#onbeingmagic

[kellyschwark]

Some days stand out in your mind as pivot points in your life. The day your child enters your life. The day you meet a lifelong friend. An experience you've always dreamt of having. The day you have a breakthrough. Yesterday was one of those days. I was 1:150, but I often felt like it was a 1:1 session, and Elizabeth Gilbert or Jen Pastiloff was speaking directly to me. "I'm right here. I got you." So SO many important takeaways from the day, so many things my muse is itching to work on, so much to share with you... but for now, I want to thank Elizabeth Gilbert (#EstPrayLove #BigMagic) and Jen Pastiloff (#OfBeingHuman) for sharing and shining their light into the broken places during yesterday's #OnBeingMagic Workshop. I want to thank them for reminding me to stretch my mind, soul, and my less-than well attended body. Thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! (Oh, and Jen - yesterday you asked someone "Tonight, will you regret not doing this?" Well, I regret not getting a photo with you. Your session ripped me open in the most powerful and loving way. I guess that just means that I have to figure out the means and a way to one day attend one of your retreats!) @elizabeth_gilbert_writer @jenpastiloff (at Location 215 Philly) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3HSFyEF5ZD/?igshid=qaqujaz90qjh

[kellyschwark]

Umm... thanks for the help, #antiopethekitty. This morning, I pulled out the yoga mat that I purchased years ago, one matching my daughter's, and have used less than a handful of times. In the privacy of my own home. Often leading to just laying on the floor acting the part as a human jungle gym for the feline in our lives. But tomorrow? Yikes. Tomorrow, I'm stepping out of my comfort zone. When I first read about the free #OnBeingMagic workshop that the generous @elizabeth_gilbert_writer and @jenpastiloff are hosting, I jumped on it because, as my readers already know, #BigMagic is my favorite book. No thinking, just click the button and figure out the rest later. "Wait. What? Yoga?" This is where the doorway to any and all insecurities is left unlocked and unattended, allowing the whole gang of "imposter syndrome" and all inadequacies to come in one by one. It starts slowly with, "Your joints are as stiff as a board, you'll look absolutely absurd on a yoga mat," and quickly escalates from there. "You think losing 10 lbs is enough? You have another 20 to go." "You just took a spot that could have gone to someone who could ACTUALLY make a difference in someone else's life." "You are definitely going to make a fool of yourself and sound like a twit, so you better keep quiet." The gang is brutal, but you know what? Me and the kitty have had enough of their shit, so I'll be grateful for the reminder that I need to stretch more and I'll take my exhausted rusty self to the workshop and I will let magic and muse and inspiration take the gang out back and hug it out. So yeah... tomorrow is going to be AMAZING! (Side note: Philadelphia was on my list of 40 places to reclaim after my marriage ended, and I can't think of a better way to do just that. THANK YOU ELIZABETH & JEN!) (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3CKKZnFTn8/?igshid=1qrig6lhudkch