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![[edit: This will only make sense when you swipe through and see the video. I messed up the aspect ratio. Here’s what that card says: I place my feet in the same spot in the same way every morning. ]
Inviting root and balance.
Sometimes I wobble.
It’s a practice.
And an invitation.
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I take none of my mobility for granted. Every day that Im on my feet is a gift.
Ive been immobilized. If youve been following along, you know that Ive been sat down or laid flat in a variety of ways. Sometimes for weeks. I was starting to feel like I had a condition I had to be careful not to trigger.
And then I returned to my tai chi and sword practice in a way I never had before this year. Its been a bonus of the pandemic for me to get back to class with the teachers and fellow students I learned this from and with. I have the luxury of practice space (resulting in an extremely minimally furnished front room which functions as living room, office, and home gym).
I heard a celeb who just turned 60 say recently In 20 years, I will be 80 and that’s a real number. Doesn’t matter how much you work out, what you eat, you’re 80...
Yes, 80 is a real number and so is 60, 65, 70, 71, 72....
I may get to 80. Jeeze, Ive gotten so much older than I ever thought I would. (Really.)
The practices I do today make my today better. I stand straight(-ish). I fall less. When I fell a couple weeks ago, I relaxed, my body turned without my doing it, and I didnt get hurt.
I may have more dances with immobility ahead of me before I die. Or not.
Until then, I invite root and balance. I stretch and flex. I walk and do body weight exercises.
Reminder: Next Ask Me Anything call is coming up, on the 20th. Free. Join me.
#simplifyyourlife #lifelonglearning #thirdthirdoflife #sacredpractice](https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/245368273_417587973268936_2058645677627068964_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=GvSWvNl_zTgAX-8gDHK&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=227a28f1609b1265b5766f1ffb6a57ec&oe=6171B45D)