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Tom's Guide
16-06-2025
- Health
- Tom's Guide
The 10-minute yoga workout that instantly relieves tight muscles and fights fatigue
Despite what their name implies, rest days don't have to just involve resting. Truth be told, this is far from the case. Rest days, which can be defined as a day where you take a break from intense exercise to help your body rebuild and recover, can (and should) often involve active recovery workouts. The term active recovery is described as any form of low-intensity exercise completed on a rest day. For example, this could involve something as simple as walking, going for a steady swim, or completing a short stretching or mobility routine, like this 10-minute example from yoga instructor Adriene Mishler of Yoga with Adriene. Describing the workout, Mishler tells her YouTube followers: 'In this practice, I will guide you through gentle and effective stretches to care for your muscles, stabilize your joints, and help melt away fatigue. Whether you're winding down after a workout, relieving tension from daily stress, or simply craving a moment of ease, this sequence will help you release tightness, improve mobility, and restore balance.' If that sounds like your kind of active recovery session, roll out your yoga mat and get ready to flow. Keep scrolling to discover how to complete this practice and discover how often you should have a rest day. This full-body yoga stretch is designed to be completed on your recovery days. That said, you could always whack this onto the end of a full-body workout to help increase flexibility and potentially reduce stiffness after an intense bout of exercise. Either way, Mischler's yoga-inspired stretch will help you release tension, recover, and restore. Explaining how, the yogi says: 'In yoga philosophy, ahimsa (the practice of non-harm) teaches us to approach ourselves with kindness, patience, and care. 'This gentle 10-minute stretch is an invitation to embody that principle, offering your body the space to release tension, recover, and restore. Take this time to tend to yourself and honor your body's wisdom!', adds Mischler. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. In the workout, all of Mishler's stretches are floor-based and involve moving your body with your breath, which is a key aspect of yoga. If you've tried yoga before, you might have completed many of these moves as the stretching routine contains some classics, like a downward dog pose, a low lunge, which is one of the best stretches for tight hips, and a forward fold. It's a good question. Rest days are essential to boosting recovery, building strength and muscle growth. There are many reasons not to skip rest days. For starters, avoiding rest days can increase your likelihood of injury and burnout. It can also result in a decrease in performance and motivation. The common train of thought is that those who engage in high-intensity exercise, like athletes, should schedule a rest day every seven to 10 days. While other people or beginners may need more frequent rest days, such as two or three per week. Of course, when you've got goals to hit and gains to make, rest days might not feel obligatory. But knowing when to take a rest day can make all the difference for your mind and body. Some of the best fitness trackers, like an Apple Watch or Oura Ring, can help you decide on whether or not you need a rest day by providing data on your activity, sleep, and heart rate. The latter can even give you a 'Readiness Score', ranging from 0-100, which flags how 'ready' your body is for the day. Tech and stats aside, other warning signs you might need a rest day could include lack of focus, an increase in injuries, fatigue or low mood.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Ceremony honors fallen military veterans
ELKHART — A Memorial Day ceremony at Rice Cemetery on Monday honored the lives of military members who made the ultimate sacrifice. 'The freedoms that we currently enjoy sometimes are forgotten,' Mayor Rod Roberson said. 'Sometimes they are treated as insignificant, but it isn't.' Roberson noted the importance of the holiday to honor the service members who have come before. The difference between Veterans Day and Memorial Day is that Veteran's Day celebrates all veterans, Roberson said. City Councilman Aaron Mishler said the day is significant for him and many Americans. His father, who died in 2016, was a Vietnam War veteran and part of him never left the war, Mishler said. Mishler's middle name comes from his father's best friend who died in Vietnam. 'The sacrifices of our veterans is something that carries on with me for my entire life,' Mishler said. 'Memorial Day is a special and sacred holiday.' Mishler previously served as a medic in the Indiana Army National Guard and a nurse in the Army reserves. City Councilman Dwight Fish said he has seen the Memorial Day ceremony now from different perspectives as a council member and as the husband of a 28-year Army veteran. 'She has seen a lot in her career,' Fish said of his wife. 'But a lot of our friends are not around anymore. Our parents, some of her fellow soldiers, are down range, and they are no longer with us because of war and the elements around war, and now we have to honor their memory and the service that they gave us.' The mayor also noted the absence of former Mayor Dick Moore, who served in the Navy. Moore died just a few weeks ago. A parade was scheduled to followed the ceremony. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 88 also planned a late morning ceremony at Prairie Street Cemetery followed by a luncheon at the post.
Chicago Tribune
18-04-2025
- Health
- Chicago Tribune
Indiana Senate gives Medicaid bill final approval
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun will receive the Senate Medicaid bill in the coming days as the Senate gave final approval to the bill Thursday. The Senate voted 37-10, with all Republicans present voting in favor of the bill and all Democrats voting against it, Thursday on the Medicaid bill to affirm the amendments made by the House. Senate Bill 2 — authored by Sen. Ryan Mishler, R-Mishawaka — places restrictions on Medicaid, including work requirements, with 11 exemptions, on an insurance program for Hoosiers with a medium income and between ages 19 to 64. The bill requires the office to establish performance standards for hospitals that create eligibility requirements and action for when hospitals do not comply with standards. The House Public Health Committee amended the bill to remove a 500,000 cap on the Medicaid program. The House Ways and Means Committee amended the bill further to allow an Indiana resident enrolled in or attending an accredited educational program full-time to be eligible for the plan. The House Ways and Means Committee also amended the bill further to allow the secretary of Indiana's Family and Social Services office to advertise or market participation in the Medicaid program. The office can also reimburse medical providers at the appropriate Medicaid fee schedule rate for some medical claims prior to the beginning of benefits. When the state first established the Healthy Indiana Plan, the Indiana Medicaid program, in 2006, there were 40,000 people on the program, Mishler said. Before COVID-19, there were around 390,000 people on HIP, and currently there are more than 700,000 people on the program, Mishler said. Overall, Medicaid has grown by $5 billion in the last 4 years, Mishler said, and the rate of growth is greater than the state's revenue increase. In the upcoming 2-year budget the legislature is working on, Mishler said the majority of new revenue will cover Medicaid costs. Sen. Shelli Yoder, D-Bloomington, said while she's pleased the program cap was removed from the bill, her 'continued concerns' were the increases in administrative costs as the bill calls for more eligibility checks and the work requirements. The Kaiser Family Foundation found that 73.1% of people on Medicaid in Indiana have jobs, and the remaining 26.9% are either caregivers, in school, too medically frail to work, or have trouble finding a job, Yoder said. Ultimately, Yoder said the bill makes Indiana's Medicaid program 'more complicated' which will result in people who qualify for coverage getting kicked off the program. Then, when they need healthcare, those individuals who were kicked off the program will go to emergency rooms for care, which increases the state's healthcare costs, she said. 'While the language has changed, the goals haven't wavered,' Yoder said. 'We don't want to punish people for being sick.' Sen. Mike Bohacek, R-Michiana Shores, said he supported Senate Bill 2 because it will ensure 'that those folks that are on the program are eligible.' 'When the pandemic happened, we expanded Medicaid and we let a whole lot of folks on it. A lot of those folks, many of them, weren't qualified and weren't eligible but we did it anyway because it was the right thing to do because we had a health emergency. Those times are over, and now it's time to get back to where we were before,' Bohacek said. Sen. Fady Qaddoura, D-Indianapolis, said the bill kills Medicaid expansion in Indiana because it will give state control over the program and limits elements of the Affordable Care Act. While the bill was amended to remove the cap, Qaddoura said the program is still capped because it states that FSSA 'shall limit enrollment in the plan to the number of individuals that ensures that financial participation does not exceed the level of state appropriations or other funding for the plan.' 'The solution is not to reduce eligibility. The solution is not to reduce appropriations. The solution is not to withdraw from the Medicaid expansion, but rather the solution is to look at the population and find alternative policies,' Qaddoura said. Sen. Chris Garten, R-Charlestown, said Medicaid is 23% of the state's budget. He said Indiana's Medicaid program 'exploded because of COVID,' when non-eligible people joined the program. 'Every dollar that goes to somebody that's not eligible is taking away a dollar from a poor, disabled Hoosier who otherwise should be getting that dollar and receiving benefits,' Garten said.
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Indiana faces $2.4 billion budget shortfall according to updated revenue forecast
INDIANAPOLIS— According to Indiana's latest revenue forecast, state lawmakers now have a $2.4 billion budget shortfall on their hands with less than two weeks to go before the legislative session concludes. 'Everything's on the table,' said State Sen. Ryan Mishler (R-Mishawaka), the Senate appropriations chairman. 'I'm not being sarcastic…In the 21 years I've been here, and I was here during the recession in '08 and [the] '09 budget—this one scares me a lot more than that.' 'I talked to the most senior economic guy around this building, and he's never seen anything like this,' said State Rep. Ed DeLaney (D-Indianapolis). Mishler acknowledged Republicans had already started talking about potential cuts in anticipation of the forecast, but added that those cuts will be bigger than what they had expected. 'We're going to have to make tough decisions, we're going to have make some cuts, and if anybody has the audacity to come and ask us for more money, more than likely just take them out,' Mishler said. 'Maybe everything is on the chopping block except I want to say education…With the tariffs and other issues out there in the federal government right now, this really affects our bottom line,' said State Rep. Gregory Porter (D-Indianapolis). 'When the U.S. gets a cold, Indiana's got pneumonia.' Indiana Democrats introduced dozens of budget bill amendments earlier this session that could create/strengthen revenue streams—options some of those lawmakers now hope will be taken into consideration by their colleagues across the aisle. 'We think we can weather this storm to a certain degree,' Porter said. 'We feel as the Democrats on the House side as we go through the budget process…the process is attainable.' One of those proposals includes a cigarette tax increase that could add $800 million to the budget. 'We've been fooling around for years about a cigarette tax. Way overdue,' DeLaney said. 'We have several options—revenue resource options that we can offer in the next eight days to fully fund Medicaid, fully fund public education,' said State Sen. Fady Qaddoura (D-Indianapolis). 'The Senate Democrats will be very proactive in working with our Republican colleagues because, as I said, this is not a Republican versus a Democrat issue. This is a state budget that impacts every Hoosier, and our goal is to get it done before the end of session.' Republican leadership said they're confident a solution will be finalized before the end of session. By law, the General Assembly has until April 29 to wrap up any unfinished business this session. 'We just got to have long nights,' Mishler said. 'I mean, that's what we do, we've done it for years, and we'll be here, and probably be staying here most of the weekend, too.' 'That remains to be seen,' said State Sen. David Niezgodski (D-South Bend) said when asked whether lawmakers could feasibly find a solution in two weeks. 'If we all have collaboration, it is not, the picture is not as bad as it seems or could be.' 'I think we can get something done in a week that's at least an honest start towards solving the problem, and if we don't, shame on us,' DeLaney said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Axios
17-04-2025
- Business
- Axios
Bleak economic outlook wipes out $2 billion from Indiana's next budget
Indiana lawmakers need to cut a staggering $2 billion from their two-year spending plan. Why it matters: With essentially no new money to spend, lawmakers are looking for ways to trim the budget, potentially leading to deeper cuts to public services and welfare programs like Medicaid. Driving the news: The state budget committee received an updated revenue forecast Wednesday that was historically bad. Projections were revised down between the December and April forecasts more than they were in 2009 during the Great Recession, surprising lawmakers with just how quickly the economic tides had turned. "I was here during the recession in '08, the '09 budget. … This one scares me a lot more than that," said Sen. Ryan Mishler, R-Mishawaka, the Senate's chief budget writer. State of play: Statehouse leaders have said they want to wrap the legislative session by the end of next week, giving lawmakers just eight days to write the new budget. "We have a lot of tough decisions to make and we have to be disciplined," Mishler said. Speaking with reporters after the forecast, lawmakers said they would examine every piece of the pie, but K-12 education is the last place they would look to cut. Earlier spending plans from both the House and Senate proposed 2% annual increases for schools. By the numbers: Lawmakers have just $170 million in new dollars to spend in 2026 and $30 million in 2027. That's not much, considering the state spends around $22 billion annually and its Medicaid expenses are projected to grow by more than $400 million in the first year and another $375 million in the second. Between the lines: The dismal forecast is driven by slower than expected growth in jobs and wages, stock market declines and the effects of federal policies around tariffs, immigration and spending cuts. Mishler said he was expecting the forecast would go down but thought it would be closer to $1 billion. "I was way off." What they're saying: "When the U.S. gets a cold, Indiana's got pneumonia," said Rep. Greg Porter, D-Indianapolis. Democrats said they would like to see the state consider new revenue generators, like an increase in the cigarette tax, in addition to spending cuts. The other side: Republicans, who have a supermajority in both chambers, have for years resisted calls to increase the cigarette tax but didn't immediately reject the idea when asked about it Wednesday.
