THANK YOU for tuning back into this week's episode inspired by Judith Lasater's book, "Living Your Yoga." This week we focus on Chapter 4: Self Judgment. Boy do we do this as moms! Or is it just me? It's never just me I find. I hope you find this week inspirational, awakening, acknowledging and that you finally find some grace for yourself (and others).

My favorite sentence in the book is, "Remember, the difficulty might never change, but your attitude and inner dialogue can." -Judith Lasater. Doesn't this just say it all?

Here are the instructions to the exercise I mention at the end of the episode. Copy, paste and print these out and work on this every day:

1) Taking your physical limitations and health into account, pick a yoga pose (or challenge, task, goal, passion) that is difficult, if not impossible, for you to do.

2) Practice, or rather attempt to practice, this pose every day for one month. To begin, say silently or out loud, "I am attempting something difficult, and I appreciate myself for trying."

3) Then pay close attention to your internal dialogue as you practice your (fill in the blank). At times, you may even talk yourself through what you're doing out loud. Listen to the instructions you give yourself about the physical and mental aspects of how to do the pose. Whose instructions are they?

4) What do you say to yourself when you succeed? When you fail? When you are somewhere in between?

5) Can you do the (fill in the blank) just to do it?

6) When you are done with the (fill in the blank) say aloud, "I have tried something difficult, and I appreciate myself for trying."

-Judith Lasater, "Living Your Yoga", page 36.

And remember, "the difficulty might never change, but your attitude and inner dialogue can." -Judith Lasater

Perfection is an illusion according to Judith Lasater and I couldn't agree more. And in reality, isn't perfection boring? Tight? Constricting? Motherhood needs more freedom, playfulness, mistakes and grace. Doesn't that sound a whole lot better?

Mom Card Drawing of the Week: "Every woman has the right to become herself..." -Ani DiFranco

Thank you for listening, sharing and talking about this episode and the podcast. I appreciate you! If you want a copy of "Living Your Yoga", you can grab it here: https://a.co/d/7f1nZu6