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Primal Flow Was The Best Kind Of Training After Having a Baby For Me
After having a baby, there are just so many changes that happen to our body. I felt that I had gone from completely understanding and knowing how to read my body's signs and signals, to feeling like I was a stranger standing in a foreign land, in complete new surroundings. So much had changed but I reminded myself that it took 9 months to make a little human grow inside of me, so it was going to take just as much time, if not longer to recover from all of that.
I definitely wasn't as fit or as strong as I used to be before getting pregnant. But I showed strength in a new kind of way....... facing my fears, accepting my new job role as a new mum, kicking ass and doing everything I could for my little boy and on very little sleep!
Something that definitely was not foreign and felt right to my body and was definitely something I needed in order to help handle my new job role as a mum was MOVEMENT! When the body moves in any type of way (be it walking, dancing, exercising, stretching etc) we gain more energy, better blood flow, relieve stress, gain clarity, remove brain fog and have an overall general well being.
My body missed that MOVEMENT. Without it I struggle with my mental health, I struggle without that energy, clarity and stress release I usually had I needed to do something that wasn't too demanding on my body, that didn't require too much of my dedication and time, that didn't require me to follow a specific diet plan (like strength training does) and that wouldn't leave me drained or in muscle pain the next day to handle my time with my little one.
I started with short 10 min Primal Flows in the comfort of my own home. I got these done while my little one played on the side, could sit and watch or while he was having a quick nap. Since Primal Flow is based on TIME and not on REPS, I could easily take it at my own pace and go slow when I needed to or speed things up when I was feeling good on the day. They were easy basic human body moves, which also tackled some core work which needed work since I was getting used to sitting down most of the day for all the feeding times. I knew the time wasn't long and they made me feel so much better afterwards. I also didn't have to stress about leaving the house, packing a nappy bag, traffic, parking & feeding schedules.
As my body got stronger again & started to build some fitness & stamina again, I just increased the time and eventually I got back to teaching the 1 class a week. We start with a good whole body warm up and mobility flow to get the heart rate up and start stretching those muscles. Then we variate each week with flows and movement and we do two that focus on the whole body or can be directed a little more to the legs or the upper body. ( So we never get bored with the same workout). Then we finish with a core abdominal flow and we complete the hour with a good wind down flexibility stretch and sign off with a 3 minute meditation body scan. So we target to cover from head to toe physically and mentally in that one hour class. So clients including myself walk out smiling, feeling refreshed and zen after that full body movement.
I started to look forward to that 1 hour class a week, as I was doing it for me and even on the days I was tired or had no sleep the night before, I was calm and relaxed knowing that there was no competition in class and I was free to go at my own easy pace that day. Some other clients go harder or faster as that is their goal, to increase stamina, fitness and fat burning. While other clients were working slower for posture, mobility and technique. So this type of training really does cater for all needs and all levels.
Drop me a message and come and join us for a trial class! OR perhaps you prefer a one on one session first. I can assure you, you won't regret it.
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