Out of the sky fell the gift of time and space. Covid strikes the world, many people’s jobs frozen in time, made superflous. I have no more excuses. Time having been one of my biggest limiting factors, I’m now confronted with the truth: I’m afraid of showing myself online. Once I determined that I avoided doing anything online out of fear rather than lack of skill, I started to work on it. Fear is but a mind-construct. Changing one’s vocabulary, one’s perspective and one’s actions will already defeat the little voice we have inside telling us to be scared. We need to create a stronger and more convincing voice to counteract ego’s voice of fear. A voice that tells us daily that we are not afraid, that fear is temporary, that we grow from fear and thus we should march right through it; not around it, not searching for an easier path of comfort. You only thrive when your comfort is at times speckled by moments of discomfort. We only grow by accepting new challenges, doing something new, saying something bold. Thus this blog, The Raving Life. Because I’m a raver at how I passionately search for more depth, more thrive, more love, more knowledge in life, in my work, in my relationships and I would love to inspire you to also have a raving life.
Pilates: a Supplement to your Workout Schedule, to your Daily Life
Life is all about learning, unlearning and relearning. Even though I know this, I couldn’t help but feel completely devastated when, at a Pilates On Tour in Venice, Tom McCook told us to take a stroll around the room without moving our pelvis. Puzzled faces, lifted eye-brows, robotic movements still trying to defy human anatomy in an attempt to do the exercise. Nope, it wasn’t possible. His follow-up question to the exercise was: why do we teach pilates trying to keep the pelvis completely still if when we walk our pelvis is constantly moving? A cry of nooooo! Was heard