I’ve always been what I call a “muscle through-er” in dance and that speaks directly to how I have approached life.
But deep grief will do one thing for sure: Burn away anything that resembles bullshit in your life.
This whole world is doing its best to make us all angry, terrified, pushy, mean, cruel, hateful, judgy… you name the ick and the world is doing its best to bring that out of you.
It’s not what we’re built for.
Nope.
As hard as it can be sometimes to believe, we are built for love.
Love is the only path worth walking.
And that has to start with you. It has to start with this body you’ve been given.
How you treat that body is how you treat the rest of the world.
Look around at the “wellness” and “fitness” worlds and see how they are being revealed for the human hating, perfectionism pushers they actually are. Those worlds (not everyone in them) have space for only certain types of humans. Those worlds are a reflection of toxic capitalism and they are colonizing from every direction — whether they are actively stealing practices from indigenous communities and cultures or trying to colonize your mind and body for their own ends.
Pull back.
Say no.
Dive into delicate and curious and hopeful and compassionate and playful.
That is where your humanity can flourish and expand.