Grab your mat and yourself and let’s get down to Pilates basics. This is an opportunity to learn foundational pilates principals that will help you feel more centered and strong in your body, on and off the mat.
September Connection Call: Self-Compassion Practices
Journal prompt:
Where in your life is calling for more tender self-compassion?
Where in your life is calling for any or all forms of fierce self-compassion?
Feel free to share your thoughts and takeaways with us in the comments!
July Connection Call: Building a Meditation Practice
June Connection Call: Boundaries & Balance
Meditation 0 - 7 minutes
Boundaries: 7 min- 22 minutes
Define
What boundaries do I want to set?
2. Communicate
Who do I need to communicate them to and what am I communicating?
3. Protect
How do you want to protect your boundary?
4. Maintain
What does it look like to maintain this boundary?
5. Respect self & others
How do you want to respect your self for setting this boundary?
Access your Life Balance Assessment Here. 22 minutes- 32 minutes
May Connection Call: Hinderances
Topic: 5 Hinderances
You will learn:
5 different mind states that can affect us living our values and taking action
Explore how to recognize them when they show up uniquely for you
A Skillful way on how to approach these mind states
Share your takeaways and learnings with us in the comments below!
April Connection Call: Transitioning out of the Stay at Home Orders
Materials:
journal/pen
Create a cozy space for yourself
Practicing the pause during this transition phase. Here are some reflection questions to help make this next chapter more intentional:
What am I most grateful for from this past year?
What did I enjoy?
What was challenging and/or unpleasant?
What did you learn about yourself?
What values of your became more clear? Why?
What do you want to forward into this next phase?
How do you want to show up differently in this next chapter?
What’s longing to be held/heard/healed/acknowledged from this past year?
If you feel called, please feel free to share your takeaways below in the comments.
March Connection Call: Commit or Re-commit to a Daily Ritual
February Connection Call: Practicing Self-love
“ You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens” - Louise Hay
Book I mentioned: You can Heal Your Life
Feel free to share your thoughts, comments and experience below.
January Connection Call: Transition Moments are Opportunities to Practice
“It is when we are in transition that we are most completely alive.” – William Bridges
December Connection Call: Mindful Eating Practices
(If you are watching the recording, the call officially starts at 7 min and 3 seconds).
This is the book I reference: Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food, by Dr. Jan Bays
Reference these Mindful Eating tips in the “Reflect” section.
Please feel free to share your takeaway and action step in the comments below.
Favorite Mindfulness Podcasts
Podcasts:
10% Happier
Untangled
On Being with Krista Tippett
Making Sense with Sam Harris
Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg
Do you have other recommendations? If so, leave them in the comments below.
Meditation & Mindfulness Books
Books:
Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain and Body, by Daniel Goleman & Richard J. Davidson
Fully Present: The Science, Art & Practice of Mindfulness, by Susan L. Smalley, PhD and Diana Winston
Full Catastrophe Living, by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Wherever You Go There You Are, by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Search Inside Yourself, by Chade-Meng Tan
Mindfulness is Better Than Chocolate, by David Michie
Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food, by Dr. Jan Bays
Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind, by Kristin Neff