Growth Mindset Tip #22: Lessons From My Last Bad Day on Mindfulness and Resilience (Yoga Blocks)

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You walked into yoga class thinking it was just stretching.

Then you were oozing sweat, struggling to hold a pose, and staring at a stack of blocks you were too proud to touch.

In this episode of Whole Again, Michael O'Brien shares Growth Mindset Tip #22 -- and it comes wrapped in spandex. Before his accident, yoga was not on his radar. It was not serious enough, not hard enough, not for him. A decade after his recovery, tight scar tissue and a total knee replacement changed his mind in a hurry.

But the real lesson was not flexibility. It was the blocks.

His Peloton instructor Kirra Michel kept saying the same thing: the blocks are there to help you. Use them. And Michael heard something deeper in that -- a question most of us quietly wrestle with. Why is it so hard to ask for support when it is sitting right there in front of us?

Listen to my conversation with Kirra on Whole Again here.

Whether it is yoga props, a coach, a friend, or a moment to pause and breathe, reaching for help is not a sign that you are falling behind. It is a sign that you are still in the practice.

This is a short one, but it lands.

Before you go, here is something worth sitting with:

Where in your life right now are you refusing "the blocks?"

Share this episode with someone who needs permission to ask for help.

They may not know they are waiting for it.

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