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knitfreedom.com The Five Ways Knitting Can Save Your Life
Julia Roberts and Ryan Reynolds are avid knitters, but you don't have to be a SUPERSTAR to enjoy knitting. I turn mere mortals into knitting superstars EVERY DAY. You might notice that I'm pretty passionate about this, and that's because knitting SAVED MY LIFE. It's saved the lived of thousands of my students, and here are 5 ways it can SAVE YOURS TOO.
#1 - I've had over 500 students tell me that knitting SAVED THEIR SANITY when they were hospitalized after a debilitating illness, even including losing the ability to walk. So the next time you have to put on a hospital gown, if you're a knitter, take your knitting needles with you!
#2 - Knitting can help people regain motor function after a traumatic brain injury. I had a student tell me she had a golf-ball sized aneurism in her head, that caused 2 seizures and a stroke, and KNITTING helped her regain the use of her hands when nothing else could.
#3 - Knitting is a relaxing sanctuary that can bring balance back into your life. When your life is all crazy and you've got tons of stuff going on, knitting is the thing you can count on to bring you back into balance.
#4 - Knitting can help you stay cool in situations that would make any normal person crazy. Picture this (and we've all been there) - you're in the car with your boyfriend, and he's taken a wrong turn. You wanted to go to downtown Palm Springs and instead you're out in the middle of Joshua Tree. You've got the map right there, but he doesn't want to look at it - he says he knows where he's going. So you just take a DEEP BREATH... and keep knitting! You've got your project, you're happy, so you smile and say, "Baby I know you're going to get us where we need to go," and right there you've saved your relationship and your sanity.
#5 - Last but not least, knitting is a proven therapy for treating anorexia and bulimia. Eeveryone wants to be a Victoria's Secret supermodel, but in reality that can take some people down the path to an eating disorder. And I would know, because it was in a treatment facility for an eating disorder that knitting first SAVED MY LIFE.
I've got a formula for how knitting can help you become a Superstar in YOUR life - it's called the KNIT formula.
K: KNOW you can do it. With knitting, we prove that to ourselves every day.
N: NO freaking out. You're going to make mistakes, so expect it - and stay calm so you can get through them.
I: be INTREPID. You have to have courage in your life. With knitting, you can practice being courageous and all you risk is a little tangle.
T: TRANSFORM your mistakes into opportunities. When we make mistakes, THAT'S when we have the chance to learn and grow, and
THAT'S HOW YOU BECOME A SUPERSTAR.
knitfreedom.com/about-liat-gat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMNolQ...
knitfreedom.com The Five Ways Knitting Can Save Your Life
Julia Roberts and Ryan Reynolds are avid knitters, but you don't have to be a SUPERSTAR to enjoy knitting. I turn mere mortals into knitting superstars EVERY DAY. You might notice that I'm pretty passionate about this, and that's because knitting SAVED MY LIFE. It's saved the lived of thousands of my students, and here are 5 ways it can SAVE YOURS TOO.
#1 - I've had over 500 students tell me that knitting SAVED THEIR SANITY when they were hospitalized after a debilitating illness, even including losing the ability to walk. So the next time you have to put on a hospital gown, if you're a knitter, take your knitting needles with you!
#2 - Knitting can help people regain motor function after a traumatic brain injury. I had a student tell me she had a golf-ball sized aneurism in her head, that caused 2 seizures and a stroke, and KNITTING helped her regain the use of her hands when nothing else could.
#3 - Knitting is a relaxing sanctuary that can bring balance back into your life. When your life is all crazy and you've got tons of stuff going on, knitting is the thing you can count on to bring you back into balance.
#4 - Knitting can help you stay cool in situations that would make any normal person crazy. Picture this (and we've all been there) - you're in the car with your boyfriend, and he's taken a wrong turn. You wanted to go to downtown Palm Springs and instead you're out in the middle of Joshua Tree. You've got the map right there, but he doesn't want to look at it - he says he knows where he's going. So you just take a DEEP BREATH... and keep knitting! You've got your project, you're happy, so you smile and say, "Baby I know you're going to get us where we need to go," and right there you've saved your relationship and your sanity.
#5 - Last but not least, knitting is a proven therapy for treating anorexia and bulimia. Eeveryone wants to be a Victoria's Secret supermodel, but in reality that can take some people down the path to an eating disorder. And I would know, because it was in a treatment facility for an eating disorder that knitting first SAVED MY LIFE.
I've got a formula for how knitting can help you become a Superstar in YOUR life - it's called the KNIT formula.
K: KNOW you can do it. With knitting, we prove that to ourselves every day.
N: NO freaking out. You're going to make mistakes, so expect it - and stay calm so you can get through them.
I: be INTREPID. You have to have courage in your life. With knitting, you can practice being courageous and all you risk is a little tangle.
T: TRANSFORM your mistakes into opportunities. When we make mistakes, THAT'S when we have the chance to learn and grow, and
THAT'S HOW YOU BECOME A SUPERSTAR.
knitfreedom.com/about-liat-gat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMNolQ...
