23 November

If your muscles feel stiff, it’s tempting to do what this person is doing, to try to stretch them. To think that your muscles are either loose or tight. But muscles adapt precisely to what you’re doing, if they feel tight it just means you’re doing something different, say sitting in front of a computer every day, and then going for a walk. So the tissue feels tight because you’re challenging your body to be more open, to help you walk. No need to stretch it separately, tissue responds to what you do. Let it be stiff and just carry on as normal, and it will adapt to your new way of being.