Mums Gone Nuts - Post & Prenatal Fitness Group 2.26

"If only I was a Child gain", life would be so much more carefree. To only thing to worry about is the rule of coming home for dinner when the street light comes on.

From the period between being a child to becoming an adult we stop playing somewhere along the way.

Life becomes so serious when you become parents that we forget how to play ourselves and disconnect with the inner child that cannot cannot with your child. We sit, why our children play alone. We tell them to go play so we can get things done, that will always be there when you return.
We often make issues out of things that are really not issues at all, because we have too much time to think.

We grow up way to fast, that life passes you by and the only thing we regret is having more fun.

"Stop being so childish", if often heard by many on a daily basis, so we seize that opportunity and reside to a much more acceptable form that others will class as normal behavior.

Being and adult, society tells us to grow up, take on responsibility, "do something with your life or you'll do nothing". The pressure of always being the best, having the best and looking the best is something our society accepts, yet to enjoy life, be silly every now and then, act like a child and dress for comfort we are judged.

Well today my business stands up to welcome all that are willing to accept the "PERMISSION TO PLAY".

Mums Gone Nuts - Post & Prenatal Fitness Group has been born to make a difference on a large scale to all mothers around the world.

Mums Gone Nuts - Where did this name come from: I had taken my children to the local park, laying on a blanket I look around and see that no mother or father were playing with their children. Its a beautiful day yet no adult is laughing, they are glued to their phone and here I am looking at my daughter about to climb a tree. A thought crossed my mind, If I got up and started climbing a tree, would I make a change to the children or adults that surround me.

I got up and told my daughter to climb higher, 1 mans head popped up interested. I decided I would join my daughter, that 1 man smiles and places his head down yet I could see him gazing and listening contently. I see his children look over and say Dad can I go climb the tree with them - He responded no you'll hurt yourself go play on the swings, "Please Dad" , I said no, I am busy.

With that, I continued to encourage my daughter to go higher, I climbed higher and my daughter I could see was thinking "Whats got into you mum", and she laughed uncontrollably at me trying to climb. We got to the top and came down. My daughter states "Mums that was so fun, but why did you let me do that"?

I replied out loud enough for the people around me to hear, because your a child, children climb trees, I was once a child and loved climbing trees. We think too much of what can go wrong and not think about all the things that can go right. We stop ourselves from being adventurous and growing because of fear. Fear of what others think and fear of the unknown.

I sat back to see the outcome of my little experiment. To my surprise it was like a domino affect, parents starting playing ball, swinging and sliding - 1 even climbed the tree. I seen kids and adults laughing.

The outcome was that we are accustomed to thinking, we are adults, adults are civilized & responsible. We sit, We observe yet we don't do anything outside our comfort because of the fear of being judged.

Yet if 1 person was to set the standard by breaking that perception in a public demonstration without being criticized, it become acceptable and others followed the cue. On the way home, I asked my daughter "Imagine if all mums and dads played like children e.g. climbed trees, skipped, went on the swings, played ball, went down slides, played on monkey bars". She replied "I think the kids would laugh and think their gone nuts"

And there it was an idea!!! Walking my daughter into school it hit me just like that....

I'm going to do it - I'm going to create a fitness group solely for mothers starting in my daughters school and teach them how to bring out their inner child again. To play, To let go of lifes monontousy and just laugh and have fun through playing games & doing what is classed as unacceptable in society. Slowly, slowly we may just make a difference to the most crucial part of a families success. I am going to make her happy, carefree so that lifes not all about the serious matters in life, so that she can reconnect with her children on their level rather than bringing them up to hers. So they can live a life without growing up too fast and we can slow the process of growing to old too quickly and missing out on what life is all about; Good health, family, happiness and most of all unconditional love for one another - Even strangers.

My mission:
- Create a fitness group within a school setting 3 x per week that is fun, social, no competitiveness, affordable, supportive with a network of experts for issues that relate to the mental well being of the mothers.

To provide a social network for mothers/women that have no family or friends. To invite every type of culture to become the biggest diverse, united group that is all about equality, honesty and compassion.

I want every mother to share their stories amongst the group, the chages that happen in life when the choice to become a mother becomes a reality. The hardships of each family I would love to become part of a regular discussion so that every women feels that they are not alone. To create a bond between each of these women. For women to start trusting one another, to confide in each other about problems and find solutions to share amongst the group.

I want the most crucial link in a family being the mother, to be able to laugh, communicate and share these stories within the home for her family to be able to understand the pressure of becoming a wife, a mother and what we sacrifice along the way is something that every women on this earth does but many of us by choice. Helping the family better understand and know how to support her and ease the pressures she may not be able to cope with from time to time.

My main focus and that has been the biggest inspiration and known motivation to have this program run is to combat the perception that "Mums Gone Nuts", when she really hasn't.
Too often I see, mothers seeking medication and advice from doctors when there is a much better solution. THATS ME!!!

-Come talk about your problems that your facing in a supportive, fun environment and ou will soon see that your problems ae just like every other mums, and we know as a group if we are honsest and share these issues that we are bond to come up with another option other than medicating and becoming numb and emotionless.

Lets get in this together, because we are at the end of the day humans, we often feel overwhelmed, failures, tired, exhausted, non achievers, not fun, too serious, not happy with our image and sick of life and its monotonous feeling.

Although I am a fitness group its all about what fitness can do for you in a large group, a sense of belonging, the chance to talk without judgement, the freedom to be apart of a group without impacting your time with family.

I am excited because this is the start of something very very very special

What you will get:
- 3 times per week outdoor training sessions
to regain strength in our core, pelvic floors and overall body strength lost through the process of pregnancy and birth
- Psychology appointment. 1 per client
- Free Promo Singlet for the first 50 members
- Feeling of freedom to exercise outdoors
- Feeling of belonging
- Feeling of regaining the old you
- Feeling of accomplishment
- A welcoming social network
- Freeing yourself from isolation

We achieve this through:

- Having the opportunity to talk and be heard
- Trust type exercises
- Playing games with meaning
- Talking to an accredited psychologist
- Talking to one another in pairs and in a group environment about issues every week
- Child friendly Excursions and outings to public reserves for fun and variety, incorporating fitness without the grueling weights or unrealistic goals, boring indoor type workouts that we all know are short term fads.