One Monday morning I was feeling a bit out of sorts but I went to my exercise appointment with my Pilates coach anyway. My neck hurt and so did my shoulders. They had been hurting the night before, they were hurting all morning and particularly ached while doing Pilates. Yet I soldiered on.
I had let Connie, my coach, know about my achy state and we both paid particular attention to make sure I was doing the exercises in a way that wouldn’t add tension. Suddenly, as I was putting my head in alignment, anchoring my shoulders (purposely dropping them down so they weren’t up around my ears) I realized that I recently had been very forward thinking. In other words, I had been working on the calendar for the year ahead, scheduling events and handling lots of things that were future oriented. Inadvertently my body had followed suit. My head had been no longer floating above my shoulders – it was pitched forward as if I was preparing for a long and arduous run. It didn’t take long to become centered once again. In fact it took no time at all. As soon as I noticed it, with awareness, I was back in alignment. For the rest of my Pilates class I floated and any residual pain floated away, as well. That’s one of the things I love about Instantaneous Transformation and love about strengthening my body while relaxing my mind: no pain, all gain.
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No pain, all gain!
Thank you very much for this perfectly timed reminder – it’s my first half day in the office after two weeks off. Reading this blog I became aware that I was about to start to work on my life, figuring out what to do to make 2025 successful…. so thank you for reminding me of this all gain – no pain possibility!
Very cool thank you!