Do you have a job where you sit at a desk for 8 hours a day? Most people don't know that their body was not designed to sit for long periods of time.
When the body is in a position for 49 minutes or less, it takes 20 minutes of movement therapy (yoga, bodywork, exercise, etc.) to release that pattern. If it is in a static position for 50 minutes or more, it takes three to four hours of opposite action or movement therapy to release that pattern.
Lately I have become very aware of the bags that people carry around the city. I know as a New Yorker, sometimes you leave your apartment in the morning and don't get home until late in the evening. You wind up carrying lots of extra things around with you simply because you don't have time to go home in between all of your engagements.
Now that Spring has officially sprung, I took the time to go through my closets and let go of things that I haven't used in a while or things that have seen better days. I filled up three large shopping bags to donate later that week.
That is quite possibly my husband's favorite holiday song and boy does it hold true for the weather that has been keeping us outside as little as possible this past week! When I stepped out of my apartment this morning, I almost got taken out by the wind!