Did you know that within the first week into a New Year, over 50% of people’s Resolutions fail.  For the other 50%, most of these dedicated and disciplined troopers will eventually also fail in enduring to make an everlasting change.   Within the first 6 months 80-90% of people will already give up on their New Year’s Resolution.

Here’s a little recipe that will help you stay committed to your fitness path this year:

1. Remember Your Deepest Meaning Behind Your Practices

What do you value the most about living in a healthy, strong and graceful body? Contemplating this question and reminding yourself daily of your
answers is a huge motivating factor behind keeping you committed. A goal of wanting to lose 10 pounds just is not as fueling as most of our deeper
reasons that really make a difference in us living our lives fully.  Some of the factors I value deeply about living in a healthy, strong and graceful body include:

1.    I have more energy.
2.    I am a more positive person.
3.    I can keep up with my daughter and will continue to be able to keep up with hers.
4.    I enjoy being naked with my husband. Yep, making love is better when I feel my best!
5.    Giving to myself in this way (taking the time for myself and my body) makes everything I do better.  I approach my daily routine with gratitude and joy.

2. Make A Realistic Goal For Your Daily Practice

Yes a DAILY practice! Real commitment is not an hour on a day and take 6 days off.  Commitment is staying in the game consistently. HOWEVER, the amount of time that is really needed daily to keep your body and mind healthy and in shape could be as minimal as 20 minutes a day.

Warming up and cooling down is essential, and in the middle work your max effort.  Do this daily and you will feel, and see, the fruits of your commitment in no time.

Making the time to sit quietly will greatly increase your mental well being.  Try starting with 5 minutes each day. Oh, and remember to enjoy one day off a week for rest and rejuvenation.

3.  Keep Your Focus On Where You Want To Go

Stop with the excuses already!  It can be so easy to let the voice in your head run on and on as if it were playing a bad recording.  There are countless
reasons your mind will come up with to cleverly try to persuade you to give up.  Keep your focus on where you want to go!  Turn down the volume of those
whining voices and turn up the volume on all those reasons you journaled on earlier; your real reasons behind staying committed to being your best you.

4. Surround Yourself With Positive Influence.

So true this ancient Indian Proverb: “We become the company we keep, so keep good company.”

Surround yourself with the people that make you feel good about life, who motivate and inspire you. This is huge because “Birds of a feather flock together.”
I have a friend who is the sweetest, most loving woman I have ever met.  Just being around her makes me a better person, for sure.
Her generosity and sincere love for life is contagious!

In the same way, finding an instructor that you really resonate with, one that motivates you to be the best you will really help keep you moving when your fuel seems low.
Also, consistently plugging into a class keeps you in touch with others in the community that share your love for movement and a healthy lifestyle too.

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Try these simple steps:

1.  Awaken with a few conscious breaths and transition into your morning mindfully:  As soon as your eyes open and you are aware that you are no longer sleeping, begin your day with a few deep breaths before you even roll out of bed.  Enjoying the gift of being alive, feel your belly swell as you inhale, feel the sweet contraction in your core as you exhale.

2.  Decide what kind of day you are going to have, right now!  Yep, before the feet hit the floor silently decide what kind of attitude you choose to infuse your day with.  Even reminding yourself that “Today is a gift!”  can shift your gears into a more positive day.

Here are a few other ideas:

• “I am going to rock this day with joy and appreciation.”
• “Today I will give some of my time to help someone else in need.”

3.  Drink a glass of water!  This very simple step is easy overlooked as we head right for the coffee pot.  So, before you ingest anything into your body, drink a full glass of filtered water.  I keep a glass in my bathroom, fill it up the night before, and it makes this step really easy to accomplish for myself each morning.   This step will help to alkalize your body after a long nights rest and start to rehydrate your every cell and fiber inside too.  You can always mix it up and squeeze fresh lemon into your water for flavor, or add a sprig of mint to your glass the night before for a refreshing infusion, or even warm water (which a student of mine recently reminded me is good for your kidneys).  Such a loving offering to your insides!

So there your have it.  A simple 1, 2, 3 for your morning routine that will start your day off inviting your breath, your positivity and your internal health to be of importance to you. Rock on!

(Photo taken from my January Yoga Retreat on Kauai. Next yoga and nature retreat on Kauai begins April 30th! Find out more here.)

I know that I know that I know, that my CONSISTENT commitment to my yoga and fitness practices have gifted me this freedom I appreciate in my body daily. Thank you practices!

So, this February I am offering a new challenge, a new opportunity to recommit to your devotional offering of love to your body, mind and heart.

DEVOTION IN MOTION!

This is a 4 week fitness series for you mind, body and heart. It includes:
ONE WEEKLY 1.5 HOUR PRACTICE:
Tuesdays: 10-11:30 am Feb 7, 14, 21, 28

or

Thursdays 4:30-6:00 pm

All of the following will be included in this series: strength training, plyometrics, cardio, yoga, meditation, and dance.
A CHALLENGE THAT SAMANTHA DESIGNS FOR THE CLASS FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK
These challenges will be 15-25 minutes in length and will support our Tuesday burnout day together wonderfully.
5 challenges per week, given out Tuesday.
This consistency, a daily practice with one day rest, will begin to produce tasty fruits in your life. Confidence, freedom, strength, flexibility, …
Having these weekly challenges and being part of this commitment will hold you accountable and will give you the support you need to spread your fitness wings even brighter!
INTIMATE GROUP
This group will be limited to just 6 students!
OFFERING
For the month of February I will be offering an exclusive private rate exclusively for the “Devotion in Motion” Crew. Normal private rate is $70/hour. February for this group privates will be half off my normal rate. Imagine what refinement would be possible in your own yoga private!
COST
This 4 week session runs only $88.
REGISTER
Call or email me today.
808-351-4958

Wanna see this offered a different day? Lemme know.

Aloha, mahalo and namaste’!