Being Bold & Brave ~ September 2024

Happy September, you beautiful people! I hope this email has found you happy, healthy and excited to take on a new month (even with it being the 3rd, already!). I cannot believe we are officially in the -ber months! 

Thank you so much for being here, for reading this, and for being a part of this community! Each and every one of you. I literally say this every month haha! But my gratitude cup has so much time to refill between last month's email and this one- so you get to hear it again (: We have had so much fun the past few months with yoga classes and connecting with one another! I have had some of my biggest turnouts of my yoga teaching career, and I have been inspired like none other. I'm so excited to keep the beautiful momentum into these last 4 months of the year. The plan is to offer 2 beach classes this month, 2 in October and hopefully 1 in November. How amazing is it that we can even consider doing yoga on the beach in November?! 

I've been sorting through what has been on my mind and heart lately- that's the place I like to write these emails from. Something that has been coming up for me is the word "brave" and asking, "What does it mean to be brave and courageous?". Sometimes when my mind is in child, playful, innocent mode I think of like a superhero who is brave and dedicates her life to flying around, sweeping people out of dangerous situations and quite literally saving their life. In realityyyyy, I remind myself that just getting out of bed and stepping into the day, however hard it may be, is bravery, too. I went to a yoga class one time after having a terrible day and finding out some of the hardest news of my life, and I remember the instructor made me feel SO guilty for being upset. She didn't directly come at me for being sad in the session, but I remember her words about everything in life being rainbows and butterflies did not resonate with me. And as it turns out, walking into an expensive, super white and clean, everybody competing for winner of the-nicest-water bottle or outfit yoga studio, does not solve all of your problems. It wasn't until years later that I realized sitting with our pain, heartache and suffering is one of the best things we can do for ourselves and takes an insane amount of bravery.

I think of all the people who came before me who were courageous enough to speak out against injustice knowing that it would put them personally at risk. People who literally dedicated their life to a greater purpose, that sometimes they wouldn't even get to see the outcome of. I think of the people who took massive financial risks to invest in that start-up or buy that house. Being brave is feeling that fear but choosing to act anyway because you know it's right. You can tell in your body, mind and soul that it is what is right. One of my favorite quotes (and in true Scorpio fashion, talks about passion) reads, “Passion is what drives us crazy, what makes us do extraordinary things, to discover, to challenge ourselves. Passion is and should always be the heart of courage.” —Midori Komatsu.

I wanted September's email to be pretty short and straight to the point- let's be bolder and braver this month. Let's swallow our pride and even our insecurities and do the unexpected. May we expand our horizons and let go of the familiar, asking ourselves, "what is it holding us back?", calculating the risk (but not too much), making that decision, and going! Doing. Exploring. Pivoting. Moving. Life is too damn precious to live in the "what if" mentality. The time is now. We will never, ever get this moment back. So maybe being brave this week looks like sitting in meditation with an open mind and heart to what darkness might come to light. Maybe it's making the first move with the person who has caught your attention. Maybe it's trying something completely new, buying that plane ticket, having dinner by yourself or simply speaking up when you usually stay silent. Have the courage and confidence to trust in yourself, even if it feels a little risky.

We are so deserving of a life beyond mediocracy. Keep leaning into your power, it's taking you places. I can't wait to see you all this month!