![]() I’m never even fully asleep when I sleep. I think I was born ready to run, ready to spring. (Yet another thing I didn’t inherit.) Not this one. So not African, right? Most of my countrymen and women are relaxed, easygoing, go-with-the-flow kind of people. Honestly, I believe that This Square Peg came into this world not only quietly, but enshrouded with a ball of tension and pre-adult anxiety. I thought it over and over and realized what I mentioned above. When I told her about the masseuse and her list of five areas, she reminded me about our conversation about my foot and how it looked tense. I shrug and respond that I don’t know and that it feels fine. She then asks why it seems to be at attention, straight and rigid. Ostensibly relaxed, right? My eagle-eyed mom looks at me and asks if there’s anything wrong with my foot. Case in point: just last week, prior to this massage, I was laying on the couch in our living room. But not 100 percent, you know? Not just like languid and droopy with relaxation. ![]() Sure, I’ve had moments where I lay there and feel at peace, serene, undisturbed. There were five areas she noted, all places that I tend to feel muscle tension throughout the minutes, days, months, years, that pass me by.Īnd that leads to my confession, dear reader: I don’t think I’ve ever been fully relaxed. Well, I got that list. Unsurprisingly, it wasn’t a few places here and there. ![]() But with the increase in my exercise regimen (I’ve joined the back-to-back daily workouts life more on that in another post) and more importantly, the quiet cries I hear from my joints every time a workout is completed, it’s time to use that Groupon app and find some massage deals, isn’t it? Anyway, during the session, my masseuse promised to give me a list of areas on my body where she noticed muscle tension–from there, I could go online and research stretching tips for those areas. ![]() As lovely as that sounds, since Idris hasn’t yet proposed, my income just doesn’t allow for that yet. Incidentally, one of my former masseuses mentioned that I should be doing these once a month. This past weekend, I had a much-needed, long-overdue massage. ![]()
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