Body Love and Body Kindness, Exercise, Playful Exercise

Lessons from Walking 10,000 Steps a Day in 2021

Last December, I read a challenge online about walking 10,000 steps a day. I got really jazzed about this idea. The next day, I started trying to walk 10,000 steps a day. (This is about 4 miles for me). This is a picture from one of my first walks in 2021. It took me a… Continue reading Lessons from Walking 10,000 Steps a Day in 2021

Playful Exercise, Playfulness

I Played in the Snow This Morning

I played in the snow this morning, and I loved it. This is something I would not have done a year ago, and I credit my rediscovery of the art of playfulness. You  can read more about this here: I Stopped Exercising and Started Playing—10 Results My Mini Snow Adventure  Last night we got several… Continue reading I Played in the Snow This Morning

Exercise, Exercising with a disability, Paraplegics and exercise, Play, Playful Exercise, Playfulness, Resilience, Wonder and Whimsy

Playful Lessons I Learned from My Mom: Paraplegia, Pandemics, and Play

If you have been following my blog for a while, you might remember a post I wrote about my mom that was about paraplegia and swimming. You can read that post here. My mom is a paraplegic and has been in a wheelchair for over fifty years as a result of injuries she sustained in… Continue reading Playful Lessons I Learned from My Mom: Paraplegia, Pandemics, and Play