One of the many benefits of working at Saint Mary’s Fitness Center is access to clubs like Tri-Club, Striders’ and Master Swim. It’s no surprise that I am a marketing specialist for a place that focuses on health, fitness and wellness. I live and breathe a healthy lifestyle, though always striving to become better.
“Inhale arms up, exhale press your elbows down – fingers together like glue!” Kiera started her class as she always does, with a smile and determination to encourage her students to feel the benefits of doing it correctly. “Back straight, only your breath, arms and head are moving.”
Sweat is dripping down my nose, my internal heat is rising as I shift into a deep state of moving meditation. Awwww.
As I moved my way up the same hill for the fifth time, my hips began to tighten and my back started to ache. I remember the days when I could move through any physical obstacle with ease. At this point it was all mental for me and I pushed through.
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Since he was little, my husband Erik has been on the greatest treasure hunt searching for gold. It started when he was ten years old. His mother took him to Columbia, CA where he experienced his first encounter with the shiny substance. He has been hooked ever since.
There it was, the smell of exhaust from the boat’s engine permeating my nostrils. As I leaned back, swaying up and down from the current, I noticed the sun was about 15 minutes from rising. The water was warm and the air was cool. I tightly gripped the rubber handle and pressed my back foot down on the ski as the butterflies began to fluttered in my stomach. This was my bliss each time I uttered the words “HIT IT!”
Kellie C. Lee 