Greetings fellow exercise enthusiast bikers,
How many miles have you walked, run or ridden today? This is the question. These actiities will make you feel like WOW! You should try it, today, no, now. Get up. Go around in a circle, go somewhere, ride down to the next mailbox, look for a bird, turtle, dog, cat, zebra? Say hi to your neighbor, do something, go somewhere, make your blood run thru your body! Wash those veins out of toxins and tarter, and gunky junk! You will feel better! Do it for YOU!
Seriously, it is for you. Love yourself that much!
This morning I rode 15 miles. At the end of my route, I had to go around the block to kick it up to 15miles after my normal route. [(I wanted to end on a whole number not a half point. Crazy I know.) I am funny like that.] Anyway, it was an exhilerating ride. I had to beat the rain before it came in. It was a wonderfully relaxing, yet vigorous ride. I saw a lot of wildlife.
On my bike ride I saw a long-legged yellow-feet Snowy Egret. Continuing, I glanced left to catch a quick view of several white ibises with orange-red bills, face, and legs looking for insects to eat. I startled two adult and one baby Mallard hens swimming as I peddled by, then they were flying away from me. I saw a few duck-like American coots, so cute and sound funny. Zooming by at fifteen miles an hour, I caught a glimpse of a couple Muscovy ducks who with red on their faces, were rocking back and forth under a big oak tree; oh, are they so ugly. I saw a large red-headed Sandhill Crane. I interrupted several foraging Tri-colored Herons with blue, gray, and white colors, one seemed like it had very rare colors of gray black and white. Not today, but several days ago, I ran up on what I thought was a small funny looking snake, but, it in fact it was a long earthworm looking kinda lizard thing about a foot long that is actually called a Florida worm-Lizard. I have seen two of them in the last month, and they are kinda slimy, creepy looking. I did not know whither to stop and touch it or run, I mean ride faster away from it.
Peddling next to the water, I saw a good many turtles poking their head and nose out, some swirling and whirling under the water when I startled them going by. On the path between the grass, there were many lily pads in the water and beautiful whitish flowers on some of them. I love to see these lilies, they are magnificently brilliant and beautiful.
On the trail by the water, I saw about a three-foot alligator sunnin' himself on top of some roots in the water. But when I came back through on the way home, he was gone from that spot. A little apprehensive, I was waiting for him to come chasing me out of the bushes, weeds, or brush, and grab my foot, but, I got away without an attack, thank goodness. Leaving the trail just before crossing the road by the big wooden fence, I smelled a wonderful addictive smell, something like honeysuckle or gardenia. Wow! That should be put into a perfume or a candle! I love that smell, I just took a great big whiff of that yummy smell! Aahhh!
Off the trail and continuing on my ride today on the road around the block closer to home now, I saw a friendly, quiet, large, dark green, blackish, Gopher Tortoise, just sitting in the the edge of his burrow, minding his own business and avoiding the heat of the morning. On the next street, I went by some common Southwest Florida seagrapes or same as Buckwheat trees with rounded leaves. By the way, the fruit on a seagrape tree is edible, in its raw state, and it can be made into juice, jelly or wine. Try some next time you are in Florida, if you are brave.
I could spend a lot of time taking pictures of all this, if I only had a good working camera right about now, which I don't. On a students salary, it is not so easy. Wait, students don't work, they go to school. But, I will just have to resign to take all this beauty in for myself today, and enjoy each little new thing I see, and smell, tucking it into my memory.
It was a wonderful day for an early morning bike ride in Southwest Florida! Let the sun shine in and on! :)
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Concerning my wellness Professor,
scale 1-10, I would rate my ...
A- Physical Well being: as an 8
B - Spiritual Well-being: rated at a 5
C - Psychological Well-being rate is 8 as I have not arrived mentally, nor ever will. No one is brilliant until they die and God gives them a new body, then they will be. I do read and study for hours everyday so I am exercising my brain and adding knowledge to it.
If I were going to say how I would improve in the above areas:
Diet for the physical, as I have some weight to loose to get back down to my size 4.
Spiritual improvement: I don't read my guidebook, that is, my Bible often enough which I can condsider doing more in the evening and possibly after I wake up with my coffee in the morning. Nor do I spend enough time praying daily. There is room for improvement in this area and I can start praying more when I awake and ask for blessings for my day and send up some grateful words to my Maker.
Psychological improvement could be made by I don't know. I read so much, I don't know how much more I could read in a day. I guess I could play some mind games, chess or cross-word puzzles possibly. I will look for something to do with my mind to improve it.
As far as the Relaxation MP3 "Crime of the Century" relaxation site you gave us to listen to online in Seminar, it was great. It did do its' job by relaxing me.
A quick review:
The nice relaxing male voice asked me to get into a comfortable sitting or laying position, and as it was playing nice slow guitar music I think, asked me to focus all my attention on my breathing, taking deep belly breaths, exhale, relax. think of a rainbow. The Rainbow meditation is was I think. We had to imagine our body had a beam coming to it and has 7 rays coming on different spots on our body, with different colors and light beams coming into our body, one at a time, as we took deep breaths, focused and saw the light beam coming and the color, and said a few words. For example: It was kinda like this:[ (You can do it again while you read this if you want to try it): imagine the voice in your head]
This calm male voice with calm music background saying...imagine a bright red box on your lower back area, see a beam of red coming to it, take a deep breath, focus on the red box, now say "I feel grounded", take a breath deep again, say it again. Now imagine an orange circle area just below your belly, see a bright orange light beam coming to you there say " I feel confident" breath deep again, repeat phrase. You should feel very relaxed right now like I did.
Now imagine an oval on upper stomach area with a bright yellow beam coming to you there and say "I feel centered" take another deep breath and say it again. Now imagine an emerald green circle on your upper chest above your heart, you see a bright emerald green beam coming to you now say "I choose to love, I have the ability to share love, I choose love" then take a slow deep breath and say it again. Now imagine on your throat area, an acqua blue colored circle, say I feel that I have a meaningful purpose in my life" breath, repeat phrase, you should feel very relaxed right now like I did. Eyes closed. Imagining still in your head. Now imagine a circle on your forehead and in front of you ther are all the colors that look like beams of ligt projecting out in fron of you, there is an indigo blue circle on your forehead, say " I feel balanced" deep breath, say it again. You should feel very relaxed right now like I did. Do you see all the colors coming to your head like a rainbow? Finally, the crown of your head, it has a big circular window on top and a beam of violet light is shining on that spot and coming out and you say "I feel very connected to the universe, my family, my friends, and all the beams join together to feel connected. My body is calm and relaxed" Lock this phrase into your memory! You are calm, energized, and your body is in a state of homeostasis or balance. you should feel very relaxed right now like I did and full of energy, and at peace with yourself and others. :)
we move to the crown of your head
we move to your throat
scale 1-10, I would rate my ...
A- Physical Well being: as an 8
B - Spiritual Well-being: rated at a 5
C - Psychological Well-being rate is 8 as I have not arrived mentally, nor ever will. No one is brilliant until they die and God gives them a new body, then they will be. I do read and study for hours everyday so I am exercising my brain and adding knowledge to it.
If I were going to say how I would improve in the above areas:
Diet for the physical, as I have some weight to loose to get back down to my size 4.
Spiritual improvement: I don't read my guidebook, that is, my Bible often enough which I can condsider doing more in the evening and possibly after I wake up with my coffee in the morning. Nor do I spend enough time praying daily. There is room for improvement in this area and I can start praying more when I awake and ask for blessings for my day and send up some grateful words to my Maker.
Psychological improvement could be made by I don't know. I read so much, I don't know how much more I could read in a day. I guess I could play some mind games, chess or cross-word puzzles possibly. I will look for something to do with my mind to improve it.
As far as the Relaxation MP3 "Crime of the Century" relaxation site you gave us to listen to online in Seminar, it was great. It did do its' job by relaxing me.
A quick review:
The nice relaxing male voice asked me to get into a comfortable sitting or laying position, and as it was playing nice slow guitar music I think, asked me to focus all my attention on my breathing, taking deep belly breaths, exhale, relax. think of a rainbow. The Rainbow meditation is was I think. We had to imagine our body had a beam coming to it and has 7 rays coming on different spots on our body, with different colors and light beams coming into our body, one at a time, as we took deep breaths, focused and saw the light beam coming and the color, and said a few words. For example: It was kinda like this:[ (You can do it again while you read this if you want to try it): imagine the voice in your head]
This calm male voice with calm music background saying...imagine a bright red box on your lower back area, see a beam of red coming to it, take a deep breath, focus on the red box, now say "I feel grounded", take a breath deep again, say it again. Now imagine an orange circle area just below your belly, see a bright orange light beam coming to you there say " I feel confident" breath deep again, repeat phrase. You should feel very relaxed right now like I did.
Now imagine an oval on upper stomach area with a bright yellow beam coming to you there and say "I feel centered" take another deep breath and say it again. Now imagine an emerald green circle on your upper chest above your heart, you see a bright emerald green beam coming to you now say "I choose to love, I have the ability to share love, I choose love" then take a slow deep breath and say it again. Now imagine on your throat area, an acqua blue colored circle, say I feel that I have a meaningful purpose in my life" breath, repeat phrase, you should feel very relaxed right now like I did. Eyes closed. Imagining still in your head. Now imagine a circle on your forehead and in front of you ther are all the colors that look like beams of ligt projecting out in fron of you, there is an indigo blue circle on your forehead, say " I feel balanced" deep breath, say it again. You should feel very relaxed right now like I did. Do you see all the colors coming to your head like a rainbow? Finally, the crown of your head, it has a big circular window on top and a beam of violet light is shining on that spot and coming out and you say "I feel very connected to the universe, my family, my friends, and all the beams join together to feel connected. My body is calm and relaxed" Lock this phrase into your memory! You are calm, energized, and your body is in a state of homeostasis or balance. you should feel very relaxed right now like I did and full of energy, and at peace with yourself and others. :)
we move to the crown of your head
we move to your throat
Hello today June 24, 2010. It is 91 degrees in SWFL @ 1:39:55. My bike ride to the mall (7miles) was great. I saved fuel riding my bicycle to pay my cell phone bill. Good ole sweat equity, I saved $$ yea! I worked out my muscles, I lost more pounds on my diet, I got vitamin D from the sun on my hair, arms, legs and face! I had a sense of accomplishment, and lost more weight! What a good deal I got today on my bike! But, the policeman in the mall did not like to see me riding my red bike in the mall, I told him I was leaving!! That was awesome!
I came back past my home and kept going to my daughters home to play with my 3 grandsons for a few minutes and read them a story book and eat a few scrambled eggs. Went home, ate watermellon and am writing now here, before I start reading text for class and get on discussion boards. I feel refreshed from my bike ride! I think I am addicted to bike riding! I love it! I love my bike. It is nice. (P.S. You have to have a real good bike to love bike riding.) A good bike is worth saving for!
Animals I passed today: a colorful orange diamond snake.
Happy Blogging!
I came back past my home and kept going to my daughters home to play with my 3 grandsons for a few minutes and read them a story book and eat a few scrambled eggs. Went home, ate watermellon and am writing now here, before I start reading text for class and get on discussion boards. I feel refreshed from my bike ride! I think I am addicted to bike riding! I love it! I love my bike. It is nice. (P.S. You have to have a real good bike to love bike riding.) A good bike is worth saving for!
Animals I passed today: a colorful orange diamond snake.
Happy Blogging!
Welcome to my blog again! June 24, 2010.
It is a beautiful day here in South West Florida! Blue sky, green grass, palm trees, no wind good day for a bike ride! It is only 87 degrees, good time to go take off on my bike. Let me go check the tires to see if they need any air, grab my phone, my frozen water in my water bottle, hat, gloves, and off I go! I must go while it is cool. Biking in 95 degree weather is not as fun. Good Day to you!
Do you know a good joke? (clean).
It is a beautiful day here in South West Florida! Blue sky, green grass, palm trees, no wind good day for a bike ride! It is only 87 degrees, good time to go take off on my bike. Let me go check the tires to see if they need any air, grab my phone, my frozen water in my water bottle, hat, gloves, and off I go! I must go while it is cool. Biking in 95 degree weather is not as fun. Good Day to you!
Do you know a good joke? (clean).
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Hello fellow wellness creators,
The Journey on relaxation exercise site via Kaplan was very relaxing. The voice, the music, the suggestions to get comfortable and let the blood flow in all parts of my body and just think and say "relax" did hellp. The power of suggestion is real and it worked in this case.
This autogenic training technique is effective for its purpose.
Thinking about circulating your blood to your arms, feet, hands, head, heart, and all around is a new concept, but, if we can really make our blood circulate by thinking about it, that would be amazing. Just the suggestion of it makes us relax, calm our mind, and keep it focused on something other than worrisome thoughts.
After hearing the guys nice voice and calm background music for a few minutes I was ready to sleep. (I must be careful not to listen to something like this in the morning so I will want to get busy and do my work). This would be a good tape for the end of a very hectic day, say between 8-11 pm. I would recommend it to anyone who needs to relax.
The Journey on relaxation exercise site via Kaplan was very relaxing. The voice, the music, the suggestions to get comfortable and let the blood flow in all parts of my body and just think and say "relax" did hellp. The power of suggestion is real and it worked in this case.
This autogenic training technique is effective for its purpose.
Thinking about circulating your blood to your arms, feet, hands, head, heart, and all around is a new concept, but, if we can really make our blood circulate by thinking about it, that would be amazing. Just the suggestion of it makes us relax, calm our mind, and keep it focused on something other than worrisome thoughts.
After hearing the guys nice voice and calm background music for a few minutes I was ready to sleep. (I must be careful not to listen to something like this in the morning so I will want to get busy and do my work). This would be a good tape for the end of a very hectic day, say between 8-11 pm. I would recommend it to anyone who needs to relax.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Hello,
Welcome to the new blog of "On the bike trail with Julia"!
How many miles did you ride your bike yesterday?
I rode around about 10 I am guessing. (I forgot to set the odometer back to 0).
Today none so for, studying, and getting the truck repaired is the agenda so far.
What about you? What have you done on the trail yesterday or today so far? Any bike riding or walking? Any exercising at all? (House-cleaning counts). Let me know if you have moved a reasonable amount today yet?
One hour a day will keep the doctor away, hopefully!
Did you work enough today to sweat?
Exercise is preventative medicine!
What is your goal? Do you have a daily exercise goal?
Welcome to the new blog of "On the bike trail with Julia"!
How many miles did you ride your bike yesterday?
I rode around about 10 I am guessing. (I forgot to set the odometer back to 0).
Today none so for, studying, and getting the truck repaired is the agenda so far.
What about you? What have you done on the trail yesterday or today so far? Any bike riding or walking? Any exercising at all? (House-cleaning counts). Let me know if you have moved a reasonable amount today yet?
One hour a day will keep the doctor away, hopefully!
Did you work enough today to sweat?
Exercise is preventative medicine!
What is your goal? Do you have a daily exercise goal?
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