My panic attacks started when my stepfather died. They ended when my sister (his daughter, so step, but we didn’t say step) died twenty years later.

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Wake up your sleepy muscles.

Common problems as we age

Do you feel weaker than, say, five or ten years ago?

Is it harder for you to lift bags of groceries or an Amazon box?

Do you have low back pain?

Has the doctor told you that you have osteoporosis?

We have a mode where we can relax, allow our heart rate to slow, our muscles to untense, and our digestion to activate. In my experience of the demands of modern living, entering Parasympathetic mode allows us to choose to calm.

Why Do I Need to Squat?

It is a compound move that is very good for you. It works multiple muscles engaging the core, quadriceps glutes, hamstrings, and hip flexors. It is a profound mobility exercise because of what you are learning to bend and engage. As reported in the New York Times, "The benefits are not confined to the lower body. "It is really a whole-body exercise," said Silvio Rene Lorenzetti, the director of the Performance Sports division of the Swiss Federal Institute of Sport in Magglingen. "It requires core stability and trains the back." But will a squat hurt my knees? Your squat-happy author has significant arthritis in her right knee. Motion is lotion. Our joints are designed to bend. Movement maintains flexibility and stability in the three squatting joints: hips, knees, and ankles.

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Thoughts about exercise and motivation

It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea.

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