If there was one benefit to the shutdown of our industry during the pandemic shutdowns, it was the forced slowing down of all us hustlers out there burning the candle at both ends. Fit Pros are renowned for our go-go-go lifestyle. While we use the excuse that we are generally quite fit and healthy to keep us going, without adequate rest we are also susceptible to burn out and injury. This is one of the reasons that active recovery and restorative based classes such as Yoga have been in the top trends for the fitness industry for the last few years. For the longevity of our careers, for the sake of our overall health and wellness we must create balance in our daily and weekly output. We already know that the three pillars of health are exercise, nutrition and adequate sleep or rest. Yet we spend the majority of our time only focused on the first two with the assumption that the third will just happen. And maybe this worked for a while but with age, hormones, increased work hours and increased stress if we are spending all our time elevated or what is referred to as in Yang energy, we only end up driving up our anxiety and driving our ability to rest further away.
Cultivating Yin energy stems on the concept of quieting, nurturing and nourishing our nervous system, of slowing down and focusing on rest. Yin from an eastern perspective is reflective of the feminine, lunar……….
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