the INCHWORM
Beloved’s!
Welcome to the Sea Goat New Moon!
And thank you for subscribing to Soul Floss and (ostensibly) reading my first post: Giving Your Values A Voice.
I’m pairing each of these wickedly creative Soul Floss Rituals with a Soul Sauce Workout. Soul Sauce Workouts are lovingly crafted to ignite the fires in your bellies, hearts, and minds, and get your endorphins and creative juices flowing… In preparation for the creative provocations in Soul Floss!!!
My trademark alchemical blend of physical movement and creative provocation is designed to jolt you into imaginative leaps and creative feats you didn’t know you had inside you. My ambition is that we all arrive at our creative projects feeling stronger, happier, and more confident. And who doesn’t want that?
Sitting down at your desk with your heart thumping and endorphins jamming is a delicious, enlivening feeling—that I am delighted to share with ya’ll!
Together, Soul Sauce and Soul Floss will boost physical, mental, and spiritual fitness; grow creative and cardiovascular capacity; and build core strength—all while planting the seeds of your Next Great Poem/Story/Essay/etc.!
I’ve just posted the INCHWORM | A Soul Sauce Workout to my YouTube channel, @drmlebeachwitch. Please check it out!
The Inchworm
The INCHWORM is one of my ALL TIME FAV fitness moves because it has EVERYTHING: CORE, CARDIO, STRENGTH & STRETCH. It’s a body-weight movement that builds strength, improves flexibility and range of motion and gets the blood pumping and endorphins flowing—while targeting just about every major muscle group. It’s a dynamic exercise that will strengthen your abs, hamstrings, and mid-back WHILE enhancing hip mobility and shoulder stability!
There are infinite variations to the INCHWORM, and I share some of my ALL TIME FAV's in this video: like the INCHWORM punch, the INCHWORM squat jump, the INCHWORM plank jack, and the INCHWORM pushup.
Because it involves the DOWN DOG, the INCHWORM also WAKES YOU UP, BOOSTS CIRCULATION, and is a good CHECK IN with your body. It’s a great strategy for TAKING INVENTORY, FLUSHING TOXINS, and IMPROVING YOUR MOOD.
Soul SAUCE + FLOSS
Ideally, you do the INCHWORM | A Soul Sauce Workout and THEN you tackle Giving Your Values A Voice | A Soul Floss Ritual.
Inchworm, then Giving Your Values A Voice.
Soul SAUCE, then Soul FLOSS.
(It actually makes sense, right?!?! SAUCE, then FLOSS!!!) (Try saying it out loud, it’s simply delicious in your mouth: Sauce, then Floss!)
You’ll need about 45-60 minutes total—30 minutes fitness, 15-30 minutes writing.
Try it! I guarantee you’ll leave with a delicious, enlivened feeling!
As Chani Nicholas explains, this lunation asks us to devote ourselves to our most invigorating long-term plans. Because it’s in the persistent sign of the sea goat, the strategies and missions that we commit to during this potent time will have staying power. Commit to Soul SAUCE then Soul FLOSS!
xxxo, Dr. MLE | Beach Witch
P.S. Curious about the timing of these seemingly sporadic missives? It’s ASTROLOGICAL, babes—on every new moon, down to the hour and minute!
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