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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 11h

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 18h

You and Sonic must spot each other for dinner all the time…

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 18h

Oh no!! So cute!!

Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 18h

👻 G-g-ghost? Nope, s-s-snailfish! 🤍

Meet the mesmerizing new addition to our Into the Deep/En lo Profundo exhibit, rough snailfish! These ethereal charmers live in the benthic zone, a scientific term for the seafloor.

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

Meh. Blurry.

The same text as above, but less blurry this time.

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

Here we go. From Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet.

“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of life’s longing for itself. They come through you, but not from you, and though they are with you yet, they belong not to you. you may give them your love, but not your thoughts. you may have their bodies, but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes, not backward nor tarries with yesterday. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. The archer sees the mark along the path of the infinite. And he bends you with his might, that his arrows might go swift and far. let your bending in the archer hand be for gladness; for even as he loves the arrow that flies, he loves also the bow that is stable.”

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

Here we go. From Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet.

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favorite writers said “Your children come through you, but don’t belong to you. You stand in your time, and you send them, like an arrow, into the future, where you cannot visit… not even in your dreams.”

Second Great Bisexual Awakening @suesswassersee.bsky.social · 1d

Children are autonomous human beings and parents are guardians, not owners, of their children. We have generations of society-wide abuse and trauma to heal from and we can't do it because it keeps getting perpetuated

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

Man, I’m sorry it’s been so difficult. I hope you find the thing that makes the breakthrough.

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

If they don’t work, type a description of your back discomfort into YouTube search. A lot of trainers/chiropractors/pt folks will give bits of advice.

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

Oh hang on: let me actually put the link…

youtube.com/shorts/xPzUo...

5 Effective Exercises to Fix Neck Hump (Dowager's Hump)

YouTube video by Atlas Brain & Spine

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

I did this one a lot in 2021. First time I did it, I heard a huge crack in my back close to my solar plexus. It was suddenly easier to breathe into my right lung! 🫁

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

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Try This For Upper Back Pain Relief

YouTube video by BT Osteopathy

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

Oh dang. Maybe something like these:

youtube.com/shorts/DGqhn...

Rhomboid stretch for pain relief 🤩🧘‍♂️💙 #rhomboids #neckpain #osteopathy #balancedmotionclinic

YouTube video by Balanced Motion Clinic

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

Ain’t that the truth?

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

🥰 TY!

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

A helpful trait if ever I could define one.

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

Oh man, I bet you have a lot of cool facts in your head!

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

Oooo that’s so cool! And I like that you know the history of it!

Is it at all related to the Tai Chi family tree?

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

I know, right? It kicks butt!

Ah! You do martial arts? I so admire that. What style do you do?

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yay! I hope you have loads of success with this, and it makes your back feel strong and wonderful.

Oh, I also do something called BirdDogs for building my lower back muscles. (Hold for 10-30 seconds)

youtube.com/shorts/vtwhC...

THE BIRDDOG 🐦🐶

YouTube video by Muscle and Motion

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

OMG I was so mad about it at the time, yes. So mad! Haha

Here’s the video of some of the exercises I do for my back:

youtu.be/j-Av4Zk3Uuk?...

The Real Way To Fix Your Neck, Shoulders & Lift Your Collarbones

YouTube video by Meli

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yay! I hope you have loads of success with this, and it makes your back feel strong and wonderful.

Oh, I also do something called BirdDogs for building my lower back muscles. (Hold for 10-30 seconds)

youtube.com/shorts/vtwhC...

THE BIRDDOG 🐦🐶

YouTube video by Muscle and Motion

youtube.com

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

OMG I was so mad about it at the time, yes. So mad! Haha

Here’s the video of some of the exercises I do for my back:

youtu.be/j-Av4Zk3Uuk?...

The Real Way To Fix Your Neck, Shoulders & Lift Your Collarbones

YouTube video by Meli

youtu.be

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah!!

One of my voice teachers said to me once: You don’t need to push your head forward while you’re singing.

I was like: I’m not!

Turns out forward head movement is an outcome of weak back muscles, along with poor posture, or posture that takes a lot of effort.

So… time to fix it!

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Marla_Singing @marlasinging.bsky.social · 1d

Been doing scapular pushups, wall pushups and muscle warm up exercises for that area for over a month. I suddenly felt my scapulae click together like never before.

I guess there was a knot in my muscle that I couldn’t feel that is now gone…

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