Confidence = Self Trust

We must do the things that are exciting and scary at the same time

Went to Aerial Yoga today for the first time at Libre a new spot in Wynwood and GIRL that might just be my new fav hobby. I have been looking for something to do physically outside of weightlifting that I truly enjoy but isn’t boring you know. I have been going on walks more but honestly besides the pretty water and sky it can be kinda boring and too hot to voluntarily walk around in Miami…I think NYC set the bar too high when it came to the entertainment you see just walking around.

I have been loving Yin yoga but sometimes I am not in the mood to go through something so deep and honestly mess up my hair. Those who have short hair know that maintaining it is so much work lol

So today when I went to this class it felt like play, it was totally hard don’t get me wrong but it was so fun that it didn’t matter. Ya get me? It reminded me of when you were a kid trying to do the monkey bars, like even when it got hard you were having so much fun that you just kept trying.

Butttt my favorite part was that it truly challenged my self-trust in a new way. I have been lifting weights for over a decade now so the idea of moving weight with my body doesn’t phase me but having to hold myself up on a silk fabric and put my legs into certain loops and flip around had me so outta my element which of course my spontaneous ass was hooked immediately lol I live for thrill

So much fear came up, and so much doubt. Doubt that I wouldn’t be able to hold myself, or I would fall, or that I would hurt myself. I didn’t realize how much I didn’t trust my body. I would look at the instructor showing us how to do these moves and all that would come to my mind was how much trust and confidence go hand in hand.

Without trust, you really can’t have confidence. To me, confidence is trusting in yourself, and in your way of being. It is trusting that you won’t abandon yourself, emotionally, spiritually and physically.

There is something here for me to learn and i’m excited to see how it plays out. We must do the things that are exciting and scary at the same time, that is what gets us out of our comfort zone. That is what makes life exciting.

Journal Prompts:

What excites you and scares you at the same time?

Where are you in your comfort zone and need a push?

What will you do this week that will take you out of your comfort zone?

Love you

Samantha