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Kung fu is so much more than physical exercise
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Throughout the years I was able to train under my sifu, he taught me so many life lessons that I’m now starting to appreciate even more .
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I used to give my attention to so many things and people that didn’t serve me, that were draining , and that didn’t nurture my light.
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Yet, with every year I start to realize how much actual control I have over who and what can influence me and it’s incredibly freeing .
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Are you paying attention to things that feed your light ? Or things that dim it?
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What steps are you making towards nurturing your glow? And lastly , because I’d love to hear it 👀👂🏽 what realizations have you come to in your personal practices ?
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🌸Peace, Love, and Fighting Gloves-Saf🌸
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🌸Reducing anxiety🌸
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One of my favorite grounding techniques is this 5 senses technique.
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By becoming fully present you stop the ability to ruminate or worry about the future.
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It takes practice , but once you get it down it can be a game changer.
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I hope you're all doing your best to preserve your peace.
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🌸Peace, Love, and Fighting Gloves- Saf🌸
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Your body is a work of art , treat it accordingly 💕
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I know the day before thanksgiving can always be stressful , but if you are celebrating the day, make sure you take time for yourself today.
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Make sure you’re breathing when you get stressed and if heated arguments occur tomorrow , excuse yourself and step away.
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Nothing, and I repeat nothing , is worth your inner peace.
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And as alwaaaays
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🌸Peace, Love, and Fighting Gloves-Saf🌸
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“A Martial artist in some art” lol
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One of the things I’ve promised myself is to start playing more.
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When you hear “play” you immediately think of children on a playground or kids banging on toys , being happy and carefree. You rarely think of adults .
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We should fix that.
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Being high strung and stressed out is so bad for you, while being silly and enjoying yourself (responsibly lol) only has the negatives of people staring. Which honestly isn’t always a bad thing 🤷🏽‍♀️.
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When is the last time you played ? Let me know below 👇🏽👇🏽
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Also, Shout out to for helping me and my husband have such a great weekend with your exhibits 💕 it was amazing.
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🌸Peace, Love, and Fighting Gloves-Saf🌸
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I’m a simple woman , I see a big window and I sit in front of it 🌞😍.
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My mood is so highly influenced by the sun, so I try to take advantage of it anytime I can.
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A mindfulness exercise I love is sitting in front of a large window or outside and feeling the sun on my skin. What a beautiful way to be present 🧘🏽‍♀️.
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Who else is a sun baby?
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I hope you all have an amazing weekend InshaAllah 💕
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🌸Peace, Love, and Fighting Gloves- Saf🌸
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Where is your focus ? 🤔
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One of the things I’ve struggled with my entire life is being a perfectionist .
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Everything had to be perfect, or it didn’t get done , meaning ...a lot ain’t get done 😅
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I would spend days ruminating before a performance , exam etc and could not enjoy my day to day experiences.
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I didn’t enjoy the sun on my skin, the scent of the roses along my walkway, or the simplicity in the silly daily conversations with my friends .
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I wasn’t present , and in those moments, I wasn’t happy.
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It’s easy to focus on wanting to make your footprint on history , wanting to help as many people as possible etc. but isn’t it easy to get caught up in the destination and not the journey ?
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I challenge you to enjoy the little things today.
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When you come across something difficult think, “Is this a real problem ?” If so how can you fix it ? If not , let it go love .
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I hope you all have a wonderful day.
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Be kind to yourselves and as always ....
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🌸Peace, Love, and Fighting Gloves- Saf🌸
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Give yourself permission to not be perfect 💕
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If you are a perfectionist or grew up constantly wanting to please everyone, you probably give yourself a hard time when you’re not 100%.
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But you shouldn’t 💕
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Lately a lot of people have been talking about constantly being a better person than you were the day before , and that’s amazing but it can be harmful depending on how it’s interpreted .
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Just because you killed it at work yesterday doesn’t mean you will today and that doesn’t mean you are “less than” today.
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Being “better than yesterday” can mean giving yourself grace when you mess up , taking time to breathe during those moments that , quite frankly, suck and then moving on to your next task.
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Success shouldn’t be measured solely by your “work output” or how many items you check off of your checklist. Rather than that, try to focus on things like : “when my boss snapped , did I let that influence my emotions?”, “did I do the best I could with the energy that I had?” , “did I take care of myself today?”.
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A lot of things in life are outside of our control, try not to measure yourself worth by how much you produce. We’re not robots 😉.
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Sending all of you consistent light and love.
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🌸Peace, Love, and Fighting Gloves -Saf🌸
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Do you find yourself having a hard time focusing , even when doing simple tasks?
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It may just be because you don't dedicate enough time to being still, an aspect of self care that I don't see many people talk about. So, lets talk about it 😏.
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Stillness is not just not moving or being immobile, but rather an energetic state of being, of wholeness, of being free from the distractions of every day life, of being fully "conscious" ( I can go down a whole rabit whole on consciousness lol).
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And that can be uncomfortable, esepcially at first! But no one grows by being comfortable 💕.
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One of the ways I heard this explained that deeply resonated with me was by Eckhart Tolle , author of "The Power Of Now".
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Eckhart Tolle describes achieving this state of stillness, or rather consciousness through stillness as the dissapearance of white noise.
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We never really hear the buzzing of our air conditioner, or heating in the house, until it goes away, and then, in that moment there's a brief moment of peace.
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Funnily enough, that exact thing just happened while I was typing this. I see you God 🥰🤲🏽.
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When is that last time you achieved this state of stillness 🧘🏽‍♀️. How did you feel and what were you doing?
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Or do you have difficult with finding stillness? I'd love to hear below 🤗
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And as alwaaaays..
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🌸Peace, Love, and Fighting Gloves- Saf🌸

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