10 Oct THANKFUL

Posted at 07:17h in Health, Movement by

Fear is a feeling that we have all felt.  It can create temporary and chronic tension, discomfort, and pain in our bodies.

Often fear stems from childhood memories of disconnection or not feeling safe.  We may have shared these memories with trusted family and friends. Each one of us know these memories well… Through self-compassion and a practice of intentional breathing and movement, we can each find peace within, a place of ease within the holding patterns in our bodies and find relief in the discomfort of our thoughts, our worries, our fears; thus centring ourselves, grounding ourselves in the present, in the here and now.  

Pilates exercises enables breath-work with intention, providing what I know now as Compassionate~Pilates and movement, we can live fully in the present moment, as best we can, to avoid fear controlling our body. 

I choose to trust myself and have compassion for myself, others, the planet, the natural processes of this world.  I experience more ease through whatever concerns, worries, and fears arise in my life. 

When I do pilates practice regularly, I usually feel taller, lighter, more aligned, stronger, and flexible. I can then carry on in my day with a sense of GRATITUDE and JOY and counter the inevitable concerns and worries of daily life. This experience brings me back to my pilates practice each and every week.

Kalijo Pilates Studio with its environment, view, flow of fresh ocean air; its teachers and their kindness, and care, movement knowledge and experience; its students so CURIOUS and engaged makes me feel so thankful that I am not alone on my life path and exploration of becoming, but that we are all in this TOGETHER.  

Thank you to you all: students, teachers, friends and family for being curious about self-development.  Thank you for holding the Kalijo space together for everyone to feel safe. Thank you for choosing to breathe and move and be together at Kalijo and on any given day to find peace with curiosity.

We are truly lucky to have each other and to have the will to step into this place of the unknown together each and every day at Kalijo Pilates.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Katherine and the Kalijo Team