Our understanding of stretching has changed over the years. No longer is stretching the chore like it used to be. I won’t say it is fun yet but it is no longer the bore that it used to be.
Tag: exercise
Benefits of Exercise in Addiction Recovery
Addiction Recovery is long road that many travel. Exercise is known to aid in this healing process. Exercise works at the same locations as drugs and alcohol. Namely, the whole body. Addiction really beats up both the mind and the body. Brain chemistries get jumbled, which affects the mental health of the person. Organ systems…
Some Life Lessons Learned from Cycling – Part 2
Cycling teaches us plenty. How to take care of ourselves. How to take care of others. How to handle change. Some of us just pick up the learning more readily than others. We can rationalize, avoid, and attack the things that we don’t want to do, but the natural world eventually wins out. Sort of…
Some Life Lessons Learned from Cycling – Part 1
Cycling really takes you places, the greatest of which is a place to think. The rhythm of breath and legs create a different mental setting. (I like to think of it as an action meditation) where problems float in, are looked at, turned upside down, and maybe even turned inside out. At the end of…
Movement for Life
Movement, our ability to move our physical body effectively, is typically one of those things we take for granted. Until we can’t. Simple injury, like sprains, strains, and even broken bones can sideline us temporarily but we’re usually back out participating in our normal lives after relatively short healing periods. The process of aging however,…
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