Eastern and Western medicine and research praise yoga’s benefits for practitioners of all ages.
Can practicing yoga improve your mental health, clarity, strength, flexibility, agility, spatial awareness, and balance?
We recently connected with Yoga Instructor, Jennifer “Jenny” Armstrong to dive deeper into these questions.
Stronger, Happier, More Energetic: How Water Aerobics Has Changed My Life
I took my first water aerobics class with Kathleen Danforth in the summer of 2021. Like most newcomers, I was out of my comfort zone and not sure what to expect; I had struggled with exercise for all 27 years of my life at the time and couldn’t fathom what people mean when they talk about “joyful movement.”
Like everyone in Kathleen’s class, I was met with camaraderie and a judgement-free space to discover that exercise could be fun and fulfilling.
No matter your shape, size, color, or ability, your body is amazing—and so are you. Here at UVAC, we believe that fitness and wellness are about so much more than numbers on a scale or how you look in the mirror. It’s about feeling good, living fully, and discovering what your body can do.
First let me say, you are not a failure. Not by a long shot! Our actions do not define us, nor do our beliefs. Not unless we give them the power to.
For many of us, when someone criticizes or judges our actions or something we’ve said or even believe, we take it so personally we feel that it’s an attack on who we are as a person. So let’s clear the air, and put our egos aside. I am speaking to your actions here.
Good, now that we cleared that up, I would like to introduce you to the +1 Rule, also known as the 1% More Rule.
According to author and podcaster Gretchen Ruben, “if we change our habits, we change our lives.”
The colder, darker, shorter days of winter often dampen the urge to push ourselves out of our comfort zones, exercise, and evolve. But the new year offers us a fresh start to build better habits and take actionable, sustainable steps toward living healthier lives.
