Week 35 — “Marbles”
“I'm still here. And so are you.”
Hello Pilates People!
Happiest of Sundays to you!
Wanted to take a moment to relay an exciting realization Jenni and I had this week. We both commented on how surprised we were by how difficult the classes we taught were (truly, we were DYING) and how you all rose to the challenges like they were NOTHING! What a breath taking thing to behold from across the screen! You're doing some SERIOUS work out there and we can FEEL it! We are SO PROUD of you and hope you are too!!!
A reminder about our upcoming workshop on Sunday, November 22nd from 12-2pm with Danielle of BodyLit Coaching!!! We're calling it "Food Freedom" and we'll be talking through ways you can feel GOOD about your food choices and learn how to live without the diet! To sign up, please click here and for more info, you can click here.
As far as Black Friday and all the consequent days that follow - as Jenni put it, "We're gonna do that...so get excited. I don't know...people like this kind of thing. Right?"
So mark your calendars because yes, we're gonna do that!
This week's theme is a little messy, because life is a little messy and being human is such a complicated job.
Just the simple fact that you can be, do, think and feel more than one thing at a time is COMPLICATED!
For instance, have you ever heard of post performance depression? The low that immediately follows the high. You've spent months (maybe years) working, preparing and loving this thing that you're working towards - fighting to give it every bit of life that you can with everything you have. And then suddenly, it's happening and even more instantly, it's over.
And what you're left with is the adrenaline and elation of the moment while it was happening standing right next to the sadness and emptiness because it's over.
That's hard. Because, now what?
And we're talking about this because it's how Jenni and I have been feeling. From what we're gathering, we're not alone. And after the election we just universally experienced (and are still experiencing), who can blame us, really?
We feel a little scattered and like we're in need of some way to gather up the marbles because they really rolled all over the place this time.
After a brief talk in a few circles, we arrived at the conclusion that it's a matter of energy - you just spent all this time training yourself day after day after day to put your time and energy into this thing and now that thing doesn't need you or your energy in the same way any more...but as we've discussed before, the Law of Conservation of Energy says energy can neither be created or destroyed. So ALL that energy has GOT to go SOMEWHERE! (and right now, there are so many good places for that energy to go)
The question is where will you direct it? And how?
If you're anything like us, you'll start by taking on way too many very random things because you're just not sure what to do with yourself and desperate for a solution. So burying your head into a pile of work feels like just as good a solution as any out there.
Of course, in a few days or weeks you'll come to wonder why you're so tired and all over the place...but that's besides the point I suppose.
Or maybe you can compartmentalize it. Put it into a box, leave it "there" and walk away. For a while...forever...whatever works.
Or maybe you really lean into it. You let yourself be sad. So sad. Maybe you sleep for days. That's cool too, and kind of balances out the type A crew that will be spiraling at just about a million miles an hour.
Whatever it is, we want us all to take a breath and say, "I AM HERE." Because you are. You are right here. Right now.
No matter what you do, remember that.
When things feel wildly out of control and like you're not sure what's up, down, sideways or yesterday, just keep reminding yourself that you're here. Right here. Doesn't even really matter where "here" is...just know that you are.
Where do you think the phrase, "I'm still here and so are you," originated? I needed to remember. So I said it every day without realizing I was doing it or why I was doing it, until someone said it back to me and I realized that maybe it mattered. And maybe it mattered to more than just me.
So one more time, with a little more conviction perhaps? "I'M STILL HERE."
...and so are you.
Giant hugs to you all. Thank you so much for being here...wherever that is.
All our love,
Cassandra + Pilates People
(11/15/20)