Self Improvement is Hard Work - Or A Lot of Classes

I'm approaching the end of my WildFit class, and ready to start my life Living WildFit. Many of the "Tribe", along with me, have set up a separate Facebook account so that we can keep in touch with each other and support each other past the 90 days of the program. We've established friendships through our weekly Zoom calls, and many posts. We've shared recipes, success stories and the occasional failure (lessons learned) or experiments. Having that secondary group is going to make leaving the active group much easier to do. We have a safety net - something that I'm not sure any other group going through the WildFit program has ever had before. I have a strong Tribe. 

WildFit wasn't my first Mind Valley program. I've been taking 
"Be Extraordinary" for a while, but put it on hold while 
dealing with WildFit because WF is extremely time 
consuming and intensive. I'll pick BE back up again at 
some point. There was a lot of great stuff in that course. 

It's going to be a bit scary - leaving the structured program after tomorrow's video lesson and Zoom call and striding out into the big wide world of food choices without immediate answers and guidance from a Coach. Several members of our group are planning to move on and learn how to be Coaches. Although I've been encouraged to do the training, so far I'm content to not pick up a new career at this point. I want to retire and actually play with my art. I've had imagery and design pieces coming through to my inner eye and I want to fire up my kiln, pull out my copper, and start working with enamels and gemstones again. 

I've been enjoying "The M Word" and actually 
think it will go far in helping me with my 
meditation practice. I love starting my days 
out with meditation. I'd always wanted to 
do that, but real life got in the way. Real 
life tends to be sleeping at 3:30 am when 
I settle down to meditate, so I'm actually 
successful for a change. 

Because I am focusing on self-improvement, I decided to broaden my scope of a few other side-tracks at the same time. I've been meditating every morning since the early part of the year, usually for at least 30 minutes at a time, often for longer. I've been using a method called "guided" meditation, where I'm listening to a particular teacher guide me through a series of thought processes to shape that day's meditation. There are some teachers I really like, others that I'm not as fond of, and one that I liked so much I chased him through several apps to find a spot where he had uploaded more than 40 of his meditations to work with. 

I've also started working with "Chakra Healing". The workbook 
she has made available to all of us is more than 100 pages of 
pdf. Since I like to actually look at pages for reference, that's 
a lot of pages to print. The printer is up to the task, but I'm 
almost out of paper. So ... guess I'll hit Target on Friday and 
get some more printer paper. 

But I want to fine-tune my meditation. I know it can be a tremendous tool for self-awareness and universal rhythms and intensities. I decided to take the course on Meditation from Mind Valley, and while I was at it, I also decided to enroll in a course on healing my chakras. It seems to me that the two programs will work quite well together. When I combine these with the "Energy Medicine" class I started a few weeks ago, I should be in great shape - physically and mentally - by the time I get done with all of this. At least that's my goal. We'll see how successful I really am. 

I'm behind on my "Energy Medicine" class. There's a lot 
to learn here, and I haven't given it the time it deserves. 
The beauty of a Mind Valley class, however, is that you have 
full access to your classes for as long as you're a member, 
so the individual lessons, which are on-line anyway, are 
mine to watch in my own time. I need to truly understand 
meridians, how energies flow through the body, and how 
best to help them along. 

It's like I'm housecleaning my body and soul. Something that probably badly needed doing (we won't talk about the physical housecleaning that also needs to be done - LOL). I'm excited about the possibilities opening up, and the fact that my creative side seems to finally be waking up once again. Now I need to start aligning things, get the rest of my weight off, and begin the next phase of my life. It's looking like it'll be a lot of fun, and I'm certainly enjoying my Mind Valley membership. On that note, I'm out of here. Have an excellent day, be kind and stay safe. I'll be back tomorrow. 

Wednesday was Hectic, But WildFit Is a Brilliant Success

My Wednesday off was the usual hectic day, although I skipped the co-op and only shopped at my local grocer. That shaved a good hour off my morning tasks, so it was a welcome change of pace. I'll try to shop at the co-op one or maybe two times a month. They have lovely produce and a spice selection that's unmatched, but it's a 40-minute round-trip drive and some days I just don't have the time. As it turned out, my usual lack of brain/thought/luck played through again, and I realized at 5:30 pm that I had forgotten to buy the lettuce for my nightly salad. I had to take a very quick drive over one more time, buy my lettuce and get back home. It's a good thing my local grocer is only a mile from my house. 

The produce section at my local grocer is huge and very 
well staffed/maintained. They have almost any vegetable 
or fruit you could imagine. I've expanded myself through 
WildFit, trying fruits and veggies I've never had before, 
and that's been a real treat. 

Monday starts the final week of WildFit and I'm going to miss it. Although many of us set up and joined a separate Facebook group so we could stay in touch with each other as a Tribe, it won't be the same. I think there is an after-program option also available called "Living WildFit" which I'll look into joining. That would offer monthly calls and lectures along with the ability to call on the coaches for help when/if needed. I can see some real benefits to that. 

I absolutely love the logo of WildFit. They have 
shirts available with it, and I think I'll indulge in 
one. I'm not sure if I want short sleeves, long 
sleeves, or maybe a hoodie. I'll have to think about that. 

I haven't done my "final" measurements yet, I'll do those tomorrow. I know I've lost inches, it's quite evident in how my clothes fit me as well as what the scale is telling me. But the photos and measurements are everything. According to the scale, I've lost 15 pounds since I started WildFit, and I'm quite pleased about that. I had been unable to work below a 5 pound loss for more than five years - just bounced in that weight range time after time. I've finally broken through that floor and continued down. It's been hard work, but it's also been very worth it. 

I have this class, "The M Word", starting on 
Sunday, the 16th. I probably won't really have 
time to watch anything until Monday, but maybe 
I will. It's hard to say. I'm not sure exactly what 
I'll learn in this class, but if I can improve my 
meditation techniques and breath control, 
I'll be pretty happy. 

I'll be glad to get through the final week, though. I have other programs starting up - one for meditation, and another on Energy Medicine that I've been taking for the past four weeks (although not with the attention it deserves because WildFit is so time consuming). I'd also like to continue on with the course that started it all - :"Be Extraordinary", which I stopped half-way through. I'm still meditating every morning - love it SO much - and all-in-all, the "whoo whoo" of MindValley and their classes is right where I want to be right now. I just don't have enough hours in the day to learn everything I want to. 

I've been taking Donna Eden's "Energy Medicine" class, and 
it's got some incredibly valuable techniques and ideas in 
it. I haven't had the chance to fully concentrate on it, though, 
and that's on me. Fortunately, once enrolled, I can always 
access everything on-line, and I'll be going back, with a 
new notebook, and working through this one in depth. 
There's so much to learn and she's an excellent teacher. 

On that note, I'm out of here. I think I'll treat myself to a nice cup of Roiboos tea this morning, something I rarely indulge in. I hope you have a wonderful Thursday and I'll be back tomorrow. As always, please be kind, stay safe and wear your mask. (And no, I didn't get to knitting yesterday, despite my saved time with grocery shopping. Oh well.)