We’ve forgotten how to truly let ourselves loose, or at least I have.. To get lost in the moment. To let all of that crippling weight we lug around with us fall to the wayside.

FUN. Where is it? We’re missing it.

But why? It’s not as though contemporary offerings aren’t what they once were; on the contrary, we’re presented with more options, more opportunities, and more stimuli than ever before.

So why, then? Might it be self-imposed punishment? Or the pressures and mandates of the every day pace make us believe we haven’t done enough yet to have real fun? Maybe we just haven’t worked enough today. Maybe we haven’t put in enough (or may I say NONE) hours at the gym this week. Maybe we haven’t done our go-to mat stretches in a while. Or maybe we simply have eaten way too much bread and pasta this week to have the right to the fun. Maybe?

Or is it something else entirely? Does some part of us take pride in the fact that we carry our stresses around with us? Really think about it – when you proclaim to the world “I’m so BUSY out right now,” OR even“I’m so stressed OUT” whether it be by work, family, or simply oh hey! too many things to do at home — is some part of you proud of that fact? Because it means you’re not one of those people who just coast or who just take life easily as it comes. If you have things to do, great! Do them, but why do you need to rush, get anxious, anticipate, or tighten while doing them? Whatever it is that keeps us frozen in stress mode frenzy— it just seems like we don’t do fun anymore.

If we’re living only in our heads, it's easy to get trapped in the story and in the agenda. How about instead of talking and thinking about the story over and over again, we choose to drop it. When you drop the story, things begin to LIFT UP; you change the energy and begin to see the possibility to transcend all limitations. You fire up, and begin to see your whole life coming alive.

Parties are supposed to be fun. And yet, these days, it seems that parties do more detriment to our ability to have true fun than help it, act as more of an impediment than an aid. There’s this intense pressure to have a good time at parties, to tell the story of them the next day, to look back at your past self and remember the times, when we used food and alcohol to guarantee a good time. It’s counter-productive, of course. They dull our senses, puts them to sleep, and prevent us from accessing our inner child, that playful one that really knows how to have fun.

Whether it’s some kind of masochistic punishment or a point of pride, we’ve forgotten how to to really do it, and we need to remember how to get out of this small chattering-mind world of ours. How to connect to that otherness. We need to remember the expansion and freedom that comes from release. The joy of hearing nothing but the music, of feeling its peaks, of coming alive to its beats pounding in your chest and in your feet; the ecstasy of feeling you can completely let go.

Can you handle it? Losing sight of yourself?

Dare to dance and experience life, right here, right now. Become ecstatic with it and let it surprise you. Create your song, create your tempo, create your rhythm.

So I’m telling myself, and I tell you: can you just have fun with it ? Yeah the stress is there, yeah we’re all going back into work mode.. but can you soften and give yourself a little smile ? Can you boogie with your discomfort? Can you dare to dance and FEEL YOUR BEAT?

Something to reflect on for the weekend.

We’ll keep you elevated, groovy and grounded at the Asana Groove Studio in Madrid. Check our schedule here to book.

Yours Truly, 

Fernanda