Float On
Posted: January 22, 2013 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, crossfit, exercise, fitness, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, hope, kettlebell, life, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, natural, paleo, passion, pilates, recovery, running, trail running, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga 5 CommentsI was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched-
Often at times in life, we seem to be burdened by numerous “things” on any given day. Some of these burdens are healthy and quite beneficial to us: Gravity being one of them. We seem to forget at times how important gravity may be while working out, running and especially during yoga (inversions).
One burden though, is far more exhausting … Our Mental Baggage.
Gravity for the most part has been constant throughout our lives, the same reliable force that patiently reaches out to touch you when you least expect it to. Problem being, many (most if not all) of us accumulate volume upon volume of painful experiences each and every day, baggage. Just imagine if your mental baggage and gravity were equal?!?
Let us now turn our attention to pain, honestly … When you trip and fall on a loose bit of gravel? It hurts, you feel pain. The same applies to the mental baggage we endlessly accumulate during our lives.
End of Part One
The Workout-
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
KB Floor Presses and Russian Sit Ups
Gravity, today, is not your friend.
Notes:
Sadly, we base our success and failure in life on pain. Does your workout program punish you? Do you feel like you failed because you are not sore after a workout? Unfortunately, we are not very adept at dealing with failures, the disappointment of not being “sore”. Enter: The Mental Baggage.
Keep in touch and be well today.
Our Secret
Posted: January 18, 2013 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, exercise, fitness, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, hope, kettlebell, Lance Armstrong, life, love, lululemon, marathon, meditation, motivation, natural, nature, NHL, paleo, passion, perspective, pilates, rest, running, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga, Zen 20 CommentsWe shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want-
Today we ask of you, to:
– Think of someone who may have hurt or betrayed you and begin the process of forgiving them (maybe, this could be you).
– Write down (like right now) one “thing” that has made you feel alive today.
– Call a friend, family member or loved one who may be ill or down on their luck and ask what you can do to help.
– Smile.
The Workout-
In this order: Crocodile Breathing – Dead Man Roll(s) – KB Arm Bars (ask before you do these*) – Perfect Turkish Get Ups
*If your goal is to look this movement up on The Google Machine, use a heavy weight and tear your fragile shoulders up this afternoon? Have at it.*
Notes:
Try to make a commitment today, to experiencing joy in whatever you do, forgiving after having been wronged (NHL Lockout – Lance Armstrong), sharing compassion with others … Be in awe of nature and the world around you.
I’m Simply
Posted: January 17, 2013 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: Adventure Time, blogging, crossfit, exercise, fitness, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, hope, kettlebell, life, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, natural, Notre Dame, Osho, passion, pilates, Reality, recovery, running, sex, social media, Te'o, twitter, walking, whole foods, yoga 7 Comments…
Saying that there is a way to be sane. I’m saying that you can
get rid of all this insanity created by the past in you. Just by being a simple
witness of your thought processes.
It is simply sitting silently, witnessing the thoughts, passing before you.
Just witnessing, not interfering not even judging, because the moment you
judge you have lost the pure witness. The moment you say “this is good, this
is bad,” you have already jumped onto the thought process.
It takes a little time to create a gap between the witness and the mind. Once
the gap is there, you are in for a great surprise, that you are not the mind, that
you are the witness, A watcher.
And this process of watching is the very alchemy of real religion. Because as
you become more and more deeply rooted in witnessing, thoughts start
disappearing. You are, but the mind is utterly empty.
That’s the moment of enlightenment. That is the moment that you become for
the first time an unconditioned, sane, really free human being.
― Osho
The Workout-
Are you experiencing trouble today running or making it through your series of asanas? Let’s head back to the beginning … To the basics, your foundation.
Rest Day … Shavasana
Notes:
What is REAL in your life, right in this moment? HINT: Real is not something you “Like” or “Follow” … Be inspired today.
Starry Eyed
Posted: January 16, 2013 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: balance, blogging, Breathing, crossfit, exercise, fitness, gluten free, happiness, harmony, health, hipster, hope, kettlebell, Lance Armstrong is a douchebag, life, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, natural, paleo, passion, pilates, running, simplicity, Walk, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga 17 CommentsSometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple-
Smiling: Evidence
“There must be a secret, hidden cleverly in today’s message?”
Maybe, the secret is accepting that our very own humane behavior towards others … Are their own reward(s), rather than an investment for an expected future return. We implore you to practice today, replacing the following thought:
“I’ll be nice to you so you’ll do something for me“ with:
“I’ll be nice to you because I feel passionately, that it’s the right thing to do and will make it more likely that you will be nice to someone else, who then may be nice to another person today.“
That’s it folks, pithy enough for you!?!
The Workout-
Did you know that Adho Mukha Svanasana is a pose of rest, harmony and balance?!?
A pose of rest, not struggle …
5-6-7–8-9-10-11-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5
Hinge Walk Out Perfect Push Ups – Resting in Adho Mukha Svanasana between sets.
*This little program is something we practice weekly here, away from the inter-webz*
Notes:
We are starting to hone and redefine what it means in essence, to live fully, everyday. To forgive, love and do no harm. Remember, CultFit is a heuristic process and not something that IS. A tad deep today, on purpose. Be well.
Artificial White
Posted: January 15, 2013 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, England, exercise, family, fitness, freshly pressed, friends, happiness, health, hipster, His Dark Side, hope, kettlebell, life, Loss, love, lululemon, marathon, meditation, motivation, natural, NHL, passion, pilates, running, snow, trail running, walking, weather, whole foods, WOD 17 CommentsLove is the absence of judgment-
Do you Need to do __________ or do you Love to do __________?
To be fully free is to live in blissful happiness, daily. Full freedom creates the space for every happy experience to creep in. The punishment (<— Key Word) that we can subject ourselves to, is the withholding of our unconditional love.
Unconditional love never withdraws itself, this is what loving fully means. One does not have to practice what one is … Just be yourself. Love learns over time to let go. Have you ever thought about how much energy and effort it takes to hold a grudge, to be angry at a friend or loved one?
What we call Need is often confused with Love. Need holds on, Need has a firm grasp on so many of us. There is a rather clever way to tell the difference between Need and Love: Love let’s go, Love sets your mind free and places your heart at ease. Need on the other hand, never let’s go.
Let go of your expectations, for today, let go of the requirements, the so-called “rules” and regulations that you would otherwise impose on yourself and others …
The Workout-
A Walk in fresh snow, listen to your breathing, the sound of surrendering snow under foot. Watch your breath as you walk long … Walking Meditation, Bliss.
Notes:
Remember: Choices are not restrictions. Nurture, Love or Punishment?!? Bundle up and be well.
CultFit 