In Honor of my Mother and others I have so desperately tried to encourage to move…..
If you are one who does not like to workout or move, consider posture, balance, coordination, strong bones, healthy feet and standing upright as your motivation to continue to move your body. A body in motion, stays in motion. Fact.
This past weekend marked my eleventh consecutive year vacationing with my mother for her annual birthday, Mother’s day weekend gift.
I have been encouraging Dolores (my mother) to walk, go to the Y, swim, TAKE PILATES, stretch etc for my entire life. She has done so with great effort as it is a chore for her. “This Winter was particularly bad,” she says, “due to the FALL I had in Italy and other things that have happened.” Fall!!!! The weather…. I love when people use the weather as an excuse to remain sedentary.
Dolores also stated that I was lucky because I love to exercise. Hmm…. Well, I guess, I do love to move but not to exercise! It is a chore for me as much as anyone, believe it or not.
My mother’s lower back, foot and some other minor ailments are postural. I gave her one Pilates based training session and I saw such a difference in the way she sat, walked (which she was not doing well), and she seemed to have a bit more energy.
It saddens me to see someone limp, shuffle, lean, struggle to hold their head up or lean to hold themselves up. This is what happens much much faster when a body is sedentary.
True story.
Not to be morbid or anything, but…injuries, falls, broken bones and wheelchairs are as certain to one who doesn’t move as death is to life.
I hope I have encouraged my mother to be a little more diligent, as I believe she felt great after doing the exercises! And I encourage YOU to bend, twist, swim, take stairs, do Pilates!
Please feel free to contact me through the studio if I can be of some help to get you started on any program. Walk don’t run… No, run, don’t walk! Your body will thank you for it! and you will be walking healthier, pain free, injury, pain free for a lot longer!
