This is not your typical success story. :-)
When I started the Certified Holobody Coach program, I was unsure as to whether or not I wanted to actually be a coach or not. I did want to learn about the things the program had to offer. I've always been interested in health and fitness. I didn't really need to lose weight, and I was already a pretty healthy eater. But at this stage of my life, I was very interested in maximizing my functionality and eliminating the pain that I experienced daily from previous injuries. I was interested in knowing how I could develop a more holistic approach to health and fitness, and listen to and understand my body. I thought this might help me to be able to heal.
I also had the desire to achieve the level of strength and flexibility I had prior to my injury in March 2020 (right at the beginning of COVID). At that time, at 62 years of age, I was probably in the best shape of my life. So, as I progressed through the Holobody program, I felt like I wanted to "up my game" in the strength training area. So, I did that. Everything seemed to be going well; but then after a session where I was trying to go a little bit deeper in my lunges, squats, etc., I injured my knee. I went to see an Osteopath about my various injuries, and he recommended I not do the activities I was currently doing which involved deep or extreme hip movements (i.e., strength training with lunges, squats, etc.; yoga; Pure Barre; and my personal favorite, Latin dancing).
I also had the desire to achieve the level of strength and flexibility I had prior to my injury in March 2020 (right at the beginning of COVID). At that time, at 62 years of age, I was probably in the best shape of my life. So, as I progressed through the Holobody program, I felt like I wanted to "up my game" in the strength training area. So, I did that. Everything seemed to be going well; but then after a session where I was trying to go a little bit deeper in my lunges, squats, etc., I injured my knee. I went to see an Osteopath about my various injuries, and he recommended I not do the activities I was currently doing which involved deep or extreme hip movements (i.e., strength training with lunges, squats, etc.; yoga; Pure Barre; and my personal favorite, Latin dancing).
So...this was going to be a huge change for me, as I had always loved staying active. In addition, it made me wonder about actually being a Holobody Coach, since I wasn't exactly demonstrating huge success with the program. But after my brief pity party, I started wondering if perhaps God had a different plan for me...and if he did, who was I to question that? I truly believe everything happens for a reason. So I surrendered...sorta.
I went to see a Physical Therapist in the Osteopath's office, and I asked her more specific questions about what I could and couldn't do. Basically, she said I could continue to do the activities I had been doing, but not to the same extreme, and not as often. Although this wasn't exactly where I wanted to be, I was grateful for this. I started thinking that maybe instead of wanting to be where I used to be, maybe I simply needed to accept where my body wanted to be now.
THIS is my success story. Thanks to Holobody, I have become a successful Body Talker! In all honesty, I don't know if I would have made this transition as easily if it hadn't been for the Holobody training. My natural inclination would have been to just keep pushing my body in the direction I wanted it to go in. In this case, that would have led to more pain, and probably more deterioration, and eventually surgery. So all things considered, this is a pretty big win!
In addition, I believe there are probably a number of people in similar situations, who could use a good coach! As Coach Lawrence told me, "Turn rejection into redirection." :-)