 Dear Friends,
After months of debate, I finally got myself a fitbit. Let’s back up a little. I hate having things on my wrists….watches, bracelets, you name it, I can’t handle it. The only things I can tolerate are hair ties because, well, I don’t have a choice in the matter, I need to have a hair tie accessible. So, through the years I’ve purchased various watches, gps’ etc., hoping I would be able to tolerate them...let's be honest, they’ve all gone to the wayside. But of late, I’ve been noticing I need a little extra help, a little outside accountability. I need something other than myself encouraging me to get to bed on time and get enough sleep, to make sure I’m getting outside and getting steps in my day. I need some accountability other than myself. So here I am with my little fitbit…hoping that it’s small enough so that I can continue to tolerate it. Sometimes I think it’s easy to start judging ourselves when we find we need more than just internal motivation, when we need that external motivation also. There are times I think we can start talking down to ourselves, telling ourselves that we should be able to do it on our own, we should remember the beauty of the world around us and use that as our motivation, we should remember how we feel when we feel in control of our food intake, our movement practices, our sleep habits, and use those feelings as motivation. But my friends, it’s not either, or. We can use both. We can embrace all the internal and external motivation that we need to help us through this life. And sometimes we just need it all. Let’s embrace the help we need, and let’s do that with a little less judgment and a little more acceptance. Have an amazing week, my friends. Love Krista
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 Dear Friends,
It was my wish, as I signed off last week, for us all to be able to slow down and notice a little bit more. Easier said than done, right? Our lives sometimes go in cycles, and there are times and seasons when life is just busy, and there’s not a whole lot we can do about it. I don’t know about you, but in my life it feels like I’m in that busy cycle, with the end of the school year coming up, summer changes and all that entails. I was thinking about that this past week, about my wish for us to slow down and notice, with my own life feeling definitely less than slow…and, let’s be honest, my brain feeling a little too full. But even in those spaces and cycles of busy, I think we can find a bit of time to slow down, to find a little more spaciousness. A couple of nights ago, toward the end of the night, I took a quick walk around my neighborhood and talked to a friend while walking and noticed these ridiculously beautiful peonies that are blooming in my neighbors yard. The other day I sat by the creek with my coffee for a few precious minutes. It was just a few minutes, it wasn’t long, but it was something. Certainly, it wasn't as long a walk as I would have preferred, certainly it wasn't as long a sit as I would have preferred, but I found a little bit of spaciousness in the midst of busy. My dear friends, if you, like me, are in a busy cycle of life right now, I hope you can give yourself permission to find a little bit of spaciousness in the midst of busy. Have an amazing week, my friends. Love Krista  Dear Friends,
It’s easy to see the growth, change and evolution of the deciduous trees in our area, with the yearly life cycle of leaves falling, bare wintering, new leaves and growth in the spring, culminating in the bountiful green leaves of late spring and summer. I was walking past an evergreen tree the other day, as I walked past I noticed the bright green tips on the end of each branch signifying new growth and change in the tree. This change, this new growth, it’s not quite as easy to see as the very prominent life cycle of the deciduous trees in our area, and if you don’t look for it, if you don’t slow down, you might not even notice it. Even so, it’s there. New growth, change, it’s there, it’s happening even when it is not quite as noticeable. But without slowing down and paying attention, you just might miss it. My dear friends, I hope we can slow down a little more this week and notice the new growth and change in our lives. I hope we can see the work that we’re doing and recognize it for what it is. I hope we can cheer ourselves on in the good work we’re doing, even if we might want to do more. I hope you have an amazing week, my friends. Love Krista  Dear Friends,
I’ve been thinking a lot about our post from a few weeks ago, about needed change that might be prominent and bountiful, and on the other hand, that needed change that feels like it’s just ground to a halt, like there’s a log blocking our path. The change, if we’re putting in the work, that change is still happening, it’s still there, even if we might be discouraged about the progress. I wonder how it might feel if we really pay attention to those small, minute changes…the ones that are so hard to see and notice, but if we’re really paying attention, are still there in our lives and our bodies. I wonder how it might feel to really notice the small, needed changes in our lives and in our bodies. I wonder how it might feel to pay a little more attention to those changes. I wonder how it might feel if, when we get discouraged about areas in our lives where the change might not look the way we want it to look, how it might feel to really see and notice those other areas in our lives where we are succeeding. I wonder if we could notice ourselves breaking free from that log across our path. My dear friends, our paths to change might not always look the way we want it to look, it might not be as easy or as straightforward as we would like, we might have those logs blocking our way, but if we really spend time seeing and noticing our successes, we might be able to see a little more clearly the areas of growth and change, a path through. Have an amazing week, my friends. Love Krista |
Hi, I'm Krista!Krista Mason is a movement instructor based in Washington DC. She founded an online strength, yoga and movement studio, teaches group classes, hosts both local and overseas retreats, hangs out with private clients, and absolutely loves the work she gets to do. Archives
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