Weekly Newsletter - Dealing With Weakness
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Saturday 16th May 2015
Saturday
10 ��� 11am�� Zumba�� Fitness�� Vestry Hall �� ��5 prebooked ��7 on the day
Monday
12 - 12:45pm�� Zumba Gold���� Wimbledon Park Hall�� ��6
Please call to book
1 - 1:45pm Zumba Gold�� chair class Wimbledon Park Hall�� ��3
8:15pm - 9:15pm �� Zumba�� Fitness�� Wimbledon Park Hall�� ��7
Tuesday
12:30 - 1:15pm�� Zumba Gold���� Wimbledon Park Hall�� ��6
6 - 6:45pm�� Zumba Gold�� �� Vestry Hall, London Rd, Mitcham, CR4 3UD �� �����5 prebooked ��6 on the day
7:15 ��� 8:15pm�� Zumba�� Fitness�� Vestry Hall�� ��5 prebooked ��7 on the day
Wednesday
10:10 ��� 10:55am �� Zumba Gold�� �� Acacia IGC, 230 Grove Road, Mitcham,��CR4 1SD �� ��5 prebooked ��6 on the day
Please call to book - 3 spaces left
11:30 ��� 12 noon �� Zumba Gold�� chair�� Acacia IGC �� ��2
Thursday
12 ��� 12:45pm �� Zumba Gold�� �� Wimbledon Guild, Drake House,��44 St. George's Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4ED �� �� ��4
7:15 - 8pm�� Zumba�� Gold�� Wimbledon Park Hall�� ��6
All classes running as normal from then on!
Dealing With Weakness
Recently I wrote a blog about how great it is when things break... unfortunately it wasn���t the end of my string of things (and me) breaking down.
As I did my usual thing of working to the point of collapse and then collapsing on holiday, I discovered I had pushed things too far and a relaxing holiday turned into dealing with some rock hard walls that I crashed into.
It had to happen. Although it didn���t have to happen exactly like that! I understand that in life we don���t choose our lessons, we can choose how we learn them.
Hitting limits and overcoming them has also been a subject that has come up for me since I got back - not only thrashing through a hefty schedule, but also taking my Zumba Toning training last Sunday, where we looked at the fitness practice of overload - pushing ourselves to our absolute limit in order to create fitness gains.
Whether it���s mental, physical or spiritual do we really have to crash into and through our limits in order to transform our lives?
I know that there are many times when I have hit a physical limit, either through injury or exhaustion, and then worked through it (with the help of a physiotherapist) and, having gone through that limit, learned how to avoid it and get stronger and more capable. So, having that injury, that pain, that problem is part of a journey that takes me beyond it. So, is it a blessing in disguise?
Speaking of my recent holiday, I definitely hit walls with my eating and sleeping and have got back into good habits, but the biggest thing for me was hitting a huge, painful wall of emotion. It had been building for a long time and yes, I was thinking conventionally, blaming a lot of the pain on being in a long distance relationship, blaming it on my significant other, just as I could blame my back pain on doing Zumba when an old injury flared up after 6 months of taking classes. But through the kindness of my significant other, some great spiritual resources, and really looking deeply at the pain I realised that the weakness was underlying, an old pain, an old injury. While it would never have flared up to that extent if I wasn���t in a relationship, the fact that it did meant that I finally dealt with it, worked through it and let it go.
One of my wonderful spiritual books ���Return To Love��� by Marianne Williamson explains it like this; ���The moment when the pain is the greatest is a wonderful opportunity. The ego would prefer that we never look too directly into the pain. When in crisis, there���s a good opportunity we might have a slip and ask ... for help. The ego would prefer that we not go into crisis. The ego prefers that a mild river of misery run through the background of our lives, never bad enough to make us question whether our own choices are creating the pain.��� For more on leaving your ego at the door.
Whatever the weakness that results in pain or injury; whether it is mind, body or spirit, our greatest opportunity is to focus on it, deal with it, get stronger and move forward rather than letting it hold us back, because sometimes when we embrace our weaknesses they can become our greatest strengths.
Bank Holiday Changes and Closures
For the Bank Holidays due to popular request I am planning to run the Saturday classes as normal but the Bank Holiday Mondays will not have classes.
Please check the timetables for any other changes or cancellations!
If you have any questions please do let me know!
Congratulations!
Congratulations to all you guys who completed reward cards recently - there are so many of you! I am so proud of all of you!
Helene completed 5 classes, funk it up!
Teddye completed 5 classes, fabulous!
Deborah completed 5 classes, fanfare!
Caroline completed 5 classes, feet of fire!
Selina completed 15 classes, fit and furious!
Mehta completed 15 classes, fantastic!
Heather completed 15 classes, fantabulous!
Ellie completed 15 classes, fit and fierce!
Chris completed 15 classes, phenomenal!
Julie completed 15 classes, best foot forward!
Christy completed 15 classes, funktastic!
Victoria completed 20 classes, terrific!
Kathleen completed 65 classes, sexy and you know it!
Heather completed 130 classes, wowweee!
Thank You...
...for being so sweet to the cover instructors, for welcoming me back with open arms and for all your interest and concern about my holiday. I am sorry if I surprised any of you with some of my comments; this holiday was as much of a test as a rest, hopefully I will have more positive stories to tell you next time!
Much love, Pearl
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Saturday 16th May 2015
Saturday
10 ��� 11am�� Zumba�� Fitness�� Vestry Hall �� ��5 prebooked ��7 on the day
Monday
12 - 12:45pm�� Zumba Gold���� Wimbledon Park Hall�� ��6
Please call to book
1 - 1:45pm Zumba Gold�� chair class Wimbledon Park Hall�� ��3
8:15pm - 9:15pm �� Zumba�� Fitness�� Wimbledon Park Hall�� ��7
Tuesday
12:30 - 1:15pm�� Zumba Gold���� Wimbledon Park Hall�� ��6
6 - 6:45pm�� Zumba Gold�� �� Vestry Hall, London Rd, Mitcham, CR4 3UD �� �����5 prebooked ��6 on the day
7:15 ��� 8:15pm�� Zumba�� Fitness�� Vestry Hall�� ��5 prebooked ��7 on the day
Wednesday
10:10 ��� 10:55am �� Zumba Gold�� �� Acacia IGC, 230 Grove Road, Mitcham,��CR4 1SD �� ��5 prebooked ��6 on the day
Please call to book - 3 spaces left
11:30 ��� 12 noon �� Zumba Gold�� chair�� Acacia IGC �� ��2
Thursday
12 ��� 12:45pm �� Zumba Gold�� �� Wimbledon Guild, Drake House,��44 St. George's Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4ED �� �� ��4
7:15 - 8pm�� Zumba�� Gold�� Wimbledon Park Hall�� ��6
All classes running as normal from then on!
Dealing With Weakness
Recently I wrote a blog about how great it is when things break... unfortunately it wasn���t the end of my string of things (and me) breaking down.
As I did my usual thing of working to the point of collapse and then collapsing on holiday, I discovered I had pushed things too far and a relaxing holiday turned into dealing with some rock hard walls that I crashed into.
It had to happen. Although it didn���t have to happen exactly like that! I understand that in life we don���t choose our lessons, we can choose how we learn them.
Hitting limits and overcoming them has also been a subject that has come up for me since I got back - not only thrashing through a hefty schedule, but also taking my Zumba Toning training last Sunday, where we looked at the fitness practice of overload - pushing ourselves to our absolute limit in order to create fitness gains.
Whether it���s mental, physical or spiritual do we really have to crash into and through our limits in order to transform our lives?
I know that there are many times when I have hit a physical limit, either through injury or exhaustion, and then worked through it (with the help of a physiotherapist) and, having gone through that limit, learned how to avoid it and get stronger and more capable. So, having that injury, that pain, that problem is part of a journey that takes me beyond it. So, is it a blessing in disguise?
Speaking of my recent holiday, I definitely hit walls with my eating and sleeping and have got back into good habits, but the biggest thing for me was hitting a huge, painful wall of emotion. It had been building for a long time and yes, I was thinking conventionally, blaming a lot of the pain on being in a long distance relationship, blaming it on my significant other, just as I could blame my back pain on doing Zumba when an old injury flared up after 6 months of taking classes. But through the kindness of my significant other, some great spiritual resources, and really looking deeply at the pain I realised that the weakness was underlying, an old pain, an old injury. While it would never have flared up to that extent if I wasn���t in a relationship, the fact that it did meant that I finally dealt with it, worked through it and let it go.
One of my wonderful spiritual books ���Return To Love��� by Marianne Williamson explains it like this; ���The moment when the pain is the greatest is a wonderful opportunity. The ego would prefer that we never look too directly into the pain. When in crisis, there���s a good opportunity we might have a slip and ask ... for help. The ego would prefer that we not go into crisis. The ego prefers that a mild river of misery run through the background of our lives, never bad enough to make us question whether our own choices are creating the pain.��� For more on leaving your ego at the door.
Whatever the weakness that results in pain or injury; whether it is mind, body or spirit, our greatest opportunity is to focus on it, deal with it, get stronger and move forward rather than letting it hold us back, because sometimes when we embrace our weaknesses they can become our greatest strengths.
Bank Holiday Changes and Closures
For the Bank Holidays due to popular request I am planning to run the Saturday classes as normal but the Bank Holiday Mondays will not have classes.
Please check the timetables for any other changes or cancellations!
If you have any questions please do let me know!
Congratulations!
Congratulations to all you guys who completed reward cards recently - there are so many of you! I am so proud of all of you!
Helene completed 5 classes, funk it up!
Teddye completed 5 classes, fabulous!
Deborah completed 5 classes, fanfare!
Caroline completed 5 classes, feet of fire!
Selina completed 15 classes, fit and furious!
Mehta completed 15 classes, fantastic!
Heather completed 15 classes, fantabulous!
Ellie completed 15 classes, fit and fierce!
Chris completed 15 classes, phenomenal!
Julie completed 15 classes, best foot forward!
Christy completed 15 classes, funktastic!
Victoria completed 20 classes, terrific!
Kathleen completed 65 classes, sexy and you know it!
Heather completed 130 classes, wowweee!
Thank You...
...for being so sweet to the cover instructors, for welcoming me back with open arms and for all your interest and concern about my holiday. I am sorry if I surprised any of you with some of my comments; this holiday was as much of a test as a rest, hopefully I will have more positive stories to tell you next time!
Much love, Pearl
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