Ways to Mofidy

Dear Friends,

My son was home on Spring Break last week.  One evening during that time we were at the climbing gym, and I, like a bit of a dummy I am, decided to show off and lift heavier weights than I should have.  Nothing like showing off to your 21 year old son to really put you in your place…and so it’s been a week of stretching, and icing, and rolling and elevating and resting a place I re-injured just to show off to my son.

But he was impressed.  Mission accomplished.  Worth it.

As we age and change our bodies just don’t work the way they once did, right?  Perhaps you’ve noticed it in your own body.  Maybe you’ve lost movement that once felt easy and fluid.  Perhaps your injury is taking longer to heal than it used to.  Maybe areas in your body feel a little more burdensome, a little more catchy.  Perhaps movement feels less easy and second-nature.

It’s real, and natural, and part of life and, as much as we don’t want to hear it, part of the aging process...and also so incredibly frustrating, this change in our physical experience as we move through life.

This week I was working with a student to brainstorm ways we could modify movement so that those movements that feel inaccessible can become more accessible.  Because, my friends, even when those inevitable changes occur it is still so very important in our bodies and our minds to keep moving, to keep our strength and mobility, to find ways to modify so we can both keep that integrity in our bodies, feel strong in our bodies, and find the fun and the joy when moving through life.

My dear friend, I hope this week you are able to find a little more fun and joy as you move through this life…and hopefully you don’t feel a need to show off to any 21 year olds. 

Love
Krista