I am starting to feel marginally better from the 2 weeks of Team Weight Loss training. I feel more energetic and I like going. I think it's helping me realize how out of balance my life has been. I am either completely stressed out and a raging biotch or I am a complete slug on the couch. There hasn't been a happy medium.
I want that happy medium. I have to find more time to just focus and find my center. Whether it be a few minutes in the morning, take a walking break during the day, or doing Yoga on the Wii Fit at night---something needs to happen. It has to be something that I can fit into the schedule I have now, I don't want to add more time away from home. Maybe we'll do family yoga sessions? :) I think teaching the girls how to find calm and learn yoga is a good thing. Kaitlyn has a special after-school yoga class starting in a few weeks (we love our school district!) and I really think she'll love it.
What do you do to calm down? Do you use your Wii Fit to do yoga?
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This can be so hard! I am finding that the weekends bring a completely different me out, I am calmer almost. Not quite where I should be but better than during the week.
I need me time, but I hate taking the time away from the family. It is really hard to find that balance.
Ah, the McDonald family Stress gene. I highly recommend yoga. I've been doing it once a week since the spring, and it's amazing how much of a difference it makes. I also try to put things into perspective. Sometimes it's hard, but I know that, as bad as things may seem at the moment, in the long run it's not the end of the world.
I took the best 8 week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Class at the U of M's Center for Spirituality and Healing. 8 weeks??? you ask. I know, right? Who has 8 weeks. I probably wouldn't have been able to invest the time if I hadnt' done a story on it. But I LOVED learning to mediate. The yoga was awesome, too. I know there's a book called Mindful Parenting that people in the class recommended for moms.
Now when I'm stressed a breath deeply, close my eyes and say "I am a mountain." It comes from a meditation we learned.
BTW...there's an adorable picture of you in your hairnet on my blog today.
I struggle with this too, especially in the winter when I'm not talking the kids on walks.
I REALLY enjoy pilates class but don't have a gym membership anymore and doing it home just isn't the same for me.
I have a family yoga DVD that the kids like. I can mail it to you if you want to borrow it to see if that works for you guys.
After recently seeing this video, I'm trying to "stand in a different place" when I become overwhelmed. Hard to remember in the moment, but worth a try!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRTP2RpYAkQ&feature=player_embedded
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