Connect With Yourself

Being healthy is more than just exercising and eating the right foods, it's also about mental balance. This includes how you handle stress. 

Emotional well-being and taking the time to connect within yourself is important for you to establish. The mind, body, spirit must flow in harmony. 

Meditation is one such method in establishing a connection with yourself. It's funny, we will have an excuse for not having enough time for so many things that deem good for us, yet we have time or "find" time for things that stress us out! 

[PAUSE..THINK ABOUT THAT] Things that make you go....hmmmm. 

I was one of those who just couldn't squeeze another activity into my daily regimen. I had to realize that I'm the one who is creating or allowing my schedule to be the way that it was. It's about deciding what's important, and what do you value more; yourself or everything else. Keep in mind, that without valuing yourself above everything else, you will NOT be any good for anything else, right? 

I challenge you to take this moment to begin the process of connecting with yourself. Here is a link to a guided meditation (DON'T CLOSE THIS POST...LOL). Just try it, let your mind have a peaceful moment and let me know your thoughts. 

Get comfortable and click here to begin.

Enjoy!

Bench Donkey Kicks

Adding to the butt toning (or building) regimen, here is another one of my favorites, donkey kicks. These require really no equipment. You can do these on a bench, as shown, or the floor. I would strongly recommend that you place a mat or fold up a towel for your knees.  


Take your right knee and bring it toward your right elbow, while engaging your core, then swing the right knee out and up, and engage your glute muscles on the lift. Do a set of 20-25 reps, then repeat on the left leg. Opt for 2 sets on each leg.

The donkey kick works your lower back, core, legs and glutes. With every lift you are toning all your glute muscles.  This movement is great as an alternative to doing squats.   


No excuses - go ahead and have at it!

Never Giving Up!

Taking a moment to reflect on things in my life, remembering the obstacles that life had placed in my path, every bump, hurdle, cliff, mountain, ocean, windstorm, landslide - you get the picture, I just think - WOW! How did I manage.

I see myself as being very determined and I know that life is truly what we make it. Who wants to believe that the situations that we experience, are out of our control. Every challenge has a solution. You have to challenge yourself - to live! Why not? You can truly amaze yourself if you don't become defeated and decide to move forward. 















A few weeks ago, I was invited to share my story, my view, my challenge. I hope that in some way, that you too, are motivated to do more, to be strong, to overcome and to live like you've never lived before. I share this VeloSano Video with you. 

No matter what comes along in your path, never give up pursuing your journey!