![]() ![]() Lately, because we’ve been in lockdown and I don’t get to walk around the city as much, I’ve been running, which I kind of hate but kind of love. That drove me to Pilates and to Lagree because they’re low impact but strength-based and very challenging. I’m a very clumsy person, and a car hit me, I flew off, and I broke my wrist and popped my shoulder. I got into a bicycle accident a few years ago my husband was trying to get me into cycling because he cycles a lot around the city. I am predisposed to anxiety, and I was actually thinking lately how some behaviors I’ve had since I was a kid were signs of anxiety, like grinding my teeth. So my default setting is to make time for it as a working professional because I find that it’s when I can switch my mind off. I was in swim camp, and I was on the track team, which sounds more impressive than it is because we weren’t very good. It’s never been the main driving focus, but I always wanted to have some kind of physical activity even when I was younger. ![]() On how she moves: Fitness has always played a role in my life. is when I have breakfast, and I normally make a yogurt bowl with granola, fruit, pistachio butter, and bee pollen, which is good for you but I also really like how it tastes. I take Moon Juice SuperYou and GLOW Inner Beauty powder from the Beauty Chef - the founder, Carla Oates, is amazing. When the team comes online, I’m then speaking to them the whole day. The Recess team is mostly based in Manila, so they don’t come online till about midday for me, which is great because it’s nice to have that quiet time to go through emails, catch up on Slack, and actually design or do some concept work. After that, I try to set my intentions for the day, and I crack open my emails. On her mornings: I get up around 7 a.m., and the first thing I do is make myself a cup of coffee. It took being knocked out of that routine to really feel that. Because I don’t get to go to the gym, I’m struggling with productivity, and I realized that those 45 minutes a day where I’m on the Megaformer make such an impact on how I think or how I can respond to emails, even. For example, I don’t get to walk to Pilates for 20 minutes every day, and that really cemented the idea of how everything was kind of related to one another. I would go to work and then I would run to Pilates or squeeze in meditation.īeing put in the position of constantly being at home and being robbed of the routine that I was so used to made me think about, and actually feel, the weight of it all. How COVID-19 has changed her idea of wellness: Before the pandemic, there was a sense of routine as to how I approached my wellness. ![]() On her definition of wellness: Wellness is an interconnected concept where my physical well-being, my mental well-being, and my emotional well-being are all speaking to one another to get me to a place where I feel at peace with myself. Now, I’m finding that it’s more of a struggle to be back in this position.” Ortega talked to the Cut about how she has been dealing with it all, from bingeing episodes of Love Island to going on long runs and doubling down on skin care. “I’ve gone dancing in a club with people already, and you slip back into that ‘normal’ really easily. “Let me tell you: It is harder the second time around,” says Ortega, the co-founder and creative director behind the Manila-based, female-founded activewear brand Recess. Photo-Illustration: by the Cut Photo: Courtesy of Paulina OrtegaĪfter almost eight months of “pretty normal” life in Sydney, Paulina Ortega is currently experiencing Australia’s strictest lockdown yet due to the Delta variant of the coronavirus. ![]()
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