My body has always been able to cope with and do everything I have always wanted to do and now I am struggling to cope with where I am right now

For so long, my body could cope with anything I threw at it

It would say, "ok that’s what you want to do, Let’s go!"

But then something happened to me, my body changed,

I couldn’t do everything I wanted to do like before

I kept imagining everything I could do

I realise that my life had changed forever

I was never going to have those moments again because my body could not do those things like before

There was a realisation that I had where I knew that my body no longer had my back

Of course, I went through moments of comparison and feeling sorry for myself and then I realised

I am the captain of my ship called this body!

No one is going to tell me that I can’t do something or that this is how things will be for evermore

I believe with every fibre of my body that I can change, and improve. You see it depends on what I choose to look at. I can look for examples of people who never improved after their injury or I can look for examples of inspirational people who has climbed insurmountable odds and still improved

I don’t care how long it takes me

This journey of my rehab is my labour of love for myself

The way I show my body I appreciate everything it has ever done and everything it does for me on a daily basis and everything it will ever do for me moving forward

I am going to shift focus and change the lenses of my spectacles at how I look at my body and all the amazing things it does for me right now and see if I can increase this list of ways my body shows up for me

One of my amazing clients started to put this into practice with me in physio sessions and quickly after a few weeks of creating this as a new habit it very quickly snowballed into a challenge he set for himself. After a catastrophic injury that left him with a spinal cord injury that resulted in a brachial plexus injury, where doctors said if you get back 50 % of the function in your arm, you are lucky. 

But you see, luck had nothing to do with it. Through an open mindset, a willingness to be lead, supported and guided to know what to do and when, when to push, when to stop and rest, when to listen in and an unwavering belief that he could achieve more than 50% recovery. 

A mindset of let’s be curious. 

Let’s try it and see what happens…. 

3 years later and he can do handstands….

Yes you heard me correctly Handstands, squats with lifting a barbell overhead with weights of 80 kg and up

This is what blows me away every time! 

Witnessing the change and transformation and the reconnection with the body for each of my clients is why I do this!

One of my favourite quotes by Erin Hanson says

What if I fall?

Oh, But Darling,

What if you fly?

So, my question for you today is, what is the worse thing that can happen when you believe in yourself and your dreams. You tried and your body will thank you for showing up and giving something a go and not giving into fear

Love and Blessings 

Natalie x

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