Allow yourself to become more of who you are.

Well hey!
So the last time I blogged was this weekend, and not a whole lot has gone down since then. Which is nice. I can keep these nice and sweet from time to time :) Today felt just so productive to me! We had our first baseline, to start off with, so let me explain that:
I'm beginning to pick up on the fact that while Americorps is obviously a program that recognizes the importance of helping others, it equally tends to emphasize the concept of personal growth. So to go along with that aim, we will have periodic baseline tests to track our personal physical improvements. We run a hilly 1.5 mile course and then count our sit-ups and push-ups for a minute. It's nothing big, but it will be nice to track over the year. They emphasize the absence of competition with each other and presence of competition with ourselves, which I love. So we did our first one of those today before lunch.

Then after lunch we had this three-hour long session with the campus counselor to sort of establish an emotionally safe environment within our unit. Naturally there were people who groaned throughout the whole thing, but I definitely found it to be extremely meaningful. I think it's important to not lose sight of why we're all here and what it means to be here. So bring on the occasional touchy-feely time :)

And tonight I played tennis then went to yoga! After only two sessions, I can already tell I'm really going to enjoy having yoga classes here. I just feel so full of love when they're over! A new habit? I think so :)

Well I hope everyone's having as excellent a day as I am! Much love!
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