Focusing your Energies: Tip #27 Stretch Every Day
We’re on day #27 of a thirty day series on exercises to help us achieve our greatest success.
Stretching our body every day is an excellent way to keep limber, fit, and healthy. Stretching on a regular basis is a great routine to incorporate into your day, particularly in the morning, right when you wake up.
I’d like you to take five minutes now to stretch out your body.
+ Head
+ Neck
+ Shoulders
+ Torso
+ Arms
+ Hands
+ Fingers
+ Hips
+ Legs
+ Calves
+ Feet
+ Toes
When we stretch, we honor and treasure our bodies. We give thanks for the physical body that helps house our innermost dreams, goals, aspirations, beliefs, and values. We value our physical being.
My dance teacher in high school always explained that stretching before anything was kind of like heating up water and putting spaghetti noodles into the water. If we had just taken a dry spaghetti noodle and tried to break it, it would snap easily. However, if we put the noodle into a warm pot of water and heated it up, it would become limber and flexible: we could stretch it, swing it around, or twist it and it would be able to retain its shape.
When we stretch out our bodies, we become more limber and flexible.
(The same goes for our minds!)
Stretch yourself out today. It feels great, and you’ll want to do it every day.
Monica S. Flores is an author, educator, and speaker.
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