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1st Friday Community Yoga
6pm
Patrick Heath Library Main Community Room

We spend most of our waking hours in shoes, and our feet quietly absorb the consequences of that every single day. The muscles in our feet and ankles don't get the exposure that they did (before shoes) and this takes a toll. One remedy for this? A technique from the Roll Model Method, taught by Jill Miller, and it works the fascia and muscles of the sole using a therapy ball built for exactly this. A tennis ball or a lacrosse ball won't do the job nearly as well. The density and size of the ball actually matter.⁠ ⁠ Begin at the heel with slow, sustained pressure, shifting gently forward and back, then side to side. Move to the arch and apply the same steady pressure in both directions. Roll toward the outer edge of the foot, curl your toes inward, and continue working forward and back. Then tilt your ankle inward, curl your toes again, and settle steady pressure into the ball of the foot.⁠ ⁠ End with the toes themselves. Anchor the joint where your big toe meets the foot as close to perpendicular to the floor as you can, then press down and hold. Work through the next three toes with a gripping and releasing motion, then finish at the smallest toe. The goal is real, sustained compression, not a light graze.⁠ ⁠ Give this a few minutes at either end of your day. The fascia running through the sole connects directly to the Achilles tendon and calf, then continues up into the hamstrings, glutes, and low back. Everything we talk about in the posterior chain has its foundation here, in your feet. For more info on the method and how to get the balls, Follow @thejillmiller⁠ ⁠ Sole sister! :-)⁠ ⁠ #fascia #footcare #posteriorchain #recovery #fitnessover50 #SMR #therapyballs #therollmethod

Credit to Yoga Medicine by Tiffany Cruikshank It’s easy to get caught up in what we think we know. 🧠⁠
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And while learning matters, understanding often asks something different of us.⁠
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It asks us to stay curious.⁠
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To loosen our grip on certainty.⁠
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To remain open to perspectives, experiences, and possibilities we haven't fully considered yet.⁠
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Our practice — especially off the mat — gives us opportunities to do this every day.⁠
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It’s in that space of curiosity that we can do away with the need to have all the answers and become more graciously open to what we don't yet fully understand.⁠
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That openness has the potential to hold so much... and is often where wisdom begins.⁠
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💭 What would it look like for you to approach today with a little more curiosity?