Witold FitzSimon

✨Working your ass off isn't always the right choice.✨

A decade ago, when I was training to be an Alexander Technique Teacher (a 1600-hour, 3-year process), I was experiencing terrible back pain, the reason why I was doing the Technique in the fist place. And the only place I was experiencing the pain was in the training room.

I was obviously doing something wrong. It got so bad I had to make a deal with myself: be a bad student. Show up, but don't try. Listen, but don't do. Take care of yourself and see what happens.

And you know what? My back got better. It took six weeks of being a "bad student" (VERY hard for me to do), but I learned not to let my enthusiasm get in the way of doing it right.

Since then, I realized how much I overwork in EVERY part of my life. It taught me a huge lesson: do what's needed, and nothing more. (Or nothing less, but most of us fall into the overwork category.)

Here's how you can apply this to your own life. It boils down to asking yourself one question:

✨ What don't I need? ✨

And then letting go.

If I could do it, so can you!

🤔Is there some part of your life that makes you feel exhausted? 👇Comment below.

Here's a great blog post (on the great blog Yoga For Healthy Aging) from my dear friend, Sandy Blaine about happiness from the perspective of Yoga and Positive Psychology.

Yoga and Positive Psychology, Part 2: What is Happiness? by Sandy The Happy Family by Pablo Picasso As I discussed in my post Yoga and Positive Psychology, Part 1 , for me, yoga has been a happine...

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