I often tell people who ask about the title of my book, “Living, Healing and Taekwondo,” to just replace the word taekwondo with whatever their passion in life is. I was inspired and wrote the book to fulfill a passion. It doesn’t matter if yours is knitting, or photography, or rugby, or puppies, if it lights you up, you need to figure out how to go do more of it. People who are living in their passions is what the world needs more of. Why? Because when you are doing what you love it ceases to be work. And you begin living in a flow that not only serves your own spirit, but those of everyone around you. You shine.
I have been busy in the last few weeks with some (a little late) New Year inspiration and have been trying to figure out how to bring more of what lights me up into my days. Most of you know that I am always trying to figure out how to bring more tae kwon do into my week. I love to kick and I love to teach, and finally I am pulling together a class to do both! You can read more about my new Black Belt Fitness class on my website by clicking here!
This month I also started the process of earning my therapeutic riding instructor certification. Ever since my daughter started riding horses a couple years ago I fell in love with them. Some weeks I ride along side of her, but mostly I am content just being at the barn with these magnificent creatures and all the sights, smells and sensations they bring. I started volunteering for the therapeutic riding program where my daughter rode, just out of curiosity and wanting to enjoy the whole horse experience more often. This year I decided that the combination of my occupation of physical therapist and my love of horses might fit perfectly together as an instructor. So in a few more weeks I will begin the “student instructor” phase of the certification and begin working toward 25 hours of teaching under a mentor. When I finish that phase, I will sign up for a final workshop and certification exam to complete the process. I hope that in the near future I will be able to offer therapeutic riding as a service to my clients. In the mean time I will be studying everything there is to know about horses and riding!
I know that as I have brought my passions into my life and let them be the flow and the focus, that I feel an energy, a healing energy that fills me up. Way back before tae kwon do and horses I remember starting with a list that the author of one of my books asked us to make. It was a list of what we loved, and of what we were grateful for. It was a great place to start. Making that list set up the framework in my mind for what things lit me up, and helped me focus on the love and abundance that was already in my life. And what you put your energy into is what you will experience more of.
So tell me, what do you love?
