Blessed 2 teach yoga

06/03/2026

Wellness Wednesday
June 3, 2026
Good morning beautiful soul💫let your light shine🤩

How can you be your beautiful sparking self when you wake up with aching, painful feet you ask❓
🌀There IS something you can do to make that first step of the day less painful & it’s starts with “loving”on your feet daily🦶
🌀Aging starts from the feet-
Your balance, posture, knees, hips... everything depends on your feet.
🌀Regardless of how you begin or end your day, I hope you will pause long enough to kick off your shoes & show your feet 🦶some extra ♥️love♥️
🌀Consider what happens if we've boxed up our feet in shoes all day, every day year after year❓Never moving, never massaging or touching our feet❓ Stiffness, pain, tingling, swelling, numbness~issues like bunions, hammertoes, plantar fasciitis, neuromas (pinched nerves) and metatarsalgia to name a few…
🌀Your feet are more than a foundation~ they are the “GateKeepers” to what’s happening in your body.
Loving on your feet activates muscles & tendon reflexes in the feet sending nerve signals back to corresponding organs and glands in the body - encouraging balance, healing and optimal functioning.
🌀Strengthen them now! Just minutes of foot massage & mobility exercises daily, can keep you pain free, more youthful & active for years.
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Start with a simple rotation of your ankles every morning before you take a first step.

*Take a barefoot walk through your house. When your feet get use to walking bare foot again venture outdoors for a walk on our beautiful Gulf beach & Spread those Toes

*Lift your Big Toe ~press Big Toe Down while lifting 4 Toes~ Splay your Toes

* Curl your toes under

*Rotate your Ankles *Point & Flex your Toes

* Stand on your tippy Toes while holding on to the kitchen counter waiting for coffee

*Lace your fingers between your toes 🤯 it doesn’t feel 😬good the first few times but then it does😃
Now shake 🤝hands with your foot

Moving & stimulating your feet brings life back into your steps‼️

Kathleen Calligan
Blessed2teachyoga
Foley Senior Center
Chair yoga: Monday @ 9:30 & 10:45am
Chair yoga: Wednesday @ 9:30 with Donna

05/29/2026

All this May rain ☔️🌦️⛈️ rain has me looking like I’m from Minnesota 👀but my hydrangeas are just beautiful🤩

05/27/2026

WELLNESS WEDNESDAY
May 27, 2026

May 🌷is always a busy month traveling for graduations🎓, weddings💒, family gatherings & of course celebrating Mother’s Day & Memorial Day🇺🇸

When you can’t attend your regular yoga 🧘‍♂️or exercise/fitness class, you can refresh & energize yourself with a standing side body, legs crossed stretch. This stretch can be done just about any place, any time to loosen up the body after a long drive or to help your tired, tight, achy body feel better.

Standing Side Stretch with Legs Crossed -stretches, strengthens & lengthens a tight, fatigued body

A standing twist pose, done in sync with a smooth, easy, deep breath, will release muscle tension, stress & fatigue stored in any part of the body

Twisting the upper body improves the mobility of the spine, shoulders & neck.

The twisting action also squeezes the abdominal cavity helping cleanse, detox & tone the abdominal organs as it cools down the body & stimulates digestion

*The over lapping of the thighs ensures hip stability-
*the crossing of the feet provides balance
*the holding of the hands at the wrists creates deeper lengthening of the arm & side body

Helpful Tools:
Practice Standing Side Stretch using a door frame to help with stability & balance. Note how the arch side of the foot is pressed against the door frame to add stability.

One more important reminder‼️
Don’t hold your breath when you stretch. Breathe In, Breathe Out. In through the nose 👃& out through the 👃nose. Breath is what makes moving your body easy. One breath, one movement….your breath is the fuel your body needs 🫁

Come stretch & strengthen with me
Kathleen Calligan

Monday Chair Yoga Classes
9:30am
10:45 am
Wednesday Chair Yoga with Donna
9:30am
Foley Senior Center

05/23/2026

Beautiful to see in my kitchen this Saturday morning 🤗 thank you friend😘

05/20/2026

Wellness Wednesday
May 20, 2026
Good morning beautiful soul, let your 💫light shine🤩

Why yoga❓For me, aging is a true gift of gratitude. I love seeing what I CAN do. I don’t take my body or my health for granted like I did in my younger years. I honor my body with nurturing habits & constant movement. And, I don’t let my thoughts drift into the negative (at least for very long😁)
🌀 When it comes to my yoga practice, I delight in trying & teaching a new & challenging yoga pose.

STRENGTH & GRACE COMBINED
For yogis over 50 there are very few yoga poses more challenging than ‘The Fallen Angel’.

🌀The Fallen Angel yoga pose is powerful because it requires breath control, strong wrists, shoulders, hips & core. It involves torso flexibility to rotate the body, as well as arm and core strength to hold the body weight and lift the hips and legs.

🌀Practicing The Fallen Angel pose also requires physical strength that comes from consistent yoga practice. The most amazing benefit that comes with mastering this pose is that you develop mental strength, emotional balance & unshakeable self confidence about aging‼️🧘‍♂️

The truth about aging is that physical things do become harder, or even impossible. But, a lot becomes better, more resilient after you have lived through some disappointments & hardships.😁In yoga the mind, body & spirit can become finely tuned revealing a stronger, less fearful, more playful you. A special gift 🎁when you are older. Too bad we can’t feel this way in our 20’s.

Yoga class May 19,2026
Foley Senior Center
Tuesday & Thursday 10:00
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05/19/2026

Right to jail Right away🤣

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05/13/2026

WELLNESS WEDNESDAY
May 13, 2026
TO: Yoga🧘‍♂️& Exercise🤼Fitness devotees of Foley Senior Center

Yoga is far more than a physical exercise—it is a powerful practice for reshaping the brain through 1️⃣movement
2️⃣breath
3️⃣meditation
4️⃣neuroplasticity
Helping us grow, heal & adapt at every stage of life
What Is Neuroplasticity❓
🌀The brain is dynamic & adaptable with a remarkable capacity to reorganize itself by growing new gray matter & the
ability to shift activity from damaged areas to healthy ones by creating new communication pathways.

🌀The more we engage in practices that challenge the mind and body—like yoga—the stronger and healthier our brains can become

🌀Every time you step onto your mat, you’re not just strengthening your body—you’re rewiring your brain for focus, resilience, and well-being.
The takeaway is simple and profound: when you practice yoga, you practice living life Healthy~Happy~ Strong & Confident Inside-Out‼️

Try this fun & challenging yoga drill 🔻🔻🔻
*Lay supine (face up)on your yoga mat (bed or floor also works)
*Balance a yoga block on the bottom of one foot (no block? Use a paperback book)
*while lifting the opposite leg

BOOM💥you just activated core strength, ankle stability & full body control that will strengthen the connection between your brain & your body- as you focus 🫪on keeping that block balanced on your foot this is happening🔻
*Deeper Concentration
*Sharper Reflexes
*Improved Focus & Coordination
*Functional Strength

Take the challenge‼️Join my Yoga classes & experience renewed vitality & & enthusiasm for living life🤩
Tuesday & Thursday 10am
Foley Senior Center
304 E Rose Ave, Foley, Al
Kathleen Calligan

05/06/2026

Thank you Artist, Pamela Hoose, for bringing ART to my Yoga & Wellness Day Retreat

05/06/2026

Wellness Wednesday
May 6, 2026
To: Yoga 🧘‍♂️& Exercise🤼‍♀️ Fitness devotees Foley Senior Center

So, You don’t L❤️ve your love handles❓

It’s a simple question, but the answer is a little more complicated. This side belly fat is not easy to shed & isn’t just a woman thing, men have Love Handles too‼️

Triangle Pose, done daily & done the right way, will get rid of bulging love handles & give you a strong, defined side body🔻🔻

Look at the photo carefully, note where the bottom hand is positioned & how the chest is lifted upward NOT sagging forward.
If you hover the bottom hand instead of resting it on the leg/thigh or using a block, things change quite a bit.
When your torso isn’t supported by your arm anymore – your top-side obliques have to step in to help hold you up against gravity.
Not supporting the bottom arm is an important distinction that gets maximum strengthening & slimming in the side body.

Until you can build up your strength against gravity Start 🔻here 🔻in a seat variation of Triangle Pose

The Results❓Triangle Pose also stretches & strengthens your back, hips, thighs & legs. The Pose stimulates the abdominal organs & improves digestion. This Pose is also one of the best poses to beat stress, relieve a backache & prevent osteoporosis👏👏👏

05/03/2026