I never thought I'd say it, but I took a huge break from the serious contortion stretching I was doing. I was pushing myself, improving in flexibility like crazy - and I let the events of life make me too busy to keep up with it. For anyone who wants to get into contortion - go for it and stick with it. I am getting back into it now. It really truly changed my life, my health and overall happiness! Sounds funny - but I dedicated one hour at night every night to stretching. Do you know what happened?

I lost weight, I became extremely toned and firm. I slept better, ate better and even though there was no cardiovascular workout involved every night - I really improved my health. I felt GREAT every day and energized by doing some simple stretches everynight.

So, I am going to start again - and will take you through my journey. I will post progress pictures as I need to get back into things. The most amazing thing is that my back is still pretty flexible even though I've not stretched it much in months.