Welcome to this Edition of RiversZen Today for Tuesday, February 19th, 2019

The news of the day: Yesterday I shared this week was all about identifying your body’s challenges and working on finding solutions. Did you start assessing yet? Have you checked your arms for backward and upward range of motion? We typically don’t have problems with forward range of motion of our arms as that is the path they are normally following. How about your legs? What does your forward fold look like? Have you visited your hamstrings and calves lately? Do your calves get angry? When you go in to a lunge are you able to keep your heels planted to the mat? Are you able to stand stall and engage your hip flexor without screaming? Are you able to twist side to side? Continue with all the motions of your body and keep note of the ones that are not easy or are any of them painful? This type of assessment is really important on a regular basis. We need to make sure we don’t always work around the limits our body is feeling. There are some limits which may be permanent if we have had a major injury; but, don’t just assume all limitations are. Challenge gently. Use various props to help your body achieve a more favorable result. Maybe use some therapy balls and/or heat. Over time you might be able to regain that range of motion. We don’t always perform the same motions and it can be a surprise when you realize you are experiencing a new limitation in your body’s abilities. Be mindful of those changes and don’t just allow them to happen as a normal sign of getting older. Be vigilant and take control before you find that your limitations are taking control of you.

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Here are our Tuesday classes for both RiversZen studios:

Astoria
8:00 Easy Morning Stretch with Dave Stevens
10:30 Yoga Flow - Power Strength and Stamina with Peter von Payens
12:10 Lunch Time Yoga with Peter von Payens
4:15 Easy Stretch with Kim Gibbs – Reservations Required Please
5:15 Yogalates – The Butt and Gut Class with Kim Gibbs

Ilwaco
10:00 Pound, Move and Stretch with Dave Stevens
11:00 Smooth and Easy Stretch with Dave Stevens
12:00 Pacific Northwest Community Drum Circle
5:15 Yoga for Core, Stretch and Balance with Peggy Stevens

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