Blessed 2 teach yoga

10/28/2026

WELLNESS WEDNESDAY
October 28, 2026

Good morning beautiful soul, let your light shine💫

Have you ever noticed a dog shake its body after a stressful moment?

Dogs shake after stressful moments as a way to release tension and reset their bodies, similar to how humans might take a deep breath. This shaking help them cope with anxiety or fear, allowing them to calm down after a stressful experience -& you too can benefit from Shaking Your Body‼️

Body shaking is an exercise designed to release pent-up energy and tension from the body, helping self-regulate emotions and return to a state of emotional balance. Rooted in somatic therapy, which recognizes that emotions are often stored in the body, Shaking can activate our parasympathetic nervous system and signal our bodies to fully relax.

Simply shaking your hands fingers and arms up and down, while lightly bouncing on your heels, is a great way to reduce stress, relieve tension & reset the central nervous system from sympathetic ( fight or flight) to
parasympathetic (rest & digest)

Try it right now & see how fast your body will relax, your mood will lift, you will feel lighter & have happier thoughts.
”Shaking the Tree” — see yourself like a mighty tree shaking up and down, letting any dead leaves and other debris fall to the ground.

Stand with your feet apart, and knees slightly bent in a comfortable position. Then, start shaking, twisting & heel bouncing your body gently, starting with your legs and spreading your movement to the arms, shoulders, chest, and back.
Allow the feelings of shaking to become like a dance rhythm that takes over and feel the vibrations internally.

There is no wrong way to shake your body, just shake it up, shake down to the ground!

Do you need some motivation to get your “whole lotta Shaking going on⁉️?”
Do what we do in Exercise Fitness & Chair Yoga class! (cue up “Shake IT UP” by the 80’s group The Cars

Here’s a link on YouTube ⬇️ to get you Shaking😁
https://youtu.be/K3SA5Z-cbC8?si=qI0l9pXrOcCqQFWX

Here’s the time & Place to ‘Shake it Up’ in
Chair Yoga: Monday 9:30am & 10:45
Exercise Fitness: Tues/Thurs 11:30am
Foley Senior Center
304 East Rose
Kathleen Calligan

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10/25/2026

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10/24/2026

Friday, October 23 was a beautiful fall day for a Yoga 🧘🏼‍♀️& Wellness Retreat at Southern Grove Vineyard

The day started in 🙏prayer with a peaceful meditation walk through the vines reflecting on John 15…”I’am the Vine…You are the Branches”. We embraced silence, warm sunlight releasing all disappointment & regret. Welcoming growth, opportunities & renewed vitality

We learned holistic healing modalities to increase immunity, cellular growth, lymphatic detox & how to better nourish our minds -bodies & spirits .

We moved & stretched, we laughed out loud, we deepened friendships & welcomed new connections.

And, no yoga retreat would be complete without a relaxing Sound Bath by our favorite Yogi, Brandy Lockhart sending us into vibrational bliss‼️

The day was extra awesome thanks to Ariel Widener, General Manager, Southern Grove Vineyard. Thank you Ariel for the delicious food & providing a “Wine 🍷Down” the perfect ending to a Yoga Retreat in the Vines🍇
My thank you to all who helped me in the retreat planning & to everyone for your enthusiasm & happy energy‼️

The next Blessed2teachyoga retreat:
DATE: Friday, April 30, 2027
PLACE: Sandy Creek Resort

Until we gather again, Namaste 🙏
Kathleen Calligan

10/21/2026

WELLNESS WEDNESDAY
October 21, 2026

Good morning beautiful soul, let your light shine💫

Want to Decrease the fat you can 👀see & the internal Visceral fat you can’t 😔See❓

And, while your at it strengthen your feet & legs ,improve your balance & build muscle❓

Take the one daily movement you are already doing multiple times a the day (getting up from a 🪑chair) & supercharge it WITHOUT the help of your hands 🤚🏻or arms🙆🏼‍♀️ for support.

“Get Up Offa That Thing🪑”
And, before you know it your overall Body fat & Visceral fat will decrease & your mobility, balance, strength & vitality will skyrocket💫

Sit To Stand Test:
The 30-second Sit to Stand Test was designed as a rehab fitness protocol to test the functional fitness of adults over 60. It’s a quick & easy test of an individual’s ability to transition between sitting & standing five times in a row without using their hands.

The Sit to Stand Test is posted below

Grab a chair, preferably a chair without arms. The goal is to sit & stand as many times as possible in 30-seconds.

If you are having difficulty getting up & down from a chair I’ve got the solution for you……CHAIR YOGA‼️ If you need to get stronger but just don’t know how to begin I’ve got the solution for you…..Chair Yoga‼️

Join me at the Foley Senior Center for health changing Fitness Classes

Foley Senior Cemter
304 East Rose
Chair Yoga: Monday: 9:30am & 10:45 am
Chair Yoga : Wednesday: 9:30am

10/14/2026

WELLNESS WEDNESDAY
October 14, 2026

Good morning beautiful soul, Let your Light Shine 💫

👃👃👃👃🫁🫁🫀🧠
The mouth should never be used for breathing except for times of high intensity exercising. It’s all about breathing in & out through the 👃nose The nose has a minimum of 30 functions. Here are just a few:

✅Increases oxygen & blood flow to the brain
✅relieves stress & lowers blood pressure, helps restore memories
✅monitors heart rate, helps maintain & restore emotional balance
✅Lowers the burden on the heart
✅filters, heats & treats raw air
✅Reduces snoring & sleep apanea, asthma & hay fever
✅keeps lips, mouth & throat moist during sleep
✅sinuses release a boost of nitric oxide, a molecule that plays an essential role in increasing circulation & oxygen delivery into cells
✅protects teeth from dental decay

The thing about the human 👃nose is the more you use it the better it works.
When you mouth breathe either out of habit or because of a stuffy nose, the side effects are real.
🌀Brain fog after waking up
🌀difficulty concentrating
🌀bad breath
🌀lack of focus & low energy

Here’s a gentle nose 👃breathing exercise to help unstuff a stuffy nose:

1)Take a normal breath in through your nose 👃
2)exhale through your nose👃
3)Hold your 👃nose & nod your head up & down 5 times
4)Let go & breath in through your nose👃

😃Just like that‼️ a stuffy nasal passage will open up & you can breathe through your nose👃

You may have to repeat
this inhaling, exhaling, nose 👃holding, head nodding breath exercise multiple times daily. But, with a little practice you can say bye 🙌🙌bye to your stuffy 👃nose & mouth breathing👍

A LITTLE TIDBIT
🍉🍇🍅🥝🍎🥑
🚫Just walk on by🚫

Precut fruit offers convenience but increases the risk of food borne illness due to loss of protective skin.

It’s also way more 💵expensive & the fruit is treated with chemical 😛preservatives to keep it looking fresh & appealing. Just walk 🚶🏻🚶🏻‍♂️on by👍

Kathleen Calligan
Blessed2teachyoga
Foley Senior Center
304 East Rose Ave
Yoga~Chair Yoga~Exercise Fitness

10/13/2026

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10/07/2026

Wellness Wednesday
October 7, 2026

Good morning beautiful soul, Let your Light Shine💫

Your mission should you choose to accept it…..

Minimum 3-Times a Week 👍
✅Before Coffee- Cold or Hot Lemon Water
✅ Have a seat eyes closed😚
✅Breathe In -Breathe Out, take Deep Nasal Inhales & Long Slow Nasal Exhales
✅Sit up straight-shoulders back, head level, feet on the floor
✅Put a Smile😄 on your face
✅REPEAT these words…….
“I am, Healthy, Happy, Strong & Confident”

Improving your Health is MISSION POSSIBLE💯

Health is your greatest wealth, more important than money, fame or even your reputation. It’s the small,seemingly insignificant routines we incorporate into our daily lives that make the biggest
impact on our quality of life.

Speak your ‘Future’ out loud; Speak Life over your mind, body & Spirit, “I am, Healthy, Happy, Strong & Confident”

Now you are ready to put words into ACTION

Pick a Class, any class at all, & watch what happens to your mood, your attitude, your joy, your confidence, your strength, your posture, your balance, your energy, your focus, your clarity, your relationships………watch what happens FOR YOU
🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻
Chair Yoga: 🪑
Monday 9:30 & 10:45am
🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻
Yoga: 🧘🏼‍♀️
Tuesday & Thursday 10:00am
🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻
Exercise Fitness:🤼‍♀️
Tuesday & Thursday 11:30am

Kathleen Calligan

Foley Senior Center
304 East Rose Ave

10/06/2026

Message to self:
200 years ago the average American consumed 10-teaspoons of sugar every 5-days.

Today, we unknowingly consume the same amount every 7-hours‼️

All words (ingredients) ending
in ‘ose’ are forms of sugar;
✅Sucrose
✅Dextrose
✅Fructose
✅Lactose
✅Glucose

Check the labels