| I’m a HUGE believer in goal setting. I have been setting personal and professional goals for the past 15 years and have probably reached 95% of them. We tend to be much more successful when we set specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-sensitive goals. Today I’ll share my recent goals reached, along with sharing a few new ones of mine, to give you an idea. Recent Goals Reached: To be able to do a pull up once again. 15 years ago, I could do 10. I was doing a lot more strength training then, and teaching classes when I ran Medtronic’s wellness program. My summer goal was to get back to doing at least 1. A few weeks ago, I did 1-1/2 (yup – I’m counting 1/2 way up) which slightly exceeded my goal. Because I told someone I would do it, I knew I’d work on it faithfully. Pull ups are really hard, so I’m pleased. I will keep on working on building upper back strength and try to add a few, but at least maintain. My other goal was to get to a 4 Minute Plank. My Ironman son encouraged me to do more than that when I was up to 3-1/2 minutes. And, I did. I made it to a 5 minute plank, which was much more than I thought possible for me. Thanks to Matt I pushed through the psychological limit I had set for myself. New Goals to Strive For: Deepen my personal and professional yoga practice and learn more over the next year as I finish my 500 hour YogaFaith training. I finished the textbook portion, and just last week the first half of of the live contact hours. I’ll take a Trauma Sensitive 4 day training next June in TX, and finish my second full immersion next September in WA. It’s intense training, usually lasting for 7-8 days, with each day of training about 14 hours. My new goal, along with finishing the live contact hours, would be to teach trauma sensitive yoga classes for people with PTSD or other lesser traumas they’ve experienced. I’m putting that goal out there. Feel free to ask me next summer how I’m doing. Continue to teach yoga in Florida to friends and neighbors, along with offering 1:1 yoga sessions for those that want individual help with their particular body concerns in both FL and MN. Let me know if you’re interested in addressing pain and tightness in your body. I’ve personally seen so much relief practicing yoga from old injuries in both my neck and lower back, along with helping others move better. You don’t have to be flexible to start. If you can breathe, you can do yoga. Yoga helps me to keep moving so I can do what I want and it is also amazing for stress relief.. I’d love to hear what your goals are, and if I can assist you in any way. Have a happy, healthy, intentional day. You’re worth it! Thought for Today – If not now, when? *** Be Still and Know *** |
