My 5th year locversary recently passed (7/11), and a lot of thoughts have come up as well as the throwback pictures LOL (check out my previous posts or IG: mojo.the.motivator BELOW!).

My loc journey has taught me that less is MOre, and that you don’t necessarily need a routine for things to thrive. Now, as a personal trainer and yoga teacher I understand the importance of consistency, and yes this does apply to some things, but not ALL! I’ve learned to listen to my body and be consistent on what it needs, and not what I want. Just like with anything we can over do it, or not do it enough. It’s all about finding what works for whatever it is you’re trying to accomplish.

I’ve learned that my hair doesn’t need much… (water and oil mostly) and on wash day I don’t add anything else to my dreads that same day. SN:::: Now, speaking of “dreads”, “deadlocks”, “locks”, “locs”, or whatever you want to call them. I like to call them Dreadlocks…

I’ve seen different posts about the term “Dreadlocks” vs “locks” and how we shouldn’t refer to our hair as dreadlocks. But the gag is, the term locks come from the word dreadlocks, and just like with any word given or thrown at us, we learn to change it and embrace it in a different way. We as a culture have always turned something ugly into something beautiful. I hear some say “there’s nothing dreadful about my locs”, but isn’t life itself a dread? Don’t we dread life at times, but still manage to live. Nothing is perfect, but I LOVE my dreadlocks and represent them proudly. I will no longer sweep things under the rug, or change something for it to be better understood. For me, it represents my culture and its history. My dreadlock journey has allowed me to become more confident, patient, willing to try new things, and most importantly use my time wisely. I’ve been taking my time to learn about myself again, and using time for other things or projects. I’m learning that I don’t need to be busy all the time and that it is okay to be lazy sometimes. I can’t believe its already been 5 years, I don’t have any plans to cut them, I’m enjoying them and see myself with dreads for a while. I do plan to do something different obviously once I’m tired of them, but I’m having fun with the journey right now.

Since I have more time, I’ve been focusing on enhancing my craft as a trainer, yoga teacher, as well as work on my own personal health and fitness goals. I’ve been learning more about veganism, and practicing ayurvedic medicine. As the world seems to speed up, I’m learning to slow myself down. Enjoy my actual authentic self while learning to unlearn unhealthy habits. Having dreads will have you looking at yourself raw. And like anything new in the beginning, you feel uncomfortable because you’re not use to it yet. You then adjust, and become a part of it.

My dreadlocks for sure are my roots, the branches to this tall tree.

Please view the latest on IG for MORE THROWBACK PHOTOS!

Another Sidenote is that I haven’t written much about my journey along the way, because as mentioned I’ve been keeping it very simple. Less is truly more in this stage of my life. I like that my hair is a no fuss (unless I go over 3 mos without twisting up the roots) which rarely happens……