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Tunde Oyeneyin regularly teachesPelotonclasses to thousands of people at a time.
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For Oyeneyin, this is nothing short of a full-circle moment.
10-year-old Tunde tried out for every single sport, Oyeneyin tells SELF.
Literally tried out for every single sport and never made the cut.
Its a moment of truly being proud of myself, Oyeneyin says.
To show herself that level of love and appreciation, Oyeneyin relies on what she calls soul-care.
Imgoing to bed earlytonight because its good for my soul.
With this framework, she hopes, there will be a stronger baseline ofrestand wellness for everyone.
My wind down routine is forever evolving, because Im forever trying to grow my soul-care, she says.
I start by dimming my phone.
I take baths.
So I then start to fill up the bath.
I like to do anEpsom salt-meets-Herbivorecombination in my bathtub.
I light a candle.
TheMALIN+GOETZ leatheris my favorite scent.
New York is loud.
I live in Manhattan.
Im so into all the honking and the taxi and the buzz when Im in my wind down.
I think it makes me really feel the fact that Im in New York City.
Theres so much breath in the city.
Dr. Dennis Gross peel padsare my absolute favorite, its a daily exfoliant.
I change up the rest of my skin care a lot.
Right now, Im really into theTatcha Water Cream.
He knows when its time too, because its his favorite time of the day as well.
So he does this little shimmy shake dance as we get into bed.
We have our mother-son cuddle session.
Ill either meditate, or Ill listen to white noise and Ill start to fall asleep, hopefully.
Youre only as strong tomorrow asthe recoverythat youre willing to put in today.
10-year-old Tunde wouldve never believed this.
For so long, I didnt believe that I was an athlete.
I never felt like I was worthy of being an athlete.
I would say to my 10-year-old self, you’re free to do it.
And Id say that I think that anybody is an athleteanybodyis an athlete.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
