Self-Care

Aug. 9th, 2016 11:55 pm
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My back was hurting today too, so I lay on the floor post-dinner, stretching my back, and meditating. I'm not sure what I did, but my body feels very relaxed and non-ouchy. (I do know that I harbor a lot of tension in my body.) I've been enjoying it.

I thought, then, about continuing with the Humane Society if I can fix what it does to my body. But then I read a forum that I occasionally skim about people with depression who work in academia, and they were talking about self-care. Deciding that my volunteer work is no longer working for me is not necessarily bad. I think that my life is moving in another direction.

Along those lines, I ordered a library book about the Feldenkrais method, which is a way of learning to move without tension in your body. I think working on that and core exercises would do me a world of good in a bunch of ways. (And yes, I've tried yoga, and it isn't for me. I would join a tai chi class if I could find a local one.) I think I'll get the book about stretches for 50 + people as well.
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