The Warrior of Inner Dreams

When I set out to build this brand #TrainYourInnerWarrior, I don't think I had any clue what I was doing. It was great branding work (Thanks #BrandonMushlinCreative), and I knew the word #Warrior meant something to me. Although every fitness person these days seems to be talking about Warrior-this and Warrior-that, the word Warrior spoke of love, beauty, passion, excitement, adventure- not just muscles and sweat. 

However, the perception of the word WARRIOR, and what my inner dreams somehow would have to be reconciled. Not just for the clarity of participants and patrons, but my own... 

The brand was conceived to be mind, body, spirit -fitness, however, the more I moved forward in the truth of my dreams, the more I began to realize a full scale beauty/style brand  toward fruition.

Perhaps this will illustrate what I am learning:

Yesterday I did a photo-shoot, unlike any other I've ever done. It was not about me or my physique, it was about a girl getting to watch a dream unfold. A young designer watching her work on display. Experiencing, from a very young age, the realization of her creative mind to a full scale.

It was about watching a woman make 6 women look beautiful for the camera, doing what she does best, and watching her work shine as the lights flashed. Another realization of a woman's dream-life on a full scale. 

Not to mention a talented photographer running a full scale, fashion/glamour shoot resonant of those I have experienced in New York and LA, and 5 other young girls experiencing the rush and excitement of beauty, style, fun and a little of the glam of #showbiz..

It is in bringing these fantasies to life, that my own fantasy lives. In lifting these lady's dreams to reality, I realize my own. Train Your Inner Warrior is fitness, oh for sure, but not he kind you necessarily see on gym floor, it is the fortification and nurturing of ALL aspects of a person's mind and body. It is truly bringing one's #InnerLight - #out.

As I open the doors for others to reach their full potential, so I am closer to reaching my own. And that, to me, is how we should be living.

Peace and Love,

Anna