Darling Wife and I have decided to undertake a fitness regimen. This is not the fleeting New-Year's-resolution sort of decision. We are always striving, in simple and noninvasive ways, to better our health, physical, mental, social, and spiritual. We eat as healthily as time and money permit. We take walks when we can, often fast-paced, exercise-type walks. We bike. We hike. Whatever we can reasonably do. And we have repeatedly discussed and planned to try a more rigorous or dedicated exercise program. So this latest thing is not some temporary fad with us.
We looked into taking yoga classes in our hometown, and may do so in the future. But we are both embarking on new careers at the moment, and working out the logistics of an out-of-home class has been difficult. Still, we were undaunted. We borrowed various types of exercise videos from our public library and scanned through them. Darling Wife used to take yoga in Boston, so she is partial and experienced in that particular discipline. I am new to it, but after viewing several of the options, it seemed the most appealing.
Consequently, we began to practice yoga for twenty to thirty minutes a day this week. Now, I have aches and pains in parts of my body that I am quite certain I have never been conscious of before. But I have to admit, I am also feeling better. We are taking it easy for the time being, and I have full confidence that I will improve and continue to feel healthier. It feels good to be developing a more rounded lifestyle. Really good.
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Glad to hear you two have found something that works — I'd love to take yoga or pilates, but the classes at my gym are during the day. Everything after 5 p.m. is high impact cardio, which I can do on my own.
Perhaps I need to buy some yoga videos.
If you decide to try to buy one, I recommend trying them out ahead of time, like we did. Darling Wife had one or two that she bought before, but we don't like them. There are so many of them out there that it's almost impossible to know which to choose. But when we checked them out from the library, we were able to watch and practice with them. That really helped us find a good one.
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