During yesterday’s hot yoga class, the theme was practicing compassion -specifically SELF COMPASSION. Often times we are so hard on ourselves, never cutting ourselves a break. Kindness needs to start with you in order for it to really blossom. We all have disappointments, struggles that we deal with and visions of how we think things should be — but sometimes the reality doesn’t or just can’t line up. We want to look a certain way or be better at something we try and set up these unrealistic expectations and then are so mean to ourselves when it doesn’t happen. Challenge yourself to stop those voices in your head that automatically shoot you down — and practice self compassion daily.
One of the guys I workout with in the AM, Ray, shared his experience when he went in for a physical this week:
Doctor at my physical today told me that because of my BMI number he thinks i am OVER WEIGHT, even though the nurse did my body fat percent which was 11.4%.
It’s another example of what a crock of crap BMI is —
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