“Don’t let aging get you down. It’s too hard to get back up.” – John Wagner
My husband actually laughs when he is sitting in his recliner watching me do my old lady yoga stretches. I DO sound like Rice Krispies – ‘Snap, crackle, and pop!” as I move. I feel better afterward, though – looser and more flexible.
“You know you’re getting old when everything hurts, and what doesn’t hurt doesn’t work.
I have a DVD by Cat Kabira, who designed some stretches especially for seniors (how I HATE that term!). She emphasizes that if you stretch as much as you are able in whatever pose, and then breathe into it, you’re doing as much good for your body as if you had actually touched the floor, or folded yourself into the paper airplane. I’m taking her at her word, moving slowly (except when my cat bites my foot), b-r-e-a-t-h-i-n-g into the position…
“I’m at that age where my mind still thinks I’m 29; my humor suggests I’m 12 while my body mostly keeps asking if I’m sure I’m not dead yet.”
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