I don't know if you knew this, but I grew up with horses. My dad not only worked at the factory for Chrysler but my dad trained horses. Western mind you... all cowboy or cowgirl if you will. I loved hanging out in that old barn and helping my dad feed the horses. Now I don't remember stretching or thinking about fascia or how the body works back then, but I do remember jumping out the hayloft, falling off the fence(practicing cartwheels:-), and crashing into trees while swinging on vines in the back pasture. 

When you're young like that you still bounce. I would stand up and brush it off and then get back to what I was doing. 

Now picture me in high school, running track. I was a really fast, middle distance runner but I wasn't consistent. Sometimes when I ran it felt like I had a different shoe on each foot. I lost my ZIP! Now when I look back...MY HIPS WERE OUT! Tight on one side and not on the other. Sometimes fast and sometimes not so much. Guess who landed on her hip...

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....

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...