Hold Tight

What do you do when you are in a roller coaster? Well… I hold tight to whatever I can find. :) I feel like the month of December was exactly that!  Whenever we had certain plans, something came up to change them and we had to get comfortable with the new direction of the crazy ride.  It didn’t help that the kids and I got the flu during the week we were supposed to get our flu shots!

Whatever the new turns and changed directions were, we held on tight and enjoyed the ride.  As we are coming to the end of the year, the ride is still all over the place.  But we are keeping our fun.  Currently we are watching a snow storm out the window and feel very blessed to be here to watch it. Yes, this storm also made us hold tight as it changed our plans but the most fun of being in a roller coaster is to be able to scream with joy, so we just feel the joy as we hold tight.  We will see what is next!

As I look back at the year, it was yet another a crazy ride like the last couple of year. Luckily, this year, we were able to dictate the direction of our journey, most of the time. That being said, holding tight, definitely was part of our year too.  Along the way, we had our families and friends to laugh with, to talk about our frustrations and to look back at those frustrations and laugh some more…

As far as Train and Smile sessions went…. I taught 103 classes and finally took just 1 day off!  We had 41 unique participants and the largest class we had was 15 people.  I captured total of 94 “Smile Captures” (unfortunately wiped out the entire month of March). And we used 51 unique tools to workout with. I am certainly looking forward to another fun year with our Train and Smile community.  Who knows maybe I can throw a curve ball and teach it in-person one of these days. :) After all, I always like a crowd with me while I am teaching.

Talking about Train and Smile, this week we focused on three separate themes from the past year: 1. LIFE, 2. HANG TIGHT, 3. REST.  With those themes, we used a “filled water bottle”, “2 coat hangers” and a “couch pillow”. Because my wish to you all is: “Enjoy your LIFE in 2023 and HANG TIGHT for any surprises that might come up on your way.  And make sure to REST your body”…. And here is a quick workout by using those three tools.  We will be using the Pillow for our Warm-up, the Hangers for the Legs and the Filled Water Bottle for the Core/Arms.  I hope you will enjoy…

Happy New Year to you all!