I'm feeling a little "off" today. I did get my second vaccine on Sunday and I have been busy with work and all the things and the world is still wacky with covid and all of the limited activities...ie not much change of scenery if ya feel me. 

So, understandable if I take into account all the things though I do have a preference. You see, I prefer my bubbly, energetic self and so when she's not around I feel a little lost or meh... I do like to spend time alone and meditate and write and binge some TV, like Hotel By the Sea. (I don't know what it is about Danish TV, but I love it!) ME TIME is great but it's the Myofascial Stretching that pulls me into my body and out of my head.

So if I'm wondering why I feel meh, my brain can make up that something is wrong or needs to be fixed. Get on the mat and I'm breathing and my attention is on my body. Next comes the "full of wonder" phase as I feel all of the interconnections and the magical world of fascia....

You may not know this about me but, when I was twenty-one, I broke my back in a car accident. I had a can-do attitude and when they told me I would have trouble walking my go-to was "Watch Me!" and I pushed through it and got back to walking! I had a great doc that left out the hardware and decided I was young and we would just see how my body and back would heal on their own.

The world is so often focused on strengthening. Be strong! Work it! We've even made our push past it mentality into fun and glamour...WORK IT! Way to Push Through!! High fiving each other on our way out of the gym. (Remember the gym...hmmm)

Anyway, when your shoulder is tight or your back hurts the most common treatment before surgery and the like, is to strengthen it. Yes, oh so important, but you can't strengthen,(for you data peeps...ie: push against resistance from a lengthened position and contract), if it's tight, dense, and bracing. You can't tighten something that won't even open in the...

I'm writing this on Sunday which in our house means pancake day:-)

This tradition started with me and my daughter, Emma, but I have continued it well into the Emma is away at college phase and now even into the phase called Emma loves California and isn't coming home anytime soon:-) (Cali IS so lovely:-)

Do I want chocolate chip pancakes or blueberry...or lemon, lavender, pecan, AND blueberry pancakes? This weekly tradition warms my heart and brings me joy and I get to chat with Emma and share my pancake flavor of the week. If I skip a week I'm ok but I do feel like something is missing... a subtle little tug that makes me sure to pancake it up the next week. 

It's the bits of self-care that add up to a full heart and happy body. I'm sure you get the gist and all but this is what weekly myofascial in my world means to me.

Giving attention to your body (aka fascia), even if you're not hurting, is that bit of self-care that keeps it all humming along...