I attended an evening recently that had been arranged by a local woman's group. Most of those who attended were in their mid-40s and upwards. It was during the "Well-being and Health" week that they had invited Aoife Toner from Bloom in dance company to lead us. Aoife, assessing our age, took us through simple exercises at first to get us to start moving muscles we hadn't moved in a while! And then through some dances that challenged some but was fun all the same.

After some gentle stretching exercises, Aoife got us to 'hang loose', walk around the room, let our arms flow and raise our heads (too often we look down at the ground while we walk) and feel relaxed. I felt like a child without a care in the world at that point. It's been a long while since I entered into something like this and got engulfed.

And at that point I looked around the hall... each one of us were also walking like children. And I thought of the life experience that each one of these women had had and when was the last time they walked without a care in the world... like children. It felt good. Think we should let go of our troubles and walk as if we hadn't a care in the world more often!