New Changes

Hello beautiful friends, 

I hope that January has treated you well. I have been having a pretty chill month, the holidays really wore me out with all the partying and drinking that we did so I decided to take a bit of a break from that. I restarted the Bikini Body Guide program and honestly, I just haven't been able to get into it and you know what, thats okay. I was being a little tough on myself for not keeping up with it but instead I decided to be kind to myself and remembered I have been practicing yoga every day so its not like I haven't been doing any form of exercise! 

Let me tell you, yoga is seriously the shit. I've tried to do the yoga thing before but it never stuck, I always thought it was too boring and since my flexibility is horrible I felt that it was a waste of time. But this year after a couple of sessions I have found myself thinking about it daily and having a craving to do it. That being said I've decided to focus a little more on my new interest and learn a little deeper and see where this new journey will go. I have been feeling the need to still get some cardio in and since I have a free membership at the mma gym I'm working at, I've decided to start taking some kickboxing classes. With everything that has been going on in the world as of late I do think it's a good idea to have a little self defence training haha hopefully I'll never need it but at least I'll have it. 

Back to yoga, I got these three books at the library and started the Happy Yoga book right when I got home. The introduction piqued my interest pretty quickly so, I'm looking forward to drawing myself a bath and reading some more.

I also want to learn a little more about my inner self and spirituality, I was raised catholic and while I do believe in a god and still regularly say my prayers, I am finding myself wanting to expand my beliefs a little more. While I'm not 100% sure where I want to go, what I want to learn or what is really catching my attention, I know I want to start with these books and see where they can take me. Here's to trying new things. 

Namaste. 

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2017

We're three days into the new year and I'm feeling good... really good. Even though 2016 gave me a beating that I never saw coming a few good things did happen... I had the most amazing wedding, Portugal won the cup (finally!!!!) and I got my fur baby Dexter. 

I don't want to sit here and talk about all my resolutions because I think that those are promises you make yourself and not everyone needs to hear them. Instead I will talk about my word(s) for the year which is Self-Love. For 2017 I have decided to really focus on my health, not just physical health but my mental health too. I had a rough and emotional early 2016, I felt stressed and depressed and really didn't know how to pull myself out of it until one day I just did. Although, I pulled myself out of the funk my motivation for working out, eating healthy or anything that really would benefit my wellbeing was totally and completely gone. I just stopped caring and while not giving a fuck is certainly freeing I don't think my body appreciates the crap I put it through. 

This year I want to focus on loving myself the way I deserve. I want to nourish my body with healthy foods, exercise and meditation. I want to treat myself the way I imagine a queen would treat herself. With only the finest foods, finest men (MAN for me) and only speak to myself with positive compliments. 

Life is a crazy, busy and bumpy rollercoaster but it's the BEST rollercoaster there is. We are so lucky to be born and to be living in a world that has so much beauty and I really want to embrace that. Join me on my journey this year, I can't wait to see what 2017 will bring. 

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