Attention You. Yes, YOU. Put your hands in the air and step away from the computer.

Do it! Do it NOW. SHAKE. IT. OUT. Because (drumroll, ta ta!!!)  IT’S DANCE BREAK TIME!!!

Got the blood flowing now. Feels better, doesn’t it?

I know. Because lately the Universe has been coming to me saying, “Susan…your butt’s stuck. Susan, you’ve got to MOVE. Because you are turning into a sack of  CE-MENT. You’re retaining water like a pretzel eater riding in the cheap seats on a trans-Pacific flight.”

Really, the Universe said that to me. Because I’ve been sitting too much lately. Logging in all kinds of hours on the computer.

And then a friend posted a link on Facebook. A link about the dire consequences of sitting at the desk, on the sofa, just sitting too long. Is that serendipity or what? All these messages bombarding me about getting off my butt.

So I started paying attention. I googled ‘health risks sitting’. Oh. My….it’s bad folks, real bad. We’re ALL going to die!!! But some of us are going to die sooner of cancer, heart disease, fat bottoms and BOREDOM…ALL FROM SITTING TOO LONG!!!

Get up again. Take another dance break.

Back? Good. Because all is not doom and gloom. I stopped the google search after 50 pages, mostly because I figured the point was made by then. I even read a couple of the articles. Like this one  from NPR. I linked it because it has both video and an animated stick man. And I am easily amused by special effects. After scaring the bejeesus out of you with dire statistics the good folks at NPR offer a reassuring antidote…GET UP AND MOVE. Even a few minutes every hour will make a difference.

So I decided to write this post standing up. I stand while I paint. I stand while I teach. Why not stand while I write?

Actually, I dance while I paint. Dance while I teach. But I don’t think I can dance while I write…laptops just haven’t come that far. So I’m doing the next best thing. I’m writing this while balancing on a core stability disk. Which has been stashed under a chair since the day I bought it years ago, stabilizing spiders and dust bunnies.

Now it’s giving me a core workout while I blog. Because if I don’t engage my core I will fall flat on my ass. And I turned it upside down so my feet are getting all kinds of happy with those nobs digging into every reflexology point they’ve got. Ahhhhh… I think I may be falling in luuuuuv with this thing. Umm-hmm. Liking it just a little too much…

You can sit on it too. Matter of fact, I’m sitting on it as I do a next day edit on this post. Definitely got the wigglies going on as I keep the corte engaged. It’s a little distracting as I see how far I can take it. I just did a minute or so of seeing if I could hold a modified V while sitting at the kitchen table.

Got a way to go before the Circ de Soleil comes a calling.

I’ll keep you posted as to my progress. And don’t worry, the Arty Life is open to acrobatics.

Now get up again and SHAKE IT OUT!