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where is home…

move

It’s been a year,
since our family moved from Victoria to Kamloops.

I spent the last week back ‘home’.
The ocean air, the sandy beaches,
the WOMEN, and family.
It felt amazing, and yet it didn’t quite feel like home, anymore.

WE all want to belong, feel loved, appreciated.
Be noticed, heard and seen.
I have realized, I am a connector, GLUE of sorts.
Planning, loving, bringing women together.
I thrive on the connection and relationships that fill me up.

But I don’t have that in my new city.
Because I haven’t chosen to,
this year has been one of growth,
and connection to myself.
My journey with food, my body, my worth
has been bumpy.
The growth continues on the daily.
And it does for you too!
We are never DONE this work, this growth, we only get
to continue to peel back the layers.

Truth bomb
My struggle with food and hate for my body is ‘reel’.
Biggest lesson of the year…
You cannot blame your body, AND
it’s not the foods fault.

If you struggle with restricting, going on diet after diet,
FOCUSED on ‘living’ when you lose the weight,
Playing the if/then game.
Wondering, feeling judged by others about the way you look.
STOP…..and take a breath, and listen.

Home is where the heart is.
I know, a little corny, but it’s true.
Home is where you feel light, alive, and comfortable,
some might even say ‘safe’.
Home is in my body, I feel it when I slow down,
when I am soooo freaking present, with myself,
with the boys, and with John.
I do not feel at home or ANYTHING for that matter,
when I am on autopilot.

Home for me, is NOT where I live, or my street address,
it’s the connection to myself, my passion, this mission.

We get to create our life, our experience.
Life is not happening to me.
I cannot blame people, or be resentful.

That is why I always ask, and am curious…
HOW do I want to live my life?
What do I desire?
AND of course my favorite
Am I showing up as the woman I want to be in
ALL of the relationships I am in living.
INCLUDING the one with myself.

IF not, why?
Where is the discord? Why the hustle?
What and who are taking up this energy?
WHERE do you get to grow?
Life is happening for us.
Home is RIGHT here.
In your body!

You get to create the life you desire….
I finally feel at home in my body,
but I desire a community connection.
SO I have joined a running group, a yoga studio,
to build connections, and meet new peeps.

I have learned so much about my new city, my community,
it’s time to find where I belong in it.

I wasn’t ready to do that over the last year,
I felt a little lost. Connected to my family, but missing
the tribe of women in Victoria.
I realized I had to feel at HOME in my body first,
ahhh and it feels so good.
Where do you feel at home? Safe? Comfortable?
It all starts with curiosity.

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fun and games…

move

I love a game….
especially a guessing game, 
and ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS!

Since running the Wine Country Half Marathon Relay with my sister in June for our birthdays in June, I wanna RUN again….on the regular.

SO I thought…felt into it, 
HOW can I make this fun AND include my boys!

Here is what I did…
I created 15 running workouts,
varying distances, 
HILL workouts — I LOVE HILLS, 
a few speed intervals, 
runs on the treadmill, 
SPEED workouts, AND
some where the boys come with me on their bikes!

I cut them out and put them in a little bowl that Matt 
made me for Mother’s day.

15 times this month, William is going to get to choose which workout I do, 
I will video some, and SHARE every single sweaty SELFIE…
CUZ fitness is FUN and can include the kiddos!

We get to try things out until we FIND, and connect to the 
THING, the sport, the activity, that is exciting, 
FOLLOW those clues.

OUR BODIES are meant to MOVE,
I repeat, 
OUR BODIES are meant to MOVE, 
WANNA run with me? Share your journey too!

HOW do you infuse a little FUN into your activity, movement, and FITNESS? 
Share and tag someone you want to have a little fun with!

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stillness or movement?

move

YOGA or a run?
Breathwork or boxing?
Stillness or Strength training?

I shared with one of my coaching groups in the last couple of weeks…I have not ‘moved’ by body, like really moved my body…consistently since I moved to Kamloops. In fact I don’t think I have worked out 10 times in total over the last 8 months. There is resistance for sure…..a feeling of it’s not my JOB anymore.

I felt freedom, I didn’t HAVE to wear lululemon everyday anymore. You know fitness was my world, it totally was, but it was also weighing on me. IT was my identity. EVERYTHING I did, ate, how I moved was guided by this connection to me being a Personal Trainer and Fitness Instructor. What did people expect of me to look like, act, oh the stories I attached to this identity.

Shifting reel life fitness, to reel life freedom was cleansing…..removing it off my van…..A GIFT, it felt so light. As a food and body coach, I get to be ME, without judgement. I am still personal training at the YMCA on a weekly basis, but it doesn’t define me. I AM ME, just as I am. With all of this soul searching about where I belong…Kamloops, Victoria, personal trainer, fitness instructor, food & body coach….I felt overhwelmed, living in the centre of a vortex of swirl….and guess what happens in the centre of that swirl….

NOTHING…there is calm, there is STILLNESS.

One of the biggest gifts for me is knowing, feeling, and BELIEVING that in stillness,
there is strength,
in breath,
there is power,
in yoga,
my heart gets to open and feel
AND there is is
exhilaration in my entire body
when I run up a hill,
or hike in the mountains.

I love the heaviness in my legs,
the sweat collect on my upper lip,
my lungs, feel full, open and
I feel ALIVE.

FOR me in this moment,
movement
elevates my heartrate,
invites in the lactic acid into my muscles,
it moves energy in my body.
They don’t call it a runners high, for nothing.
We don’t REGRET a workout, a sweat session,
because of the gifts it creates for us.

WHEN our intention is fun, love,
to feel alive when we move….
It’s SO SIMPLE,
WE WANT TO MOVE,
to sweat, to get stronger, to box,
to hike, to bike, and spin.

Lean into the balance of STILLNESS
in your world.
Stillness is a gift,
to listen to what is important
TO YOU.
It is NOT a WASTE of time,
BEING PRODUCTIVE loses it wonder when
we live in OVERWHELM.

If you are feeling you desire more movement in your world,
or your lustre and excitment for moving is dull.
SLOW DOWN,
be STILL and listen.

We get to choose to get off the hamster wheel,
choose stillness, presence, and feel into our
bodies, and listen to the thoughts in our mind.

All the answers lie within,
listen…..
Is your body craving stillness or to MOVE the energy,
its a balance,
like a TUG of WAR, without a winner or loser,
just opposing forces pulling you and
you GETTING to listen.
LIFE is a game…..just like Tug of War…
we get to play, have fun, and lean into what
feels good.

What is your body desiring today…..stillness, movement or both?
I have experienced my morning meditation already this morning, AND my
body is craving to move, to release and be free, in this sunny, mountain city.

NOW that gets me excited to get active. MMMMM I wonder what it will be,
I will share with you today. I will be watching for your share on stillness and
movement…..

There is no OR, our experience gets to include BOTH.

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