#also it gets in the way when i’m doing my floor exercises in pilates

[fingertipsmp3]

The feminine urge to give yourself a fuck ass bob

[beenjen]

I’m just going to say it. I’ve been a cranky bear lately, and even though I am eating healthfully and exercising - Yeay endorphins - I’m just a crab apple.

Some of it is perhaps being in the house day in and day out? We are taking an evening walk with the kids most days, which is so great and a way to get out. I am also getting once a week outdoor yoga sessions v livestream - which definitely has a different vibe and energy. It’s maybe the monotony? But is it? Even when I am working I have the same schedule and see the same people, so maybe not.

I decided after a fun Pilates floor class with Lilith last night (and I really need to get some images of that cuteness overload), and I got the kids down, I’d do a full facial. So I washed, masked, steamed, used my home microderm I picked up with a gift card for Christmas and slathered all my favorite tonics and creams. Then I put on some cute jammies - a new development as I can once more fit in them (💪🏼) and curled up with a super smutty, zero brain cells required Sci-Fi novel. Ahhhh.... it’s the small things.

I also signed us up for misfit market? It’s a thing where they deliver fresh veggies and fruit to your house, all organically grown, and at a discount because either it’s misshapen, too small, too big, etc for the store. Looking forward to it and having to step up my veg game with trying new things that we don’t usually tackle.

Here’s a weird angle of a butterfly on jamis’ head and the best image I could grab with Lils last night.

Tomorrow’s Friday!!! Tomorrow’s Friday!!!

Xx

[dc41896]

Due Date

Hey guys! So this imagine is based off of a post I saw from Thomas Rhett (one of my fave country artist 🥰 lol) and his wife, who are expecting a baby soon. Also I’m using a new person so hopefully you guys like it😊!

Pairing: Kenny CrosbyxBlack Reader

Warnings: None (very very slight suggestive language, but other than that fluff)

Y/N: Babe can you bring home some castor oil, pineapple, raspberry leaf tea, and a pint of moose tracks ice cream?

Y/N: Oh! And some spicy pad woon sen from the Thai place we always go to please🥰!

Kenny💪🏼❤️: You know I love you and would never judge you, but these cravings are getting out of hand babe. Castor oil???!

Y/N: They’re not cravings...ok the ice cream is a craving but the rest is for something else lol. I’ll tell you more when you get home 😁❤️

Kenny💪🏼❤️: Lol ok see you then 😘

———

“Babe I’m home!,” Kenny announced, placing the bags full of everything you requested on the counter.

“Hey love,” you smile, walking, well more like waddling, up to your boyfriend and greeting him with a kiss.

“Why are you all sweaty? Are you ok?! What about Bubs?!”

“Relax I’m fine, I was just exercising. Lightly I might add before you have a heart attack,” you laugh before sitting on the grey Pilates ball his teammate, Sheryll, bought you as a baby shower gift. “It’s just even doing light stuff seems to take a toll on me.”

Being in your third trimester, specifically a week away from your due date, you were ready to be done with pregnancy. Not that you disliked all of it though. The fact that you could be so close to your baby all the while your body was doing this miraculous task of creating another human brought you so much joy.

But there was only so much more of the back pains, swollen ankles and feet, and shortness of breath from only stepping a few feet you could take.

“Well that’s why you gotta take it easy ok? Bubs will be here soon enough,” he answers kissing the top of your head. “Now tell me what all this stuff I got is for?”

“To get things moving faster since someone wants to be stubborn like her father,” you smirk, lightly laughing from the dramatic gasp that escapes his lips.

“Um excuse me, if she is stubborn she gets it from her mother Miss Mighty Mouse.”

That was Kenny’s nickname for you since the day you guys met. At the time, you were a bartender making extra cash to help pay for classes, and had seen him come in a few times here and there. You guys never really interacted, though, other than you taking his order and him thanking you before eventually closing out his tab for the night.

That is until one night you were left alone and everyone in town seemed to come into the bar.

“Hey I could help out if you want?,” Kenny offered from his usual spot at the side of the counter, just finishing the last of his beer.

“No I got it thanks,” you quickly answer focusing back at the drink orders you were trying to fill. While you had everything under control at first, as the head count got higher, so did tempers. People began yelling at you for taking so long and demanding their drinks be placed in front of them. You were moving as fast as you could, but it still wasn’t fast enough for the rowdy patrons.

“Sure you don’t need any help?,” he asked again when you were close by, lightly tapping the wooden countertop.

“Nope I have everything under control.”

Sighing, he leaps over the counter placing his wallet and keys on the top shelf behind him, before trying to calm the crowd. “So what’s everyone drinking tonight?!”

“Hey I said I got it, plus you can’t be back here!”

“Listen you’re all by yourself clearly in need of help and I have plenty of experience bartending,” he answers pouring drinks and flipping bottles, successfully impressing everyone with his tricks. “I promise I’m not some creep that’s gonna steal from you or get free drinks while I’m back here, and if I do I give you full go ahead to deal with me as you wish.”

He was doing a great job and everyone seemed to calm down a bit from his banter with them and his tricks. Your boss wasn’t there so he’d never know unless either of you told him. And you hated to admit it, but you couldn’t handle every single order here by yourself, at least not in a timely manner.

Deciding to let him help, you were in charge of orders on one side while he was on the other. Although you’d never done it before, you guys worked amazing together, easily sliding beside each other and moving around to get what you needed.

Your chemistry was undeniable and everyone in that bar witnessed it that night.

As a thank you, you offered half your tips to him, but he refused saying you didn’t have to pay him back. “Well maybe let’s start with you not being so stubborn Mighty Mouse,” he smiles, turning back around to make his way home.

Years of friendship that turned into a relationship later, and here you both were about to welcome a beautiful baby girl into the world.

“Yea yea whatever, just hand me the Thai food please?,” you ask lightly bouncing on the ball with hands on your stomach.

“You know, there is another way we can get things moving,” he smirks bending down to kiss your neck as he places your food in front of you.

“That’s the only thing you took away from the meeting with the midwife didn’t you?”

“No it wasn’t. I paid attention to everything she said thank you very much,” he smiles kissing your cheek.

———

Making you a bath fit for a spa day, Kenny helped you ease into the warm water that smelled of your favorite scents from the bath bomb and bath soap he used. As an extra touch, he even sprinkled flower petals in after you got comfortable making you giggle.

With your braids wrapped on the top of your head and from shoulders up peaking out of the water, along with the tiniest part of your belly, you lean back with eyes closed nearly going to sleep.

“How do you feel?,” he asks softly walking in, sitting on the floor beside you.

“Really relaxed, thank you for doing this babe,” you smile leaning over to kiss his lips. “Oh can you get me the pineapple? I don’t think the Thai food worked.”

“I know you’re excited to see the baby and want this pregnancy to be over, but she’ll come when she’s ready. Don’t stress yourself out trying to make it go by faster ok?,” he smiles gently rubbing his thumb against your cheek.

“Yea you’re right, plus we still have a week it’s not like it’s past her due date.”

“Exactly, which hopefully it doesn’t come down to that but if it does, then we’ll try your ways. And you will officially be just as stubborn as your mom,” he finishes placing a petal on the lone spot of your abdomen poking out of the water.

That is, not before you both see an imprint of her tiny foot kick you from the inside, making the petal rise momentarily.

“I don’t think she appreciates daddy talking about her and mommy,” you laugh.

“Aww I’m sorry Bubs, and I’m sorry mommy,” he responds kissing the spot she kicked on your stomach before kissing your lips.

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[monicawoe]

Fic Writer Tag Game

Tagged by the lovely @denugis and @ameliacareful Thanks!

AO3 Name: monicawoe 

Fandoms: My top 3 fandoms are Supernatural, MCU, and Venom, others include various Marvel comics and TV shows, Alien Covenant, Forever Knight, Good Omens, Hannibal, Legion (tv), Lucifer (comics), Preacher (tv), and The Mandalorian

Fic you spent the most time on: In terms of longest time spent writing? Probably Burdens Doublefold, co-written with @quickreaver just because it was such a beast of a fic: still my longest at ~67k words, and still one of my all-time faves.

The longest one from conception to actually completing the fic though was On His Head a Crown which I started thinking of while season 5 aired (back in 2009!) and then didn't write because canon went in such a different and also fascinating direction that I ended up writing more canon-adjacent fics at the time. This one veers off wildly from 5x03 with Sam as the Horseman Conquest, and was finally written last year as part of the Sam Winchester Big Bang featuring glorious art by @slytherkins. That means it actually took me a full ten years to get around to writing it. Glad I did though ; )

Fic you spent the least amount of time on:  A tie between Letters of Resignation, a cracky collection of letters written from the POV of the demons killed by Sam during My Bloody Valentine and Hunt, the first Sharp Teeth fill I ever did for the prompt Wile E. Coyote finally catches the Roadrunner.

Longest fic: Burdens Doublefold, as noted above, a 67k retelling of seasons 1 & 2 co-written with @quickreaver, aka the fic where I wrote myself into shipping Sam/Brady forever.

Shortest fic: a 100 word BuckyNat poem Mirror

Most hits: How They Make You a Weapon at 18,619 , Winter Soldier POV beginning with Bucky being captured by Hydra through and beyond the end of CA:TWS) This is the only fic I've ever written in second person but I found it worked rather well for the Winter Soldier's POV accentuating his missing sense of self.

Most kudos: Ink at 2165, Venom (movie), Venom admires Eddie's tattoos.

Most comment threads: Also How They Make You a Weapon at 133, likely largely due to the fact that this was posted as a WIP, which I don't normally do, but at the time I felt a burning need to immediately share all of my Winter Soldier Bucky thoughts!

Fave fic you wrote: Wow that's a tough one. I love so many of them for so many different reasons. If I had to pick one favorite from my top three fandoms it would be:

MCU: Bad Becomes Worse. I suspect it might be one of the best (albeit angstiest) fics I've ever written, you tell me.

Supernatural: Counteroffer and its sequel The King's Guard - I still really love the unreliable narrator POV in the first one and the unsettling tone I think I achieved there, and as for the sequel, writing Sam as physically containing all of Hell was just so damn fun.

Venom: Wedding Party (because this one was just SO MUCH FUN to write!)

Fic you want to rewrite/expand on: So many. Early on in my spn fic-writing days I ended on cliffhangers a lot because that's what the show liked to do, and I myself enjoy the open-ended nature of them, but some of them really are begging for a sequel. If there's any particular one you'd like to see a time-stamp to let me know and I’ll likely add it to the list.  

I am currently working on a sequel to my most recent Venom fic Many Thousand Feet Beneath because I'm told I can't just leave those biotech millipedes under San Francisco! (and you're right readers, you're right!) It will take me a bit longer because ::gestures at everything this year:: but I promise I'm on it!

Share a bit of your WIP or share a story idea that you’re planning: (see longish excerpt of my WIP of Kale!Sam / King of Hell Sam under the read more tag below)

Tagging : @wetsammywinchester , @slytherkins, @brendaonao3, @rokhal, @tigerlilynoh, @hafital​

a WIP fill of a prompt for the 2020 round of Antichristmas: Sam Winchester's Birthday Prompt-fic extravaganza (still accepting prompts if you want to join the fun! fics due in May, for Sam’s birthday)

Sam stood in front of his new Mirror™ and smoothed down the front of his moisture-wicking tank top.  He could feel the increased definition in his abs, but it wasn't quite where he wanted it to be. Not yet. He was, as ever, determined to be his best self. That's what he'd built his whole career on, and he had to embody it wholly.

"Alexa, start Mirror, play Morning Pilates," Sam said, getting into starting position on his PVC-free yoga mat.

He moved through the first three exercises with ease, looking forward to the upcoming side plank with grim eagerness. He'd been getting better at the advanced version and was confident he could hold the position perfectly. When the time came he held the form without any quivering in his arm or leg, so focused on using his core to hold himself still that it took him a few seconds to realize the mirror was glitching. Sam's reflection wasn't doing a pristine side-plank at all it was just standing there. And it was wearing a suit.

A suit he was pretty sure he didn't even own.

"Alexa, restart mirror," he snapped, annoyed at this interrupt. He could hold side-plank a long time, but likely not all the way through the restart and plus he wanted to make sure his other side got an equal amount of attention, and— The mirror hadn't turned off. A bright red line was flickering down the middle. And his reflection—still wearing a black suit with a dark maroon silk shirt—was looking right at him, a crooked smile creeping across its lips. 

Unsettled, Sam pushed himself to his feet and moved to turn the damn thing off manually. He pressed himself up against the glass, reaching around the back with his left hand to find the reset button, and then the glass wriggled under him, and a hand grabbed him by the throat.

Sam choked as he was lifted two inches clear off the ground by himself. Or somebody who looked exactly like him. Except for the suit and his eyes which flashed golden-yellow just before he tossed Sam unceremoniously to the floor.

[kittenshift-17]

Oh how i understand that you wanna keep away the touchy ppl comments, is like i have a mirror i know how I look like there is no need of you to tell me that I gained weight nor is neither your problem. Sorry I got carried away

Exactly. Like, yeah, currently with the weather warming up I’m finding that my Summer Body is nowhere to be found and all of last year’s summery clothes are too tight and hard to button or whatever. So I’m uncomfortable and I want to do something about it both because I’m a cheap-skate who doesn’t want to fork out money for new stuff, but also because I’ve spent my life enjoying the appreciative looks one recieves when one is a lithe female with disproportionately large breasts and a flat stomach and thigh gap.

So it’s definitely, mostly, for me that I want to shed the kilos to boost my self-perception.

But I soooo don’t want to deal with judgy from people in my hometown, you know? Like, listen Karen, I know I’ve piled them on and your gloating about it is only gonna get you a pop in the mouth if you come at me with that shit when I’ve been drinking. 

I’m not even thinking about it for the sake of comparing myself to the other bridesmaids because they’re all wildly different shapes to me, both in height and weight, so I won’t be the heifer standing out compared to the others, but I’ll be wearing a really pretty dress, and getting up in front of everyone my bestie knows, many of whom I know too since we’ve besties since we were 10, and the impending judgement is already making me cringe.

So, I’m starting out slow. I’ve begun a jump-rope regime in my backyard, where I skip for as long as I possibly can until my ankles or knees give out on me (and OMG sidenote, but the effect it’s having on my core/pelvic floor is amazing because that much bouncing threatens to have me wet myself and I haven’t even had kids, so like, whhhaaaattt. No wonder mothers gotta cross their legs when they sneeze, man. Yeesh!). I’ve aslo set a schedule to attend the local pool 2 or 3 times a week to swim laps now that it’s warming up, and I’ve got my yoga mat out for pilates/sets of squats, crunches, leg-lifts, push-ups and those butt-thrust exercises where you plant your feet and your shoulders and make like Magic Mike. I’ve dusted off the exercise bike, too, and I gotta do cardio to burn fat, so I jump on and ride as hard as I can for as long as I can until it feels like my legs will fall off and/or my heart might give out.

It’s not a lot. My fitness level is in the toilet, so I ride for 500m and I’m ready to kark it, and I skip for 3 mins and I’m wondering if it’s possible to die of a heart-attack through exertion. BUT it’s better than nothing. And nothing’s what I was doing before. Baby-steps. I’m usually one of those morons who goes way to hard, jumping into a T-25 workout schedule and pulling literally everything during the first workout, preventing me from doing anymore for the rest of the week until motivation flags. This time I’m trying to avoid that. I want to build the exercises into my schedule so I’ll maintain them, and I want to build my fitness and resistance over time, rather than killing myself on the first day and then sleeping for a week whilst moaning over pulled muscles, you know?

[monicalorandavis]

5 exercises that will keep you fit forever

If you are currently deep in a regularly scheduled exercise program then this ain’t for you. If you are averse to exercise, again, this ain’t for you. However, reader, if you are looking for the simplest, most basic, most effective workout -- this is your lucky night.

I am a certified personal trainer and group fitness instructor who’s worked in fitness for seven years (and counting). I love it. I’m good at it. I’m passionate about the science behind fitness. But more than that, I love how exercise makes me feel. It’s been hugely beneficial for my mental health and self-esteem. It’s my go-to for de-stressing and a place I kill time. I’m like a puppy, if you don’t run me enough during the day I go crazy. This is my truth.

Now, many people do not have this relationship with exercise. That is fine. Many people are looking for some relationship to exercise. That is also fine. Exercise can be beneficial even if you only exercise twice a week so you might as well commit to that since it can add years to your life and increase the quality of your life.

So, if you’re still interested and want the simplest way to stay fit, then here’s the secret recipe (this is based on no studies, just first-hand experience over my career)...wait for it because this is gonna be good...

Oh yeah. You don’t even know...

You thought you knew, but you ain’t know...

It ain’t even that wild which is really the best part (because I know you thought I was going to try and sell you something but I’m really not. This blog ain’t set up for all of that...yet.)

So, in no particular order, with no designated rep count (because any rep amount is better than none, and you can quote me on that), here are the 5 exercises that will keep you fit forever and ever and ever.

1. Push-ups

2. Lunges

3. Planks

4. Bridging

5. Swimmers

Hold on. Before you go there, I don’t care if you’re injured and you can’t do push-ups. You shall modify the exercise. You are always allowed to modify the exercise. If you want to exercise but need to make something easier, then you do that. That is your right. Even if you have to do them on your knees with the shallowest, almost nonexistent range of motion where you’re barely lowering your chest towards the ground and your elbows are more straight then they are bent, we’re counting them. Start there. Practice. Improve. Add reps.

Lunges. Forward. Rear. Lateral. Curtsy. You have options. If you want my opinion (and you sort of do if you’re still reading this), you should start with a forward lunge. I feel it recruits the most large muscles in the legs. However, it is  harder than a rear lunge (legs moving backward) so don’t feel bad if it doesn’t feel quite right in the beginning. If a forward lunge causes any pain at all in your knees then stop immediately. In general, sharp, snapping, twisting, yanking feelings in your muscles/tendons/bones (girl, this is never good) are a sign to chill tf out.

Planks. The big daddy. Planks are effective. They are hard. Get this, and I want you to hear me on this, they are effective because they are hard. This is the truth with exercise, by and large. You want something to be hard. It doesn’t need to be impossible or excruciating or scary. But it should be hard. But how hard??? It should be challenging while maintaining good form. If you are holding a plank with the goal of 60 seconds but after 45 seconds your shoulders start shrugging to your ears, and your hips are elevated out of line with your shoulders, then the plank is over. Take a knee. Reset. And try again. As soon as form goes out the window, you’re doing unnecessary work that you aren’t being paid for. There are no benefits occurring. You’re expending energy that isn’t circling back in the shape of muscle development (at least, not where you want to develop muscles). I often see people performing planks with their backs arched, straining their back extensors and turning off the rectus abdominis (not what you want). So do a plank, stay fit.

Bridging is en vogue but it’s a yoga/pilates staple from way, way back. I’m assuming you will look up videos for these exercises since I’ve not included any, nor will I, since there is the YouTube. Just like with everything else, good form with bridging is paramount. In this case, bridging can quickly teeter into over-extension in the hip flexors which in turn over-stress the lower back. Again, good form, good form, good form. Bridging over squatting any day. This is how you get the most efficient work for your glutes when you’ve only got five exercises you can concentrate on.

Lastly, swimming, or Superman’s if you favor the masc. A wonderful balancer for the posterior chain. It gives mobility to the shoulders. It builds strength throughout the entire back, hitting the glutes, shoulders, upper thighs and abs (a little). People hate doing this exercise because it’s hard and unnatural and we don’t practice moving this way out of water because it looks so goofy. But it’s so, so good and I make my clients do it all the time because it adds years to the life of your shoulders. If you’re somebody who sits at a desk, you need to work on your shoulder mobility. You’re most likely shlumped over all day and we’re trying to fix that posture and stay strong as we age.

So, those are the 5. Nothing crazy. No jumps. No equipment. All you need is you and your body and a mat? But you can do this stuff on the floor. I do all the time. But I also like to sleep on the floor so I understand if you want a mat...

Again, the reps are up to your discretion. In general when I’m short on time, I do an exercise for a minute every minute as one set. I take a one minute break then repeat that again 3-5 times. In the case of these 5 moves, you would do the 5 exercises once, take a minute break, then repeat 3-5 times resulting in a 18-30 minute workout.

If you’re curious give it a whirl and prove me wrong.

[entirebodyexercise]

4 Must Do Exercises for Weight Loss

They are going to say in my experience I speak with beginner exercises or individuals that are coming back adhering to an extended break as well as have to lose weight," once I reduce weight I'll begin strength training and I'm just mosting likely to concentrate on cardio." I totally recognize the believed to do it simultaneously might be frustrating, but toughness training isn't really just a substantial section of slimming down and also really feeling healthy and balanced--. In addition to that, it's even more easy than some people believe.

1.Exercises for Weight Loss

Don' t get me I'm a tremendous fan of cardio. I actually like just exactly how it makes me feel and that I truly like the satisfaction of seeing what area I've been training in and also simply how several calories I have actually burned off, just the amount of procedures I have actually taken. In concerns to lengthy term weight loss and also obtaining effective: TOUGHNESS TRAINING POLICIES! In a resting heart price compared to body fat, muscular tissue burns a lot more calories daily to put it differently.

Strength training enhances your capability to do day-to-day tasks while feeling excellent and keeps your joints mobile. No matter exactly what your targets are, stamina training is a critical component of your very own workout strategy, and it as well late to begin.

You are required to earn use excellent kind, need to you would certainly like wonderful results. Here are numerous tips for a few of the very best bodyweight workouts that will certainly aid you obtain effective, slim down as well as construct muscle!

Push-Ups

You should do 'em: Push-ups are amongst the leading body weight exercises therefore are easy to change and also keep track of renovation, as well as ever created, they need no equipment, develop stamina in every one of the appropriate locations, have many variations to keep things fresh. You create the body in when as well as can burn calories working numerous muscular tissues. Pushups make you powerful.

In regards to pushups, your type is essential. Each push up has to be a full series of motion. In case you merely go half means down or raise your butts airborne for a variety of repeatings, you shouldn't count them. Seems undesirable? Well, you are never got by cheating.

Place your feet right behind you at a comfy place (together or somewhat split). The further apart your feet actually are, the more protected till you remain in a placement to construct your equilibrium up enough to place your feet, you are mosting likely to be.

Your buttocks need to continue to be symphonious never ever up as well as back, together with your legs in the air. (Basically a complete body board setting.) Keep your neck inert, do your mind ton't drop or crank it back.

Make an initiative to maintain your core body constant.

Squats

You should do 'em: Take pride in your buns! Solid as well as powerful is warm. When women ask their behinds the simplest approach to firm and tone their legs ... They are informed by me to! Squats additionally increase the freedom in legs, your hips and top back. When you get old, stability as well as the strength you expand from squats could help you out of a seat or get to for something around a floor or only stop harm.

Take a fit, broad placement, point your toes out somewhat and rest back. Like you're taking a seat within an unnoticeable chair, your buttocks should protrude out. Remain constant and also effective as you make an effort to keep your heels on the floor as well as squat.

Ensure that your toes are tracked about by your knees. Do not quads as well as allow your knees cave right into the centre, involve your inner thighs.

Ensure that your back is in proper alignment. Make certain to aren't scrunching your shoulders up around your neck or arching your back. Pull on your abdomen to your personal back as well as contract your abs.

Your neck rounds. Look straight in advance or find a point of focus constant in addition to your eyes. You do overlook in the earth orn't desire to round your neck.

Get. Depending in your hip flexibility, possibly you are in a placement to squat - strive that is instead reduced for quads parallel making use of the ground. That's fine in instance your adaptability is to that particular level. Just always remember that versatility is some thing that you can function to enhance. Function for parallel that'll significantly engage hips, your upper legs and also glutes.

4.Lunges

Lunges will be the bomb you require to do 'em. And also furthermore they reinforce your glutes, quads, hamstrings as well as calf bones. The lunge can be an excellent conditioning exercise for activities and also a great deal of sports. Prepare on your own to find the outcomes in your bottom half.

An workout fitness instructor performing a lunge

Lunge Form

The means to do a forward lunge that is basic: Together with your upper body abdominal muscles and also chin up acquired take a substantial advance with your left foot. Sink directly your front left knee courses within the extremely top of your footwear in addition to your right that was back knee points down towards the ground. You're in your right toe that is back. Repeat on the appropriate leg. Maintain switching. An exceptional spot to start is by utilizing 10-12 lunges on each leg and work the appropriate course up.

See yourself lunge having a side view mirror. Guarantee you typically aren't rounding your back or leaning as well far.

Keep shoulders, hips and your knees facing in very same method, forwards.

Take into consideration the way where you're spreading your body weight. Don't press your weight yet instead utilize them.

You should do 'em: It is frequently claimed that one Pilates Total amount Body Roll Up is equivalent to 6 situps and also method extra powerful when compared with a number of brainless stomach exercises.

Take benefit of your abs as well as joint down to the floor covering as well as avoid making use of glutes as well as your hip flexors. Have somebody hold your feet or collaborate with a resistance band as well as hold the takes care of in your hand for those that have issue keeping your feet on the flooring. As you show up, or bend your knees. It's regularly acceptable to change!

Begin with three to 5 if you have the ability to place in a pair and also see.

See me existing these four must-do exercises for weight reduction in the video clip below!

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Tips On Bodybuilding, Alcohol And muscle Mass Gain Process

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Fit Pregnancy: My 2nd Trimester Workouts

Workouts done during 13-27 weeks of my pregnancy

I’m almost 27 weeks pregnant and approaching my 3rd trimester. Woohoo!  Just like my first pregnancy in 2016, I’ve been very fortunate to have an easy pregnancy thus far. I haven’t experienced any nausea, excessive fatigue, leg cramps, swelling, hemorrhoids, headaches, heartburn, constipation or other symptoms that are common in most pregnant women.

This has allowed me to consistently train up to 6x a week. If you’ve been following my journey for a while, you’ll know that prior to getting pregnant, I would train 6x a week sometimes twice a day.

I thought I would share the workouts that I’ve been doing to stay fit and active during this pregnancy, along with sample weekly schedules. 

So here goes.

Weekly Workout Schedule (13 - 17 weeks pregnant)

Sunday - 3.5 mile easy paced solo run 

Monday - Active rest day focusing on mobility exercises

Tuesday - 3.5 mile stroller run

Wednesday - 45 min Spin Class

Thursday - 1hr Orange Theory Fitness Class

Friday - 45 min Spin Class

Saturday - 45 min Spin Class

Weekly Workout Schedule (18 - 22 weeks pregnant)

Sunday - Easy paced 5k run

Monday - 1hr Barre

Tuesday - 45 min Spin Class

Wednesday - Active rest

Thursday - 1hr Orange Theory Fitness Class

Friday - 45 min Spin Class

Saturday - 45 min Spin Class

Weekly Workout Schedule (23 - 27 weeks pregnant)

Sunday - Easy paced 5k run

Monday - Active rest day focusing on mobility exercises

Tuesday - 1hr Orange Theory Fitness Class

Wednesday - 45 min Spin Class

Thursday - 1hr Orange Theory Fitness Class

Friday - Yoga

Saturday - 45 min Spin Class

How I create my Weekly Workout Schedule?

So at the beginning of every week, I create a workout plan (like the ones above). They are based on my schedule, my husband’s schedule (so he can keep our toddler), my toddler, class availability, the weather and how my body is feeling. 

My goal is to do at least 5 challenging workouts alternating between cardio & strength. I try to ensure that I have 3 days of cardio and 2 days of strength and then 1 day for yoga and/or mobility. But this doesn’t always workout as planned. Sometimes I might have a little more cardio and less strength and vice versa. For example last week during Thanksgiving, I took spin classes 5x and did 1 outdoor run. This was because all of the classes at other studios I wanted to attend were completely full. Also the temps outside were freezing for the most of the week and I didn’t feel like running outside in it.

About the Workouts:

Easy Paced Runs

I try to go out for an outdoor run 1-2x a week depending on the weather and schedule. As I get further along in my pregnancy I don’t run outside if it’s raining or snowing heavily or really cold.  If it’s nice outside, I’ll do a stroller run with my toddler. 

I typically do a 5k at a super easy pace (or what my running club likes to call ‘sexy pace’), which is 10:30+ min/mile. My pre-pregnancy pace was around 8:40 min/mile. My body can go faster but I overheat so quickly and my heart rate shoots up, which is a big no-no during pregnancy. So I aim to run at a conversational pace and have fun. If I feel like my heart rate is increasing too quickly at any point, like running up a hill, I take a walking break until it’s back to normal. I never ever attempt to push through a run. It’s just not worth it to me during pregnancy. I always do what feels right for my body. 

A few people have asked if I wear a support belt during my runs and the answer is no. I didn’t wear one during my 1st pregnancy and I ran up to 41 weeks. However my bump is a lot larger this go around so if I feel I need one, I will definitely get it.

Orange Theory Fitness Class

I discovered Orange Theory Fitness classes while vacationing in Florida this past summer and fell in love! It’s a high intensity workout combination of treadmill running, rowing on a rowing machine & strength training using free weights or TRX straps. It’s coached by a trainer to upbeat music and no two workouts are ever the same. (I’ll have to do a blog post with a review on their studio at a later date). While the workouts are challenging, it’s been easy for me to modify moves that are no longer comfortable or reduce intensity that I perform various exercises. For example the treadmill running consists of speed intervals. Pre and early pregnancy I would run the entire way as instructed but as I got further along, I take walk breaks as my recovery. 

So here’s an example of what the speed intervals might look like on the treadmill then vs now:

Pre-pregnancy - Base pace 6 mph, Push Pace 7.5 mph, All Out Pace - 9/10mph

During Pregnancy - Base pace 3.5-4 mph, Push pace 5.5-6mph, All Out Pace - 7-7.5 mph, Recovery pace 3mph

Spinning at Cyclebar

I love spinning and frequently used it to cross-train when I was training for races. I’ve done classes at all the well known spinning studios over the years but never heard of Cyclebar until I got it on Groupon. I’m so glad I found them because they are close to home and their spin classes are awesome! I started taking classes in March and used to compete to be number 1 on the leaderboard (and did it!) but as I got further along in my pregnancy, this was no longer my goal. I try to keep my heart rate at a manageable pace, which means that sometimes I have to skip the tap backs or arm presses. I still leave this workout drenched in sweat and smiling because I’m having so much fun. I’ll have to do a review on this studio as well at a later date.

Barre Class at Pure Barre

During my 1st pregnancy I took barre classes all the way to my 40th week and really enjoyed it. 

During this pregnancy, I thought I would do the same and took numerous classes because I love the way it works your tiny little muscles to exhaustion. However when my class pack expired earlier this month, I didn’t renew it. Why? I just wasn’t enjoying it as much as before. I don’t know if it’s the slow pace or having to do way too many pregnancy modifications during the abs section of class, but I noticed that I kept watching the clock every time I went to class, which is never a good thing. Maybe I’ll feel differently in a few weeks and get another package but for now, I’ve decided to replace it with short pilates workouts I can do at home. 

If I have to leave my house, especially during the cold winter months, I only want it to be for workouts that I absolutely enjoy.

Active Rest Days

I try to take things down a notch 1-2x a week by taking a rest day. I usually don’t completely take the day off unless I feel super tired. I try to incorporate short yoga workouts, mobility exercises and pelvic floor work at home.

I actually feel like my body needs more of this because it’s so beneficial to help prevent injuries, increase flexibility and prepare me for labor so I plan to incorporate it more during my 3rd trimester.

During the summer time, I would incorporate outdoor pool workouts because I have a pool in my neighborhood. Now that winter is here and the outdoor pools are closed, I would have to find an indoor pool to use and unfortunately there isn’t one close to my house so it looks like I won’t be doing that anymore.

So there you have it!

All of the workouts I’ve done during my 2nd trimester of pregnancy.

I’m hoping that I can continue to maintain my fit pregnancy schedule during my 3rd trimester. 

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* Disclaimer - This post is NOT an attempt to advise or encourage anyone, especially expectant mothers, to try my workouts or workout schedule. I am an athlete sharing my fit pregnancy journey. I am under the care of an OB GYN who is aware and okay with my workouts. Please consult your doctor before attempting any new workouts*

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Waxing Gone Wrong

AU Bucky Barnes x Reader Fic

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Another in the pornstar!Bucky series. This is a mostly true story, something which happened to a friend of mine. I nearly wet myself when she told it to me, so I hope you all get the same enjoyment out of it as I did. As I have always said, anything you tell me can, and likely will be used in a fic at some point in the future.

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Reader |  Word Count: 2161 Warnings: The painful truth about what some women go through when waxing. Language.

You didn't know what had ever possessed you to think you could get away with trying something of this magnitude. It had been a ridiculous thought, a horrible idea, and asking for trouble all wrapped up in one.

But the other girls did it, and Wanda and Natasha had sworn up and down it really wasn't that hard. Just spread on the wax, rub on the linen strip, pull the skin taught, and tear. Easy peasy, right?

Wrong.

And not a little wrong, but dead freaking wrong.

Now you were stuck, panicking, in pain, and at your wits end.

It had started out innocently enough. Bucky's birthday was coming, and you'd decided, after a casual yet somehow still embarrassing conversation with Wanda and Nat, one the bests gifts you could give your husband was a hair free nether region for his all-access pass. You'd never done it before, and while you kept everything tidied up down there, this was something you knew he'd enjoy. Nothing worse than hair in your mouth when you were going down on someone, something you'd never had to worry about as Bucky was usually quite waxed.

And hey, if the boys could do it, how hard could it be?

However, there was no way, not one iota in hell, were you going to subject yourself to the mortification to come with going to have your bits waxed, deciding instead to do it yourself.

That was your first mistake.

As Bucky was away for a few days, due to return on the big day, you'd decided it was the perfect time to give it the old college try.

The instructions seemed simple enough. Place tub in microwave, warm in short bursts, stirring after each burst of heat until wax was a smooth, honey-like consistency. Apply a liberal amount of wax to area to be epilated, apply linen strip rubbing firmly in the direction of hair growth, pull skin taut and remove the wax strip.

It all sounded so easy... in theory.

Needing to be close to the microwave as you were uncertain how quickly the tub of wax cooled, you'd hauled an old canvas camping stool, one with a low back, into the kitchen. Not knowing how messy it would be, you didn't want to get wax on your good kitchen chairs.

Wrapped in only a robe, alone in the house with the doors locked and window drapes pulled, you’d still blushed crimson even though you knew no one would ever see you.

Once everything was ready, the wax honey-ish, the strips of linen laid out with drill sergeant-like precision, sticks to apply the wax at the ready, and a garbage can for easy disposal of the dastardly unwanted hair, you'd dropped your robe on the kitchen island, and settled into the camp chair.

There was just one problem. How did you see to get wax on the naughty bits without slopping it everywhere?

After a little deliberating, and a touch of repositioning, you'd arrived at a very unladylike final state. Slouched and leaning back precariously on your old camp stool, you were doing a perverted form of Pilates ‘V’ sit with legs spread wide and both heels propped up, one on the kitchen counter the other on the island.

God save you, if anyone had seen you like that, you'd have died right then and there.

A rosy tomato red flush covering your body, you checked the wax, loaded the first stick, and gingerly applied it to your lady bits, leaving a wide swath right along your labia.

“Hot, hot, hot!”

Perhaps you'd gotten it too warm.

Hissing as the heat disappeared into a not necessarily unpleasant warmth, you reached for the linen strip, managed to clench your abs a second time, and got it applied to the sticky wax.

Rubbing firmly, you contorted back into a pretzel, sweat already collecting on your brow, pulled your skin tight, and ripped the strip off.

“Mother fucker!” you screamed, agony searing through you once innocent, happy, pain-free bits, now vowing revenge on you and cursing the first of your children to be bald so they would never know such pain.

Once you managed to stop howling, and the white had receded from your slowly clearing vision, you brought the accursed wax strip up, ready to claim victory on the forest of hairs you'd just plucked from your still throbbing center, only to see… nothing.

“What the hell?”

Not only was the strip void of hair, it was also void of wax.

That couldn't possibly be right! You'd followed the steps. Warm. Apply. Rub. Pull! It wasn't rocket science for heaven sake!

Pulling yourself upright, you glared down at your furry bush in fury. The wax which had been lovely and warm was now tacky but mostly solid.

Well… shit!

Glaring at the box on the counter, you swiftly reread the instructions. Maybe you'd used too much wax? Perhaps if you applied a slightly thinner coat. Besides, you needed to get both hair and wax off somehow. You couldn't have a half waxed beaver for Bucky's birthday.

Applying a slightly less thick coat of wax to the opposite side, you repeated step three, rubbing with a touch more vigour, making sure it was really stuck down this time. By the time you were done, you felt like you'd done a thousand sit-ups with how hard you been clenching your abs. Panting, nearly gasping for breath, deciding this for sure counted as your exercise for the day, you braced yourself, and ripped off the second strip with as much strength as you could muster.

This time the screaming amounted to high pitched, inventive swearing in which you and your vagina vowed to find and castrate whomever it was who thought waxing down there would be a good idea.

Once your vision returned to normal, you lifted your hand, filled with triumph for surely you'd succeeded. Nothing which hurt that much could be anything less.

The blank and empty linen strip mocked you with your failure.

“Son of a bitch!”

Angry, and not thinking clearly, wondering how the hell you were going to get the wax off, you dropped your feet to the floor where the sudden suck and seal had you realizing you'd just waxed your lips together.

A pitiful whimper left your lips when you contemplated giving up and call Bucky. He waxed, he'd know how to get the stuff off, but no. No, you were a big girl, and besides, the shit would never let you live it down.

Screwing up your courage and stomping on the growing panic - what happens if you have to pee and it's all sealed over? - you made a second painful discovery when you tried to stand and found yourself glued to the canvas stool.

The moan welling up in your throat came out a defeated whimper. Peeling yourself carefully from the seat, you grabbed your robe, the box the wax came in, and your phone, and headed for the bathroom.

Each pussyfooting step was a new level of hell as wax pulled against hair, turning your stride into a weird sliding shuffle. By the time you reached the bathroom, you'd decided castration was too good for the idiot who'd invented the torture device known as a Brazilian and had decided flaying them open or making them use their own godforsaken product was the best punishment for their crimes.

Running the tub as warm as you could stand, you slowly climbed in, hoping against hope it would melt the wax and allow you to escape this fiasco of an attempt to do something outside the box.

When you sank to the bottom of the tub though, the warming effect of the water had a completely opposite effect. The wax melted just enough to have you vacuum sealing your pussy to the porcelain.

Bursting into hysterical laughter, it was either that or tears, you groped for your phone and called Wanda. Desperate times called for desperate measures, and you sure as shit weren't calling Bucky about this now. This was going with you to the grave.

When the phone continued to ring, you hung up and called Nat only to have the same problem. Neither woman was answering. In a move born of panic, you dialled a third.

“Hey, dollface-”

“I waxed myself together! What do I do?”

Silence, then Steve murmured, “You want to elaborate on that for me, doll face?”

The tears finally tipped over. “I wanted to surprise Bucky for his birthday, and Wanda and Nat said it wasn't that hard, so I tried to self-wax my… um… you know, and I followed the instructions, but then the wax didn't come off, and oh my god does that hurt, so I tried it again but it still didn't work, and when I put my legs down… everything sealed together, and now I'm stuck to the bathtub!” you wailed, crying in earnest.

“Hey, hey, hey! C’mon, darlin'. It's not that bad.”

“Yes,” you hiccupped, “it is!”

“C’mon, sweetheart,” Steve crooned, trying to calm you down, “we can fix this.”

“We can?” you sniffled, wiping your eyes.

“Sure we can.”

Ten minutes later after the most embarrassing conversation you'd ever had, you found out the packet of lotion inside the box was wax remover. Steve walked you through the least painful way of getting the wax off, and you'd sworn him to absolute, utter secrecy for the remainder of his natural life, or you promised to kick Captain Assmerica’s butt.

You were reasonably certain once he hung up, he'd go laugh hysterically for three or four days.

It was just as you were going to make a cup of tea to calm your nerves that the doorbell rang.

Swinging it open, you flushed instantly crimson. “Steve? What-”

“Get your coat, (Y/N).” Leaning against the door frame, he smirked a shit eating grin.

“Why?”

“Just do it.”

Frowning, trying not to die of embarrassment and kind of wishing a crater would open to swallow you up, you got your coat and purse, stuffed your feet in some shoes, and followed him to his car.

“Hey,” he said softly, lifting your chin so you could see his kind blue eyes. “Shit happens, doll face. I'm glad you called me, trusted me with something like this. It means a lot.”

Blushing for a whole new reason you nodded. “I did try Wanda and Nat first.”

“Ouch!” he gasped, grabbing for his chest. “Way to knock a guy down a peg! Two! Two pegs!”

Laughing at his antics, you hugged him around the waist. “Thanks, Steve. I know I can count on you.”

He placed a kiss on the top of your head as he hugged back. “Any time, doll. For anything. Now, c’mon. Get in the car.”

Once you were both inside and underway, you continued to stare at the side of his face. “Well?”

“Well what?” he smirked.

“Well, where are we going, Steven?”

“Ooh, that's an annoyed schoolmarm voice if I've ever heard one.”

Smacking his arm, you glared at him. “Why won't you tell me?”

“Surprise,” he quipped, weaving through traffic.

With a roll of eyes, you turned to pout. “Big bully.”

“I thought you liked surprises?”

“Have you met me?” you asked.

“Yeah, a couple of times.”

You smacked him again.

“Ow! Hey! No fisticuffs with the driver!”

Snorting out a laugh you shook your head. “I swear there's times I think you and Buck were born in the wrong era.”

Steve only grinned and shrugged as he pulled into a strip mall and parked. “Out.”

Getting from the vehicle, you eyed him suspiciously. “Steven.”

“There's that schoolmarm again.”

“Steven Grant Rogers!” you barked as he collected your elbow and half walked half dragged you toward the spa.

“Hey! You want to surprise Bucky or not?”

Teeth clicking shut, you went back to pouting. “Yes.”

“Then you have the professionals do it for you.” Leaning closer, he murmured against your ear, “I'd never let an amateur stand in for my scenes at work.”

“Pervert,” you grumbled, ignoring his laughing eyes.

“They had space, it's all taken care of, and I'll wait for you right here.” He pointed at the comfy looking chairs just inside the door.

“Fine!” huffing, you followed the woman smiling at you. “And, Steve?”

“Yeah, doll face?”

“Thanks.”

“Is that a big enough thanks to say I went in on his gift?”

“Get your own gift, you cheapskate!”

His laughter followed you down the hall.

-The End-

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Tears and Growth -- in Feldenkrais and Psychotherapy

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Tears and Growth -- in Feldenkrais and Psychotherapy

Nothing is permanent about our behavior patterns except our belief that they are so. – Moshé Feldenkrais

I learned about the Feldenkrais method at a two-day workshop at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, in the mid-1970s. A hot spot for the human potential movement, Esalen featured nude soaking in co-ed hot tubs near a row of outdoor massage tables at which naked masseuses kneaded naked bodies. Also, mixed-gender volleyball games where everyone was, yes, naked.

In this seemingly “anything goes” environment, about twenty-five of us spent the better part of two days in comfortable clothes, lying on mats in a large room. Here we learned to do a series of slow, gentle movements. Israeli Dr. Moshé Feldenkrais developed this system during the mid-20th century, to reorganize connections between the brain and body, and improve both body movement and psychological state.

Tears Follow Feldenkrais Initiation

The night after the first day at the Feldenkrais workshop, I lay on my bed and cried and cried. Only now, decades later, do I have a glimpse of what the tears were about.

But before I found out, much time passed. Fifteen years after that first experience, I felt motivated to dive in again. I took a short series of Feldenkrais classes near my home. After each session, I felt relaxed and confident and didn’t cry.

Disappointed when the classes stopped, I filled the gap over the years with yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi, and other classes at my local fitness center. I wondered why they seemed to be offering just about everything there from those classes to hula dancing, Zumba, Latin dance, body pump, and more — but not Feldenkrais.

A few months ago, I was thrilled when they hired Feldenkrais instructor Ruti Gorel to teach a weekly class. What’s different about my current Feldenkrais experience from earlier ones is my new awareness, fostered by Ruti’s teaching style, of how mental and emotional changes accompany physical ones.

Awareness is Key to Learning in Feldenkrais and Psychotherapy

Now, lightbulbs keep flashing in my head each time I sense parallels between Feldenkrais teachings and effective psychotherapy. Ruti encourages us to notice our different physical states before and after doing various movements, to relax in between each series of moves, and to tune into our different sensations. “Awareness is the key to learning,” she says. This is true also in psychotherapy, which promotes self-awareness.

Ruti kindly let me interview her for more understanding of key elements shared by the Feldenkrais method and psychotherapy.

“The way I teach Feldenkrais, it makes for a higher awareness of the self inside; it helps people to go within, physically and emotionally,” she said. “People get rid of physical pain or decrease it. Their breathing becomes freer; they get calmer and more relaxed in body and mind. So they feel less stress and experience emotional relief. It helps make a higher awareness.

“When muscle and tension are holding on in your rib cage, which is an area that contains lots of emotions, the Feldenkrais movements will allow you to release a lot of negative emotions out of the body. It’s like a detox.”

Releasing Pent Up Feelings Brings Relief

That sounds great, I thought, and like what a down-to-earth client of mine said, “I always feel good after coming here. I don’t know why, but I always feel good.”

The sense of relief from releasing pent up difficult emotions can be profound. At Esalen, I didn’t understand the source of my tears. Perhaps the understanding was then less relevant than the simple act of cleaning out whatever was clogging up my head and heart.

After doing Feldenkrais movements, I feel fine. Typically, when I get up and begin to walk around after a class, I sense having let go of something, often signaled by a burp or two (excuse me!), which Ruti says is good. Other people have different ways of sensing a release from what their body or mind might have been holding onto.

Many forms of exercise produce endorphins, those feel-good hormones. What’s so special about Feldenkrais compared to running, tai chi, yoga, Pilates, or something else? These bring calmness and a sense of wellbeing, and without burps, tears, or other signs of releasing tension.

How Feldenkrais Differs from Other Exercise Practices

Feldenkrais with Ruti is more like psychotherapy than these other ways of exercising, in several ways. She encourages us to:

begin the session by checking in, noticing our breathing and how we feel emotionally, and physically.

notice what parts of our bodies feel closer to or further from the ground.

move no more or no less than is comfortable for us. Comfort is key.

take time to rest in between each series of movements. “Let the brain take in what’s happening to your body and emotions,” she says.

If it’s too difficult or painful to do a movement, make a smaller movement, or just imagine yourself doing it.

Q & A with Ruti Gorel

Here’s some conversation between Ruti and me:

Marcia: About resting between some movements and letting the brain take in what’s happening, a sense of wellbeing is probably typical, right?

Ruti: Totally.

Marcia: How useful is it to imagine yourself making a motion instead of doing it?

Ruti: The Feldenkrais method develops movements to give the brain more information to replace old habits. Unhealthy physical habits can result from holding on to emotions. Emotions or physical events can cause a limitation or constriction. The habits that are not aligned with our body’s optimal functioning cause physical pain and exacerbate physical and emotional pain.

Marcia: What do you think are your unique strengths as a Feldenkrais teacher?

Ruti: Every practitioner has uniqueness, and mine is I’m bringing in additional connection to mind and body like spirituality and emotional support while we’re working. I’m encouraging talk and also bringing in emotional support.

A lady with multiple sclerosis was shaking and crying while I was manipulating her. Lying on the table while I listened, she had a safe space to come out.

Marcia: I cried after my first Feldenkrais experience? Does that happen with many of your clients, and what’s that about?

Ruti: The crying is a physiological response and also a spiritual one. Emotions accumulate in our body, and some of it goes out and is released. Most of my clients who cry during a session with me are usually releasing childhood pain that was still knocking about.

Ruti’s last comment sounds like what often occurs in psychotherapy. People’s good mood after a therapy session often results from their having released pent up feelings.

Awareness is Key to Learning in Both Practices

Good couple therapists know that “it takes two to tango.” For a better relationship, each partner needs to practice interacting kindly, respectfully, and lovingly, until they do so naturally. Checking in with oneself should happen routinely as part of the therapy process. In therapy, this can mean being aware of one’s thoughts, feeling, and bodily sensations.

Similarly, Ruti asks us often to check into ourselves. She asks us to notice which parts of our body feel closer to the floor after doing a series of movements. Does one arm or leg feel longer than the other now?

Awareness of the Power of Words

What we say and do can quickly change our mood and our partner’s. During the first part of a marriage meeting, spouses express appreciation to each other. On hearing these words, both partners typically perk up, make eye contact, and smile.

We stand straighter and feel taller after a Feldenkrais session. Similarly, after a good couple therapy session, spouses usually feel expanded with positive feelings about themselves and each other.

The Strength of Imagination

Ruti says that by simply imagining yourself moving a different way trains your brain to let go of old constricting patterns and replace them with habits that reduce or eliminate pain.

Imagination plays a more significant role in psychotherapy than you might think. Therapy sessions for couples and individuals typically focus on resolving problems and challenges. Often, people start out thinking that someone else or something else needs to change to improve a situation. But the first step toward creating a better relationship is usually realizing that we need to change our own thoughts and behaviors.

But before that can happen, we need to imagine ourselves acting differently, for example, when provoked. Or imagine ourselves being proactive enough to prevent aggravating someone else. Only then, can we move toward letting go of an old pattern and replacing it with a relationship-enhancing one.

Both Feldenkrais and psychotherapy practitioners advise clients to be patient with themselves because change takes time. Feldenkrais movements start in baby steps as we extend our range of motion. I often tell my therapy clients that change happens in baby steps.

How Feldenkrais Differs from Psychotherapy

Differences also exist between the two practices. In Feldenkrais, comfort is essential; you shouldn’t push your body to move to the point of pain.

In psychotherapy, a trusting relationship between the client and the practitioner is vital. Comfort means feeling safe, expressing your private thoughts and feelings. You want to know: Can I be my true self with this person; will she or he accept the real me, flaws and all? When the answer is yes, the therapy is likely to go well.

Growing Pains are Positive

Yet, in therapy situations, a tension exists between staying in one’s comfort zone and stretching into better ways of relating to ourselves and others. The supportive therapy relationship encourages risk-taking. No pain? Yes, pain. But “growing pains” can happen when we stretch beyond our comfort zone.

Feldenkrais concentrates on the physical, yet emotional and spiritual benefits accrue. Psychotherapy emphasizes thoughts and emotions. Therapy clients benefit physically from clearing the air internally and in their relationships, and spiritually by tuning into their essential selves and expanded consciousness.

Different Guides for Each Practice

Psychotherapy and Feldenkrais. Each practice calls for a different kind of guide. Both methods offer a beautiful way, as Ruti puts it, to “take out a lot of emotions while feeling safe.”

In both systems, everyone goes at their own pace and is told: don’t compare yourself to others; it’s about respecting and honoring your capabilities. It’s crucial to be who you are, to have compassion for yourself. That’s where you need to be now, and you move from there and at your own pace.

I’m a fan of both methods, having seen their results personally and professionally. Similarities and differences exist, each offering benefits in their unique way.

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I made a recent purchase of a workout/yoga mat and I’ll be covering my whole experience in the discovery and buying process throughout this post. 

Brand: Italic

Product: 5mm Yoga Mat

I’m a Pilates instructor and have been teaching for the past 6 years as well as taking Pilates and yoga classes for the past 10+ years. Mats for these types of classes need to be cushioned for all the weight bearing exercises performed as well as be non-slip for sweat.  I also do HIIT and weight lifting workouts that require a mat that doesn’t slip on the floor itself when you are jumping or sliding. Needless to say, it’s tough to find the perfect mat! I’ve done a lot of research and the best mats are very expensive - upwards of $90. My client referred me to a membership company called Italic who has high quality products manufactured by the same big brand names but without labels. You pay a membership in order to save (kind of like costco). I’ve had this membership for several months as a yearly free trial and they just released a yoga mat in their fitness offerings. 

From my first encounter with the website a few months ago I really felt drawn to the brand. The website is clean, simple, and elegant. The colors and typography and ease of using the website are really great branding especially for higher end products. For someone like me, who wants high quality products without paying an arm and a leg, I still want to feel like I’m buying something nice. The branding of the site did a good job of making me feel that way. I also really enjoy how they list the brands of the same manufacturer. For this mat it was Alo Yoga. They also list the prices it would be listed at if it were branded by one of those companies. 

Seeing this mat listed for only $35 dollars astounded me and there was no way that I could not try the mat for that price and see if the quality really was on par with the best brands. So I ordered the mat and waited for it to come in the mail.

About 5 days later (the following week) my mat came in the mail. It arrived in a box the shape of the rolled up mat. The box was sleek white and black with the brand's name Italic across it one time. When I opened the box the mat was wrapped nicely with tissue paper and plastic to protect it as well as a small slip with Italic’s warranty/return information. The weight and feel of the mat itself was high quality and as soon as I unrolled it I could feel the grippiness it. 

My first workout with the mat I did a HIIT workout and then Pilates abs to end it. The mat didn’t slide at all while I was doing my ice-skater jump squats and provided enough cushion that my knees (I’ve had 3 knee surgeries) didn’t hurt and felt supported when I landed. When I did my Pilates series my tailbone and spine didn’t hurt at all rolling up and down and my wrists and elbows didn’t hurt either when doing planks. I was so happy!

Summary: Overall, I had a very good experience with buying from Italic and seeing the true high quality of the mat gave me a lot of assurance that their other products are just as high quality. I really enjoy the simplicity of no branding or logo on the item and the sleek black color. Italic does a great job of making you feel you are buying exclusive, high-quality products from them. I will buy more things from them because I had such a good experience!

Critiques

I’m going to use the marketing mix to identify areas where Italic could improve to fulfill their customer’s desires and needs. 

Product: The mat itself is super high quality and I felt like I got exactly what I hoped for. If they were to improve anything I would say they could include directions on how to properly clean the mat since it’s non-slip it absorbs liquid making it difficult to clean normally. The non-brand part is actually more appealing to me because I don’t want to be wearing/surrounding myself with brand names. 

Price: The price is definitely their strong selling point combined with quality of the product. $35 is an amazing price point and when they compare it to competitors prices and tell you you’re essentially getting the same mat it’s hard to not want to try it out.

Place: eCommerce is the only place that Italic sells and I think that is what allows them to do the membership style pricing where they make most of their profit since products are sold almost at cost. If it were a physical store they would have a much, much higher overhead. I think this is also a great business strategy but I would love to be able to touch and see their products before buying. That is one of the challenges they face is getting customers to buy something and see how high quality their products are in order to buy into membership.

Promotion: They could improve here. I have never heard of this brand until my client referred it to me and gave me the free year. It seems to be more of a referral based business since someone probably won't discover the site and pay for a year long membership out of the gate (without even buying anything yet). But if your friend refers you then you can get a free year long one and try it out. They could possibly utilize more web ads and incentives for current members to refer other customers. 

Sources:

https://italic.com/products/yoga-mat?Color=Black&Size=5mm

https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newSTR_94.htm

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How are you staying motivated and active?

I’m staying active by planning a different home workout for each day of the week. I love to dance, so taking dance classes from home, as well as Cardio dance classes with Campus Rec’s virtual programming has been great for me! In addition to specific workouts, I love getting outside and biking, walking, running, or going for a swim. I’ve been very motivated to get outside and enjoying the fresh air. Being able to do remote classes with Campus Rec has been a great amenity and has helped keep me active!

How has the Leach impacted you? What do you miss the most about the Leach?

The Leach has helped me grow throughout my fitness journey. When I got to FSU and saw everything that the Leach had to offer, I was excited to try all of it. What I find myself missing the most about the Leach is the amazing equipment and machines. I also miss the welcoming faces of Leach patrons and workers, along with all of the friends I always run into at the gym!

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I’ve always loved them, but recently Spider-Man pushups have become my favorite!

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7 Ways to Reignite Your Yoga Passion

It's all good ... till, suddenly, you understand you're burnt out. You've hit the maintenance phase, where putting yourself with daily technique feels around as interesting as cleaning the meals, and hustling off to your regular Wednesday night course comes to be just one even more point to check off on your to-do listing. The concern is, Just what do you do about it?

' A yoga technique is much like a marriage or any type of various other lasting connection,' states Mebbie Jackson, 46, a long time yogi with a day-to-day vinyasa method in Knoxville, Tennesee. 'When life obtains busy and also you don't take note of yoga exercise like you should, you could get stuck in a rut. You need always to be functioning to bring brand-new power as well as brand-new methods into it to maintain it fascinating.'

Jackson actively searches for means to maintain her enthusiasm for yoga burning brightly. She located it one night in an Anusara Yoga workshop led by Martin Kirk at the neighborhood Glowing Body studio. Kirk is an educator that makes enthusiasm a main theme in his training. 'Do not simply exercise by memorizing, don't ever before shut down into dogma,' he encourages. 'Locate things you truly love about your practice, and explore them much more deeply. Allow that love inspire your method so it could inspire your life.'

This is just exactly what Jackson required to hear. 'I involved this workshop to recommit and also to challenge myself a bit more,' she claims. 'I have actually been exercising for 19 years, as well as I try to do it every day at residence. When you begin doing yoga exercise as everyday upkeep, you could neglect all the delicious things it can do, all the loftier suitables. I need to be advised.'

Do you have to be advised also? If so, consider these 7 concepts for reenergizing your practice. Weigh them over, try them out, or allow them influence your personal, better ideas. Maybe amongst them you'll discover just exactly what you need to follower the fires of your very own interest for yoga.

Dedicated to the one I love

Sometimes when you are burnt out or you're feeling that your practice has struck a plateau, it's due to the fact that you're driven to get a certain present that runs out reach, like Handstand,' states Adi Carter, an instructor who mixes Anusara, Ashtanga, Iyengar, and Jivamukti yoga with Pilates. 'It could be enormously helpful to dedicate your method to sensation thankful of what your body already can do, or appreciating the straightforward elegance of your breath.'

In her classes at Greenhouse Holistic in Brooklyn, Carter advises her students to begin their techniques by feeling appreciation for exactly how points are. From there, they could expand their focus external. 'Each time you tip on the floor covering, you have the possibility to ask yourself: 'Just what do I wish to see more of in my life?" Carter claims. 'It's a tough inquiry, however it's worth asking. As soon as you locate the solution, you could establish a purpose to make use of the power of your yoga exercise practice to aid make it genuine.'

For instance, you may wish to see even more flexibility in your mind and body, and also established an intent to pursue that goal. You could wish to devote your technique to creating peace in all your partnerships. Or you could pick something much more sensible, like reducing the amount of waste you develop. 'Any kind of intention is increased by your yoga method, so set a great one,' Carter advises.

Jodie Vicenta Jacobson, 32, usually invests a moment in Carter's course sending out love to kids around the world. 'When I stop, obtain peaceful, as well as take a breath, I'm reminded that yoga exercise is much bigger than me,' she states. 'I believe yoga exercise helps send my intent out and at the same time seal it in. It's remarkable each time.'

Let's get anatomical

When you're doing your Down Canine, you're possibly concentrating on all the bits and also items-- journalism through the palms, the internal spiral of the legs, the placement of the elbow creases. But are you truly, really in the posture? 'So numerous longtime yoga specialists obtain caught up in where their arms and also legs are supposed to be that they neglect ways to really feel the position,' says Susi Hately, a kinesiologist that assists in Composition and asana workshops throughout the United States as well as her indigenous Canada in addition to abroad. 'I want someone to comprehend just how their arm bone relocate its socket, or exactly how the pelvic band features. Once they comprehend how their body really functions, all the other alignment signs form.'

Hately is a big fan of yoga-oriented composition workshops and also initial makeup courses at neighborhood universities and also massage institutions. 'Any great essential makeup program will certainly educate you the basics: This muscle mass connects to that bone and moves that joint in this instructions or that direction,' she states. 'This is the essential to understanding just how the body actions, and also it could provide you significant understanding right into exactly how your yoga exercise method functions.'

When you have a basic understanding of composition, you'll recognize exactly what your instructor truly suggests when she chats concerning inside revolving your arms, or why your limited upper body muscles are avoiding you from straightening your arms overhead. With method, you may even be able to picture the cascade of cause-and-effect occasions that each muscle action sets into movement. And this expertise could instill your method with a brand-new level of inquisitiveness. 'When you understand the body as well as recognize exactly how as well as why it relocates the method it does, you're able to come at poses from the within out, instead of from the outdoors in,' Hately says.

Buddy up!

A conventional Ashtanga practice happens in a Mysore space, where trainees congregate to practice, yet don't necessarily do the same positions. There isn't one in Sebastopol, California, where Ann Austin lives. Austin, an educator at the regional Yoga exercise Workshop Ganesha, used a Mysore room to her students for a while, however there, she was the educator, not the trainee. She produced one with her pal Lucky Jamison. 'We make a little Mysore area wherever we are-- now, it remains in my barn,' Austin says. 'We gathering at 6 a.m. four times a week to exercise in our family tree. We head home, send our children off to school, and move on with our lives really feeling totally invigorated.'

Practicing together, both yogis give each various other with inspiration, comments, adjustments, detecting, and support. 'We maintain each other honest,' Austin states. 'When you are entrusted to your personal tools, you're much more most likely to just do just what you want or such as. We're not rigorous, however we both enjoy the method. We assist each other remember that.' They have traveled to yoga resorts together and have actually traded babysitting so that the various other could attend courses and also workshops. They likewise study the Yoga Sutra together.

' All you require is a buddy who shares your interest and also an area to do your practice because's separate from your everyday life,' Austin says. 'To be able to produce your very own routine and also have your very own method-- but not need to forge along the course alone-- that's vital.'

Worth the watch

When Kimberly Greeff, 29, seems like catching a yoga exercise class, it's not so easy. She's an active working musician, a mom, and also the co-owner of Chuckling Lotus Yoga exercise of Anchorage, Alaska. Greeff does what any type of tech-savvy, semi-isolated, time-pressed yogi would do: She downloads an inspiring podcast class. ' I make use of the podcasts to more my research study,' she discusses. 'I love taking a good class with a master instructor, yet up here in Alaska, we just don't obtain the large instructors coming via.'

Greeff teaches Forrest Yoga and pays attention to Ana Forrest's podcasts. Yet she's also a large follower of Alanna Kaivalya, a Jivamukti master instructor in New York who uses totally free and membership podcast classes. Other premium yoga podcasts are offered with iTunes, iHanuman, and Yoga Journal. DVDs can additionally be a powerful treatment for fatigue, states Yoga Journal adding editor Richard Rosen. 'There are a few that I view over and also over for their appeal, strategy, and also for brand-new suggestions regarding just how you could exercise,' he states. 'They actually have the potential to spark excitement for the method.'

Style makeover

It could be said without (much) irony that any kind of fallow duration is a possibility for self-reflection. Yoga exercise worths this process: Svadhyaya, or self-study, is a niyama ( awareness), among the eight limbs of timeless yoga. You could exercise svadhyaya by discovering various styles of yoga exercise, says Shannon Paige Schneider, the founder of Om Time workshops in Denver and Boulder.

' Make a checklist of all the styles offered to you, and also go as well as take those courses in a methodical method,' she advises. Try one new design every few weeks, and note after each what you suched as and also exactly what you didn't such as. 'If you typically practice an alignment-based style, you might like discovering how to flow in your technique. If you do vinyasa, you could locate real power standing still in an Iyengar class. And people who take a corrective class are constantly amazed that you could rest as well as let the yoga exercise do the job,' Paige Schneider says.

Feeling stuck in your technique is an indicator that you are yearning something, she adds. 'When you take a different class, you obtain an instantaneous fresh perspective-- you are being asked to use your body in brand-new means. It's an opportunity to discover a significant quantity concerning yourself.'

The experience does not have to be all excellent in order to profit you, either. 'Exactly what you don't such as is as vital as just what you simulate,' Paige Schneider claims. 'You may take a warm yoga class and dislike it. After that you would certainly understand that you require something much more cooling as well as soothing. Stimulates of knowledge originated from great experiences as well as bad ones.'

In private

Sometimes the ideal way to climb up off a practice plateau is to go deeper by taking an exclusive lesson. ' When you are feeling stuck, you would certainly do better to spend your money on a personal session compared to on a five-class pass,' states Om Time's Paige Schneider. Possibly you're really feeling irritated by a position. Maybe you prepare to progress in your technique but aren't sure exactly how. Possibly you require aid developing new sequencing that obtains you fired up regarding yoga exercise once again. Exclusive courses offer you a possibility to ask questions you never ever reach in a course setup. 'You can be in an area with a yoga educator everyday with 40 other students for many years and never ever understand you go down the inner upper leg in Lunge,' Paige Schneider says. 'In an exclusive, the instructor will make sure you grasp the action, as well as you may understand that maintaining your inner thigh raised is the crucial to transforming all your standing postures.'

Private lessons can be costly, rates range from $50 to $250 for one hr. Consider it a financial investment in your yoga exercise future. Prior to you reserve your consultation, see to it you've obtained the appropriate educator. Paige Schneider recommends asking three inquiries-- and also looking for enjoyment in the answers: Do you give many private lessons? Do you prefer to offer private lessons? Do you have the moment to offer personal lessons? 'These are more crucial compared to How much does it set you back?' she says.

Follow your leader

It's an essential tenet of yoga exercise that the solution to all our questions-- including How do I drink off these doldrums?-- could be found within. The issue is, it takes practice to recognize the concerns we have to ask as well as to hear the responses. Paradoxically, as we learn self-guidance, most of us take advantage of the guidance of a sensible teacher-- an expert, if you will.

' A genuine master can see just what the student needs as well as use the methods at the correct time,' claims Yogiraj Alan Finger, the co-creator (with his dad, Kavi Yogi Swarananda Mani Finger) of Ishta Yoga. 'Severe pupils should look for an instructor who can help them understand just how everything works-- exactly how asana influences the gunas, doshas, chakras, and the subtle body. When you have that deepness of understanding, you will never ever come to be bored with the positions. You'll never not intend to do it.'

They say that the instructor will appear when the pupil is all set. Still, it doesn't harmed to provide destiny a hand. So go looking, in publications, on video clips, throughout the Web. Search in classes, workshops, and also meetings. When you find an instructor whose job reverberates with you, do whatever it requires to find out whatever you can from him.

You can pick a duration of time, state a year, to devote to one instructor, and just do it, if for nothing else reason than this: You might simply change your life.

Hillari Dowdle, a previous Yoga Journal editor, creates in Knoxsville, Tennessee.