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HAVING A POWERFUL “WHY”

One of the first questions we ask in Nimble is this: what’s your why? Why do you want to be stronger, lighter or more flexible? What is motivating you to take up an exercise program? We all get inundated with so much information about how to stay healthy that it can cloud our why, which ultimately slows the process of creating life-long healthy habits. Weight loss, for example, is a crucial reason for many people to exercise, but is losing weight the true inspiration? Or is losing weight a path to feeling better and more active in your own body?

Tapping into your true motivations will help fuel your success. Here are some other motivating whys that can help cause profound transformation:

*More Energy
*Confidence
*Body/Mind connection
*Overall Preventative Health Care
*Better Sex Drive/Better Sexual Health
*Clearer Skin *Being able to do what you want to do – whether it’s climbing those stairs or climbing a mountain.

Have a powerful why and it will help you take daily action towards your goals.  Here’s the way we describe that path at Nimble Fitness:

Movement is an opportunity for profound transformation, which stimulates self-discovery and energizes the spirit. The journey it offers is made by sensing, feeling and being. It’s unique to each person.

Namaste,
Daniel

Education & Learning

I love learning from great teachers!  I just spent four days diving into the neurofascial system with Sue Hitzman, the creator of the M.E.L.T method.  What Sue has done is organize more information than I can express into a system that just makes sense.  I’ve mentored with several great body workers and learned a great deal but Sue is really bringing it all together with effective language, a simplistic approach to her method and a passion for making it achievable for everyone.

Awesome!

If you want to elevate your performance and overall body awareness, Nimble Fitness will be holding these M.E.L.T. workshops in the near future.   Keep a look out for our calendar schedule coming soon.

Namaste
Daniel

Quiet Your Mind With The Zen Swing

In the Nimble Guide to Feeling Great in last month’s newsletter, I discussed having a dialogue with your soul, which can be a liberating and life-changing experience. (review here) Receiving information from the soul can take many forms, from unconditional love, to God, to universal energy. To be able to speak effectively to your soul, however, it is necessary to first quiet your mind. This takes some practice, but there are many movements and breath techniques that tap in to your body’s natural ability to relax. For example, check out the Zen Swing—it is a relaxing, natural way to calm your system and rebuild your chi, your natural life energy.

Keys to the Zen Swing:

1. Keep a long spine.

2. Use your hip as a hinge. (i.e.-don’t tuck your butt under and roll your lower spine.)

3. Let your arms completely relax as they swing side to side.

4. Keep your eyes forward.

5. *Find a smooth and even breathing pattern. Inhale as your arms go up and exhale as your arms go down.

6. If your spine doesn’t feel like its moving freely, relax, breath and release the tension with the movement.

7. Go for 5, 10 or even 15 minutes.

A little practice will go a long way-enjoy!

Do You Speak To Your Soul?

By Daniel Lucas

Do you take the time to listen from within yourself for answers? Communicating with our soul is best achieved with a quiet mind. In order to hear the soul our minds need to be clear so that we can receive the answers, which often come in a much gentler way than the strong thoughts of the ego. For example: when you feel the answer to an important question without thinking about it. You just know in your heart it’s true. Quiet time, rest and meditation are vital to having this healthy connection.

Set aside time to allow yourself to stop thinking from the outside and you will have a greater opportunity to hear a deeper truth. Think of it this way: It’s not about working out, it’s about working in, meaning meditation, Tai Chi, a walk in nature or anything that you find empties your mind.

Namaste.

Daniel