Another excerpt from our November Newsletter.
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This month we are given an opportunity to reflect on what we are grateful for in our lives. I'm thankful for that reminder to pause and appreciate just how wonderful my life really is.
In "The Psychology of Gratitude" by Robert A. Emmons and Michael E. McCullough ( 2004, Oxford University Press) they state that "[scientific] findings are beginning to substantiate what many people have long intuitively known: Positive emotions bolster one's ability to meet life's challenges with grace and ease, optimize cognitive capacities, sustain constructive and meaningful relationships with others, and foster good health."
Go ahead, give it a try, right now, I'll wait for you while you think of three things that you are grateful for. Here, I'll do it with you.
I am grateful for:
All of the amazing individuals who grace Bella Forma with their wonderful spirits every day, (that would be YOU!)
The opportunity to work in a wonderful supportive environment surrounded by people I love
Pilates, seriously, this movement practice has changed my body: alleviating aches and pains, healing an old injury in my shoulder. What could be better than a healthy body? Joseph Pilates said that "Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness." It's so true.
View the whole newsletter at www.bit.ly/BFP0911
This month we are given an opportunity to reflect on what we are grateful for in our lives. I'm thankful for that reminder to pause and appreciate just how wonderful my life really is. In "The Psychology of Gratitude" by Robert A. Emmons and Michael E. McCullough ( 2004, Oxford University Press) they state that "[scientific] findings are beginning to substantiate what many people have long intuitively known: Positive emotions bolster one's ability to meet life's challenges with grace and ease, optimize cognitive capacities, sustain constructive and meaningful relationships with others, and foster good health."
Go ahead, give it a try, right now, I'll wait for you while you think of three things that you are grateful for. Here, I'll do it with you.
I am grateful for:
All of the amazing individuals who grace Bella Forma with their wonderful spirits every day, (that would be YOU!)
The opportunity to work in a wonderful supportive environment surrounded by people I love
Pilates, seriously, this movement practice has changed my body: alleviating aches and pains, healing an old injury in my shoulder. What could be better than a healthy body? Joseph Pilates said that "Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness." It's so true.
So how do you feel? Are you feeling lighter, more uplifted, ready to meet any challenges you have been presented with today? If not, keep trying, make it your mini experiment for this week. Every time you are at a red light think of three things you're grateful for and then just notice any shifts that happen in your own state and in your life. They might be subtle, but they will be there.
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