Left pirouettes, selling myself short, season one wrap up, & BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!
Happy halloween too!
So I shared last week that I have started going to dance class again and hot daaaammmmmnnnnn does it feel good! So, I’m in class last week and we are learning the combination and it’s so fun and joyful and as we get to the end I can see where this is going.
See, in dance there are certain sequences of steps that you know are preparations for other things. Like when your lover kisses you in that way and puts their hand on that part of your butt you know they are trying to get in your pants, right? Right.
Well! This teacher, my friend, kind, warm, loving, joyful Natalie Malotke was leading right into a pirouette ON THE LEFT! Granted we got to decide if it was a single or a double, but seriously?! On the LEFT?
If this means nothing to you, let me quickly explain. The right side is way easier and done way more often. It’s like…expecting a woman to handle birth control. A LEFT PIROUETTE was like putting the responsibility of birth control on men! That’s how foreign and weird it felt. (Can you tell I read Gabrielle Blair’s Ejaculate Responsibly?)
Ok, so I’m about to get all in my head because this is something that hasn’t happened in forever and then I’m like “Wait, Liss. You used to do so many pirouettes, you actually have no idea how many are still in there.”
So I tried it and boom! Double pirouette on the left.
I was about to sell myself short, and thank HaShem I didn’t! Because mama’s still got it! Which made think about this reel I posted on IG about surprising myself in my Pilates lesson. We did some exercises I haven’t done since before being pregnant with Everett and I was so nervous I wouldn’t be able to do them and what that would mean about me as a teacher (I’m not immune to these thoughts either friend…) and then I could do it!
Because I am stronger than I think I am.
Why do I keep trying to sell myself short?!
Why am I so hesitant to give myself the benefit of the doubt?
Why am I cutting myself off at the knees?!
If I had a client come to me talking like this I would be all over this like a cat in heat!
Last week was the pelvic floor 5-day challenge and I cannot even begin to tell you how fired up I am by the feedback I got.
“I didn’t know I could articulate the muscles down there. Doing right and left? OMG! I can’t wait to try it with a hand mirror!”
“The hand mirror exercise?! I had no idea I had so many muscles down there!”
“After two kids things definitely look different, but not as scary as I thought.”
This my friend is why I do what I do. Each of these women got more intimate and informed about her body. And this is where the magic freaking happens!
On today’s episode of Alter Your Life the podcast I actually talk a bit more about why I’m so obsessed with talking about, teaching about, advocating about the pelvic floor. I also give a wrap up to Season 1 of the podcast and share a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! I can’t believe a whole season is under our belts, I cannot wait for season 2 which I will share about in the episode, and I am beyond thrilled about the big announcement. But I’m not going to tell you about it here! You’ll have to listen to the episode or wait until next week :)
Until then, remember…I’ve got your back. I’ve got your front. And I’ve got your undercarriage.
Xo, Alissa
Ps. If you haven’t listened to Meghan Trainor’s new album Taking’ It Back, what are you doing?!?!?!?!?