Hey Reader,
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I'm here to talk about something that looms very large in my life: procrastination. So scroll on down for that.
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Do you procrastinate training? 🫣 I do

But here are some strategies I've come up with...

Life seems to be FULL of everyday things it takes a LOT of energy to make ourselves DO. Cleaning, accounts, sorting through the 5000000 training videos on your phone... URGH. The dopamine downers that beg to be procrastinated. (Side note: surprisingly I'm actually really good at laundry. Laundry is my superpower, against all the odds, everyone always has clean pants on my watch. Sometimes laundry and coffee seem to be my most successful consistencies.)​
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​But one of the endless mysteries to me in recent years is how good I got at procrastinating something i actually love: aerial training.​
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Why?
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I think it's to do with... caring too much. (Also overwhelm. Also failure --> I'm going to elaborate)
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As one of the many deeply wise things I've learned from the Audacity Works podcast (yes, yet another h/t to Rachel Strickland, I'm a big fan obvs), is that:
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​we don't procrastinate the THING, we procrastinate the UNCOMFORTABLE FEELINGS associated with the thing.
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​mic. drop 😳

So I think i procrastinate training because, on some deep subconscious level, I'm SCARED:

• scared of disappointing myself
• scared of not being 'good enough' (according to some impossible standard I'll never attain)
• scared of it not feeling satisfying (especially the hard things that are still helpful to train)
• scared of my body resisting
• scared of one of the very few things i have loved SO MUCH becoming something i don't love
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AND I procrastinate training because there is so much - creative, skills, sequencing - i'm OVERWHELMED...

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​In order to train these days, I've had to ADULT myself into insisting on three things:
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​a VERY simple TRAINING PLAN - nervous system-first warm up, lowest effective dose conditioning, 2-4 skills and/or 1-2 simple creative tasks - if i add on, great. But less is more as a baseline.

​to set 2-3 INTENTIONS for the session - to manage my expectations/metrics for success; I used to think this was pretentious AF, but it actually helps. Who knew?
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​a RITUAL to start my warm up - usually a playlist but can also include light, smell, food or other things to ensure I've got a good sensory set up and i'm feeling well nourished.
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Now OBVIOUSLY this is going to segue into me talking about my own coaching - because I'm hardly going to devise strategies that have helped me without at least wondering if they might help the folks who work with me...

🍓Flourish is the grown up 🫱

I know that the most transformative, productive times in my adult life have been when i've been doing a course that:

• guides me through an experience or takes me on a journey
• gently makes me do the work that I do, in fact, want to do
• helps me identify and balance my weaknesses and strengths
• encourages me to address some things I hadn't even thought about
• holds space for me to mess up but keeps me on track

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Drawing from my most positive learning experiences, I designed Flourish as a container that does all these things: holds space for you - holds your hand to - show up for your practice.
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It does this through:

🍓30 min 1:1 check in call​
​🍓6 x biweekly group classes - off-apparatus, including reflective assignments, movement and bodywork, consistency strategies, goal setting, building rituals, choreographic practice...
​🍓weekly creative prompts - SIMPLE, short explorations to add into your week's training
​🍓masterclass library - lifetime access to >15 technique workhops and masterclasses
​🍓weekly study group prompts - to keep you accountable to watching the library content!
​🍓WhatsApp community - peer support and accountability

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PLUS the option of:
​🍓3 x 1:1 lessons - real-time cueing and feedback for your skills or creative practice
lesson recording with training plan - to guide your independent practice
​🍓unlimited video feedback​
​🍓unlimited WhatsApp 1:1 support
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