 "I bend so I don't break." Anonymous Check out these two online resources to help you bend so you don't break. Stretching: Focus on Flexibility a resource from Healthy Lifestyle: Fitness on the Mayo Clinic website offers many recommendations.. 5 Easy Flexibility Exercises from the Cleveland Clinic offers more suggestions for a more flexible body. Try the following simple laughter exercise as you work to improve flexibility. Laughter can help reduce stress and muscle tension, enhance range of motion, increase blood circulation, and improve breathing. Shaking It Out: Inhale deeply and as you exhale, shake your arms and hands while laughing or smiling. Background is from a sky photo and used with a Canva Element.
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"A laugh is a smile that bursts." Mary H. Waldrip After a period of inactivity, Be Active. Be Positive. is again encouraging people to be as active as their bodies allow them to be. It emphasizes the importance of physical movement combined with positivity as a cornerstone of a healthy lifestyle. Taking time to laugh every day is an important part of being active and positive.  The Best Walking Quotes and Captions are from Routinely Nomadic, a site created and maintained by two adventurers from Canada. NEW! Check out Positively Active for updated links. Quotation resources are easily found with an Internet search. They not only help, inspire, and motivate people to think, but humorous ones can help people smile and laugh. It's amazing how powerful just a few words can be in our lives.  “A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.” A. A. Milne
This photo has a background created using Procreate and was taken with an iPhone SE on August 11, 2022 in Calumet County, Wisconsin USA. The quotation is inside a Canva Element.  Smile God Loves You
Ms. Smiley Pirate is a cap decoration from a musical costume, and the letters are from a plastic jar of letters. They are sitting on a shut-off iPad because it was the best reflective surface not permanently attached to a wall. There is a piece of black felt underneath and a three-sided black foam display board surrounding everything. The photo of a walkway paver with "SMILE GOD LOVES YOU" was taken on September 8, 2019 with an iPhone 6s at Ledge View Nature Center, Calumet County, WI USA. This was a Flickr Smile on Saturday submission for September 14, 2019. Thank you to davidgaryworthington from Flickr for describing how he did his Reflection on Black. |
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