I Tell My Clients, Hard Is Okay! Were Not Afraid Of Hard!... ... We Can Be In A Space Where We Dont Know

I tell my clients, “Hard is okay! We’re not afraid of hard!”... 💪😊... We can be in a space where we don’t know the answers, can’t find the feeling, or just don’t yet have the strength or stamina... It’s okay!... 😀... It doesn’t mean it’s hopeless, it just means we have to keep working at it... And that, my dear, we can do. 💕. . #fearless #keepgoing #throughittogettoit #motivateMonday. Ps. Thanks to my friend Jenny for today’s inspiration! ❤️ https://www.instagram.com/p/BwTCD0HnOef/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5kxt74to7uv4

Waking up to snow! ❄️.. . Does it fill you - at least for a moment, before your jaded old adult voice turns on - with a particular mix of excitement and serenity? 🙂. . I hope today you’ll allow yourself a moment to marvel at beauty and feel a sense of wonder, and enjoy a little play. 💕. . #seattlesnow #snowday #bodymindspirit (at Seattle, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/teammona/p/BtdyziBnn5V/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1l1os35pnibad

Walking new paths can bring heart-lifting delights! Just two blocks off the often gritty Ave. in the U-District is this gorgeous, lush garden. It’s not huge, but from winter to spring and now into summer it packs such a variety of sumptuousness... We used to shortcut down this street driving, but on our feet we can actually revel in this garden.... From our temporary home, this street is not inviting; we first have to walk past a block of unfriendly, mammoth, monolithic blank-wall buildings that discourage strolling... But if we press on, through and past the ugliness, oh what a little gift! 😀.... Today I hope you find a new path with equally wonderful surprises! 💕 . . #walking #walk #keepgoing #explore #wisteria #roses #throughittogettoit #urbangarden #urbanexplorer #lookforit #dogmama #metaphor #fitatanyage #fitover40 #fitover50 #openheart #bodymindspirit https://www.instagram.com/p/CAlbxdmgqH_/?igshid=16qfbj2be7bh8

It took me a long time to realize we are not meant to be perfect. We are meant to be whole.

Jane Fonda (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

This is beautiful. Body, mind, spirit, all cared for. <3

This move is called “resting students.” 😋. . Honestly, they tell me they feel renewed when they leave... 😉... . I just wanted to share this moment because the Pilates world is influenced too much by the idea of dancer’s perfection... we forget about the sweat and work of the soldiers, police officers, and boxers that Joseph Pilates worked with before the dancers stumbled into his studio.... . These folks in my class work hard, and I so, so love them for it... They earned this rest moment, for sure. 💕... I hope they motivate you to work hard this week to the best of YOUR ability, whatever that looks like... because on YOU, it looks BEAUTIFUL. ❤️. . . #motivateMonday #motivationmonday #bodypositive #youdoyou #dowhatyoucan #progressnotperfection #pilates #pilatesreformer #lovethework #everybody (at Pilates Northwest) https://www.instagram.com/teammona/p/BtM8xPZHqTJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11qhirxidpui0