Category: yoga

Tattooing 27/4/17

This week is MS awareness week in the UK, something I am very aware of everyday as you can imagine! 
MS has changed my life! I learn new things about my-self every day because of it. Some things I’m not keen on which is ok because at least I can spend time reflecting on the things I don’t like, as long as I’m not spending too much time on one thing because then it becomes unhealthy! 
Its taken me along time to get to this point of acceptance, there is no end point to it though, something people may not know is how much MS can change from day to day, meaning everyday we may have to adapt and accept something new or even the return of an old symptom! 

Our lives are never boring! 
Yesterday was an amazing day! A day that I had been planning and working on for a long time! 

Yesterday I took myself into the city of Coventry, its only just over 10 miles away, but for someone with extreme anxiety, this is an amazing thing to do! 
I went to see this beautiful, kind & gentle soul, Holly Marie. So she could get creative and mark me with a beautiful image, that would forever remind me of what an incredible journey I am on. 

The point I am at in my life now, feels so right! I feel as though, with the guidance of so many over the last 7 years (and more, even before my MS) I have started To unveil the real me and like a Lotus flower, I am blossoming!
What an epic LifeJourney! 

Thank you for treating me so well yesterday Holly and I’ll see you in 2 weeks for my next symbolic image! 

Picture is my own, as are words. Permission to use image of tattooist was granted 27/4/17

How do I stay positive?

“When people ask me why am I so positive, I simply reply why not?” – Vix Edwards

  • I try to lift weights once a week
  • I try to practice Pilates 3 times a week
  • I try to practice Yoga almost everyday

I also have ms every single day but i don’t have to try with that one!
MS isn’t easy, there’s something different every day, but this doesn’t stop me living my life the fullest that I can!
I do my best to stay positive, which is where my exercise comes into play. 

Negativity is soul draining and exceptionally hard for me to get out of when it has me! I should imagine this is the same for anyone that has ever had a low mood day!
Imagine a tree, at the top of it is where the positivity is & this is where I aim to start my day! 

Lets say I wake up and its a beautiful day, sun shining, birds are singing, and I’m at the highest point of my positivity.

I sit up in bed and as I move my legs, my right leg is a little stiff. Hmm, that’s ok, I can handle that, except for when I start to walk out of the bedroom and I have to drag my leg, this knocks me down in my positivity.

So now, I’m no longer at the top of the tree. Now I’m on the branch below where I started, but thats ok, because I was at the top when I started my day, I am still closer to being at my most positive than my most negative & because I try to always see the positive in things, I should be able to get back to the top fairly quickly.
Remember though, I said this isn’t easy! Sometimes we come across things in life that will test us, sometimes we think we are going to break and never be the same person ever again. I’ve been there! Not just with my health, so I know how hard positivity can be, I’m not the same person, no, I use these experience’s as lessons and I grow from them!

When there’s only 2 choice’s, positivity & negaticity, I know which one I’d rather make! 

“Train your mind to see the good in everything. Positivity is a choice. The happiness of your life depends on your thoughts.” – Marcandangel 

Photo is by myself as are the words!

The yogic way

So ready for another incredible 1:1 with the lovely Denise Walters
Make time for yourself today to make for a better tomorrow! 
Feel like the luckiest girly alive to have 3 beautiful Yoga teachers! 

The thing that amazes me & I find hard to believe is how lovely & supportive these beautiful humans are about me having 3 different teachers!
There’s no animosity, no acrimony, resentment nor spite!

Its just not the yogic way! 
💁💚💋💜

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Himalayan salt lamp yoga

I always get great satisfaction when I get up early for my own yoga practice. This mornings practise was so beautiful & very energising! 
Absolutely loving my Himalayan crystal salt rock candle holder from my gorgeous sister Sarah Charlesworth for my birthday! Thank you, the energy from it is so wonderful! 

🙏💝🙏

Picture is my own as are the words

HAPPY ONE YEAR YOGA PRACTICE TO ME!

I love this journey! 

I’m learning so much about myself every practice & its amazing! 

I’m not saying its been easy, it really hasn’t, but what would I be learning if it was!  
HAPPY ONE YEAR YOGA PRACTICE TO ME! 

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My yoga flow

Shoulder strengthening yesterday in my own yoga flow! 
Obviously the speed of this has been increased & you’ll notice at one point when attempting a side plank, I forgot which side I had already done! 🙈 Oh this MeSsy brain of mine 🙊 

+jLooking good girly!

Had a really good short weights & yoga home workout today, but the pain is so real! 
Trying so hard to focus on the present and not the past! 

This journey is for now, I wasn’t ready to be on it years ago!
Positive note: when I watched the video back for the first time in a long time, I thought to myself “damn, you look GOOD!” 

Yasss! Health coach high! 💚 

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Yoga is back! 

So happy that my confidence is back with my Yoga practice!
Thanks to that of my Yoga bestie for helping me even when she doesn’t know that she has!
And thanks to yoga for teaching me how to still my mind, how to open my heart, for teaching me how to be brave and how to see light in every dark situation.
And so, the journey continues! 
🙏💗💁

Photo shared via Instagram. Words are my own

Yoga workshop #2

Excited & anxious all at the same time! This morning I am off to my 2nd Yoga workshop, this time it’s with another of my beautiful Yoga teachers, Denise – @smallworldyogi! 
I really am amazing myself with how far I’ve come on this journey, not just my Yoga journey but my life journey! Thanks to my yoga I am more open to learning new things about myself, my confidence to travel further and go to new places on my own has to be one of the most noticeable things for me! I would never have even dreamt of doing this a year ago! 
From reading that, you might be wondering “travel further, where is she going for this workshop?”

Well, its only just over 6 miles away but its an area I’m not used to driving to and last time me & my yoga bestie attempted to go to Denise’s class, we got lost! 

So, because of that, and because I’ll be on my own, I’ve given myself added pressure and anxiety where it isn’t needed! 

I could ask for my DebbieRahRah to take me but this is something I have to do and I can do it! 
🙏🦄💁

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Life lessons

Its those moments, you know the ones that you don’t see an end to? The ones you wish you could just run from, flee the seen and pretend it never happened.

There’s also those times when something really just rubs you up the wrong way, or times that created a chain of unfortunate events.

Do you know what I mean?
Well, take a breath, because these are the moments that are shaping your life. These are the things that make the future you a much stronger person.
There really is a lesson in every situation.

From the smallest thing, to the moment your life changed forever. 

Don’t question “why you” 

Instead try and say “thank you”. If not at the time, I promise you, you’ll be gratful for every lesson in the future.
See the positivity in every situation!
🙏

Meme shared via Instagram, words are my own