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The Health Benefits of Dancing

3b45862u[1]Sometimes when I’m home alone I put on a good upbeat CD and dance around my apartment. I love music and I love to move. It’s a natural thing for me to do to relax, relieve stress and have some fun. Did you know that something as fun as dancing could have health benefits?

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Reading Rumi For Relaxation

whirling dervish"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky…"   — Rumi

For about a year now, I do a little relaxation activity after work and before "me time".  Although I telecommute, I still need to switch my mind-set from "working" to "relaxing".  For most of my life, I’ve had problems with worrying.  If someone bullied me at school (which happened almost every day) I’d go over the incident again and again and then wonder what treat for me the next day.  It got so I couldn’t relax enough to eat or fall asleep.  We all need time to relax from under the weights of our worldly obligations, or we’d break under the constant strain.  Having a way to switch over from "working" to "relaxing" was essential.  Now I read Rumi for relaxation after work.

You don’t have to read Rumi in particular, but there may be a poet, mystic or singer that helps throw a switch in your brain, telling it "OK — time to party!"  For me, it’s the Rumi-meister.

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Music Helps Ease Stress

raquel's bday 035I come from a musical family. My father and husband are musicians. My grandfather was a musician. I dabble in music but am not very good. Music has been a very important part of my life ever since I can remember.  When I was small my mother took me to all of my father’s gigs. When I woke up in the morning often times the first thing I heard was him playing the piano. Sometimes when I woke up in the middle of the night I’d hear him playing the piano downstairs. The sound was comforting. It assured me that everything was alright. 

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Walking To Rejuvenate Your Spirit

2007_0710froggy0017Often times I feel like there aren’t enough hours in a day. I mean before I know it the day is over and what have I done? It’s easy to get caught up in the stress of life. Sometimes we run around pulling our hair out. What for really? 

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The First Snow of the Season

71030414_0956e3b71dToday is the first day we’ve gotten snow. I’ve been (impatiently) waiting for this day since the beginning of October, and driving all my friends and relatives crazy in the process. It’s taken a while, but it’s finally here. I think we’re closing in on two inches right now.

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