Oh my gosh. GOODBODYFEEL is O N E! After a year of rooting down and cultivating our home, through renovations, painting floors, repainting floors, we are ready to celebrate with Y O U. Join us on Jan 11th from 10am-11am to celebrate the only way we know how, with the signature GOODBODYFEEL RnB pilates lead by Robin and accompanied by DJ Smooth Transitions.

I would like to remind us that life generally is a dance between opposites. All sides are here to teach us how to be with the chaos, fearlessly. We are here to be human and bring back humane dealings with each other within it. To treat each other less disposable and to recognize that our beating hearts are always talking to each other. We were at a time of extroversion last month and now we return to the slowing down again, turning within to repair and maintain: forgiving ourselves and to reflect on what we are committed to in this upcoming New Year

In November, we travelled to the depths of our subconscious to find our inner child with messages. Communicating to us through symbols, images and patterns, what did you let go of, finally? What gems do you carry with you, your keepsakes? Anything out of the ordinary within ourselves was asking to be acknowledged and embraced. It will be the medicine we need to encounter this month.

The weather is cooling off as we begin to slow down astrologically as well seasonally. Last month we were discovering what creates harmony. We learned that finding and implementing harmony might make us feel uneasy. We learned that we survive discomfort and that being different can be embraced. That opposites can cohabit and still create peace and that tolerance is possible and a must to move forward to access our humanity.

In many Indigenous cultures we celebrate the changing of the seasons and thank Creator and Mother Earth for blessing us with a prosperous harvest and bounty to carry into the next season. Giving thanks and giving respect to the land for supporting the livelihood of our communities. Overtime, colonization took this practice and shaped it into something of its own; a celebration of one’s own conquest, admiration toward the Monarch, a Christian ceremony of giving thanks and the list goes on. Each grouping of people recognize and come together to give thanks for many different reasons… but how did y’all forget about the land?

As we usher in fall and libra season, this month we are called to reflect on our most intimate relationships. A call to get curious and notice non-judgmentally the ways that we feel when in connection. Relationships can bring up A LOT OF FEELINGS so be gentle with yourself if tender feelings bubble up this month or while reading this. If judgment of yourself or others gets stirred up as you reflect on this, try parking it to the side or thanking it for being here but that you don't need it right now.  

Firstly, we will briefly recap Virgo Season. We were discovering how solitude could regenerate us in order to be more present with others. We were asking what we had to offer ourselves so that we can be in service to others more fully more readily. We were reflecting and analysing situations bringing more focus to the things that we truly value. We were learning to go with the flow and learning to be in our flow. Knowing that if we honour the change within ourselves we welcome feelings of fulfilment emotional stability and spiritual grounded-ness. 

The Hermit encourages us to take moments to step back. Stepping back to step inward and notice what your thoughts and feelings are highlighting. Understand that the shift you feel from Leo to Virgo is collective we are being called inward to reflect about the details about our lives and how we navigate in it.

Because I ate pizza for breakfast. I ate pizza for breakfast after eating pizza for dinner the night before (isn’t that how it always goes?), and I don’t feel really good about it.BUT FIRST, let’s dissect this question a little bit.Is it bad to eat pizza for breakfast?Deeming a food as good or bad can be harmful in itself

We live in a society that places a lot of value on physical beauty. Whether through traditional media like TV, magazines, or radio or through social media, we are constantly fed the lie that thinner is better. If it’s not thinner, than it’s about being perfectly toned and shaped. We are reminded that thinner/more toned means healthier and that translates to worthiness.

I'm all about the DIY, especially when it comes to fermented foods that are normally crazy expensive to buy, but crazy delicious to eat. 

We've talked kombucha on this blog before, and if you're interested in making your own check out that post. But maybe kombucha isn't your thing or you're looking to branch out? Great! Because the feel-good bacteria don't stop there, and can be found in the best sandwich, salad or breakfast topper ever: sauerkraut. 

I don't know how I could write about anything other than tidbits from the past weekend of GoodBodyFeel Movement Method Teacher Training. So many lessons. So many feels. This is becoming a common theme with this training month to month I tell ya. Something that has stuck with me since, was Jo Gale's message of STRONG IS NOT A LOOK because well, you know, it's not.

The idea of clean eating, restriction, expensive supplements, diets and cleanses doesn't jive with me.