Friends,

I haven’t heard of anymore COVID related symptoms this past week so we will be getting together again on Wednesday and Friday mornings.  If you have any symptoms or know you’ve been exposed, please don’t come until your symptoms go away.  Please be respectful of the virus and others regardless of your beliefs about the virus.  Please wear a mask, wipe your machines down, etc.  Let’s continue to do our part getting together safely.

We’ll be getting together from 9:00am – noon on Wednesday and Friday.  I hope you’ll join us.

On Friday, Ricky Heldt has volunteered to join us and do some Thai massage for anyone that wants to take him up on it.  Please be nice to Ricky, we’d like him to come back and join us more often.  Here’s a message from Ricky explaining a little more about it.  I hope you’ll give it a try.

Thai Massage Tune Ups w Ricky Heldt of Open Lotus Yoga LLC

Friday, May 7th, 10am -12pm

15 minute Thai Massage Tune ups.

This is free to members of Dan’s Gym.

Sign up in advance for a time slot by emailing Ricky at openlotusyoga@yahoo.com

What is Thai Massage: Thai Massage combines elements of massage, yoga, and acupressure. It works to clear blockages in your body by applying a healing touch to the affected pressure points. The technique of massage and stretching releases tension in the limbs and muscles promoting relief from pain and improvement in flexibility. Once these blockages are removed, energy will flow freely in your body.  Energy that flows freely will improve ailments and increase your overall physical and mental health.

What to Expect: You’ll want to wear comfortable clothing and refrain from eating or drinking for at least an hour before your massage.  The massage involves the use of hands, elbows and feet. A number of techniques such as applying pressure on the muscles and stretching are used to free the blockages in the body. Oil is normally not applied during the therapy session. At the end of the massage session, you will feel relaxed, energized and balanced.

Thank you,

Ricky Heldt

Open Lotus Yoga LLC

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It looks like it’ll be a little chilli again Friday morning.  Dress warm and let’s ride!  If it’s raining, we won’t be riding.  We had a nice ride last Friday even though it was a little chilli.  It’s good to see some of your new bikes and new riders again this year.

Ginger’s out there enjoying every moment on her new e-trike.  Ride, ride, ride Ginger!

Larry and Kate had fun riding with Patrice and Kelli on the party trike…Fun!

Laura and I had really fun ride.  Well, at least I did as Laura wrestled with turning corners and craking at the same time on the hand cycle.  Sometimes she took it a little wide and did a little off road riding.  She gave us a nice photo op in front of the Nettesheim Park sign.  Nice Laura!

Todd got a new hand cycle this year and is flying on it!  He works hard and is an inspiration to me and so many others.  He rode his road bike last Friday but here’s a picture of him on his new hand cycle from the week before.  He mixes it up on bikes so he gets a total body workout.  Looking good Todd!  Nice flag…thanks Pam!

We’ll be meeting at 7:00am at the same place as last year which is Nettesheim Park in Pewaukee.  It’s on the SE corner of Hwy SS and Oak Street.  The GPS address is:  N26W27495 Prospect Ave, Pewaukee, WI 53072

If you need me to bring a trike or a tandem for you, please let me know as soon as you can so I can get them ready to ride.

If you’d like to ride but don’t know how you’d do it, please let me know.  We’ll do our best to figure out a way to get you riding.  We get pretty creative .

Last week, our prayer group was once again…powerful!  I just love the way we share, pray together and witness prayers being answered weekly.  Thanks goes to God and to everyone that joins us.

Our Zoom prayer group on Wednesday mornings are a great place to get together virtually, catch up a bit and give thanks.  It’s awesome seeing so many of you there laughing, listening, sharing, giving thanks and praying!

We’ll be doing it again tomorrow (Wednesday) @ 11:30am.  We’ll get together via zoom and share, talk, listen, give thanks and pray however God leads us.  It’s a way for all of us to get together virtually to catch up and be there for each other and with each other.  I hope you’ll join us!

MS – Just Keep Moving Prayer Group

Wednesdays @ 11:30am

Join Zoom Meeting with this link

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82689557013?pwd=NzNEL0ExYkpSdnE5RllCQXlJeVo1UT09

Meeting ID: 826 8955 7013

Passcode: keepmoving

I hope you’ll join us on Zoom!

We had another fun conversation with Adam again this afternoon.  For all of you who joined us…THANK YOU!  I hope you’ll join us next week.  Please mark your calendars

Inspirational Humor with Adam Wollert

Tuesdays @ 1:30PM

Here’s the link to join us…I hope you do!

Join Zoom Meeting with this link

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9431389152?pwd=bWlYbFNaazVnM1M1cWxWMitlODdXUT09

Meeting ID: 943 138 9152

Passcode: 3qP2hu

Phone:   1-312-626-6799

Meeting ID: 943 138 9152

As we all live with MS and go through this pandemic together; I encourage you to share a smile with someone.  Perhaps you could give someone a call that you haven’t talked with for a while just to see how they’re doing.  This pandemic is tough in many ways.  We all could use a little extra love and encouragement during these times.

MS is tough.  Let’s stay calm, focused, healthy, flexible, have faith and learn as much as we can about the challenges of each day as we make good choices.  Better days are ahead.

In God We Trust!

Dan