Choosing Movement, Personal Choice
Daily Movement Prompts Weekend Edition — Saturday and Sunday, August 17-18, 2019: Dear Friends! How’s it going? How’s your chance to move or rest, jump or stretch, meet up or go solo? What’s in the works? House cleaning? Gardening? Another race? Some training? Classes? Excursions? Ice and pain meds? Massage?
You’re not alone. There’s a network of folkx who really want to cheer you on and encourage you for making YOUR OWN movement choices. Because you can totally rock this. 
This TED talk really has come interesting points to think about to increase our resilience
Daily Movement Prompts Weekend Edition, Saturday-Sunday August 10-11, 2019: How are you moving or resting this weekend? All movement “counts.” All your choices to rest are yours to make, no pressure, no shame. You have the power to CHOOSE. And we have the option to celebrate with you about what you can accomplish. So, please share! You’re awesome. 
Daily Movement Thread Weekend Edition, Saturday-Sunday August 3-4, 2019: greetings friends! Another weekend is here and like I say in my dance classes – “This Body, This Day.” We each wake up with exactly our own bodies, own emotional and energy budget for the day… What will you choose today? Movement or exercise or activity… Rest or recovery or straight up relaxation… It’s you and only you that can decide how to reply to the day, the space, the destination, the patterns on the way.
Your support team is standing by, ready to cheer you on! What will Your Body be doing on This Day?
Daily Movement Prompts Weekend Edition — Saturday and Sunday, July 27-28, 2019: Hello friends! A fresh weekend is here and it is time for me to ask about how you are doing! Is this a weekend filled with personal challenges? New experiences? Old habits to reinforce or adjust? Movement solo and focused? Activities with others?
No matter your plans or the wild happenstances you encounter, please know this: You are not alone and we have cheers and support for you and your choices. You matter. You are valuable. You can make movement choices. You can make rest and recovery choices. You can. 
Please feel free to share with us.
Daily Movement Prompts Weekend Edition — Saturday and Sunday, July 20-21, 2019: greetings friends! How will you be choosing your weekend activities? Any movement planned? Adventures? Habits and routines? Rest and recovery? Would you be willing to share with us? Sometimes, there’s someone here who needs to be encouraged by YOUR accomplishments. Yup. You matter. Your stories matter. Your experience matters. YOU are valuable and valued in this community.
Weekend Edition, Daily Movement Prompts: July 13-14, 2019 — Greetings friends! How goes it? How are doing in the world your own, intentional movement choices? Any new or favorite classes? Challenges or struggles? Need some cheerleaders? Looking for encouragement? Embracing some rest and recovery?
You are pretty darn amazing, did you know that? You continue to do what you can, maybe even more than you thought you could, or maybe even find your own peace in doing less than you thought. All movement counts. Even resting because you know it’s the right choice. No Pressure, No Shame.
What makes us choose to move? Have you ever thought about what intentional movement you have a passion for that gives you reasons to pursue the activities? Do you delight in dancing? Do you enjoy the outdoors on hikes? Is it the company you keep? Are there personal achievements you’re reaching for?
I asked someone recently, “What movement do you have a passion for?” and he’d never thought about it that way. He was stuck “exercising” because someone told him “he had to.” He need time to wonder about whether there was any movement that was his choice or his passion.
If you’ve only ever felt a sense of obligation to choose some movement, what would happen if you could choose based on what you wanted?
What would you choose to do today? What do you need to take that first step towards movement you truly enjoy?
Ever heard yourself or someone say, “I only did this one thing, does that even count?” Yes, all movement counts. You’re the person in charge of what matters in your life and what choices you make.
Every day is different. Every day is now. Each day is all we have. When you choose to embrace your own intentional movement, it always matters. And it always counts. Because you matter.
Daily Movement Prompts, Thursday, April 26, 2018 edition: I Believe in You
I have to admit: Sometimes thinking about how to encourage people can be a challenge. I want to share how wonderful it is to find accomplishments even when there are limitations. I want to cheer people on to “do just one more!” when they want to quit, and see their excitement when they realize they accomplished more than they thought they could. I love conducting a “dance class” from a chair if someone has major knee trouble. Or sticking with slow moves if bouncing fast would be burdensome. Or doing my own stretches from modified postures to accomodate my own body issues.
But each of us has to make that personal choice. Each of us faces our own aches and pains, our own immunization system, our own issues as we age or recovery from injury. Each of us has different preferences for movement we enjoy and activities we detest.
No one else can *MAKE* you move or pursue activities. (And if you’re being pressured, that’s a different topic that should be addressed.)
But if there’s one thing I can say today to encourage, let it be this: I believe in you. If you want to do a thing, go do a thing! I’ll happily be your cheerleader. I’d love to applaud your accomplishments. Go be awesome.