Little joys

I went to my Feldenkrais lesson this afternoon, she said that she could see that my movements and my body positions are much better. I noticed over the weekend that I seemed to handle all the walking in Vermont much better, too. I still have pain that won't leave me because of my injury, but when I am working with my practitioner, I feel connected to my body and so flexible.

It has been worth the weekly classes and the few exercises that I need to do during the week.

I got myself outside in the yard after supper and raked and even mowed the lawn some. I realized that I spent the winter as a couch potato and just didn't have the motivation to get up and moving because I was letting the pain get the best of me and bring me down. It felt good to overcome the urge to sit in front of the TV tonight and fall asleep.

As I was outside raking, I just kept thinking about all the things I was grateful for -the yard to rake, a summer like evening, the flowers, being able to walk, the smell of the newly mowed grass, all those little joys helped me not to focus on the pain and to enjoy the now.