Sexy Monday - be gentle

Happy Sexy Monday!

For those of you who read last Monday's post, you'll know that, last weekend I had a slight meltdown in the gym. I think everything just got on top of me and the tears came. Apparently it's not uncommon when we push ourselves in the gym, for pent up emotions to come out. 

I confess: I didn't go to the gym today, I did parkrun yesterday (a 5k timed run that takes place every Saturday at 9am) so today I wanted to be gentle with myself and do some yoga and meditation.

That got me thinking, why aren't we more gentle with ourselves? Why do we judge, berate and hate on ourselves for not being the best at everything? I'm tired of judging myself. I'm tired of being nasty to myself and forcing myself to do things I don't actually want to do. I don't have the answers to these questions (unfortunately), but we have the rest of our lives to build healthy lives, let's start gently shall we?

Yesterday's parkrun was one of the slowest I've ever run, but I literally don't care. I was out in the fresh air on a Saturday morning, exercising and doing a great thing for my health. Over time, maybe my time will go down, but I'm not in a hurry any more. Hopefully this gentler approach will mean I actually enjoy it more and will be more able to stay consistent week to week.

Here are some more ideas for how we can live more gently:

• eradicate harmful substances from our diets (alcohol, overly processed food, too much sugar)
• eat more whole foods, provided by mother nature
• walk and take public transport more instead of using the car
• drink more water
• move more
• be grateful
• limit screen time
• read more
• meditate

At the moment I'm experimenting with adding a ten minute meditation to the end of each yoga session I do at home. I've always thought you had to pay for the Calm app, but, as it turns out there are plenty of meditations on there for free, so I'll let you know how I get on with it. I've only done two days so far but I absolutely love it.

So what does all this have to do with becoming sexier, as per my goal at the start of this blog?

Good question.

I suppose my definition of sexy is to be brimming with life, health and energy. Sexy is being comfortable in who you are and loving who you are. If the points I've mentioned today help me in that path, that's pretty fabulous.

Thanks so much for reading, do say hello in the comments or on my instagram. This little blog is so helpful for me as an outlet on this journey. If you're on the journey with me then do get in touch.

Chat soon,

SSV x