Today’s
daily draw really made me laugh: I got the Five of Wands and the King of
Pentacles from the Original Rider Waite tarot. Reading Carla’s blog "Rowan tarot" reminded of
my most favorite tarot deck. Some call it your soul deck. It’s the one you can always rely one in whatever circumstances you are. It will never let you
down and in my case it often makes me laugh because it can be so literal.
Anyway the
Five of Wands came first and you have to believe me that today was the day I was
going to the gym for the first time in years. A little bit anxious but also
excited. This card was obviously representing the gym and all the people there,
trying to get fit and maybe also trying to be more fit than the others.
M had given
me the advice to pick one type of fitness equipment so It would be easy for me
to determine afterwards if training on the equipment would cause me pain in my
neck or knee. I chose the crosstrainer and I loved it. Just for 15 minutes with
a very low resistance but it was enough for me and I felt so good about it. It didn’t
matter at all to me that the woman next to me was very athletic and far more
skilled then I was. My main focus was that this is beneficial for my well being.
I also pulled
a card to tell me how I felt about it all and I got the King of Pentacles. Yes, I
feel like the master of my own physical health again; feeling my body move,
perspire (a little) feeling my muscles hurt (a bit) and trusting that this body will
recover and become stronger and more flexible over time.
All in all
a very motivating experience.
That Five of Pents might also have to do with that inner voice that tries to talk us out of doing things sometimes. Good on you for making that effort to get stronger!
ReplyDeleteThansk Bev! And today, while exercising, my monkey mind was silent. It was almost meditative
DeleteGood for you! I'm glad it turned out to be a good experience! I have not gotten much exercise lately. Winter makes me lazy...ha ha ha. I've been wanting to go out for a walk or bike ride but the weather has not been cooperating. Hopefully this week things will clear up!
ReplyDeleteThank you. This experience really made my day. The unpredictability of the weather here is one of the reasons I decided to go the gym. One way or another it is always: "too hot, too cold, too windy to wet" :D
DeleteAh Ellen, this post inspires me to get moving... not quite there yet but the Universe keeps sending me messages. SOON its later then you think hahahaha. Lovely reading and post. Proud of you!! Take Joy ~ Diane
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Diane. Maybe this post can be a little nudge in the right direction. Honestly it has taken me years to make this decision for myself. And I've only have been there once.....:)
Deletewell done!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sharyn!
DeleteYay! When we accomplish something it is so invigorating. Good for you, get those endorphins going
ReplyDeleteAh yes those endorphins I wondered what it was, I was feeling :)
DeleteBrilliant! Now if you're going to start working out, between your posts and Chloe's biceps in those Lenormand You Tubes she's just put out, I might be inspired to do more than bake apple cakes! :D
ReplyDeleteBe careful not to get squeezed in the middle :)
DeleteAnd when you work out you can eat more apple cakes!
That's so great to hear, Ellen! It sounds like you stayed master of yourself, despite all those people battling away to be the fittest of them all (one bad thing about gyms). I really hope you'll continue to enjoy this fitness journey :)
ReplyDeleteI certainly will Chloe. Although I do have som sore muscles from yesterday. So maybe tomorrow or else the day after tomorrow but I definitively will do it again soon
DeleteYay! :)
DeleteI hope you enjoy being back in the gym! I recently started working more intentionally toward becoming fit, and I'm surprising myself with my persistence (often a new routine only lasts me about a week or two before dying off!). I wish you much luck and enjoyment :) Speaking of "soul decks"....I have to think about that one for a moment..... which might be my own? I find that the decks I most rely on are not necessarily the ones I'd consciously "choose" as a soul deck. Good food for thought! :)
ReplyDeleteHaha I never chose the ORW either. There ar so many more aesthetically pleasing decks on the market but this deck just does it for me.
DeleteI've only been going twice now but I have a subscription for a year so that should keep me motivated too when the enthousiasme wears out :D
Browsing through your posts Ellen this one about you going to the gym immediately interested me!
ReplyDeleteExercise for me has long been an all or nothing thing. Either I get so involved with it or...not! I've been in the not mode for way too long. I finally had it and feel like I've reached a pivotal point in my life. Kind of like do it now and figure this out otherwise you are headed for future quality of life similar to Jabba The Hut! Gillag blaag agga aga! This is the fight and struggle going on with me in the Five of Swords.
In other words, not good at all, but I can choose to win this struggle by being my own example!
So I have been walking an hour and a half every other day for the past week, with a good friend and neighbour. Oh my goodness I feel like I've given myself such a gift of loving life and myself!
As a creative person who can sit in the same position for hours at a time, painting etc., physical exercise is absolutely so vital to my health, well being and my creative energy, that without it, well move it on over Jabba, Bubba's moving in!
I have come to the very poignant realization that I can get a few things done without exercise, but with exercise I can get everything I want and need to get done! I am going to start doing Yoga again and actually found my yoga mat today, that I had stashed away in my spare room!
And so like the King of Pentacles I'm takin' up the challenge to generate change in my body, mind and spirit. I know now this on a visceral level,that my body is the glue that keeps the other two important aspects of myself together.
I've written downe my goals and objectives for the next two weeks to start.
We'll have to compare notes in a month or so.
This is awesome Catherine! I had the same realizations: if I did't step up, my physical well being would only go down hill from here on. A "its now or never feeling" I go two times a week to the gym, starting very carefully because I do have some weak spots (neck and knees) And OMG I feel muscles I didn't even know I had them :D
Delete:) How did I know that!!! :)Easy does it but do it!
DeleteMaybe later on down the road I might even start back at my weight machine again. By the time I'm 65 I hope I'll be a lean mean senior citizen muscle machine! ;)
Yes me too!!! and let's not forget to add a touch of wisdom to the mix.
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