Learning As We Go 💖

Sorry that It’s been months since you’ve heard from me. I know that I have amazing friends and family who continue to read these messages after all of these years and have wondered where I’ve been. 🙈 Unfortunately life throws challenges at us and there’s times when we have to let go of some things to focus on others.

I want to share this experience with you and I hope that you’re able to gain something from it. My goal is to continue adding messages to this blog. I pray that these messages will help you in any way or encourage you to strengthen your relationship with God and with yourself.

I’m thankful for all your love and support as always. I hope that you can focus on the moments that you have today and are able to nourish yourself in the ways that are needed today. Love you all & Here’s the message that I wanted to share with you this week. 🙂

Sometimes our bodies don’t always act the way we would like. After dealing with months of discomfort and pain from a cervical disc herniation, I feel like I dealt with all kinds of emotions.

This whole experience was super hard for someone who is relatively active like me. Not being able to move my body the way that I used to was extremely difficult. & to deal with pain on top of that, was horrible….My heart truly goes out to those who deal with chronic pain constantly. 💖

As the months have passed, I’ve realized that I’ve had to rely on God, faith & the things that I have learned from my class to get me through this.

As many of you know, this class started out as a Zumba class many years ago and it eventually changed into what we now call “Strong Body, Mind & Spirit” I began adding meditation, mindfulness & spirituality to my classes.

Spirituality is something that people don’t normally add into fitness classes for obvious reasons. But I kept feeling that I needed to continue to do this for myself and for those who needed it. We still had fun and danced, but adding meditation and spirituality allowed us to see past our physical bodies and helped us to connect more on a spiritual or a soul level.

This allowed me to see the hand of God in others lives way more clearly than I had before. I met people from all kinds of backgrounds
and situations. In some cases people who were looking for a “sign from God” or who just needed a hug for that day. I’m thankful that God answered many of their prayers in ways that I’ll never be able to understand. I’m also thankful that I was a witness of what each “miracle person” told me that they had experienced and how God was there for them, even in the moments when they thought He wasn’t. All of those experiences helped me to solidify the knowledge that God is very real in All of our lives.

Practicing Meditation and has also helped me to connect to God in a higher way. I’ve experienced countless of times the immense and indescribable love of God. & there’s nothing better in this world than to feel that love, peace & that security that can only come from a divine, all knowing God.

The mindfulness part of class, has also taught me to practice gratitude and be more present and in the moment that I’m in. It has allowed me to check my thoughts more often and direct them in better and more positive ways rather than letting them take over (which is easy to do when we’re going through something difficult) Also, practicing my ability to use my senses to bring me back to the present and inviting feelings of gratitude, healing, peace, love etc is super healing when we’re going through hard times. But It all requires practice & I had to strengthen that part of myself.

This class has not only taught me mental techniques on how to process emotions, but it has also taught me to PRACTICE them weekly and to make quiet time daily to talk to God & to be present and in alignment with Him and His incredible love and wisdom that can guide me from one moment to the next. But just like with anything else in life right? We have to practice. & I’m thankful for the practice that this class allowed me to have & for the opportunities to practice I continue to gain. 😓

It was during the meditations of class, where I tried to turn off the world and make a conscious effort to connect to God. It was during those moments where I remembered that I am more than my body. More than what the world is constantly telling us that’s “important”…I not only felt that I am more than my physical body but also more than what I physically posess, more than my accomplishments, more than any type of beauty, popularity, status, wealth, etc. but instead I began to feel and realize more and more that we are beings of light, that we come from an all loving God and that I can call myself a child of God. I have felt very known and loved by my creator. Not only during the meditations but during my moments of prayer and most importantly when I have to remind myself to remember those “God moments” when times are tough.

Honestly, If we can get to a point in life where we can know for ourselves that we are known and loved by God, that is the biggest accomplishment we can gain in this life. To have that knowledge that we are known and loved by Him and that He truly cares for us is extremely healing for any soul. & it will fill us with greater peace, love, confidence and abundance than anything else on this earth.

Now, after months of having dealt with pain and discomfort, I can say that I am healed. I’m thankful for the Faith that I’ve been able to exercise and develop. I’m thankful for the PRACTICE that this class has allowed me to have. & for the difficult times that allow us to polish ourselves and see things clearer.

I’ve learned from this experience, the importance of what I try to “ preach” lol that “BALANCING” & STRENGTHENING my Body, Mind & Spirit is so important. Because you never know what life will throw at you. & in my case, for example; when my body was weak and in pain, my spirit was strong enough to help me through the physical challenge that I was experiencing. I’m thankful for the practice that I had previously gotten in strengthening my spirit to allow me to deal with the physical challenges that I was experiencing.

So, my reason for writing this is to encourage you to take care of yourself physically, mentally and also spiritually. To be balanced in that way is my goal and my purpose for creating this class. 🥹💖 So that when things come at us, we can know who to go to for help. ☝🏼😉I testify that God lives. I know that for myself and I know that He loves you in an indescribable way. Trust Him & believe in Him and in your ability to overcome each challenge. All will work out for your good.

I’m blessed to be able to start teaching Class again starting tonight and every Thursday at 7:00pm. I’ll be dedicating each class to my healer & my Savior. & I leave these words with you in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, Amen. 💖🙏🏼

Love,
Lili 💖