In Bikram, my focus was on moving my right hip over to the left. When I saw Katie, my PT, I demonstrated how I did standing-head-to-knee while lying down. While I was thinking the big problem was with my left side, she identified a problem with my right. I got over far enough onto my left side, contracted that glute, and was able to hold that position. Katie was impressed. Then I had to do it on the other side. I got the right leg and hip in place to be the standing leg. As I raised my left knee, I pushed more with the right hip to free the left leg. Katie told me that I was only correctly aligned when I was driving that right hip over more. I had no idea how out of whack that right hip was. Do I love this woman? She gives me fantastic feedback. I can make use of everything she gives me
I also read that upping my aerobic activity would be better. I started doing speed walking now. It means taking smaller steps and swinging my upper body back and forth in oppositional movement. It is something I can do in place while Elsa stops to check out the pee-mail on the street.
I read that empty freezers consume more energy than full ones. When Mike was alive, our freezer was overloaded, so overloaded it broke- repeatedly. Now, it is empty. I found two large plastic containers. I filled them with water and put them in the freezer. It is loaded now.
I was exhausted after Bikram. I’m dealing with some difficulties with people that are throwing me for a loop. When Mike was alive, I would come home and curl up in his arms and be comforted. It worked. Now, I have to comfort myself. The bad news is it takes a while to calm down. The good news is that I do calm down within 24 hours. One thing that helped was putting my face in a pair of Mike’s old board shorts and moaning for a few minutes. I have to keep this in mind for future reference.
There was no school today because it was Martin Luther King Day. After a 3 hour nap, I got up and did some work on the blog. Sandor texted to say he was running late at work and would come by on the weekend instead of this afternoon. No worries.
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