Keep Moving To Keep Moving

Gardening is a marvelous activity: refreshing, always changing, and you get flowers!

Use it or lose it, right? So, if we plan to keep moving, we better give moving. Oh, the many sedentary temptations--I cannot even count them. Being an English major, I could just sit and read, write, enjoy videos endlessly, and it becomes increasingly inexpensive to to so. Except the cost to your health. Sedentary lifestyle is the new smoking, they say, as debilitating to your health. 

Exercise: 7 benefits of regular physical activity

http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/fitness/in-depth/exercise/art-20048389 

Physical Exercise for Brain Health 

http://www.brainhq.com/brain-resources/everyday-brain-fitness/physical-exercise 

Regular exercise changes the brain to improve memory, thinking skills

http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/regular-exercise-changes-brain-improve-memory-thinking-skills-201404097110 

Also, simple stretching gets the oxygen to your brain, where is belongs. Teachers, get you students to do simple streches and movements as a point of transition in class. You do them, too.

5 ways stretching benefits your health

http://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/fitness/training+tips/5+ways+stretching+benefits+your+health,10989 

How Stretching Can Improve Flexibility And Health

http://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/fitness/training+tips/5+ways+stretching+benefits+your+health,10989

Depression and anxiety: Exercise eases symptoms

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/in-depth/depression-and-exercise/art-20046495 

5 Ways to Sneak Exercise Into Your Daily Routine

http://www.nextavenue.org/5-ways-sneak-exercise-your-daily-routine/ 

Health Risks of a Sedentary Lifestyle

 http://www.lifespanfitness.com/workplace/resources/articles/health-risks-of-a-sedentary-lifestyle

Is sitting on your backside dangerous? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COIGHiMveG4