starting to lift - & the day after I got 10x worse.

I’ve missed a whole week of work after traveling for two weeks - I’ve been unable to adequately care for my little one, & have been overall miserable.

I’ve had no choice but to surrender & be cared for. I’m focusing on caring for my body & resting. Giving myself grace, & really, really giving thanks to my coworkers for covering my classes, & most importantly - to my amazing clients for being flexible with me, & allowing me to heal.

Can’t wait to be back in the world & share all the beautiful memories/parts of Bali w you. ✨

So looking forward to getting back to my personal Pilates practice once I fully rebound from post-Bali yucks.

Holler at your girl if your interested in finding out what the reformer, chair, & a mat practice could look like for you ✨.

Two hours before I hopped my plane home from Bali I started feeling sick. Cue, food poisoning & a 24 hour flight home ✈️ ✌🏻.

Fast forward three mornings later & I’m finally coming out of the fog.

I had a lot planned for my homecoming, including several clients, two classes, a school event, a concert, a social gathering, etc. Getting sick knocked me on my butt & forced me to do nothing for the last several days - which may have been a blessing. Almost every time I travel outside the US I am reminded that my soul does not align with the western way prioritizing the ‘hustle’. & yet, the moment I got home from experiencing this life changing, two week Bali experience, I was going right back into it.

We had lots of conversations throughout our facilitator training regarding ‘integration’ & taking what we experienced & learned about ourselves with us in our day to day. I didn’t expect my integration to feel or look like this - but it likely did what my soul needed me to do, which is: slow down. Soak in down & family time, look at what I’m doing with my time - what is bringing me intrinsic joy & what is external expectation, &, to soften & be vulnerable ❤️✨.

🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻