Mary, who had started walking two days a week with some reluctance, found before too long that her brief strolls were getting longer and that she was actually looking forward to them. “I realized that this is the only time I take for myself,” she said, “when I’m not working, paying attention to what my fiance” wants, or getting chores done. My thoughts are less hectic and jumbled because there’s nothing to distract me.” Angela combines walking and prayer as a meditative form of exercise: “I have a pocket rosary that belonged to my grandmother. It’s very worn, she smoothed the surfaces praying for all of us in her family all her life. My own prayers are very different from hers. She knew every saint and observed all the feast days. I keep my petitions simple, praying for strength, peace, and the ability to do the right thing and appreciate what I have. It helps me to stay calm and focused to do that every morning.”

Yolanda started a women’s African dance group at her church. “We praise and exercise,” she said. “We have women of all ages and sizes, moving and bending and shaking and twisting and leaping.” She gave a broad laugh. “I work off a lot of tension in that basement.” A 47-year-old probation officer who has to work hard not to take home all the trouble she sees every day, she finds release and rejuvenation in dancing with all her heart.

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