Beth Knudson, Registered Yoga Teacher

Happy New Year, good friend! I hope that your 2012 is beginning in a beautiful way.

January is always a pivotal time in our process of intention-setting. Some people make resolutions at 11:59 on New Year’s Eve and they’re over at 12:01. Other people can set powerful intentions that take hold, grow roots, and become integrated into their daily lives forever.

 

What’s the big difference? Acceptance and action. A resolution without acceptance and action is only a wish. Additionally, when you hire a Coach, your chances of success increase even more. You have someone on your side to help you:

• understand where your strengths are
• build contingency plans, and
• develop a set of strategies that work. 

If you want some support in turning your wishes into powerful intentions, I’ve included information here about 3 coaching packages I’m offering at a discounted fee during January. Also, start your year by treating yourself kindly with some Vedic Thai Yoga in Fort Worth at Urban Yoga or in Mansfield at Gratitude Yoga.

 

Wondering how you turn your wishes into powerful intentions that become part of who you are? 

 

First, you must become aware of what needs to change. (Usually easy.) That cute dress no longer fits. The job’s not as fun any more. This relationship’s not working in a way that’s mutually fulfilling.

 

Second, you have to accept things they way they are. (Not quite as easy.) You have to love yourself even though you’re 40 pounds overweight. You have to accept yourself even though you smoke a pack of Marlboro Lights a day. You have to love your life even though your yard’s gone to seed and you can’t grow a decent weed to save your own life. You have to stop putting conditions on your own happiness.

 

Third, you have to start consistently applying actions that will make your desired change happen. (Hardest of all.) What makes it so hard is the word, consistently. In order to make lasting changes, you must find the smallest most do-able step and take it. And keep taking it until it’s second-nature. Until you’ve taken it so many times you can look back and say, “Wow, I’ve come quite a ways.” And of course, you add more and more actions along the way until you become the You that you really know You are.

 

So the process of making change happen in your life is just that, a process, and one in which the steps become increasingly harder. No wonder so many people are carrying around handfuls of wishes. 

 

And here’s the thing. You can do it. I did it, and that’s how I know you can. I lost 95 pounds 7 years ago. It took 3 years, but I did it. I also quit smoking 11 years ago. You can become what you want, too.

  

Join me in having the best 2012 we can by living it as our best selves.  

It’s 2012, and if you’re like me, you’ve set some new intentions for this year. When I look back on 2011, I see that some of my happiest moments were the ones I spent with family and friends, but those moments were few and far between. So my intentions include creating time with family and friends. But sometimes it’s not as easy as just saying it, is it?

 

Do you ever feel like you’re “spinning your wheels?”  Like you’re trying as hard as you can to lose weight, save money, spend more time with friends, etc., but still nothing changes? Chances are you just need to redirect your energy.

 

On Day 1 of my Learning to Be the Change workshop, you’ll learn where your energy is going and where you can redirect it for more positive results.

 

You’ll spend the next 4 sessions practicing yoga, visualization exercises, guided journaling, and some very targeted discovery processes that are designed to help you find your best self. 

 

AND as a bonus, you’ll get a one-on-one session with me to ensure you retain the momentum you create during your time in the workshop.

 

It all starts this Saturday, January 7, at Urban Yoga. Are you ready to make 2012 the year you become your true self?

 

In this workshop, you will:

You’ll experience a number of discovery processes that utilize meditation, yoga, and guided journaling (journals provided).

 

You’ll also receive a bonus one-on-one session with me to help ensure you keep the momentum you create during the workshop.

 

Saturdays, 1:30-3:00pm

5-week series

Jan. 7-Feb. 11

(no meeting Jan. 21)

$125 before Jan. 1, $135 after

 

What do past participants say?

 

“This workshop series helped me understand the areas where I need work and helped me discover what my passion is. I made several big decisions during the 5 weeks! The discovery processes are excellent.” -DM

 

 

Contact me to register at 817-925-4913 or register at Urban Yoga.
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