Compassion

What made me happy in the past 24 hours: hot yoga, mainly the teacher who reminded me why we our on this Earth (I'll speak more about it in a little bit) and secondly...I know two today!...my faith in God to show me the right path to take really shining through lately

 

Now how the hell does this all relate to crossfit? This is a crossfit blog isnt it? or maybe just a stream of consciousness disguised as a Crossfit log and inspiration...hmm. I may just be fooling you all.

 

ok here goes it...Crossfit strips you down. Of insecurites, of your ego and of anything else that sits on your shoulders all day. It is just you and the WOD, every single time. Since I can't get that feeling from crossfit at the moment, I am getting it elsewhere and laying it all out there on this blog. Every week in yoga, the teacher tells us to practice for someone, not for ourselves, but offer up what we are doing for someone we care about. Learning compassion. It reminded me that everything is not always about me. Why do you do the things you do or think the things you do? Is it really for other people or is it only to make yourself feel better? Do you Crossfit only for you? Crossfit and life is about community and determination and teamwork. Let that bleed into everything you do...

 

I could talk for days...but I'll save the rest for tomorrow.

 

 

Peace, Love and Compassion.xoxo -A

The Beginning

When I said I was back, I actually meant it this time...so you're stuck with me!

First to my promise to myself, 1 thing every day that makes me happy and since it's the morning it will be yesterday: my bosses dog at work getting about as excited as I do over goldfish crackers...odd, I know...but it put a smile on my face :D

Anyways...
I am one day closer to my MRI and hoping that it is something that can easily be fixed so I can get back to crossfit ASAP. In the meantime, I plan to fill my time with meaninful things that make me happy and are also productive, like Crossfit did. What could this possibly mean? Sometimes it's hard to translate the feelings and relief we get from crossfit into "real life," but I'm starting to get a hang of it. Tonight, I am going to a hot vinyasa yoga class with some of my friends, last night I did Tabata hollow rocks and more than anything I look forward to writing my Holiday cards. I sent about 50 and I just love the feeling of this time of year. I may not be able to crossfit or stay in the shape I want, but I can take care of my body and my mind and make sure the people around me know how much I love them. Can I really start thanking my bum knee and shoulder for perspective? I think so...

Crossfit may be amazing and will always be a huge part of my life, but don't let injury be the only thing that reminds you what else is important...

...as I like to say, Muah!

Confusion to Clarity

I know...it's been a while. Or maybe a bit longer than a while; regardless I'm back.

I wasn't sure if I was "allowed" to write a Crossfit blog if I wasn't currently crossfitting. You might be saying..."Huh?" Let's rewind a little bit..

 

About two months ago, I injured my shoulder: some bursistis and a sprained rotator cuff. Because of this, I spent two months pretty much only working out my lower body i.e squats, box jumps, air dyne, row etc. Then, about 2 and half weeks ago, I injured my knee-not sure what it is yet, but I have an MRI on Thursday (wish me luck!)

 

Never in a million years would I have said being injured would be something I wanted, but it has definitely been a blessing in disguise. Since I began Crossfit, I used it to drown my problems, to hide my insecurities, my fears, and the unhappiness I have about some things in my life. 2 and a half weeks out and I am being forced to face them, to have to embrace and deal with the emotions instead of beat up my body to bury them. My friends sure know, but lately I have been sad and retreating, overwhelmed with things I should have dealt with a long time ago. Thankfully though, I am finally dealing with them, head on, with the foundation of strength that crossfit gave me. So now, since I'm out of the gym, I will take you on this journey with me, of inner strength rather than the lbs I can put on my barbell.

 

Step 1: find something every day that makes me happy

 

Damn do I miss crossfit :)