The other day my husband came in after participating in his new exercise
regime and said, “Is it ever hard for you to start exercising?”
I replied, “Every single time. But I’m always glad afterward that I did.
And that’s one of the reasons I love going to exercise classes; because it adds
the element of other people to meet for exercise and the accountability of
being with an instructor.”
The world is stressful. I think we can all agree that things are bad and not getting better anytime soon. But you know what’s not stressful? Petting a dog or a cat. Talking to a parrot or watching a beautiful fish swim in a tank. In fact, petting an animal can lower cortisol levels in the brain causing a person to relax.
One of the reasons I love yoga is because it causes the monkeys in my brain to stop their pillow fight and settle down. It is one of the few places where I can live in the present moment (most of the time). This is because the yoga positions are difficult to hold, and you must be in the moment to sustain them. It’s a fantastic way to connect the mind and body.
