Best video I got from today’s bent arm strength session. 😂🤣 Never a dull moment. @clintmurch @cmallday @movementstandard

So happy to be able to make it to a class yesterday. It’s nice to be led. It’s nice to have buddies who wear tights who make the same ‘I’m trying’ faces as you. It’s nice to hear Clint say ‘Ashleeeeyyyyy Migliiiinnniii!’ when I show up. And it’s nice to take video to see how things look, remember my modifications and see how my body has changed since the last time. . Highlights from our straight arm strength session: - Wall walks with modification to avoid a full on plank as a preventative for distasis recti. - Straddle circles doing the best I can with baby in the way and pulling me forward. - Planche lean on paralettes with hips a little higher & feet down to reduce intra-abdominal pressure. - Arch hangs with little to no arch because I feel like the baby’s head is pressing on the midline of my stomach - focusing on scapular strength. . Thank you @yogiyasi Always a pleasure to be in your class!

Vicariously living through people like this until 🤱 then it’s ON. 👾 bring it, 2018! #Repost @silky.zigzag (@get_repost) ・・・ 🔵NEW VIDEO IS OUT! LINK IN BIO🔵 Watch with sound 🔊 😋😋 This kong pre took me probably an hour. Big thanks to my motivators and patient friends: @tinloiclarke 🎥and @joescandrett

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Double lives. . We have just☝️ life but somewhere along the way many of us begin playing roles... out of responsibility or necessity. . I have never lost the real me, but I have fed the other ‘me’ far more than my true self. The little glimpses and moments in time with the real me are no longer satisfying. . It’s time for integration. A shift. Time for me to step wholeheartedly into my true self. . 2018 is the year I welcome a baby into the world. I approach this transition with ambivalence. I will keep what is essential, figure out what works and discard the rest. . It will be a year of healing foundational issues. Healing through creative energy and expression that has been repressed. . The full spectrum of emotions. Embodied by the real me. . Come with. I need you. . 📸 by Bekah Russom via @unsplash

🖤 ‘The challenge of our time is to find a journey worthy of your heart and soul.’ @sethgodin ✨ Go on... 💛 📸 @fineas.anton @unsplash

#Repost @pixielighthorse (@get_repost) ・・・ The hardest thing to do is love what we hate about ourselves. This new year, take an inventory of what you’re still being rough on yourself for, what you’re avoiding and resenting. Clear the way for yourself to shine. It’s not going to hurt you to forgive yourself. When sitting with shame, guilt and discomfort, ask yourself to just be there for you. For all the wounds of abandonment this culture has, it is the abandonment of self which needs the medicine. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #strongerthanyouthink #findyourmedicine #builtforthis #loveyourshadow

This. . No more fitness morality and righteousness. . No more food morality and righteousness. . Our bodies need to be honored, not criticized. . There are so.many.changes. in pregnancy. SO MANY. . Part of this process has given me the gift of identifying how social media has such a negative effect on our body and self images. . No more #fitspo It’s so beyond the physical, you guys. I am committing myself to moving my body in ways that satisfy and nourish me on a deeper and sustainable level. . We deserve nothing more. Let’s do this. . Thank you @fyeahmfabello

My dad gave me 2 scratch off tickets for Christmas and I won $2!!!!! 💰 I went to cash it in - wasn’t in the best neighborhood, but there was a 6 or 7 year old little girl all dressed up who had put her snacks up on the counter, waiting for whoever she was with to come up and pay. She made eye contact with me, gave me a big smile and moved out of the way so I could go in front of her. 👁 When the cashier gave me my $2, I turned around and have it to her. I explained it was extra money that I got from the scratch off tickets my dad gave me for Christmas. Without hesitation, she gave me a huge hug, smiled and said thank you. 💗 I’m actually a Christmas hater because I feel like we all have way more material things than we need. The over consumption makes me sick. Makes us sick. It prevents us from experiencing the real gifts in life. ✨ During the holidays, I look forward to the time off of work, recharging, and spending quality time with people you care about. But that’s it. The things money can’t buy. 🎁 This little girl, all dressed up, giving away her free, genuine smiles was all it took for my little grinch heart to grow 3 sizes today. And maybe the pregnancy hormones. 🤰 Thanks for the scratch off tickets, Daddy 😊

#Repost @chaninicholas (@get_repost) ・・・ . 🖤 V E N U S I N C A P R I C O R N 🖤 . Tonight, Venus enters Capricorn where it will collide with Saturn tomorrow, December 25th. This mixture is austere in nature. Needs time alone. Or at least time to realign itself with itself. It’s a combination that knows the importance of having a relationship with solitude. It’s a signature that knows how to meditate on ones relationship with Self. It’s a marker of being committed to partnerships that are productive and structurally sound. . Drop your anchor. . This is an interesting signature to embody as over the next couple of days there is so much societal pressure to be joyful, gather with family or join in on celebrations that are or aren’t from your culture. Or feel ostracized for not doing so. . But fuck that noise. . Venus in Capricorn conjunct Saturn is here to remind us that if we don’t honor our needs, our boundaries, or our limits we’ll end up crashing and burning. Today, take time away from what the herd is doing to remember who you are and what you are working towards. Meditate. Write. Check in with your inner-child. What do you need today? What are you feeling? When are you reaching outside yourself for validation? How can you bring yourself back? Lovingly. Compassionately. Solidly. Do what you need to get grounded. . For some this combination will feel overly isolating so make sure you reach out to someone who gets you. Call a hotline if you need one. Find an animal to love and be loved by. Find ways to remember that you aren’t alone. That you are a perfect you and that you are loved and connected to all of life. Above all else, take good care of you 💓we need you.

Today is the winter solstice ✨ I am starting my 2018 affirmations, with the help of @chaninicholas ⚡️ She provided this framework for me to explore what I want to let go of and what to bring in. ✨ There is always magic that awaits our participation, but the end of a year and beginning of another seem to make limitless potential more within our reach. ✨ Sending blessings, magic, love and limitless potential to everyone, especially today. ✨ You are the only you this world will ever get to experience. Don’t let the daily struggles keep you from sharing what only you can give. 💖

There was a CrossFit Games post this week that created a big uprising where an incredible female athlete was lifting her heaviest weight in a dead lift - the exercise I am doing here. She emptied her bladder on the floor mid-lift but she completed the lift and got a personal best. . Everyone in the room, including several men, celebrated her victory and gave her no reason to feel shame. The large demographic of impressionable, non-Elite athletes (read: super hard working, talented and strong women/men athletes) cheered her on in the comments. . The ‘other side’ was upset that CrossFit endorsed this as something that women should strive for. Wishing they would be careful in how they use their voice (of authority) and image. . The thing is, plenty of athletes are okay with this - challenging their systems until failure to see just how far they can go. It’s a personal choice - we are all motivated by different things. . The fitness industry does not help moms. There is an unhealthy focus on getting your pre-baby body back, fat loss, etc. WAY too soon. We should not assume or pressure women into believing this is what they want or what’s healthy. Even well informed coaches don’t have the info they should to educate pregnant and post partum women through the constant changes and support them as they navigate societal pressure. . My choice to continue weight lifting in pregnancy is informed - and I have always been motivated by quality rather than quantity. Often times to a fault. . ‘Strength is the mother of all qualities’ is a common saying that means your foundation must include strength. Building strength is gritty, it’s not perfect form. That’s hard for me - abandoning the form. . I am lifting lower weight here, since I’ve progressed in my pregnancy and my joints are even more at risk of destabilization. Stopping strength training during pregnancy would be a bad idea for lots of reasons, though. . More to come on this topic in a future blog post. For now, read the current post (link in bio).

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