| 2 Truths and a Lie |
| “Two truths and a lie”, my college poetry professor announced. As part of a free write exercise, each of us needed to anonymously write down two truths and a lie on sticky notes, fold them up and place them in a basket in the middle of the table. Once the basket was full, we each took turns picking out a folded square and reading them out loud to the class. After we’d laughed ourselves into a coma, we set about writing poetry with the three statements we’d selected. Flash forward a lot of years and “2 truths and a lie” has become a super popular marketing game for business owners to share on their social media accounts. Thinking about this game brought up my favorite “2 truths and a lie”. My application was rejected for art school. I took 1st place in a Girls Basketball Tournament. I spent 6 months backpacking through Europe. Any guesses on which of these are true and which is a lie? Well, I was totally rejected from art school. That one is TRUE. While I wish I’d spent 6 months backpacking through Europe, I have mostly concentrated my travel efforts on the US. This one is a LIE! Which leaves “I took 1st place in a Girls Basketball Tournament” as my second TRUTH! If you know me IRL, you’re probably dying laughing. I’m five feet tall. How the F did I win a Girls Basketball Tournament? When I was 14, my brother signed up for a boys Basketball Tournament. Seeing that it was free and included a girls event, my mom signed me up too. Two birds, one stone. It didn’t matter that my only knowledge and experience of basketball was from driveway pickup games with my brother and his friends when one team was a man down and they needed an extra person to play a “real game”. It didn’t matter that their explanation of the rules was simply “no blood, no foul” and cheating was a matter of opinion. It most certainly didn’t matter that I was 5’ tall and was on the dance team. Nope. My mom saw a chance at getting two angsty teenagers out of her house for an entire day and she took full advantage of it. While the gym was overflowing with teenage boys, there were only two girls present. Me and another girl who bailed as soon as she realized it was just the two of us. As she slinked out, I realized I had two choices. I could be miserable and moody on the benches, alone…all day. Ooorrr, I could play basketball. A sport I had absolutely zero genetic inclination to play and no idea about the rules. Seeing how cell phones weren’t a thing back then, basketball won over a very long day of staring at sweaty boys crowing at each other all day. Luckily for me, it was a *skills* competition. Shooting, layups, passing drills, dribbling through cones, that sort of thing. While the boys had a wide field of competition, I had a solo court and private tutoring. At every station, the coaches taught me the skill, spent time explaining the technique and then gave me the entire time allotted to perfect my skill before scoring the final attempt. At the end of the day, I was thanked for showing up, for working hard and was awarded the Girls 1st place Basketball Skills trophy. Sure, no one else was there and I still have no f-ing clue how basketball works (skills trophy, remember), but I learned a very very powerful lesson. Show up.Be there.But don’t just show up and be there. Keep the attitude. Do the work. No one was going to give me a trophy for showing up and benching myself all day. But by showing up and doing the work, I earned that trophy. Showing up is how I, an extremely weak swimmer, took home a 2nd place medal for my 1st sprint triathlon. When half the field bailed over a predicted Houston rain storm, I still showed up. And took 2nd place (completely drenched but not drowned). When a company from Houston showed up randomly on the Mines campus with a request for seniors to interview, I showed up. And kickstarted a 15 year career in Welding Engineering that I loved. When the universe put Pilates Native in my lap, I showed up. And created a dream career that includes each of you. As we move deeper into the virtual world, with Zoom everything and replays on demand, showing up has become somewhat of an archaic practice. This ancient practice has become my super power. I just show up to things. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t. Sometimes they’re fun, sometimes they’re not. But I’m not really a bench kinda gal. And if you’re not either, Pilates Native have some awesome ways for you to show up this month. Laura’s “Foundations and Mobility” class kicks off on May 12th at noon. There is 1 spot left for this first 6 week round. We’re also offering a month long flash sale on Thai Yoga Bodywork! 50-Min Sessions with Laura are $99 for the entire month of May. 90-min sessions are available at $150. You can sign up for Thai Yoga through our website. No coupon code required. You can book the Foundations and Mobility class through this link: |
| Claim your 6-pack of Foundations + Mobility classes |
1) Click on the button above.2) Click on the “Classes” tab.3) When the calendar pops up, navigate to the week of May 7th-May 13th.4) Select the 6-pack option and follow prompts. Please do feel free to fwd this email and share these offerings with friends. |
| As always, I am so grateful for y’all and cannot wait to show up and see you in the studio this week. I also can’t wait to hear your 2 truths and a lie. See you there!-Rubecca |
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