Stretch for 20 min each day (Nov 14 - Dec 1)

Nov 15 – 10 min only
Nov 17 – 20 min
NOV 18 ???

Nov 22 – I stretched for a long time first thing in the morning, it was lovely. So lovely that I then rolled over and went back to sleep. Oops.

therefore I have modified it, from Stretch once a Day to a more specific, timely goal. 20 minutes a day for the next couple weeks.

I stretched yesterday again, but no matter how much I contort myself, I just can’t release this tension in my upper back. I’ve even gone for massage (a month or two ago), and it felt better for a little while, but came back.

I used to have a knot in my shoulder under my shoulderblade – it was there for years, and likewise I couldn’t stretch it out, partly because it was in such an odd place… But for that one, when I finally paid for an hour-long therapeutic massage targeting that area, it just disappeared. I was so delighted.

So I guess this time it’s a different issue. I came across an article yesterday about fascia. I’d never heard about this before, except for the term plantar fasciitis , which my boyfriend has, but it seems like my current problem might be more about fascia surrounding the muscle than the muscle itself.

over the past 4 days, including a solid 45 minutes last night. Unfortunately, I simply can NOT get this knot out of my back (mid-back, right side) no matter what I try :-(

Don’t have the money to go to a massage therapist. I guess all I can really do is keep stretching each day and see if there’s progress over time.

Alternately – I do have a friend who is a masseuse, but it would be awkward to ask her for help I think since I am very poor at the moment. I can’t ask my boyfriend to massage it because anytime I have done so in the past, it just ends up worse than before.

SO! NEW PRIORITY FOR THIS GOAL!

was the day I finally started this again. In a big way! I stretched for 45 min.

I’m aiming for at least half an hour today too!

and, as usual, afterward I simply couldn’t understand why it is so hard for me to do this simple thing when it makes me feel SO GOOD!

with my newest goal (practice yoga 7 times in 7 days), but at least I’ve stretched instead for the past 3 days.

:-) Better than nothing!

I stretched on Sunday (yesterday) for a very long time. It was wonderful, I felt taller and I had so much energy afterwards!

I stretched last night – it felt absolutely luxurious.

It’s not like it even takes very long. I really don’t understand why it’s so hard for me to do this regularly. Must be some kind of self-sabotage.

Yeah, right.