Body and Soul Fitness!

Hello Fitness Mamas! Forgive me that it has been so long. I have been focusing my time on writing, not for my blogs, but for my books. No, not published books…but books I hope to someday get published. It is a sobering, humbling, exhausting and often frustrating venture, yet I go back for more! Some day these books I am writing will find their place in this world!

Anyway – it has left me little time to write here, and I hope you will forgive me for that. J

I am so dyiiing to share with you my latest adventure!

Last week I was invited to attend a fitness class to experience something called Body De La Sol.

I had an exhausting day at home with my three boys and was all cozy on the couch watching Electric Company when the time rolled around. I didn’t want to go. But, I had told this girl who invited me I would. So I went.

So I haphazardly made my way to the club, and into the class.

I didn’t want to be there.

I am not a fan of exercising at night. Then, the instructor bounded in with her shiny white smile and energizer bunny energy. Now I really didn’t want to be there!

I wonder if you are thinking I am going to talk about how bad this class was? Well it wasn’t! It was by far one of the most inspiring and encouraging classes I have ever attended. The instructor had a genuine zest for life that was contagious! Every song she played was fast, fun, and with positive inspirational words. (Ok…maybe it was just 80’s music…but it sure felt inspirational!). I was jamming out having a blast and quickly shedding my stress! 

But it wasn’t just the music or the energetic instructor. It was the music, the instructor, and the amazing things she was saying to us. It wasn’t a class where the instructor was yelling, “Burn off those calories.” But where she was inspiring us by saying:

“Love the skin you are in!

See the way your body moves!

Listen to what it has to say.

There is no one else like you!

You are unique!”

I tell the patients I work with these things every day, yet I didn’t realize how much I still needed to hear them. What a great reminder it was. What a gift it was at the end of my long stressful day! The class was for my body and my soul.

By the end I was bobbing and jiving with the rest of them, and couldn’t help but smile!

She even had us doing all sorts of funky things with our butts! And I couldn’t stop laughing!

I would hear her encourage – “Don’t be afraid! Let loose!”

The woman in front of me had the best moves of anyone I have ever seen, she could swivel and sway her behind exactly the way it was supposed to.

Mine, not so much. It is kind of like a pancake, so it doesn’t move that well.

After class I complimented her on her behind gymnastics. She looked at me like I was crazy, but I didn’t care! I had been transformed. The class was so encouraging…having those words almost screamed in your ears can’t hurt. Because you know what, you remember them! For the rest of the night I kept hearing her voice, “Don’t live in Fear.” “You were created to be you!” Sounds cheesy, but it does touch a place in your soul that needs it.

So finally the class was over, and I wasn’t relieved, I was sad! I wanted more!

As we were walking out, the instructor stood at the exit to hug everyone. I tried to slip out without receiving a hug, but she wouldn’t let me. I said, “Oh I don’t need one.” And she just hugged me tightly. That part was a little much, but her heart was so in the right place that I didn’t really mind.

So, if you live in Minnesota and want to try this class out I so encourage you to do so! If you live somewhere that has a class like this…don’t be afraid! Go! You won’t be disappointed!

What a gift this class was to my body and soul! Let me know if you want more information and I will send you the details.

And happy living! There really only is one YOU…enjoy it!

Lee

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