(sorry, same photo, I really need to take some photos of my own during class, just feel a little weird about it..)It's Thursday!!! Put up your dukes! It's fightin' time!
oh yes, I really kicked it, (literally) in Body Combat class this morning. Had more energy this time, and gave it all. Forget the old adage, "horses sweat, men perspire, women glow." hah! This girl was sweatin' like a pig! So here's a few things that remained in my brain after class was over... I can't catch everything Mr. Rob says in class cuz the hard-slammin', war zone-type music is so dang loud in there, but here's a few tidbits:
On the boxing warm-up: "double hooks, get your opponent's head, between the temple and the jaw". oh yeah!
Love it when he uses imagery: "You're locked in a steel cage with your opponent. The crowd waits to see who comes out...with their teeth remaining." ooh, makes me wish I had a mouthguard right about now...
Learned a neat karate combo: "double chop", "cross guard" ("guard your groin", he says, then adds a hilarious comment I won't mention here!) then back snap kick, front snap kick. "make sure you don't see your foot in the mirror on the back kick, kick straight back". Did this combo over, and over, and over...
Divided the class in half, both halves facing each other during boxing section. Fun to imagine actually punching that Mad Cary Mom facing me! haha, just kidding...
Thermostat was out of order, was seriously HOT in that room, so he had to cut one track to allow more time to cool-down. "Let's take a vote, we'll keep either the boxing track or the muay thai, with 7-and-a-half minutes of Thai strikes.." Muay thai won. Good. My arms needed it. Feelin' it now..
Mat time, push-ups with one-handed shoulder taps, mountain-climbers, ab work, cool-down stretch.
Felt so good I stayed for the following Body Flow class, well, at least until the yoga poses that knocked me on my bottom and I could hardly get back up again.
Now: arms on fire, hope I can lift a fork to eat lunch. Abs screaming. But I like this tough feeling. Like if any problem comes my way today, I will go down swinging!
Hoooah!!!
hot phone, empty heart
exhausting conversation
nothing left to say
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how many more ways
how many analogies
running out of words
really need this run
I could run all day & night
thoughts on overdrive
Lord I need that place
where I can hide in Your love
and never come out.
This week I had the joy of making a little craft project for a sort of "class" I'm taking. It involved cutting out words and images from magazines and pasting them to the sides of a little cardboard box, with the theme of sharing 2 types of things about ourselves: 1- the things that we want other people to think about us, or that we perceive others think about us, these things were on the outside of the box, and then 2- the things that we do NOT want people to know about us, those secret things that we feel ashamed of, these things we put in the inside of the box where no one can see them, unless we choose to share it with them. One note of clarification, it is important to remember that shame is defined as feeling bad about who we are, unlike guilt, which is feeling bad for our behaviors. That said, I will now share the OUTSIDE of my completed box...
Side One- my interests & passions: exercise,
Side Two- my mommy side. My kids, being a family, is huge to me. My heart is all about my two little sweeties, yet parenting is also an area where we can try so hard to maintain an image of being a perfect mom when really we're constantly berating ourselves for not being better at it. Comparing ourselves to other moms. Judging other moms on their different parenting styles or commitments. it is what it is.
Third side- my easy-going, friendly, silly side. The side that wants to put on a good face, be happy, please others, have a good time. Never want to rock the boat, want to keep everyone happy.
4th side- spiritual side. Of course my relationship with Jesus Christ is deeply personal and the most important thing in my life, yet I hope I'm not alone in saying it sometimes becomes an area where I have to put in some effort to maintain that image, as well. Put on the ol' "church face" every Sunday morning, no matter what kind of fights our family had on the way to church. But fortunately I"m in a good place, a good church where people can be themselves, and my desire to bear good "fruit" can be motivated more by my love for Christ than what others think of me.
5th side- the bottom of the box, my domestic side, or shall I say, my lack thereof!! That's why I chose to put it on the bottom side, where it's not totally hidden, yet it's not as visible. I am simply not gifted with a passion for housecleaning, and it shows!! I may not be the next subject on the show "Hoarders", but I seriously need to do some de-cluttering; it's embarrassing! What's most embarrassing is when I sometimes wonder if people are judging the inside of me as being as cluttered and untidy as my home environment, ouch!!
That brings us to the lid of the box, which is tightly closed and bears these words: don't look in this box. secret.
And here's the inside of the lid. Inside the box itself, I have some words which describe aspects of me that I don't readily share with others. We all have those areas. What causes us to feel so horrible about them is when we have been shamed by someone else in our past about them, or by what our culture dictates of how we should be, or our own inner critics that tell us we're bad because of them. No one is immune from the feeling of shame, yet we can all learn to develop shame resilience. But that's another blog post, another day. or not.
Ok, i decided i needed to be more authentic, show some proof that i can sort of do these yoga poses. Still a work in progress, yes, that's me cheating a little, one toe touching the floor, don't judge me now.....:)
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Looky what I can do!!! Today in Body Flow class, I think I mastered these 2 cool yoga moves:
The bird pose.... (sorry for these weird photos I found online, I couldn't quite hold my camera in class and take a picture of myself while doing these!!!)
and the Bird in Flight pose!!
This tai chi, yoga and pilates class does so much for the body, but even more for my mind, soul and spirit.
Just a couple haikus I came up with during the final 5 minutes of rest/ meditation time:
Meditation
my soul is speaking
Quiet - it wants to be heard
beautiful silence
as we lie in peace
the quiet before the storm
a single tear falls
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Hey there, i finally updated my recent body combat again post with a photo of our actual class!! The photo is at the bottom of the page. I am in the second row, wearing lime green shorts & a white shirt. Just sayin, so now there's evidence...i am truly a Mad Cary Mom!!
(Here's the photo again..)
I was originally going to call this post something like, "Cardio Photo Remix", as I was listening to some high-energy cardio dance music on Pandora the first half of my run this morning. Was also running along this picturesque trail, next to a stream, perfect photo opps everywhere. So I was laughing at how I must look, like this crazy multi-tasking adult ADHD-infested woman, running along the trail, then suddenly darting off the path and down to the water to take some pictures, usually in ridiculous positions, then high-tailing it back down the trail as the fast cardio music pounded in my brain and kept me going. But..
as I enjoyed all the beautiful scenery and was calmed by the quiet, natural surroundings, I switched my station to some nice Christian praise & worship music for the second half of my run, and let the music and God's presence in nature speak to me.
I am so often like this Road Closed sign, with the Lord. I see these broken pieces in me, like this broken cement, this path that cannot be easily journeyed down, and I say, "Lord, that's far enough. This road is closed, I can do it myself. You stay out."
Yet I know that He just wants to smooth out those roads, make it so clear to me where my journey is leading next. Even if it is one dimly lit step at a time. Baby steps.
Only You see the Big Picture, God. Like from my view high up in this tree, where I can see the rushing water below, even to the bottom of the stream, You see the bottom of my heart, when all I see and feel is the rushing chaotic waters of my soul.
And You beckon to me, saying, "Taste, and see, that the Lord is good." I know that, Lord. I know. I know...
My haiku: Worship Music
though my heart rages
and my mind rebels. please, Lord
speak to my spirt.
So the day before yesterday I went out for a run. Gorgeous day, so excited to run in shorts again, enjoying the great weather. Playing with my radio app, then the song "Thrift Shop" comes on. I'd never really listened to the lyrics before, (and mind you, these were the CLEAN lyrics, not the foul-mouth original ones that I found when I googled it and thought, oops! not gonna copy-paste those bad boys!!!!) and I started cracking up as I jogged along. I normally switch stations when I hear that song, I'm not into rap and that sax line is annoying. But this was just so funny....
....because...I LOVE THRIFT SHOPPIN'!!! and it just so happened that I had just gotten back from doing that very thing at the Goodwill which is so conveniently located on my carpool route! So after dropping the kids off at school, I'm in there rummaging through everyone else's smelly hand-me-downs, innocently seeking out some good deals on clothes for my kids who keep growing too fast, when I start getting distracted... (as usual)
Just couldn't say no to this cute little dress....
....and these awesome shoes!!! They rock!!! Both for less than breakfast at Starbucks!!!
Soooo...nothing deep to talk about today. Just showing off my treasures. (and my weird feet, ooh, vulnerability hangover coming on here....) :)
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