"I thought I'd never lose myself to begin with. But I did, the way so many of us do."
Coming back to myself.
MY STORY
I spent years teaching in some of the most high-energy fitness rooms in New York City, and I always felt a little out of place in them. Within my first year teaching at SoulCycle, I had a terrible back injury. Looking back, my body was in survival mode, and I didn't even know it. I was always braced, always pushing, never actually in my body.
What healed me wasn't pushing harder. It was slowing down: breathing, moving mindfully, listening to my body and processing where I was from the inside out. I couldn't find that anywhere, so I started creating it.
That became by SJ. When the pandemic hit and we all felt so disconnected, it became a place to move, breathe and feel close to each other from our living rooms. During that time my own life changed in every way. I got engaged, got married, got pregnant, and had my daughter, Lily.
Lily is five now, my son Leon just turned one, and I'm finding my way back. by SJ is me coming back to myself, and an open invitation for you to do the same. No rigid rules, no perfect version of you required.
SJ · Therapist · Former SoulCycle Master Instructor · Mom of two · NYC
I see you, I feel you.
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