Marriage care in the New Year.

Facts: over the past six years of parenthood we have done a fairly terrible job of prioritizing our own health: physical, mental, emotional, all of it. We kept six kids happy and healthy, and I’m proud af of that but it came at a cost. For me that cost is 70 extra pounds, anxiety at an all time high, and constant stress. I decided to make a very cliche change in the new year and do something about it. Liam—my partner for life and a nine to his very core—was down for whatever new challenge would help make me happy. So this is us coming out of shavasana on our eighth straight day of yoga. I am proud af of us. 

I have never in my life:
❤️Worked out for eight straight days
🧡Done more than three yoga classes
💛Enjoyed working out with a partner
💚Closed all three activity rings on my Apple Watch eight days in a row. 
💙Put this much intention into my own well being
💜Moved my body every 👏🏻 single 👏🏾 day 👏🏿of 👏🏼 the 👏🏽 year! 😘

I picked yoga bc I truly believe getting our stress under control and having a daily mental release is way more important than the sweat right now. (Spoiler alert: yoga still makes me sweat.) And honestly it’s 30 minutes a day that I look forward to. A time for us to come back together in quiet and just be. We are actually loving the classes so much, I’m excited to add in some others beyond yoga. But for now this is the perfect start. 

I also know myself and my motivations so I’m providing treats and “atta girls” along the way. For instance I stuck with it for a week and now I’m letting myself buy some new leggings bc if I have to yank these Kirkland leggings up one more time ima lose it…also it’s a very humbling experience to have your mommy pooch flop out of your leggings during downward facing dog. 🤦🏻‍♀️ We gotta get some support up in there! If I keep with it another week I’m getting a new mat bc the free VB one I got in college hasn’t aged well. I’m old, and my knees hurt. 👵🏻 

And finally, a hot tip from this completely inexperienced and uneducated yogi: a slow flow class is not like “oh you’re a beginner, let’s take this slow” kind of slow. It’s a “now hold this pose and suffer longer” kinda slow. 😅😅 #neveragain