{"id":1444,"date":"2017-03-26T05:36:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T05:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kirstenharris.co.uk\/thedailyease\/?p=1444"},"modified":"2017-03-26T10:22:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-26T10:22:29","slug":"a-stitch-in-time-saves-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifwisheswerehorses.co.uk\/thedailyease\/?p=1444","title":{"rendered":"A Stitch In Time Saves Nine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found two Victorian carved shells in a junk shop on my trip to the beach this week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Messages from the past \u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first, \u00a0&#8216;A Stitch in Time Saves Nine&#8217; &#8230; a\u00a0granny expression, that made me think about Alexander Technique &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(Any excuse to buy!)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have a niggle in your back, a wee ache, what do you do?<\/p>\n<p>Ignore it? Complain? Take a painkiller?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Or you could make a stitch in time<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And lie in semi supine!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>15 minutes semi supine<br \/>\nIs good for the spine<br \/>\nAnd helps you feel fine!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the seashell &#8230; it is ancient wisdom &#8230; take time now to save yourself from unravelling further &#8230;<br \/>\nListen to the sea &#8230; your body &#8230;. your breath &#8230;. a stitch is your thinking &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Lie down now, before your ache gets worse! Let your mind travel around your body, particularly the achy bit, like a fine seamstress, stitching yourself back with your thoughts into a wearable, functional whole &#8211; a mobile muscly body suit!<br \/>\nListen for the ocean inside<br \/>\nThe flow that is available to us &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The seashell is wise and is speaking &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And for my artwork?<br \/>\nI always paint better when my back is free!<br \/>\nIt flows more easily when I am balanced &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A spring Sunday, mothers day, to listen to grandma&#8217;s wisdom and let aches float away with the tide &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirstenharris.co.uk\/thedailyease\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/a-slump-book-025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-138\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kirstenharris.co.uk\/thedailyease\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/a-slump-book-025-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"a slump book 025\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifwisheswerehorses.co.uk\/thedailyease\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/a-slump-book-025-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ifwisheswerehorses.co.uk\/thedailyease\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/a-slump-book-025-600x341.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ifwisheswerehorses.co.uk\/thedailyease\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/a-slump-book-025-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ifwisheswerehorses.co.uk\/thedailyease\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/a-slump-book-025-180x102.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.ifwisheswerehorses.co.uk\/thedailyease\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/a-slump-book-025.jpg 1202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A stitch in time saves nine &#8211; time for semi supine!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To learn how to do this easily and effectively instant help is available right now &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>My media download, Body Magic is but a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirstenharris.co.uk\/bodymagic.html\">Click away &#8230; here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;She sells sea shells on the sea shore!&#8217; &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>That tongue twister reminds me of my granny too!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirstenharris.co.uk\/thedailyease\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/fullsizeoutput_eba.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1468\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kirstenharris.co.uk\/thedailyease\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/fullsizeoutput_eba-300x273.jpeg\" alt=\"fullsizeoutput_eba\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifwisheswerehorses.co.uk\/thedailyease\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/fullsizeoutput_eba-300x273.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ifwisheswerehorses.co.uk\/thedailyease\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/fullsizeoutput_eba-600x547.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.ifwisheswerehorses.co.uk\/thedailyease\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/fullsizeoutput_eba-768x700.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ifwisheswerehorses.co.uk\/thedailyease\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/fullsizeoutput_eba-1024x933.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ifwisheswerehorses.co.uk\/thedailyease\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/fullsizeoutput_eba-132x120.jpeg 132w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Sunday well spent brings a week of content &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found two Victorian carved shells in a junk shop on my trip to the beach this week. &nbsp; 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