Take Care of Yourself

This is not just a blog post about fitness. This is about total wellness. A lot of us are running around all day, thinking a million thoughts and "to do's". We never stop and take time for ourselves. I am not talking about sitting in front of a television, playing videogames, or drinking a beer. I am talking about stopping to sort of be with yourself and reflect. Take a walk, listen to some relaxing music, meditate, read. Do something with you and only you. You have to take care of yourself.

If you are working out 6 times a week, 2 times a week, no times a week you need to stop and take care of yourself and love yourself. I don't mind sit there and hug yourself (though that is awesome too), I mean accept yourself. It took me awhile to cultivate a loving-kindess for myself, and I am still doing it, but once you learn to accept yourself you are going to be a happier person for it. Some people say to me, "But I do love myself, I totally do," and yet when they constantly beat themselves up, judge themselves over every mistake, thought, or imperfection they possess. They never stop to give themselves that unconditional love and acceptance, so I tend not to believe them. We are all afraid of silence, of the pain and emotion that can arise if we are constantly not being stimulated or constantly doing something. Sleep problems are at a high, anxiety and hypertension are constantly on the rise, and not to mention depression. Do yourself a favor...stop reading this post right now...take 3 breaths. With each in-breath say "in breath" with each out breath say "out breath". Notice what you feel, see, sense in your body, what you think. Accept what is in you what is around you, you will learn to love yourself and love others better. You have everything you need.

Catastrophe happens, things go wrong, plans change. If you love yourself you will be okay with all of that. If you take care of yourself and accept yourself no external change or failure is going to shake you too much.


"You could search the world over and never find anyone as deserving of your love as yourself" - Buddha

Get in touch with me if you want to relax or learn how to :). I am still learning. Also if you want to get in RIPPED AMAZING SHAPE BRAWRRRRR!!!! Hahaha. No but drop me a line.

CoachZo