Dear Friends,
This past week my oldest client, Ms. Ruth, coming in at 102 years young, passed away. While I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t expected, it still makes me sad to know I won’t see her anymore. I started seeing Ms. Ruth when she was 94 years young, and, if we’re being honest, I didn’t expect our relationship to last as long as it did. But it did, and I cannot tell you how special my time with her was. Every week I looked forward to seeing her and connecting with her. Every week, after a happy accidental meeting of the foreheads one week years ago, as we said Namaste at the end of our practice, we would gently touch our foreheads together, connect, say “boom” and laugh. She was someone so very special, that Ms. Ruth. One day, years ago, she expressed trepidation over a time in the future when her body might not be able to continue to do the movements we were currently doing in our movement practice. She was worried that if she couldn’t continue to do the same movements we had been doing, we would need to stop practicing altogether. I reassured her and we talked about how, even if we needed to modify our movements or make them different, there was always movement we could do. It might look and feel different, but that doesn’t make the movement less important. And through the years her movement did shift, it did change, it looked different than it once did…and even in that change, movement helped her stay strong and capable until the very end. There are times we all get discouraged when our bodies won’t do the same thing they used to do…and I think that discouragement is, at times, the reason we might discontinue our movement practices. But my friends, even if our bodies might not move the same way they used to, even if our bodies might look and feel different, that doesn’t mean our movement practice is any less important. My dear friend, I hope, as you move through your day, that you can find gratitude for your strong and capable body, even if it might feel different then it once did. Have an amazing day. Love Krista
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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
February 2025
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