Thanks To @yourfunctionalbody For This #tipTuesday Gem! . . Super For Hips And Posture... Turn On Those

Thanks to @yourfunctionalbody for this #tipTuesday gem! 😃. . Super for hips and posture... turn on those buns for a deeper hip flexor stretch... See if you can keep those buns on as you lift your sternum up toward the ceiling - they will help keep you from pinching your low back.... More challenge? Lift the arms to the sky!... Need a little assistance? Put hands on a wall or other stable surface as you lift you chest. . How do you feel after doing it?? 😃. . . #hipflexors #hipopener #happyhips #glutes #posture #aligmnent #stretch #bodypositive https://www.instagram.com/teammona/p/Bsq6d8LHxd-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xfxtjewl1eeq

You might see only a leg in the air and wonder, “What’s the point?”… Did you happen to notice that the other leg is balancing on a big ball? Do you know what a challenge that is?... What I see in this picture is perseverance, commitment, and SO much progress!... 😀... . When my client Catherine first came to me, she was in so much pain. Our first several sessions had to be done while she was seated in a chair, and she required a cane to walk in and out of the studio.... . She stayed consistent, through hip surgery and recovery, and many months later, look what she can do! 😀 Her strength and stability has grown so much because she stayed CONSISTENT. With the shutdown she did not falter; Catherine pivoted directly to online sessions with me to keep and grow on the gains she’d achieved. I’m SO PROUD of her! Her commitment to do what she can inspires me! 😍. . So if you’re feeling like it’s just too much, like there’s nothing you can do, like “why even bother,” remember Catherine who could barely walk and who now can go for bike rides! Even when she was impatient for progress she STILL took those micro steps, CONSISTENTLY... I believe in you,too: YOU can find something, no matter how small, and start building on that, every day, even when it’s boring, even when you wish you were further along. Yes! You! Make us both proud. ❤️ . . #juststart #keepgoing #keepmoving #consistency #babysteps #motivation #dosomething #recovery #hope #grit #determined #fitatanyage #fitover40 #fitspo #inspo (at Pilates Northwest) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAGyl6aAnti/?igshid=1xh1zfkr8zf8e

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I think I self-sabotage SO many things that I actually want in my life because something - the timing, my energy, my outfit (!) - isn’t perfect... . “I’m not going to be able eat healthfully 100% today, so why bother?” . “I’m too tired from ____, so why even try to exercise?” . “I’m so not as athletic as those people, so why even join their support group?” . “That at-home side-gig looks fun, but I’m don’t look like I [workout/know skincare/have fashion sense/whatever].” . So what? So what! (That’s what I have to shout at myself). TAKE THE LITTLE STEPS. Notice what happens! You might find yourself energized by your actions, and taking MORE LITTLE STEPS! 😀. . Cmon, what’s the thing you’re shuffling your feet on today? What’s ONE LITTLE THING you can do? Because, my friend, you CAN do! ❤️ . . *~*~*~*~* If you could use more positivity in your life around your health, fitness, and nutrition goals, DM me. My next 8-week fitness support group is opening up soon. Would love to have you in it. 😊 #motivation #yesyoucan #takeaction #perfectlyimperfect #fitatanyage #keepliving #emptynester #oldbutyoung #nevertooold #faithoverfear #positivity #bodypositive https://www.instagram.com/p/CFLtc0HgCsj/?igshid=gm97p3w63jku

Not saying there isn’t hard stuff happening in the world, I’m just saying: Feel. The. Love.... It’s out there in the world, too. ❤️.

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In fact, there’s so much love, the more you look for it, that it can be as overwhelming a feeling as when you feel hopeless against all the hard stuff - EXCEPT! Except you are overwhelmed by the glimmer of hope you feel, and maybe of how you are afraid to believe in the goodness and hope....

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But it’s there! So take it in... let it fill you with a moment of wonder... and then notice the very next thing you feel like doing... Maybe you feel like reaching out to an old friend, or helping out a favorite charity, or going out in nature, or doing some self-love like a workout...

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Whatever it is, let that moment of feeling how big love is carry you into the next thing you do... with love. ❤️

Waking up to snow! ❄️.. . Does it fill you - at least for a moment, before your jaded old adult voice turns on - with a particular mix of excitement and serenity? 🙂. . I hope today you’ll allow yourself a moment to marvel at beauty and feel a sense of wonder, and enjoy a little play. 💕. . #seattlesnow #snowday #bodymindspirit (at Seattle, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/teammona/p/BtdyziBnn5V/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1l1os35pnibad