Theme: I Love
Acknowledging our choices
Chapter 2: Sincerity & Visible Growth
The heart chakra is where we first attempt to get in touch with our higher self, and how that goal being relates back to the rest of the world. How who we are might fit in the universe. But how do we build this bridge? And how do we talk ourselves through the process, or explain what’s going on to anyone else without sounding braggy or begging for attention? I have a pet peeve when people repetitively talk in soundbites and canned phrases. It makes me feel punchy and not want to be around them because to me that feels fake. But do any of us really have original thoughts or expressions? Aren’t we but an amalgamation of our surroundings and experiences? (sorry, I know lots of people also have pet peeves with blow-hardy windbags who use unnecessary giant words, so I had to roll with it for a sec) But you get my point. How do we come across as sincere?
Humans are a social creature. There’s safety in numbers, and we want to fit in and belong to a pack, or group, or some kind of family structure. We all have varying skill sets, support each other the best ways we know how, and rely on others to make up in areas we lack. But we also feel really good getting recognition for our skills and hard work. It’s absolutely okay and healthy to celebrate your own victories, but there is absolutely a line between being proud of a job well done, and not knowing when to read the room and can it.
Sincerity
Trust that your actions are visible. Be it good or bad. If you’re putting hard work into your body and your mental health, people can tell. You can tell which of the people around you work hard to take care of their own and/or their family’s basic needs and have a solid support structure, and which ones look like they’ve been falling apart and self-flagellating for years. No one has to talk about it. You can feel it. When you see someone on a path of self-improvement that you want to be on too, you ask them about it right? And odds are they would LOVE to talk your ear off about it. And you’d be receptive because you approached them with interest and acceptance and are ready to learn. In this way, slowly, people join and grow a like-minded community of support and belonging that their heart was aching for before. When you let your pack grow organically rather than attempting to beat people over the head who weren’t receptive, you’ll find a level of sincerity and peace without the ache for more and more praise and attention that never felt good enough before.
Unlike some of the other more commonly injured muscles, we don’t really baby our biceps and triceps. We’re more like “show yourselves you jerks!” We work them hard, we take them out to the gun show, and we mock them when they’re not in good shape. So this week’s stretches are going to have some more strength training mixed in. Let’s see some #gains.
Triceps Wall Push Ups (and mods)
Jet Tries 