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OK, in light of my recent episode with hives and steroids, and my vow to spend this month getting a little stronger each day, I tried a push-up this morning. I’ve never been a big push-upper, but I’ve always had strong arms and so I thought that it might be a good way to strengthen my arms without worrying about going to a gym or buying equipment. This morning I tried one. I made it halfway and I got stuck with my face in the carpet. Which needs a good vacuum. I’m going to revise that goal and try to do ten each day for the next couple of days, but standing upright, against the wall. See how that goes. The good news is I’ve found a nearby yoga class Thursday nights after work at the YWCAs of the Tonawandas on Tremont Street. Even better, it’s taught by a woman I wrote about last year who also does “healing drumming,” classes. I saw her do a drumming session at DeGraff senior day care center and she practically brought the house down. Really looking forward to resuming yoga. I remember how great I felt in the couple years where I practiced yoga regularly. I’ll be starting up again two days from now. I feel better already.
OK. It’s day one of my month to greater strength and health. Yesterday I checked out the Curves franchise in the City of Tonawanda. Curves is an exercise spot for women where you go for a quick half-hour workout and you move from station to station to the sound of music. The place was jumping at 9:30 a.m. and the ladies were talking and laughing as they exercised. It seems like fun, but not for me, as noise jars me in the morning. So, I went home and walked the dog for few miles in the gorgeous sunshine while birds chirped and sang like the soundtrack of a Disney cartoon. Nice. My dog, Maestro, liked it too. Nothing like seeing a big old Doberman loll like a puppy in the cool green field grass. I am still considering a month long Curves membership, depending on how I do with my solitary efforts. If I joined for the month, I would stop in after work, on my way home. As for now, I am going to try to begin to do push-ups. My friend Marcia’s son, David, is at Army boot camp and they are making him do hundreds of push-ups–two hundred one day just because it was his birthday! Surely doing a few a day will make me stronger. I believe I can do at least one right now. But, I’ll know for sure tomorrow when I try them. My next effort is to find a nearby yoga class. I loved yoga when I was doing it regularly, and I know it would really make my body stronger from the inside out.
So, this is my new blog. Thanks for giving it a read. The things I want to talk about here are near and dear to my heart. First off, the most important goal of my life–living my the very best life I can, doing the most I can with the time I have, and still being able to savor the journey!
I am interested in human potential, health and wellness with leanings towards natural medicine, and I am fascinated by all aspects of spirituality and all of our attempts to understand the divine nature of our world. I want to use this space as a platform for those of us who live in the Niagara Region to explore together the things that will make us smile, help us learn, and enable us to bloom like vivid wildflowers, exactly where we are planted.
The things I plan to blog on today include my announced intention to spend the month of June working to get into my best health ever after an ugly incident with a full blown allergic reaction to something–possibly a food supplement alpha lipoic acid–and the resulting need to spend a week on steroids. I have been doing only moderately well in my efforts to eat well and exercise and stay centered. This month (after the steroids wear off and I can start sleeping again…)
I came to the conclusion that it doesn’t matter how old you are, it matters how well you are!
I plan on doing all that I can to empower myself in body mind and spirit. That means joining a health club and lifting weights, taking yoga classes again, finding time to meditate and upping the ante on my already healthy diet. Let me know where you are on these topics. I’d love to hear. I’ll post more later.
