So we talked all night about the rest of our lives...

... where we going to be when we turn twenty-five.. eh nine.

Hiya Beauts!

Yes this is me singing the Vitamin C song from a-many graduation ago and it fills me with excitement and nostalgia as I am about to graduate this weekend from my 200 hour Teacher Training with Rolf Gates! This has been an interesting year of accomplishments for me, many of which were very unexpected and stemmed from my OBsession with kettlebell training and physical fitness. Over the past year I have been certified as a personal trainer and kettlebell instructor, I began teaching Kettlekore, a kettlebell program featured at Advanced Training Concepts, and, along with several teamates at ATC, I recieved a kettlebell rank with the World Kettlebell Club. I would not have been able to do any of this with out the help of my mentor and coach, Cyrus Peterson. Sometimes we are so caught up in the excitement of our own accomplishments and adventures that we don't take the time to appreciate the people that got us there. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Without his influence and constant push to be better and do more I would not have these experiences.

While Kettlebell training is like the Gauntlet, always challenging and hard as the metal griped within my white knuckles, Yoga is the parade of flowers.. a colorful celebration of beauty. When things get tough, and especially tight :), I find my self letting it all go on my mat and opening my self up to great things. It only seemed natural to pursue a yoga certification. In the midst of making this decision.. it landed right at my front door, in my home studio of Charlotte Yoga. Rolf Gates was coming to town for 3 days a month for 8 months to teach us Yoga. Being an acclaimed author and taught by many greats, I knew that this was an experience that I could not let pass me by. So I began in this journey with 34 other women and feel so sad but so happy to see this very last 3 day weekend come. I am happy to write this to you all because I am truly slowing down to feel the magnitude of this coming weekend. I hope that all of you beauts are able to challenge yourself to your full potential, find that place to nurture your soul, and finally take the time to be present in the accomplishments of your beautiful soul. I am leaving you with a quote from that silly Vitamin C song and I hope it resonates with you!

Namaste Beauts, hugs and kisses,
Lizzie Bananas - WKC Longcycle Rank II, Kettlebell Instructor, and soon to be Certified Yoga Teacher :)

Will we think about tomorrow like we think about now
Can we survive it out there? Can we make it somehow?
I guess I thought that this would never end
And suddenly it's like we're all women and men.
I keep thinking that it's not goodbye
Keep thinking it's our time to fly.
-Vitamin C - Graduation Song, Friends Forever