It really was a strawberry moon last week. I was lying on the floor with my legs over a pillow when the clouds parted and I could see that the moon was pink. It was 4 a.m. and I watched until the sun came up. Thank you, universe, for the view!

All this transpired because when I went to roll over in the middle of the night some muscle in my neck wouldn’t let me turn. It was one more issue I had in a week of too much sitting. Who would think too much sitting could be so hard on the body, but if you don’t stretch the muscles of the hips, those muscles foreshorten and create problems all the way up to the neck. Pay attention next time you sit all day long. How is your neck the next morning?

If I’d been in the mood to do much I would’ve needled myself at a few locations on my hands and feet (they really don’t hurt) to open the channel that acts upon the spine and neck. Sometimes I forget to tell people that acupuncture points on the extremities affect other parts of the body. But since I felt so limited in motion I instead slid to the floor and propped my legs over pillows.

If you find yourself in need you can do it too: Grab a pile of pillows. Get yourself on the floor. Make sure the pillows are high and strong enough to completely support your legs, so that you are not holding or exerting yourself in any way. You have to be able to let your body go. Then stay in that position a while so that the small muscles that attach around the tailbone can relax. If they can relax, so can everything else along the spine. And breathe. Here’s a selfie from that night.

But enough about me. How are you?