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Be Happy Without It… And Watch It Appear 👀 – Abraham Hicks (2026) #lawofattraction ✨ What if the secret to getting everything you want is being okay w...

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😎 When I was younger, I used to think that only a select few were handed the joy card. Today, I know better 🌻 Joy exists inside us all and we just have to nurture it until it becomes our natural default setting more often than not ✨ Cultivating joy doesn’t mean pretending life is easy ✨ Cultivating joy means making room for the things that bring us alive such as, movement, fresh air, sunshine, spending time with friends, playing and being silly ✨ Cultivating joy means letting go of some of that exhausting “properness” we pick up as adults and allowing ourselves to become childlike again ✨ Cultivating joy means valuing awe and wonder. The night sky. Ocean waves. Birdsong. A piece of music that cracks your heart wide open 🥰 The older I get, the more I realize joy is less about what happens to us and more about what we intentionally invite into our lives #ageingdisgracefully #age #joyinthejourney #joyoflife #aginggracefully

Wellness Wednesday
June 17. 2026
Good morning beautiful soul
Let your light SHINE💫✨

LET’S DO THIS‼️
BYE 👋🏼BYE BAT🦇WINGS

One of the first signs of muscle decline even in our 30s & 40’s shows up in our arms💪🏻 -yep, it’s ‘bat 🦇wings’ that saggy back of the arm tricep that keeps moving when you 👋🏼wave😩& makes you forget about going sleeveless
🌀The triceps contribute to the shape of your arms, more so than the biceps. If you’re 50+, it’s essential to maintain a strong toned tricep muscle that is primarily responsible for extending the elbow joint & plays a significant role in upper body strength & stability.

🌀Without specific exercises that firm & tone the tricep it’s common for the arms to start to lose their firmness due to the natural loss of lean muscle (sarcopenia), reduced skin elasticity, and shifts in the distribution of body fat. That’s where tricep exercises with or without using dumbbells come in to play.
🌀A by- product of doing arm exercises is you also strengthen your chest muscles, shoulders & improve your posture.

THE BEST TRICEP EXERCISES
*Arm Circles forward/back
*Seated Extended Pushbacks
*Over Head Lift & Drop Back

LET’S DO THIS at home & with me at Foley Senior Center
Tuesday & Thursday 11:30am
Exercise Fitness Class
Kathleen Calligan

Wellness Wednesday
June 10, 2026
Good Morning Beautiful Soul- Let your Light Shine💫

Bone🦴 loss starts long
before you feel it- for decades we have been taught that health is measured by a number on a scale…..

SMALLER LIGHTER BETTER

SIZE 0 to SIZE 6 or YOU ARE
FAT‼️
Here’s the absolute TRUTH—
Women have been Focused on the wrong measurement & on one of the biggest misconceptions in women’s health: That our weight should be our primary health concern

BALONEY‼️

Body composition tells a far more meaningful story- it’s all about maintaining & building muscle & bone

Defined & toned arm & leg muscle is beautiful- but building muscle is more than appearance.
🌀Muscle influences metabolic health, cognitive function, bone strength, longevity, resilience & keeps us independent as we age.

Muscle building moves bones-
The message is clear & simple- weight bearing exercise is one of the most powerful health
habits for women over 50

You don’t know how to use weights you say❓-
🌀I can help you ease into feeling confident & safe using light hands weights as you gain strength & learn proper form.

Train with purpose
Kathleen Calligan

Exercise Fitness Class
Foley Senior Center
Tuesday & Thursday: 11:30am

🌀Bottom line: It's never too late, or too early, to get stronger. Even in your 60s,70s or 80s, muscle growth and performance gains are possible
Your future health & independence is determined by the strength you build today
Namaste🙏

Wellness Wednesday
June 3, 2026
Good morning beautiful soul💫let your light shine🤩

How can you be your beautiful sparking self when you wake up with aching, painful feet you ask❓
🌀There IS something you can do to make that first step of the day less painful & it’s starts with “loving”on your feet daily🦶
🌀Aging starts from the feet-
Your balance, posture, knees, hips... everything depends on your feet.
🌀Regardless of how you begin or end your day, I hope you will pause long enough to kick off your shoes & show your feet 🦶some extra ♥️love♥️
🌀Consider what happens if we've boxed up our feet in shoes all day, every day year after year❓Never moving, never massaging or touching our feet❓ Stiffness, pain, tingling, swelling, numbness~issues like bunions, hammertoes, plantar fasciitis, neuromas (pinched nerves) and metatarsalgia to name a few…
🌀Your feet are more than a foundation~ they are the “GateKeepers” to what’s happening in your body.
Loving on your feet activates muscles & tendon reflexes in the feet sending nerve signals back to corresponding organs and glands in the body - encouraging balance, healing and optimal functioning.
🌀Strengthen them now! Just minutes of foot massage & mobility exercises daily, can keep you pain free, more youthful & active for years.
🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻
Start with a simple rotation of your ankles every morning before you take a first step.

*Take a barefoot walk through your house. When your feet get use to walking bare foot again venture outdoors for a walk on our beautiful Gulf beach & Spread those Toes

*Lift your Big Toe ~press Big Toe Down while lifting 4 Toes~ Splay your Toes

* Curl your toes under

*Rotate your Ankles *Point & Flex your Toes

* Stand on your tippy Toes while holding on to the kitchen counter waiting for coffee

*Lace your fingers between your toes 🤯 it doesn’t feel 😬good the first few times but then it does😃
Now shake 🤝hands with your foot

Moving & stimulating your feet brings life back into your steps‼️

Kathleen Calligan
Blessed2teachyoga
Foley Senior Center
Chair yoga: Monday @ 9:30 & 10:45am
Chair yoga: Wednesday @ 9:30 with Donna

All this May rain ☔️🌦️⛈️ rain has me looking like I’m from Minnesota 👀but my hydrangeas are just beautiful🤩

WELLNESS WEDNESDAY
May 27, 2026

May 🌷is always a busy month traveling for graduations🎓, weddings💒, family gatherings & of course celebrating Mother’s Day & Memorial Day🇺🇸

When you can’t attend your regular yoga 🧘‍♂️or exercise/fitness class, you can refresh & energize yourself with a standing side body, legs crossed stretch. This stretch can be done just about any place, any time to loosen up the body after a long drive or to help your tired, tight, achy body feel better.

Standing Side Stretch with Legs Crossed -stretches, strengthens & lengthens a tight, fatigued body

A standing twist pose, done in sync with a smooth, easy, deep breath, will release muscle tension, stress & fatigue stored in any part of the body

Twisting the upper body improves the mobility of the spine, shoulders & neck.

The twisting action also squeezes the abdominal cavity helping cleanse, detox & tone the abdominal organs as it cools down the body & stimulates digestion

*The over lapping of the thighs ensures hip stability-
*the crossing of the feet provides balance
*the holding of the hands at the wrists creates deeper lengthening of the arm & side body

Helpful Tools:
Practice Standing Side Stretch using a door frame to help with stability & balance. Note how the arch side of the foot is pressed against the door frame to add stability.

One more important reminder‼️
Don’t hold your breath when you stretch. Breathe In, Breathe Out. In through the nose 👃& out through the 👃nose. Breath is what makes moving your body easy. One breath, one movement….your breath is the fuel your body needs 🫁

Come stretch & strengthen with me
Kathleen Calligan

Monday Chair Yoga Classes
9:30am
10:45 am
Wednesday Chair Yoga with Donna
9:30am
Foley Senior Center

Beautiful to see in my kitchen this Saturday morning 🤗 thank you friend😘