"Journey On" Relaxation Exercise

First of all, let me just say my imagination ROCKS!

I remember when I was young (like 11 or 12?), I did an exercise similar to the Journey On exercise. We were guided (via an audio recording) to relax our body, one muscle at a time, releasing all our stress and tightness. We were to allow our bodies to "melt" into the floor, like ice cream melting on a warm day. So, I must of been really good at this or something, because I literally started to feel like I was melting into the ground. I started to worry and thought maybe I was slightly crazy. Even now, I can vividly remember how freaked out I felt about the whole thing. Imagination in overdrive? Maybe??

Needless to say, when completing today's relaxation exercise (almost 20 years after I had melted like an ice cream cone), I succumbed to my imagination just as easily. I listened and followed the directions of the audio. I let my arms and hands relax. Mentally, I guided the blood from my torso, up my shoulders and to my arms. I felt the burning, warm sensation. And when he said to lift your arms? Yup, I couldn't. I mean couldn't. They felt like they weighed 10,000 pounds each and those suckers weren't going anywhere. So whether it was due to the power of the mind, due to my crazygood imagination, or me just being a weirdo, this relaxation exercise definitely seemed effective. At least for me.

Yeah, pretty much I loved it.

In health & happiness,

Hannah

Introductions are in order!

Okay, now that I'm getting the hang of this, how about I introduce myself??? My name is Hannah and I am 30 years young :) I just celebrated my 10 year anniversary with my amazing husband last Tuesday. We have 2 beautiful little boys, Liam who is 6 years old and Seeley who is 11 months. Right now, I am lucky enough to be a stay-at-home mommy while also going back to school online. In my opinion, I basically have the Best. Job. Ever.

I absolutely LOVE anything related to health and wellness and often waste spend way too much time researching different related topics. Oopsies! I guess it's a good thing I'm going to Kaplan for just that-a BS in Health & Wellness. Now I can just pretend all of my nerdy personal researching is "homework." Hee-hee.

So after I finish my BS, the plan is to go to school...again. Whether it is to become a Naturopath, get a master's degree (in something health related I'm sure) or become a yoga teacher, I know I will be in class/school for many more years...and I am completely okay with that! I may not know exactly what I want to be when I grow up, but I do know it will be something that has to do with health!

Always in health and happiness,

Hannah

I'm a blogging newby!

Hi all!

So this is my first official blog post and I must admit I have no idea what I'm doing! I am definitely new to the blog world, so this might be quite the adventure for all of us. While the initial start of this blog is due to a college course, I have a feeling I will enjoy this enough to keep up with it even after the class ends. Yea! Lucky you! 

That's assuming I figure all of this blogging stuff out of course! We should all be getting pretty excited right about now! Woot!

In health and happiness,

Hannah