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There’s a lot going on this time of year with the fall running event season winding down and people getting geared up for new year goals. It is a time of reflection and re-dedication.

This has been a challenging year for many. With the world and economic state as it is and with no end it seems in the near future, it means an extension of a stressful state for many. Including myself.

It has been a year of big questions on how to move the business and my personal life forward. There have been events I’ve questioned why this has come into my life. There have been many positive connections. I wait patiently to understand the confluence of events and for hopes of prosperity to come to fruition.

As a yogini studying meditation it is about letting go and listening. Listening for guidance on how to move forward and letting go of attachments and preconceived notions. Okay, I’ve done that, breathe…patience…listen…

But nothing changed. The questions kept arising, but no answers came. I became angry and to let go I became detached to avoid the questions and feelings. But not truly realizing the effects of what I was doing until I had medical issues. Which thankfully turned out to be nothing serious but I took it as a warning to get my life in order.

I was upset with myself for not heeding my own advice to my clients to listen. It was a gradual process of not sitting in meditaion, not running consistently, and wanting to do yoga to the Daily Show to avoid my thoughts and feelings. Wanting divine intervention without truly listening for it. Going through the motions without true dedication.

As I’ve felt a certain sense of being lost, I’ve decided to re-dedicate myself to my training. I’m going to use the training techniques and beliefs I teach my clients and apply my coaching and running philosophies to daily life.

So here are my 5 key training tips I will apply to my training for daily life:

1) sleep – get caught up and get eight hours regularly

2) hydrate – optimal cellular function for performance applies to all areas of life

3) run – do the work; the benefits of physical activity and fitness are powerful

4) visualize – see and meditate on how I want my life to be – and listen on how to get there!

5) training log – write down notes on conditions and strategies that effected the outcome; learn what works to apply in the future.

Then believe and trust. Believe the training pays off. Trust the training was successful. When the time comes to act your body and mind will know what to do at a cellular level to perform. I believe and trust in the process so I may as well relax and enjoy the experience!

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