Story's Liquid Strength summertime

I have not blogged in SO long !!! It is hard to blog as openly as I usually do when I have been reluctant to talk about the fact that I am pregnant. There I said it. Being pregnant and feeling changes in my body has given me a fresh and insightful perspective into issues of "the body" and feeling comfortable no matter what you physically look like.

Summertime is always a big challenge since we drop down to one class a week only. The good news is that the energy of wed classes has been AMAZING. Such focus and positivity that it is downright addictive. Even the first timers are being swept up into the current.

The big thing I want everyone to focus on during the summer is that small consistent changes yield the biggest and most life altering changes. If you can't make it to class (or since we do not have friday classes till the fall), take 5 minutes and do as many walking lunges as you can and push ups. It is amazing how just those two things can greatly alter your strength and how you feel in your own skin !!!!!

For many of us, the twice a week mental stress relief of Liquid Strength is what is missed most. Take the time (especially when you are really stressed out) to do "full moon cycle" or "open the castle door" and imagine pushing all the things that stress you out away from you. Take a minute at your desk and do our neck stretch with a personal focus into your open palm and let your "mental chatter" calm for a moment. The very real world physical changes that happen in your brain chemistry are amazing.

I want to thank all of you for your support and what you create when you are all together in a room. The fun and joy that we all feel is from YOU. I am so blessed to be able to count all of you as my friends and students. I have the BEST job in the world !!!!

Story von Holzhausen