I'm OK

I got my ankle brace on too late, yesterday I was too ambitious, wanted to squeeze too many things in, and last but no least, my mind and body were not connected during my hike yesterday.  I hurt my ankle in the beginning of April, it was dark, I had to walk through a narrow alley to go open a back gate in order to teach a class, I was looking at my phone to turn on my flashlight app, and I did not see a huge pothole and twisted my ankle.  Luckily since I am the biggest klutz ever, I jumped right out of it, and didn't hurt it as bad as I could have, but it definitely was twisted but Thank God not worse.  Since then I still feel it sometimes, it is my weakspot, but I have started jogging with my ankle brace on once a week with my friend and it feels OK.

I remember the very first time I twisted my ankle I was wearing sneakers, running down a long stairway when I worked on cruise ships.  We were always non stop in our work schedule, I was always running to the next thing, so my mind was ahead of my body, I missed the last step and twisted my ankle.  The next day I had a walking tour of Edinburgh, Scotland and there was no way I was going to miss it.  I found a pharmacy got the ankle brace that you see in the picture and had a great day.

So yesterday I knew I needed my ankle brace to go to Runyon Canyon, but I forgot where I put it, after the hike I had to teach two classes, time was running out so off I went.  The hike started out perfect, still sunny with a cool breeze, I decided to do the steps and I did quite well, it has been a long time.  I decided because my ankle was not 100% I would walk down the paved trail and not run, however it does pull you down, I must have bumped a rock or a rough patch of road and down I went.  The worst part is I ripped my new favorite Nike Yoga pants, I think I was more upset about that.  People were so sweet and asked if they could help, Thank God it wasn't horrible, I was able to walk down and iced it in my classes, luckily I have regulars that know the Yoga routine, so they were someone to watch for the new students.  Someone gave me Arnica under my tongue, I also have the cream at home, ankle brace on today while I got to teach my Pilates class.

I hope its a lesson learned,
Non Stop Mommy Life,
Trying to stay healthy,
Trying to squeeze things in,
It's a lesson in mindfulness,
A lesson in slowing down,
I love the phrase, "If you don't take a break, you will break."
Also, "If you don't take time for rest and recreation, eventually you have to take time for illness."
Life slows us down when we do not balance, take care of ourselves, take time to prepare,
But also accidents happen, and Thank God we heal and move on,
I will be taking it easy for the next few days,
Coach Yulia