Flexibility Equals Life

“A newborn is soft and tender,
A crone, hard and stiff.
Plants and animals, in life, are supple and juicy;
In death, brittle and dry.
So softness and tenderness are attributes of life,
And hardness and stiffness, attributes of death.”

Verse 76 of the Tao Te Ching

If you believe Lao-tzu, the author of the Tao Te Ching, stiffness ages you. Stiffness is why older people move slower and can't do what they used to be able to do.

Much of this stiffness is reversible. Muscular stiffness is caused by specific problems with the muscular system that are totally treatable.

A bold assertion and a promising one. We'll see in the coming weeks how true it really is.