A few months ago I wrote a blog - 8 steps to reclaim time and find joy - about how during lockdown I realised that I was whipping up a crazy, busy life for myself, that it was my own construct, and how I had to take responsibility and claim that time back for myself.
It was happier
I truly took back control and stop the incessant running around I was doing, filling all the space in a day with more, more. Okay, I still have a demanding lifestyle, and am busy with my Pilates business and my family life still, but something has shifted and I still can proudly claim I am walking (not running) through my life, smelling the roses.
3 months later Im still feeling pretty joyful and am not running around like mad.. however I realised that joy could be in the running too….
I have realised, however, by slowing myself down these months, joy isn't only in the space - it can be in all, and any, of it..
In all the jam packed, madness of every day life!
Thankfully so, as the crazy blur of work, school pick-ups, supermarkets, zoom meetings, appointments, dinner prep, are not obvious places of joy..
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing" Annie Dillard
And so, I've been trying to live a bit more consciously with regards to time - to spend it well.
Really being there with my lovely, amazing clients at the Pilates studio, with my little family, reconnecting with my own body, and mind, as well as helping others connect to theirs.
We've all really needed each other at this time, and Pilates has been more than the sum of its parts for me right now.
The conscious movement, and the connection it facilitates - with ourselves, and with each other, is what heals, and is perfect for our times.
If you are in Barcelona, and fancy trying Pilates on the Reformer with me, check out my Intro Offers for January or see what others are saying about it all.
“Change happens through movement and movement heals.” Joseph Pilates
Pilates helped me slow it all down, and bring it back to basics...
And so joy is being there in the moment..
Even on the school run, at the supermarket, in the queue at the post office
Simple everyday stuff - it's in there somewhere.
Not always, of course - and sometimes we are overwhelmed, sad, and driven to distraction mad, and quite far from joy - but knowing it is there, is kind of nice.
If you fancy a bit of spending time in Pilates joy, on the Mat, this is a video recorded in the summer as part of the Dynamic Flow series..
It's not for absolute beginners, and you can modify to suit your level, whilst being sensible and responsible for yourself in class. Have fun!
