So yesterday we (Megan and I) saw our trainer (Gavin) for our fitness program.
We dragged our feet there as both of us had, had a long day and it was hot. But we knew this was good for us and if we need to climb a mountain we need to get over our tired little bodies.
For some who don’t know me, here is some body break down so you can see this is not just some easy thing. I have a form of Spastic paralysis in my legs; this form of paralysis is the part of the nervous system that controls coordinated movement of the voluntary muscles is disabled. In spastic paralysis the nerves controlling muscle movement are hyperirritable and do not function in a coordinated manner, so that impulses from them cause spasmodic muscle contraction. Doctors tell me I should have been in a wheel chair, I say burn the wheel chair
I don’t have much balance and my legs are “lazy” as Gavin put it. And my hands are my training wheels. I like using my hands to coordinate my walking and this in turn makes my legs even more lazy, believe it or not.
So this journey is more then just a walk up a mountain it’s a serious overcoming of my legs that actually don’t want to work. What’s been interesting is I have felt small changes and even Gavin noticed in some of my movements since we last saw him which was about 3 weeks ago. And this was just from me taking small little habits that I have had for years and changing them. For instance when I stand up, I do it incorrectly. So he showed me how to stand up properly and now I don’t have back ache anymore. And climbing stairs, I usually will move my leg in a circular way to get up the stair but now I have been making a point of moving my leg straight up. These are small little things that have made a huge difference.
It’s that one step at a time thing, we all want to climb huge mountains one day, live out our dreams and fulfill what we have been given to do, but it starts with a step and sometimes a big mind change. I see that in my training.
So for the next 6 weeks I am going to be playing on a ball. Yes, we consider training playing, so we all love to play, so I love to train.
By my playing I will be developing my core and stability of my body that does not exist.
Just think of this in the spirit. And you can in so many ways see how our bodies can sometimes dictate how we react and relate to ourselves but also to others.
Lets keep playing…………………..
TOTALLY agree about the correlations between body and spirit. Praying for you! So excited for you!
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