BREATHE N BOUNCE

  I feel like everything is a struggle. I struggle to get out of bed in the morning. I struggle to just try to show up for people. I struggle to get everything done timely. Lots of fucking struggling. Someone once said that nothing worth having comes easy, or some bullshit like that. In all honesty lately, I don’t feel like anything has come easy — hell, I don’t think anything is coming at all. I’ve had more problems than I can think of lately. I feel like nothing is helping me and I don’t know where else to go. I don’t really trust people. And a lot of that has to do with the poor self-image I have of myself — that I don’t think that I deserve to be loved or liked or anything like that. I think it’s because I say stupid things all the time. I don’t think about what I’m talking about, and I just hurt people constantly. And then I get this feeling: I’m just useful to the world and that’s it. No one actually likes me. They like the services that I provide. They like the things that I...

I Love Yoga, But I'm Questioning Who Gets to Afford It This last month has been really heavy for me. Between juggling daily anxieties, trying to keep my head above water with work, and wondering why my nervous system feels permanently stuck in fight-or-flight mode, I decided I needed to get back on the mat. You know, do the whole self-care routine. Breathe deep, stretch out the tight knots in my shoulders, and maybe, just maybe, find some inner peace before I lose my absolute mind. So, I looked up a local studio. And then I choked on my coffee. Thirty-five dollars. For one hour. In a room full of people breathing heavily in expensive matching leggings. Welcome to August, folks. Our official theme here at Breathe N Bounce is "Align with Your Soul and Your Wallet." Now, I have to confess something right out of the gate: Michael absolutely detests the word "align." He hates it with a fiery, burning passion. Every time someone says we need to "align our ...