Fit Over 50

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

When I lived with FM in my 20's & 30's I thought there would be no end

to it. Thank goodness those days are fully over.

You see I overcame my FM primarily through movement, eating a balanced

diet, and remaining both positive and fixed on my goal of improving my

ill-being.

.... until one day, I realized I was no longer ill and changed my daily

mantra to improving my well-being. That too has evolved as I've gone

through this process of reclaiming my health.

I literally stumbled onto a brain-based approach to movement called

somatics exercises which I've personally taught now for over 10 years.

I had to come through a looking glass to understand the neurophysiology

of it and how we can change the brain which changes how our muscles

respond.

So naturally I've tinkered with what I call un-exercise since this

approach un-locks muscular tension and un-does high levels of stress by

moving so simply it can boggle the mind but not the body.

Next week I'm having the good fortune to talk with author Don McGrath,

who wrote, " 50 Athletes over 50 " and is the creator of the " 21 Day, 7

Habits Program " .

You can join us on the Free Call

<http://member.gravitywerks.com/sp/fit-over-50> .

Along my journey back... which by the way I recently won a gold medal at

the Washington State Senior Games in Soccer... the good news being no

residual muscular soreness, no flareups, no energy draining which would

keep me down for a month afterwards... I learned that we can improve our

well-being by doing what other people who are well.

I know I've read some good posts in this forum with regards to studying

the habits of what works rather than trying to " fix it " .

There really is nothing wrong with us who have FM, other than a central

nervous system gone awry which manifests in all the unique painful ways

it does. Obviously complicated when we live with a host of other

conditions too.

Having personally come through the looking glass both as an fm'er and

student of neurophysiology which turned my world view upside down when

it came to exercise... I learned how we can use the brain and the

central nervous system to regain control over how our muscles can feel.

While this isn't a quick fix, our brain is an organ of learning and we

can learn our way back to a healthier being by following the lead of

those who've experienced the trials and tribulations.

Brain based movement trumps exercise. We have to establish effective

habits of movement so then we can exercise comfortably and recover more

quickly when we're depleted.

This is a natural process which we all did in our mother's womb. Those

stretching movements of your child you felt as a mother is called a

pandiculation.

This is the very same thing all healthy vertebrate animals do to

regulate their muscles out of stiffness and immobility. I know because

I've done this work with horses and dogs and they respond as well as

humans, if not better... because once their nervous system remembers how

to get back to this lost art, the one we did as a child... it's like

coming home.

All healthy vertebrate animals reset themselves 7 - 10 times in the

morning and 40 - 50 times throughout the course of a day... and we know

how much stress and trauma animals in the wild have to deal yet they

move so well.

They're not going to some secret gym to do exercise, they merely set up

movement and reset accordingly.

After 10 years of practicing this and giving up stretching... which we

now know actually is bad for us

<http://gravitywerks.com/about/free-somatics-exercise/stretching-is-out/\

> according to a lot of research but still hasn't filtered its way

across everyone's path.

I'd like to quote Mel C Siff, who wrote the book, Facts and Fallacies of

Fitness.

He said, " programming the central nervous system is the most important

part of exercise. Far more important than strength training and

aerobics. At all stages of training, it must never be neglected " .

So as I said, I literally stumbled my way onto somatics exercises

through an unfortunate accident. Or was it? : )

Healthy movement can be achieved when we change the brain using mindful

awareness. This mindful awareness allows our proprioceptive sense...

that is knowing where our joint are in space at all times... like

sitting up straight and feeling where the position is at utmost comfort.

Did you just adjust yourself? : )

We can literally sense and feel our way back to health using the natural

process of a pandiculation... systematized as somatics exercises.

Next week, I'll be talking with Don more about Being Fit Over 50 and

we'll discuss how successful athletes have gotten there.

I'm sure there will be some golden nuggets some of you will resonate

with.

We can all learn and remind our self how to move well which serves us

for a more comfortable feeling in our muscles and other areas in our

life too.

Move Well and keep on doing what works for you!

Ed

Fit Over 50 Free Call <http://member.gravitywerks.com/sp/fit-over-50>

[Guest guest]

This sounds really interesting. I discovered a long time ago that “realâ€

exercise made me worse instead of better. But gentle movements several times a

day does help. Just taking a few laps around the house has proved helpful to me

sometimes. When I remember I set a timer and when it goes off I move around for

a few minutes. I’ll have to check into this.

And congratulations on winning your Gold medal.

From: Ed

Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 12:06 PM

To: fibromyalgiacured

Subject: Fit Over 50

Hi Everyone,

When I lived with FM in my 20's & 30's I thought there would be no end

to it. Thank goodness those days are fully over.

You see I overcame my FM primarily through movement, eating a balanced

diet, and remaining both positive and fixed on my goal of improving my

ill-being.

.... until one day, I realized I was no longer ill and changed my daily

mantra to improving my well-being. That too has evolved as I've gone

through this process of reclaiming my health.

I literally stumbled onto a brain-based approach to movement called

somatics exercises which I've personally taught now for over 10 years.

I had to come through a looking glass to understand the neurophysiology

of it and how we can change the brain which changes how our muscles

respond.

So naturally I've tinkered with what I call un-exercise since this

approach un-locks muscular tension and un-does high levels of stress by

moving so simply it can boggle the mind but not the body.

Next week I'm having the good fortune to talk with author Don McGrath,

who wrote, " 50 Athletes over 50 " and is the creator of the " 21 Day, 7

Habits Program " .

You can join us on the Free Call

<http://member.gravitywerks.com/sp/fit-over-50> .

Along my journey back... which by the way I recently won a gold medal at

the Washington State Senior Games in Soccer... the good news being no

residual muscular soreness, no flareups, no energy draining which would

keep me down for a month afterwards... I learned that we can improve our

well-being by doing what other people who are well.

I know I've read some good posts in this forum with regards to studying

the habits of what works rather than trying to " fix it " .

There really is nothing wrong with us who have FM, other than a central

nervous system gone awry which manifests in all the unique painful ways

it does. Obviously complicated when we live with a host of other

conditions too.

Having personally come through the looking glass both as an fm'er and

student of neurophysiology which turned my world view upside down when

it came to exercise... I learned how we can use the brain and the

central nervous system to regain control over how our muscles can feel.

While this isn't a quick fix, our brain is an organ of learning and we

can learn our way back to a healthier being by following the lead of

those who've experienced the trials and tribulations.

Brain based movement trumps exercise. We have to establish effective

habits of movement so then we can exercise comfortably and recover more

quickly when we're depleted.

This is a natural process which we all did in our mother's womb. Those

stretching movements of your child you felt as a mother is called a

pandiculation.

This is the very same thing all healthy vertebrate animals do to

regulate their muscles out of stiffness and immobility. I know because

I've done this work with horses and dogs and they respond as well as

humans, if not better... because once their nervous system remembers how

to get back to this lost art, the one we did as a child... it's like

coming home.

All healthy vertebrate animals reset themselves 7 - 10 times in the

morning and 40 - 50 times throughout the course of a day... and we know

how much stress and trauma animals in the wild have to deal yet they

move so well.

They're not going to some secret gym to do exercise, they merely set up

movement and reset accordingly.

After 10 years of practicing this and giving up stretching... which we

now know actually is bad for us

<http://gravitywerks.com/about/free-somatics-exercise/stretching-is-out/\

> according to a lot of research but still hasn't filtered its way

across everyone's path.

I'd like to quote Mel C Siff, who wrote the book, Facts and Fallacies of

Fitness.

He said, " programming the central nervous system is the most important

part of exercise. Far more important than strength training and

aerobics. At all stages of training, it must never be neglected " .

So as I said, I literally stumbled my way onto somatics exercises

through an unfortunate accident. Or was it? : )

Healthy movement can be achieved when we change the brain using mindful

awareness. This mindful awareness allows our proprioceptive sense...

that is knowing where our joint are in space at all times... like

sitting up straight and feeling where the position is at utmost comfort.

Did you just adjust yourself? : )

We can literally sense and feel our way back to health using the natural

process of a pandiculation... systematized as somatics exercises.

Next week, I'll be talking with Don more about Being Fit Over 50 and

we'll discuss how successful athletes have gotten there.

I'm sure there will be some golden nuggets some of you will resonate

with.

We can all learn and remind our self how to move well which serves us

for a more comfortable feeling in our muscles and other areas in our

life too.

Move Well and keep on doing what works for you!

Ed

Fit Over 50 Free Call <http://member.gravitywerks.com/sp/fit-over-50>