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Category Archives: Health | Midlife

Feb32014

The Conflict Never Ends

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife

I look at this photo and feel so conflicted. Part of me would do anything to look like this again. That vein in my shoulder? I haven’t seen it for years. I miss it. The sensation feels similar to what I imagine drug addiction does. All of the good, and perfect, and pure flashes into my mind, without any of the pain and anguish that accompanies it.

Oct252013Oct 25 2013

Using my imagination

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife

How telling myself stories, which may or may not be true, has changed me.

Oct242013Oct 24 2013

I’m HOT [but not in a good way]

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife

The dreaded hot flushes are back. This is the third time I’ve been afflicted. The other two times they disappeared when my period came back.

Oct92013Oct 9 2013

I’ve Been Exposed – 4 Years On

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife

In 2009 I participated in the lovely Michelle’s Exposed Movement. This year Michelle urged all the original participants to post an update. I am having trouble knowing what to say.

Sep192013Mar 18 2016

Dear Body

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife
Dear Body - positive body image

There is no instruction manual for inhabiting you, no shortcut, no finished product I can emulate. All I have is an organic mess that requires embodiment and a relationship.

Jul302013

Fighting about food

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife

I’m ashamed to admit how screwed up I was around food and embarrassed about how I made an enemy of something so innocuous.

Apr242013

Fit for Life

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife

After four days of excruciating back pain I went to the doctor. She sent me to the hospital. Yesterday afternoon I had my appendix taken out.

Feb252013Feb 25 2013

Bikram Bonus?

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife

I haven’t been to class since Friday. Having three days off is not what I planned. Saturday, raining and windy, was my allocated day off and I expected to be back in the hot room on Sunday. But then the last thing I imagined happened …

Feb202013

Bikram Yoga #14 — the one where I wanted to give up

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife

When I was riding my bike to yoga I was thinking to myself I don’t want to do this — it’s such hard work and I’m not getting any results. Of course I forgot about my shoulder, my skin, my digestion, and my improved sleep.

Feb162013

Let’s Get Physical — changing the heart through the body

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife

I believe the way we live our life, our sense of joy and purpose is determined by who we are on the inside. Not what we think, but our emotional balance.

Feb162013Feb 16 2013

Bikram Yoga #11

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife

I didn’t want to go to yoga yesterday. I almost didn’t. But as always, I’m glad I did. I was a bit exhausted to tell the truth, and my spine felt like it had been bent over backwards. Hang on — it had! I asked the owner of the studio about electrolytes. Yogis say that… Read More

Feb142013Feb 14 2013

Bikram Yoga #10, V-Day & the Bike

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife

I always get nervous before I go to Bikram Yoga class. I wonder if I’ve had enough water, if my lunch has been digested and if I’ll make it there in one piece.

Feb132013

Show Up and Stay in the Room

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife

A woman came up to me after her second Bikram Yoga class this afternoon and asked ‘How did you do nine classes in ten days?’ This was my reply: I never put any expectations on myself. If all I do is show up and stay in the room for ninety minutes I’m still getting the… Read More

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