Pilates & Possums

 A different, milder soreness after a restorative Pilates workout (this reminds me to book my next session because it’s a small studio and they get booked up days in advance - I won’t be home in time to make next Sunday’s restorative class but I need to squeeze in two more to use my new client start-up pass before it expires) - I tried to duplicate some of the stretches to get that nice spinal release, which wasn’t as easy without their little sliding contraption - the Reformer…

Joseph Pilates worked as a nurse during World War I and created his equipment to help patients who were still bedbound begin their rehabilitation,  so Lord knows it should be able to help someone as completely deconditioned as I am!  I didn’t want to gawk like a tourist (snapping photos) but there are springs of various intensities which you hook to the platform to change the resistance. I look forward to more experience with it. I also follow a YouTube Pilates physical therapist who does not use equipment (floor exercises only) - but the exercises she does are difficult for me:  I’m out of shape & my posture is atrocious - the muscles she’s asking me to use just don’t work properly!

And in other news, we rescued a litter of baby possums when Zach’s damn dog killed their mama, who was minding her own business in his wood pile. We’ve lost 2 who were also injured in the attack but I’m still nursing along the six survivors. My time with Zach is more limited these days, but I gain insight from poetry (I know I’ve posted this before)