Have you heard of the stress triangle? You know how sometimes your shoulders get tense, your neck aches and your head feels as if it is going to blow off your neck.  These are the areas where most people hold tension-the “stress triangle”.  Stress can also wreak havoc on other parts of your system too – your skin, your internal organs and your emotional well being.  

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By switching things up, I am realizing that I was not paying attention to the signs my body was giving about being stressed and burnt out. This past week – my shoulders have begun to loosen and my joints are no longer aching. I have been holding a lot of shit inside the past few months – some of it on purpose and some subconsciously – and it was starting to show up threaded in my daily life.  My stress triangle was nagging me – and when I went to lift or do anything that required overhead movement, I was in pain.  My joints were starting to burn and ache regularly. My acne on my face was coming back in full force. I was off balance and it wasn’t until this week – that I stopped,  took a breathe, and noticed, I FEEL better.

Yesterday, during my yoga class was hen I became aware that I felt different/better – my shoulders were not tighter than security at the White House. I could move…I felt like a huge weight had been lifted. I think acknowledging that I was feeling uninspired and burnt out – making it real made a huge difference. At times, I put pressure on myself about pushing on because let’s face it: How can I – Miss Blog About How Awesome Working Out Is – be uninspired and unmotivated?  Well, I’m living proof it happens and it’s also a reminder to everyone out there — no one’s life is perfect, or happy all the time. We all have peaks and valleys that happen.  I have learned the key is to keep focused on moving forward and be kind.  Sometimes that’s harder than whatever you are going through but just like anything else, it takes practice…

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