Having a happy place can be very important to people. It can be a vacation spot, a local café, the gym, a library, the list could go on and on. For me, my happy place is SoulCycle. SoulCycle is an indoor cycling place where you ride to the beat of music for 45 to 60 minutes.
What a happy place means
Being at your happy place gives you a chance to relax, unwind, power down your phone and get away from the madness that could be affecting your mental health. It is a place you can escape and feel happy. You can feel at peace with no interruptions of any sort.
It is not always easy to find a place that makes you feel at ease and take you away from the stress in life.
When finding a happy place, you need to have an open-mind and be willing to try new things. It is always good to experience new things alone. You will know if the place or activity you are doing brings you peace of mind and become stress-free.
If you encountered somewhere that created a memory, it will forever make you smile and feel happy.
How it benefits you
A happy place gives you the chance to be in your own little world, feel happy and distress. Whether it be with a good book, a movie, a meal, exercising or at a relaxing spot.
You get to find out what really makes you happy and how beneficial it is in your life. A happy place can get you out of a bad mood or a bad state of mind.
How I found my happy place
SoulCycle became my happy place on June 23, 2016. I was going into my senior year of high school when I first found out about SoulCycle.
I was in a very tough spot going into my senior year. I felt lost and did not know where to go to escape everything that was making me feel overwhelmed at the time. I was under so much stress of senior year, sports, family issues and self-love issues.
I first found out about SoulCycle through a friend and immediately fell in love with the atmosphere of the place.
After taking my first class, I instantly would be in a better and happier mood that no one could destroy.
I have made so many memories throughout the three years I have been going to SoulCycle. Being there puts me at such ease and gives me a stress relief once or twice a week.
The instructors lead me through an experience that benefits my mind, body and soul. Having a class in a dark candlelit room gives me so much peace. It allows me to become my best self in only 45 minutes.
The motivational advice that is given from the instructors on how important we are, and our mental health helps me grow into a better me. SoulCycle gives me a chance to escape from reality and be the happiest I can be.
I have cried, laughed and always leave with a big smile on my face; no matter what mood I may be in before I enter the studio. To have a community that pushes me to be my true and best self is something that cannot be beaten in my mind.
It does not matter what fitness level you are or the experience you have with cycling. It gives people a chance to make new friendships, relationships and memories that will continue to grow from trying something new.
I am forever inspired and thankful of the community SoulCycle has from the amount of happiness I am given just once a week.
It never hurts to try something new. Seeing that it could bring you so much happiness and give you the ability to become stress free of whatever is going on in life.
After taking my first class at the Ardmore studio, I never would of guess how much SoulCycle would have changed my life for the better.
