Today I chose to complete my favourite class, M/<60 LIVE NEW YORK BARRE SCULPT /194, because I am celebrating 100 days on the mat! This is the first time I have achieved this in the 2.5 years I have been subscribed to M/BODY.

Not all of these 100 days looked the same. Some days I chose a M/<60 SIGNATURE, other days I chose a M/<10 STRETCH FLOW. There were times when I chose to do all the jumps, times when I chose heavier weights and times when I utilised all the modifications. Many of the days were a mix of all of the above.

However one thing that is true for all of these days is that I am grateful for each one.

I have never been a consistent journaler, feeling like I need to relive my days on paper always just made my hand cramp and gave me a strange anxiety but I started reading “The Book of Delights” by Ross Gay last month which is a beautiful book of essayettes he wrote based on keeping a list of his daily delights for a year—so I was inspired to start my own little book of delights which has turned into just a bullet journal of gratitude, things that bring me joy in the day to day and I’m loving this format so so much. I hope you all find moments of delight today and everyday, they are always there whether tiny or massive or few or flowing <3

My gratitude list

These past 2 weeks I have been grateful that:

1. I chose goals that were achievable as it has been enjoyable to engage with them.
2. I continued with growth that I achieved during previous challenges e.g. I started the challenge by sharing a selfie.
3. By engaging with the activities and my goals, I have finally taken steps towards habits that I need to get back to/ want to try.
4. I ended June feeling more present and closer to my usual self on the mat that I started it.

Last night I took an outdoor yoga class at a winery with my sister-in-law. It was my first outing since having our baby 3.5 months ago and boy was it amazing to be out in nature and enjoy some adult time.

I’m grateful for my husband watching and putting our three girls to bed for us.

I’m grateful to live in such a beautiful area filled with so much nature (and wineries).

I’m grateful my baby happily takes a bottle allowing me some adult time.

Instead of a scrolling on social media, I decided to read for 15 min. Has anyone read this book? So good! What are you reading these days? Also some pretty flower pics from our walk today.

Today I had to put my fur baby Remington down due to health issues. I rescued him at age 3 and trained him to serve others (Veterans, children, elderly) as a pet therapy dog. He was loved by all and brought me (and many others) great joy in the mere 4 years together. RIP Remington.

This round of challenge is really teaching adaptation, as life continues to change and flow. Finding myself unable to make lives as much as I could in those early challenges, but I made it today! It was an absolute pleasure to work my brain with that initial barre combo, right in the thick of all of you people and your amazing energy!! Have a good Wednesday friends 🥰