Are you allowing yourself to find the magic in the meandering?

“I’m not flexible.”
“I’m not creative.”

We hear these phrases all the time in Segotia. They’re said casually, as if they’re fixed traits, immovable labels. Boxes people have placed themselves into, and agreed to stay inside.

But it’s worth asking: are those statements actually true? Or are they just stories we’ve repeated often enough that we believe them? Because when you look a little closer, most people who say they’re “not flexible” or “not creative” aren’t lacking ability, they are very capable people with plenty of flexibility and creativity.

Underneath those labels, something else is usually going on:

A fear of trying something new.
A fear of not being good enough.
A fear of being seen.

We’ve been conditioned to believe that if we’re not immediately good at something, it’s not worth doing. That progress should be obvious and quantifiable. That effort without results is somehow wasted. But what if the whole point isn’t the result? It’s the doing.

Yoga isn’t about pretzing your body into a pose. Creativity isn’t about painting a masterpiece. They’re about showing up. They’re about being in the process, exploring, experimenting, noticing. No outcome required. In fact, the less you are invested in the outcome, the more value you will uncover because when we think in black or white, success or failure we miss so much magic in the meandering.

When you remove the pressure to “be good at it,” something shifts. You give yourself permission to engage without judgment. To be a beginner. To be awkward. To learn. And that’s where growth actually happens. You will be uncomfortable, you will be confronted, and that’s the whole point.

It’s easy to say “I’m not creative” if you’ve decided creativity looks a certain way – a painter, a writer, a sculptor. But creativity is far broader. It’s how you solve problems. How you communicate, how you design your life, how you respond to challenges. It’s an intrinsic part of being human.

The same goes for flexibility. It’s not just about your hamstrings, it’s about your willingness to adapt, to be curious and to step into the discomfort of the unfamiliar with an open mind.

When you label yourself, you limit yourself because it stops you from looking to see what else you might be.

So what if you didn’t need to be “good” at yoga to do yoga? What if you didn’t need to be “creative” to create? What if you simply showed up for the sake of showing up? Because when you take away the outcome, you make space for fun and curiosity. And from there your idea of yourself can expand.