Stories from the Heart
The Fire Within
Kathleen describes Parkinson’s disease as a “fire within.” It’s an un-itchable itch. Her organs vibrate, her foot cramps, or her leg goes restless at the most inconvenient times. Kathleen emphasizes that everyone’s experience with the symptoms and progression of the disease is different. At one point she couldn’t brush her teeth, get dressed in the…
Read MoreStories from the Heart: A Lifelong Dancer
Susie is a lifelong dancer. She even danced competitively for the University of New Mexico dance team. She says dance was something she had always loved, and something she had always been able to do, until it wasn’t. In January of 2023 both Susie and her husband got COVID-19. Because of her pre-existing conditions, Susie…
Read MoreStories from the Heart – Chair Yoga Warrior
If you were to come to New Heart on a Tuesday or Friday at 10am, you’d likely find Cheryl wearing a hot pink New Heart t-shirt and playfully grumbling about the warrior pose. “Joslyn’s chair yoga is so much fun. Lots of yoga classes are so quiet, not this one. We tend to laugh, we…
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