Chin up.

Takeaways from my yoga class.

Arwen, embodied by Liv Tyler, in Lord of the Rings. One of the many Crown Affair elf muses.

Yesterday in yoga the instructor kept telling us, ‘chin up.’

It was the first time I’ve heard that directive during yoga. All of a sudden, I couldn’t help but notice how often I angle my chin downwards. I gazed around the room and I saw everyone’s eyes and glance shift upwards towards the sky.

Chin up. I needed that. It’s something I keep coming back to since that class. Keep your head high, operate in an abundant field despite anything that may be happening.

The last time I had a moment like this was four years ago during a pilates class in New York. The instructor told all of us to ‘lift through the crown.’ I looked across the room and everyone stood a little bit taller, with more grace. I wrote it down after class in my notes app: “Crown. Lift through the crown.” I held onto it and it was a piece of how I landed on Crown Affair just months later.

I hope these instructors know that these tiny directives can transform the way we move through the world.

I need some more time to marinate on ‘chin up.’ But I don’t think there could be a more apropos saying for macro state we’re in. I like it.

Chin up, take your time, and take care, always.

Dianna