 Dear Friends,
How are you feeling, this week sandwiched in-between major holidays? A little more space in your brain? A little peopled-out? A little lost and out of your routine? Somewhere in-between? My boys, a friend and I took a couple of days to run around New York City on the days leading up to Christmas…it was lovely to step away for a few days, to have a change of pace and scenery, to see NYC dressed to the nines for Christmas. It is good, necessary, essential to step away and have a change of pace every so often. I really do think our bodies and our minds need that change in routine, setting, life and movement practices. And yet, equally important to stepping away for most is getting back into that routine, into that sense of normalcy. Making that routine and normalcy ease-filled and sustainable, I think, is absolutely essential…because it’s near impossible to make something into a routine when it’s hard to show up for that something. It’s near impossible to get back to something when that something feels unsustainable. It’s the time of year when some choose to make resolutions, when some choose to look at aspects of life we might want to shift and change…and inevitably for many movement practices are part of that New Year’s Resolution list…but it’s important to get back to and create those routines in a sustainable way, which often means starting slowly, and in small amounts. So, my friends, I invite you to try our community, and our movement practices. We have 10 minute practices that would be perfect for starting that new routine in a sustainable way…and I would just LOVE to see you join us. I know online strength, cardio and yoga isn’t for everyone…but I think for many it makes our movement practices a little more sustainable, a little easier to show up for…there are just fewer hurdles to get around, it’s easier to stay in, or get back to routine when you inevitably fall off, it’s easier to wrap your mind around doing 10 minutes of movement instead of an hour of movement…and who knows, maybe you’ll do a couple once you’ve started! Movement is so important for our wellbeing, let’s make it easy to show up and do it. My dear friends, I invite you to try your first month of our movement practices for FREE. You’ll get access to all 28 livestream practices a week + full access to our 24/7 on-demand video library + a once a month in-person class for that full month after sign-up. I’ll email you a couple of days before your month is up so that, if our studio isn’t serving your movement needs, you can cancel before you get charged. My online studio is one of my favorite things in the world, and I absolutely love seeing, talking to and connecting with all of my students throughout the week…it is an absolute joy in my life, and I really do hope to see you there, my friend. Love Krista www.kristamasonmovement.com/free-month
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 Dear Friends,
Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day, the longest night of the year. Today ushers in the official start of winter…after 10:27 pm today light begins to come back slowly by slowly. I wonder how it might feel to take a little time today to sit and reflect on how life feels right now, at this moment. I wonder how it might feel to reflect on shifts we might want to usher in with this new season, with the coming new year. I’ve never been a big New Years resolution person if we’re being honest, but of late I’ve been thinking there is something really beautiful and beneficial in taking time and space to pause, to assess, to take note of how we feel now and how we could shift or change to feel better…while also being mindful that we are doing so without judging ourselves, without adding shame to our lives, without telling ourselves we aren’t good enough without that change. My dear friends, whenever I sit in reflection, a thing that always comes to my mind is how deeply grateful I am to all of you…so thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I hope you have been, and continue to have an amazing holiday season, however that might look like to you. Love Krista  Dear Friends,
I was looking around at the trees, those trees that a few short weeks ago were filled with leaves and now are bare, leaves that once were bright and green are now fallen on the ground under our feet. There is a starkness, a barrenness in the world around us. We are coming close to the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, and I don’t know about you but I can certainly feel the dip in energy levels in my own body. It’s harder to move, we have less energy, less light, more darkness. I think it’s important to listen to that dip in energy levels, to slow down and find a little more ease. And yet, simultaneously, we feel better when we move. When we find space and ways to move our bodies, our bodies and our minds end up feeling better. We feel less stuck, our energy levels go up when we move our bodies even this time of year. So perhaps, while allowing ourselves to slow down, we can also find movement in ways that feel nourishing and good. Instead of holding fast to a norm that might not serve us right now, perhaps we might find new ways of movement that serve us in this time. I hope you have an amazing week, my friends, filled with movement that serves you right now. Love Krista  Dear Friends,
This time of year always gets a little crazy, right? So many extra tasks to navigate, extra gatherings to navigate, extra emotions to navigate…all while the weather is getting colder and harder itself to navigate. Sometimes it feels near impossible to slow down, to breathe, to savor and enjoy moments in our days and weeks. Sometimes we don’t want to slow down, to breathe, to sit in the emotions that might crop up during this season and this time. Sometimes those spaces of slow hurt, they don’t feel so good. I wonder how it might feel if we intentionally took time to slow down, to move a little more purposefully, to do less in this time when it feels like we need to do more. I wonder how it might feel to breathe into those spaces that might feel a little less comfortable. I wonder how it might feel to meet ourselves and those around us where we’re at, instead of where we want, or expect ourselves or others to be? My dear friends, whether you are navigating a season that feels a little too fast and full, or emotions that feel a little too big, I hope you can treat yourself and those around you tenderly and with love, and give yourself a little more space to slow down. 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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