Now I know—not just intellectually, but in my soul—that the amount of exercise necessary for me to attain basic health benefits is not nearly as hard or as time-consuming or as sweaty as I convinced myself it was. It can be difficult to open yourself up to the possibility of other forms of exercise that make you feel good, that you can love and enjoy, even if they don’t raise your heart rate to a certain level or change your appearance in any way. But discovering those types of exercise can be truly transformative.
