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I hate yoga 🧘

I have said those words and at the time i had no idea how heavy that statement was.
But its true i went on a 15year plus journey with yoga before i actually truly understood it.
I wasnt that person who did a yoga class and it changed my life.
Truth be told i didnt get it. And through many many trials, tribulations and self discovery i finally saw the light 😜 well thats extreme but it did finally come together for me.
And the real change for me was discovering yoga off the mat first.
When i looked beyond the asana, the ego and unveiled what yoga can be thats when it all came together.
So if you struggle to connect, don’t worry - there is a whole world yet to discover ✨🙏🏼

I hate yoga 🧘

I have said those words and at the time i was so beyond understanding the weight of that statement.
The truth was i had no idea what yoga was. Over 15years plus i went on a journey and through many trials and tribulations i found what i was looking for and it was yoga.
I wasn’t the person who did a yoga class and ‘it changed my life’ there was a whole lot of self exploration i needed before i could truly understand how precious this practice is and it all changed for me when i found yoga off the mat.
So if you still feel a little disconnected from what you see and how you feel - its so normal and special because it now you have an opportunity for discovery 💡 ✨🙏🏼

if you’re thinking about it - here is your sign 🏃🏼‍♀️

8 weeks ago i gave myself the kick i truly needed. i started moving in the most convenient way i could manage - running. no babysitter no problem!

my first run with the buggy and dogs was painful 😅 and it took me 38minutes!

fast forward and staying strong on my dedication of running 100km in a month - 8 weeks later - 200km down and we just completed our first 10km (my first 10km in almost 2years) in 59minutes through crazy wind, forest floor, slippy wood, loose stones and sand!

if you are thinking about it. just start one day at a time 🙌🏼

everyday is different

some days you can’t believe how unreal you are as a parent.
you’ve done it all - morning jog with the dogs and buggy, breakfast, washes on/ out, hoovered, lots of interactive playtimes, lunch, walks, shopping, work - you are a force of nature.
and well some days its 8.30am and it feels like you’ve been awake for 24hrs.
so bar all the other factors like hormones, post-partum, and female cycles there are a some major things that influence how your day as a mom will run.
these are some of my influences - what have i missed?

figured it out yet?🏃🏼‍♀️

its simply to run 5km a day - not 5.5 not 4 not 7. of course there are days where i am in the groove, the weather is good and i could definitely go more but i dont. i stop my strava and i walk.

i think psychologically this makes me feel less pressured. i know that it’ll just be 30mins - just 30mins a day and and this is huge - i feel it keeps those aches and pains away 🙌🏼

so just consistency, wake up, grab a snack; no stress on time prs or distance prs - just get your morning 5km done!

i took the chance - i booked a one way ticket and let the universe do its thing.

okay that sounds airy but its true, i had recently moved my business online due to covid and it gave me the freedom to be anywhere i wanted.

but there wasn’t an urge in me to pack up and leave or anything until one day i was out swimming and start speaking with a girl who i would often swim with and who had basically a twin version of my dog johnny about her upcoming trip to Portugal.
little did i know (and perhaps she still doesn’t) how she would change the course of my life forever.

she spoke about how she would spend the summer in Portugal with her dog Marvin (do you know who you are yet 😝) and how he could fly on the plane with her and so on and i listened with such excitement about her plans about how dreamy it all sounded and how amazing it was that she could do it all with her little dog baby.

anyway i got home that evening and thought to myself, why am i here? in ireland. i wasn’t in a relationship just doing the old tinder dating thing. covid was keeping everything pretty socially crippled and technically i could work wherever i wanted, so……i just did it.
i went online and booked a one way ticket to portugal. no accommodation, no plan, no research just 2 weeks to say my goodbyes and let the universe do the rest.

2 weeks later i landed in portugal to the only place id heard of *shudders with embarrassment, albuferia, the irish holiday makers paradise in portugal and not the best representation of the absolute beautiful country that is portugal.
so here i was 1 giant suitcase, a dog, a yoga mat and absolutely no clue…….

………..to be continued!