I Used to Love H.E.R.
When I first fell in love with HipHop
I know it may seem like a strange pairing HipHop and wellness but I’d like to share a little about how hip hop was and is the soundtrack to my own personal (Well)th journey.
HipHop was the PERFECT soundtrack to when I first fell in love with my brilliant body AND.....HipHop
People often ask me what does HipHop have to do with wellness and why the two are connected, well here it’s goes.
Growing up I had it rough, it was not ideal in any sense, I didn’t look like the family I was born into, I was incredibly sensitive both emotionally and physiologically, my hair was different, my interests were different and I was constantly reminded of this in the most unpleasant of ways; as child who longed for love and acceptance, this was debilitating and was also a catalyst for a whole hoard of anxiety-related digestive issues and emotional inconsistencies, although I longed so deeply to belong I was constantly reminded that I wasn’t enough by people who were intended to love, protect, guide and prepare me along my path to delivery of my divine gifts.
But this isn’t about them........it never was
Rejection caused me to turn even more inward, when my family moved to Los Angeles CA, a hub of arts, individuality and hip hop; I was enlivened by the life that seemed to literally buzz and pulse me into brilliant possibilities of what and who I would become; I was literally shook as I’d rush to the corner store in the hopes of catching a cypher after track practice and before I was expected home for dinner.
This became a process for me
My alarm went off @6:00am tuned to 92.3 The Beat; the place to be for all the latest and greatest in HipHop and R&B
6:05a I’d listen and groove to be beats that helped keep me and my baby sis on time to catch my bus to school
6:20a They Want EFX-Das EFX (this made me inquire about why bacon was not an ideal breakfast protein option) Nourishment
6:28a Jump-KrissKross (made me wanna...well.... jump) Movement
6:30a Keep Ya Head up-2Pac (made me feel like PAC truly understood what I was walking through everyday, it was a beacon of hope that this wouldn’t always be my life) Mindset
6:40a Rump Shaker-Wrex-N-Effect (made me wanna shake my rump all the way to the bus stop after dropping of my baby sis to day care) Joy
6:55a Hat 2 Da Back-TLC (made me feel like my style was relevant and only needed to be me and that was ENOUGH) Affirmation
Just in time for my bus @7:00a Let Me Ride-Dr. Dre (My triumph song as I finally made it to the bus and rode over and hour away to school) Education
These seemingly mundane mornings created a brilliant mental health diet and structure that aided in the formulation of my personal wellness practices; as much negativity I often heard at home, by morning I was reminded through HipHop
I woke up with purpose
What I fed my body was important
Mindset is essential to my success
I was was always ENOUGH
HipHop was a spirit guide for me at a time when my spirit was broken, a balm to a life that ailed me
I was seen and heard by complete strangers through music and a speaker in a way that made me realize that I was more than just the first odd one in my family and that it was perfectly ok to follow my intuition to my greatness, my body was brilliant then and following things that made me feel enlivened and inquiring about things that did was my initial blueprint to the discovery that my body is brilliant.....and so is yours
Decades later I’m still wholly committed to the eternal limitless possibilities of my brilliant body and today of like to encourage you to do the same.
I STILL wake to HipHop most days, but now with inspired intention in the form of my Hotboxx Healing Sessions (more on that later)
Was there a time when your health and wellness was a priority?
Do you have a wellness regimen?
When was the last time you checked in with your body? Mind? Soul? Spirit?
Has it been too long?
Maybe it’s time for a wellness edit
Let’s talk
Schedule your free (Well)th strategy session today.
You are brilliant.
