Owning Pink isn’t really a place where young teens hang out on the internet, so though this message is about them, I suppose I’m sharing it for the women (and men) in their lives.

I've been working with the concept of alignment lately - but not on my yoga mat. Well, of course, on my mat, too. But that's not my primary focus right now. Instead, I'm focusing on alignment in my life.

This feels like a somewhat nebulous concept to me - like something that sounds amazing and gets a big resonant yes in my body. But then when I go to explain it, much less do it, I don't really know what it means.

So I thought I'd try to break it down. 

In a recent session with my counselor Eleanor, she said something simple, but profound to me; “Nothing changes until you do.” She went on to say, “Mike, you keep trying to control and manipulate the situations, relationships, and outcomes in your life – thinking that if they changed in the way you want them to, you’d then change and things would be better. It actually works the other way around.”

February might not be the “darkest” month of the year, but for me, it’s the most injurious. January is fresh. March is so close to spring. February is... tough. But, this year, I am in love with February. My ongoing commitment to my peace of mind and health make February as fresh as January. And as glorious as spring. Here is a process by which you can stay connected to your motivation to stay healthy.