Silver lining - adjustments in these times

Good morning all. I wrote a super long response to Carla's fitness,health, and wellbeing post last night, and accidentally deleted it! It was too long anyway. Synopsis- I feel better, at least physically, than I have in a long time due to continued regular exercise, decreased alcohol consumption, and nutrition mindfulness.

Just wanted to share a delightful of-these-times experience. My wonderful fitness/yoga instructor delivered her first live, online class at 6:30 a.m.ET this morning via Zoom. It was myofascial release for neck, shoulders, and back and it was such a wonderful and relaxing way to start the day. After the class we all stayed for a few minutes and chatted. There were about 8 people, including a few of us in Maryland, someone in PA who was practicing in front of a beautiful lit fireplace, and 2 people from Germany. Our cats wandered in and out.

I am craving extended human interaction, and this class made me really happy. I so appreciate the power of technology for enabling us to stay connected.

Welcome, Spring.

5 years ago

Anonymous

I'm also very grateful for technology. It allows many people to work from home and buy the things they need without going out. The Y posted a temporary LesMills workout site, since they are closed, and I'm using yoga and barre apps, as well as biking.
I don't miss the commute, and working at home with just DH and my animals is much less distracting than the office environment!

Funny, I was just thinking yesterday that I felt oddly relaxed not feeling the usual stress and urgency to get a bunch of things done, run from one errand to another, and work, work, work. Of course the downside is greater than the upside (i.e. no income) but it was a bit of an eye-opener.

rachylou

Veteran

Oh I hope the gym next door to the bakery is doing Zoom. They are trying to keep it going with online classes and an iPhone, and that would really be the way to do it... like an affordable Mirror. We can do it people!

JAileen

Every thing has been cancelled - church, dentist, uke lessons, knitting group, handbells. So I’ve been practicing the guitar. I’ve only had it for 25 years. It seems so big and heavy compared to my ukulele. I’m inspired by Ken Burns’ Country Music. I’ve learned a lot about the history. I found out I love Jimmie Rodgers.

No gardening for us - Mother Nature has other ideas!

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Cardiff girl

Technology is just amazing isn’t .Really there is absolutely no need to leave the house ever again is there!And an added bonus is that you get a snap shot of other peoples home environment ,great for the curious amongst us.

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

EXCELLENT, Laurie.

It's very important to find silver linings in all of this many times a day. I will be posting about that on the blog next week.

Ginger

I am finally working from home. This is the second day and I am LOVING it. It's been unusually cloudy weather, but that has broken up into periods of thunderstorms. So between thunderstorms, it's intermittently sunny with lots of birds and chime noise, and very breezy. I'm set up in a back room with all three windows and the door open. It's lovely.

Downside of the rain, I have a very soggy yard and a crop of tall dandelions laughing at me...

celia

Hi Laurie,

That is awesome. We are going to stream an Aikido class online for the kids tomorrow.
I have also been taking more mindful breaks and walking in my neighborhood a lot, which is making me more relaxed than usual.

Style Fan

That is wonderful. Mr SF is doing a Yoga class from a live stream right now. I have been doing a Yoga class in the morning from a YouTube channel. A lot of studios are posting classes as well.
We go for 2 walks a day and maintain social distance.

Runcarla

My evil personal trainer is not letting me off the hook. Today I did my first home based workout, and it was killer! Body weight squats, Bulgarian split squats, push ups, and using elastic bands - lat pull down, good mornings, rear delt fly. I went outside for these last 3 and attached my band onto a hook that is used for a hanging flower basket in the summer. It all ended with a tough core routine that included 1 minute planks.

Then I washed all the walls of our bedroom and closet after DH had sanded the patch jobs. Tomorrow we start painting! I hope I can raise my arms above my head.

Jaime

Discovery of new and different online exercise classes.
Massive and radical closet clean out.
Being more in touch with friends that are far away.
Husband doing all the cooking since he working from home all the time and considers cooking relaxing .

cindysmith

I would be drowning in loneliness if it weren't for my phone and all the wonderful people who love in it <3

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