and the word of the year is...1-12-22
“What are you selling?” Inquiry numero uno from business consultant folks. I went through professional overhaul twice in fifteen years at Dreizler Physical Therapy. The second time, a creative staff nailed it. “Providing expert hands on care and individualized home exercise prescription.” Everything just naturally flowed out of that mission. So I get the value of being clear in messaging.
I’ve been out of that business world more years than I was in it. Yet, in a soft way, the question remains. What am I selling? Really, does this question even apply to the exploratory way I’ve been at work for the last twenty years? Nevertheless, without my pursuing it, a consistent single word keeps asserting itself. A unifying inspirational concept that has unfolded in its own sweet time. All on its own, without any corporate assistance.
And that word is vitality. Dictionary: vitality is a person’s ability to live, grow and develop. To have energy, exuberant physical strength, mental vigor. To have the capacity to live a meaningful existence. Try it on. Who doesn’t want that?
And its meaning is so much more all-encompassing to me. I want to be vital of spirit, to look up at the sky and be unfailingly in awe. To delight in being a part of the immense whole, connected to every living thing past present future. I want a vital beating heart, with emotional capacity to feel deeply, love tenderly, cry at the drop of a hat. I want mental vitality: discernment, wisdom, curiosity. A mind that welcomes challenge, a creative well-spring. I want a vital soul, one destined to seek why I'm here and what I'm here to do. While I’m still able and willing and breathing.
And, of course, you know me, I want a vital body, flexible, supple, resilient. Because a vital body is mother source for the rest of it. Does this require running marathons, doing a perfect triangle pose or dancing like a twenty-something? No. It simply means breathing and bringing awareness to the body whether it be in motion or at rest. It's a vitality booster whenever I'm on the mat, the dance floor, outside walking. And as I consciously rest in shivasana, breathe in meditation, rock on my front porch...it's a revival.
Winter. That resolute time of the year. Time to quietly take stock. Is there a consistent word that keeps asserting itself to you? A unifying inspirational concept. Maybe vitality resonates for you. Maybe cultivating vitality would support your word of the year.
A vital body, flexible, supple, resilient …that’s what I’m offering in this super easy-to-swallow series. Want to be at ease when you come to the mat? Want to mix and match depending on how you feel? I never do the same thing twice. And some days it is very short. And it is never boring. Release and dance and core and a walk and breath and stretch and and and…..
Join me for just an hour these four Saturday mornings. I’ll guide us through basics of creating a body loose, long, strong...vital. After just the first hour you’ll be totally inspired to roll your mat out at home with confidence and expertise (and the recording if you so desire).
An Essential Introduction (on-line)
Foam Roll January 29
Tennis Ball Release February 5
Core Strength February 12
Stretch Out February 19
Pre-enroll in four and receive one free class or Video Library session. Or drop-in to any one. Q&A session at 10:30. Wanna practice twice? Timing doesn’t work? Recording sent to all enrollees.
Once you get the hang of the four basics, the pleasure of being on your mat will call to you. I'm all about pleasure. And support. Because support is contagious. Friday morning Essentials or any Video Library recording or a one-on-one physical therapy session provide that support.
So this is an invitation to those of you quietly taking stock, feel that cultivating vitality might be just what the doctor ordered. In Essentials you start right where you are. On your mat. In your own home. With expert guidance.
Let’s be on a roll together….❤️Bella