Personal Delights

The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other's welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who was your self.

This is why I teach and love what I am doing. Sometimes I get frustrated, tongue tied and may not always deliver the best for everyone at the moment that they need it. Sometimes I am exhausted and may screw up a cue or an equipment change or touch with a little "too much emphasis" and for those times, I ususally kick myself. Yet, to get a number of unsolicited joyful comments, hugs and love from studio participants - all in the same crazy week -  is the reminder that my path is correctly set.   The details of the persons involved are universal; hip replacement, herniated discs, upcoming...

I guess you can tell from my blog entries of late, that I have been playing around with another tool for core training in the past few months, using the TRX Suspension Trainer with both my personal workouts, my private strength/resistance clients and now my Pilates Mat students.   Defying gravity with a new challenge is making all of us stronger, sleeker and determined to continue using the tool.   The tool permits a full and complete range of motion throughout a workout, which in turn creates a more functional, safer and more successful method of training. While I am never giving...

This is a personal story.  It reflects a very personal artistic piece.  A custom design.  I call it my Princess Collar.  All the elements are one of a kind.  Each stone, each bead, each strand; the origin of each of the stones; the love, respect and honor of the man who selected the gems, the artist who crafted the finished piece and the delight I have in adorning my neck with the history they represent.