Warrior weekly: 2 swans and a wedding.
Feeling on fire this week. Then I felt the wrath of the retrograde.
Monday – up and at ‘em. Session 2 of my new online offering designed and all set out on paper by 8am. The first session was called Waking up the Warrior, this session is around Unleashing the Warrior Within. I’ve been allowing ideas to come to me over recent weeks. No pushing, no forcing. Entirely organic, in flow and intuitive. For me, I recognise this new offering will have a deeper impact and be more powerful and transformative as a result. On it with a section of my book written too.
Regular bodywork client in the aft. A lot going on his body today, he’d been ready for treatment for over a week. The word “over-commitment” came up during and we had a chat about where he was overcommitting in life – work, friends, food etc. Giving more of himself than he was replenishing – it was showing in his body and triggering his problem areas: lower back, neck and shoulders.
It’s a great question to sit with – what comes up for you when you ask yourself the question:
“Where am I overcommitting to in my own life?”
You can add on the following:
“What can I postpone? What can I say no to?”
Received a message from one of last week’s returning clients confirming his shoulder had definitely healed:
“Works easier
Gyms easier
Bounced out of bed this morning”.
WOWZERS.
Tuesday – wrote a blog before breakfast on what to do when you’re getting nowhere with your doctors and you’re experiencing frequent migraine attacks.
Regular pedicure client – been seeing her for 2.5 years. During this time she has been learning to prioritise her needs, take care of herself, improve her family life/work balance and gradually incorporating foot care and foot practices into her weeks and days.
“EVERYTHING is REALLY good” she responded when I asked her how she was.
“I can’t believe I never get any bother with my feet anymore”
INCREDIBLE!!
Wrote, typed and shared the blog “I owe you big time” in response to yesterday’s client feedback. It’s worth a read because, as a client, you owe me nothing. You owe big thanks and gratitude to yourself for showing up. For meeting me halfway. Though the pay offs are big, that takes A LOT of bravery and courage.
Regular bodywork client – I channelled a feeling of not wanting to disappoint others. This can manifest as worry, anxiety and show up in the body as tension and stress. Even lead to headaches, burnout and other illness/ailments as well as regret.
Did you know that as humans we are capable of feeling disappointment? In other words, it is ok to disappoint others, they can handle the feeling.
I used to fear letting others down (as well as missing out) myself. So I never said no to anything. Learning the power of saying no (through practice not perfection) led to giant leaps forward with menstrual migraine. Saying no is a powerful practice. Life-transforming.
I turned my highest rating post on Instagram “say no” into a podcast here. Worth a listen if, like me, you are a recovering people pleaser.
Wednesday – yoga online. Had a chat about a yoga practice/body check in that R wants to start and has been reminding me of for 8 months but we’re yet to implement.
2:30pm session 2: Unleash the Warrior Within. For the first session I felt a little apprehensive as I didn’t know how it would wake up the warrior, yet the success of it and how I was feeling about this week’s session left me feeling super excited for this one! My ideas came to life and were executed well, I can’t wait to see how this unravels in the weeks to come.
Enjoyed my lunchtime adventure with Milo as usual. Walked to R’s mums from his new home that he moved into this week – it’s all been happening! Got in the infrared sauna and cold plunge pool. Got a cold plunge pool on order for mine so will be opening up the chance for clients to add it on to their day when they Retreat With Me.
Is a cold plunge something you partake in already?
Is it something you’d like to try but are not yet sure how you will find it?
Or is it a big no thanks, not for me right now?
Thursday – up and at ‘em doing yoga in the bedroom whilst looking out at the pink sky. We can see the sunset and the sunrise from the garden. One chat with my healing coach
and the next day I’m on it – seriously, how does he do it?! His magic will always remain a mystery to me but one thing is for sure, this guy is a world class teacher.Shared the blog I wrote earlier this week: Frequent Migraine Attacks: 4 tips to get you started.
Meal out with R’s cousin and partner. Had a fab night, a good laugh and booked his cousin in as a new bodywork client! Another shoulder injury and unable to life weights equally (similar to last week’s client who was fairing much better after 2 sessions with some channelling and changes on a physical, mental and emotional level.
Friday – book writing was not happening this morning. Well, it was but it wasn’t flowing and it was in a push/force/make it work energy so I let it go for a day to come back to later. Crossover day into Autumn week of my menstrual cycle and feeling the energies of 6 planets being in retrograde.
Had my 3rd session online with my friend who’s trialling her new online offering with me. Unbeknown to me before I sat down to it, I was feeling anxious, challenged and confused. By the time we’d finished I felt fair, free and ready to unravel. It was a hell of a finale and a journey I might gift myself to on an annual basis.
Floatation tank experience in the aft sure helped with the unravelling and was a better experience than the previous 2 in that I wasn’t as much in my head and felt a better sense of balance between mind, body and soul.
Watched the movie The Vow – have you seen it? Based on true events, I love true stories!
Saturday – my brothers wedding to childhood sweetheart, soul mate, long suffering partner and mother to their 2 kids (his words not mine!). Amazing day, yet what a trial getting ready. I was never meant to wear the dress I intended and pushed against it. The second option was worn even against my protest when the first one became unwearable (ended up with make-up all over it). My hair curlers blew up and I had to get R’s mum to rescue me at the last minute. Found it hard not to get stressed and overworked, nearly crying then sat there and surrendered the best I could whilst R’s mum pulled it off in 20mins and we managed to set off on time. It was the most wonderful afternoon and evening. A lovely service and all and only about the party afterwards which is what they wanted it to be (no speeches or standing on ceremony). The food was great, the kids had a brilliant time on the indoor bouncy castle, there were glow sticks and dancing (requested Sweet Dreams, my all-time fave dance tune) and had the best time with family. My second time driving to a wedding and back. Everyone else was hammered, I didn’t miss drinking at all. Was happy to drive me and R home, him with his plate piled high full of buffet food and me all smiles and memories.
Sunday – one of my Aunt’s stayed over last night so we met her at Nostell Priory for a gorgeous walk around the national trust. We saw a swan family in the lake and they all came over to us (I love swans). Delicious fennel stew in the café before we bought a ton of stuff from the farm shop and dropped my Aunt off back at her hotel.
What a weekend, it’s been the best!
