Just get out and move

I think my favorite things about #running is that I can just step outside and #befree
I don’t need a device
I don’t need to go somewhere
I only need to lace up my sneakers and open the door.

Then get lost in the cadence of my feet striking the pavement, thump thump thump. I can get lost in my breathing, huh ha ha, I connect to my body, turn off my mind and just be in the moment. Connect to my #self while also being in the universe.

And I love that it’s just that easy. In truth, its not one of the many movement modalities I have been utilizing lately but my body always seems to remember how.

Today, it has me thinking back to the first time I decided to #run I was home from college, living with my mom and her new husband and between my two jobs I had afternoons all to myself. I’m not even sure what sparked it. Probably inspired by one of the fitness magazine I loved to read. Just one day I just said “I’m gonna go for a run.” I made the decision to go out and try it. And so I did. I didn’t have a coach or program to follow. Just me. I didn’t do any races, but I’d did make a goal to go further, walk less and run for longer, then without stopping.

It’s funny, but I think that is the first time I really connected with my inner self and my inner #needtomove without needing anything or anyone else. Just sneakers and the road ahead. My selfs need to quiet everything around me and #justbe

You’ll see that I’m part of #onepeloton an empowering community. I’m a part of #arbonne a community who is supportive and encouraging. I have #yoga and spiritual teachers who reminds me of universal and unconditional love. But even with all the community surrounding me, I still have my self and my decision. They can guide and encourage and support but they can not do it for me.

No one else can do anything for you, you have to decide on our own.

And that is where I struggle. I want to control people because I know what’s best for them. I’m learning to let go and man it’s not easy and it hurts a heck of a lot. but I can’t do it for them. I can only show them how I did it for myself. I am a gardener, planting seeds. Planting an ideas.