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Back in the day (aka like 4 years ago), I used to wake up early on Sunday mornings to lifeguard the Aqua Tai chi class at the Indianapolis JCC for a ripe $12/hr. I hope i can’t get in trouble for this now but i must admit that I occasionally fell asleep while i ought to have been diligently at my post. It was sooo warm in there, and the instructor would put on this nice flute meditation music, so there was really no way I was gonna make it out of that pool as a star employee.
Anyways, I have to take a PE class now to graduate college, and I have had the delight of taking Tai chi this semester (inspired, of course, by that very JCC Aqua Tai chi class). It’s a physical and mental meditation, but also a fr workout. Some things I think it helps with: balance, flexibility, bodily awareness, reflexes, mindfulness. Also, low-impact and modifiable to suit different levels of mobility, meaning it lends (or rather, suggests) itself well to long term practice 😌
Feb 13, 2024
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Been going to water exercise classes and loving them. I am always the youngest person there by several decades and the music rocks. You get SUCH a good work out in, I swear it’s like reformer pilates but way cheaper. It doesn’t hurt your joints. You get stretched and pulled. Afterwards you soak in the hot tub with the old gals and gab
Feb 24, 2025
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All standing, low impact with simple movements, and the instructor has great enthusiasm. He mixes in helpful, motivational ideas. I’ve done this so many times I’ve almost memorized everything he says lol
If it feels too easy, I add weights or extend the exercises.
I’ve never wanted to exercise, and this one makes me happy to have done it.
Jan 28, 2025
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i started going to a yoga class at a church because it's cheap and it works best with my schedule and sometimes i'm the only person in there under 50 or 60. the teacher is 70 and she does all the poses with us. everyone is super nice and the class is restorative and way gentler than the stuff i used to go to at the bouldering gym with planks and headstands and stuff. i feel safe and remember not to take my mobility for granted :)
Apr 4, 2024
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There’s no key to happiness, but I think this is part of it. Ask the deli guy how his day is going. Tell the lady who held the door for you to have a good one.
Feb 3, 2024
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The good u put out into the world will come back to you tenfold. Today i chit chatted with the person making my lunch and then when their card machine wasn’t working, he gave me a big ole discount!! Super awesome I am so grateful 😁
Mar 31, 2024
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After I got up and showered on Friday morning, I went down to the coffee shop on my block to get breakfast. As I was on my way home, the woman walking behind me said, “Oh, you look so cozy. You look like you woke up and thought I’m gonna get myself a coffee and crawl right back into bed!”
Dear reader, that is exactly what I thought when I woke up that morning!
Apr 14, 2024