We develop our relationships with loved ones and deepen connection to them through spending time, bringing presence, compassion, safety, support and curiosity. The same is true of the relationship we have with ourselves, though in a busy world our relationship to ourselves can often become an afterthought.

 

Despite this the relationship we have with ourselves is and always will be the most important relationship we will ever have and will impact every other relationship we will ever have.

 

Getting my start in the fitness industry nearly fifteen years ago I was acutely aware that the small actions I was taking daily in relation to my physical wellness were impacting my physical health over time. It wasn’t until recent years that I truly understood that the same was true of the actions I was or wasn’t taking daily in relation to my mental and emotional wellness.

I found myself caught in cycles of reaching burn out, overwhelm or disconnection before having to slow down and take care of myself. I would get swept up in busyness, distraction and noise, find myself caught in unhealthy cycles and patterns and feeling like I was stuck on a treadmill.

After getting fed up of repeating this cycle, I began to become more pro-active with self care, implementing a mental and emotional training plan in the same way I had implemented a physical fitness plan for years.

With consistency over time I felt my resilience and ability to respond to life rather than react improve dramatically. I was able to go beyond destructive patterns, come to greater levels of self understanding and was able to move consciously in the direction of what I wanted in life.

 

Whilst stuck in busyness or stressed states, we find ourselves operating from a place of ‘survival’, repeating auto pilot behaviours and acting largely unconsciously repeating the same actions that yield the same results and cycles over time. Without taking space, slowing down developing practices for self understanding we can find ourselves caught in cycles for years or decades, frustrated with our ability to create the changes we want to make.

Efforts to create change in life are often approached from a ‘top down’ approach or trying to out think our challenges or problems. My experience has been that a ‘bottom up’ approach of working on creating calm and ease in the body is an essential part of allowing the mind to move out of survival states and find perspective and possibility.

 

The Discovery program blends both cognitive and body based approaches to support improved mental and emotional wellness. Through meditation, journalling, healing breath work journeys, self inquiry practices and educational webinars you will come to a much greater understanding of what has shaped you and what unconscious blueprints or scripts have been running your life up until this point.

 

Through a commitment to the program and the simple daily practices you will develop emotional resilience and come to greater levels of self awareness, self compassion and self expression, allowing you to get off the treadmill and consciously choose where you want to go next in life.