How often movement is shied away from, limited, procrastinated and forgotten when we think of taking care of the varied parts of our selves.

We all have a history with movement- the felt ebbs of our emotions, the flows of our steps within our daily schedules, 7th grade gym class, the parts of us that are frozen or have been told not to wiggle, jiggle or dance, or the places that we know in ourselves that are perpetually agitated.

This is not as much a place for me to back up my urgings and options of self care with research, as much as taking the things that I see in my own world, and wonder about that of others.

It is common knowledge that the benefits of exercise are many... and we all know that we were built to move in whatever ways our bodies will afford us from the muscles it takes to smile and frown, to the capacity to climb whatever different types of mountains we have before us.

anonymous biking silhouette on alki, seattle wa.

What types of movement have you been putting off, not letting yourself try or be consistent with?

What have you always been curious about - running? acrobatics? dance? how it is that people balance on those recumbent bikes?! Even laughter is exercise (ah-hem: might I offer, 4 cc's of Despicable Me- stat!). Whatever you are abled, let the able in you, do you justice...

Cheers and here's to our bodies. The only ones we have.

As we continue to discover what it is our whole person needs, attending to the physicality that we are met with in our reflections every morning, noon and night.