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Listen to your body!

People say it all the time—“listen to your body.” Some people feel really in tune with their bodies, others feel like they’re completely disconnected. Sometimes the phrase feels like it’s lost its meaning altogether. To listen to your body means that when your body is feeling something, anything, you should actually consider that a signal for something.

So often we feel aches, pains, stiffness or soreness and think we just have to put up with it. “It’s just aging,” “I’m meant to feel this way,” “It’s my genetics.” On days when we feel great, beaming with energy, we think “today is just a lucky day.” Like luck has anything to do with it. Hint: It doesn’t.

Have you ever stopped to think about what these signals of fatigue, restlessness, and aches and pains actually mean? Everything you feel is a signal that you can use to make decisions about your self-care. For example, when we are feeling overwhelmed, it could be a sign of not enough good quality sleep for your bodies to recover, or not enough physical activity which allows your brain to switch off.

Journaling every day can help you connect with what your body is telling you, it gives you that moment to think back on how you slept and what you have done during that day and connect it to how you feel emotionally and physically. It will help you make those decisions about your self care and motivate you to take action.

Remember to listen to your emotions such as stress, doubt or worry as these contribute to how you feel physically. Ladies take a moment, every day, to listen to your body!

Coach Sophie and members Ange, Liz and Amanda celebrating their hot workout with their 30 degree stickers!