Ua hana kēia Gym i kahi kiʻi kiʻi no kahi wahine he 90 mau makahiki e nānā ana i kā lākou hana mai kona pukaaniani.

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I ka wā i koi ai ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 iā Tessa Sollom Williams, he 90 ona makahiki i loko o kāna hale papa ʻewalu ma Wakinekona, DC, ua hoʻomaka ka mea ballerina mua e ʻike i nā papa hoʻomaʻamaʻa waho e hana nei ma luna o ka hale o Balance Gym kokoke. I kēlā me kēia lā, noho ʻo ia ma ka ʻaoʻao o kāna puka aniani, e nānā ana i nā poʻe hale haʻuki ma kā lākou ʻano hana kaiaulu mai kahi o 7 a 7 pm, i kekahi manawa me kahi kīʻaha kī i ka lima.

ʻO ka nānā ʻana i nā kau hou o ka hou, alakaʻi ʻia e ka mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa kino a me ke kākoʻo nui ʻo Devin Maier, ʻo Sollom Williams kahi mea maʻamau. Ua haʻi ʻo ia i ka Washington Post ʻaʻole ʻo ia e poina i kā lākou hana. "ʻIke wau iā lākou e hana nei i nā hoʻoikaika paʻakikī. ʻO koʻu maikaʻi iaʻu!" 'ōleloʻo ia, me ka hoʻohui hou ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia i kekahi o nā neʻe iā ia iho. (Related: ʻO kēia 74-Year-Old Fitness Fanatic Ke kūʻē nei i nā manaʻolana ma kēlā me kēia pae)

I ka wā a ke kaikamahine a Sollom Williams, ʻo Tanya Wetenhall, i ʻike ai i ke aloha nui o kona makuahine i kēia mau hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, ua leka uila ʻo Wetenhall iā Balance Gym e hoʻomaikaʻi iā lākou no ka "hoʻoulu" iā Sollom Williams ma mua a ma loko hoʻi o ka maʻi ahulau.

"ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea a pau ma luna o ka hale, ka hana ʻana, a me ka mālama ʻana i kā lākou mau hana maʻamau ua hāʻawi i kona manaʻolana. Ma ke ʻano he hula kahiko, ua hoʻoikaika ikaika ʻo ia i nā lā a pau o kona ola a inā hiki iā ia, e hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e hui pū me nā lālā, hilinaʻi. iaʻu, akā ʻo ia he 90 a haʻalulu," i kākau ʻo Wetenhall no kona makuahine, ka mea i hula ʻoihana me ka International Ballet, kahi hui ballet Pelekane. "Kamaʻilio mau ʻo ia i kā mākou kāhea e pili ana i ka hana nui a nā lālā a manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻomākaukau ana kēlā me kēia mea no ka Olumepika a i ʻole kekahi ʻano hana."

"Lana koʻu manaʻo hiki iā ʻoe ke kaʻana like me kāu poʻe lālā no ka mea ua hāʻawi lākou i ka luahine wahine i ka hauʻoli i ka ʻike ʻana iā lākou e ʻapo i ke olakino a me ke ola. Mahalo nui loa." hoʻomau ʻo Wetenhall. (Related: E nānā i kēia Wahine He 72 Makahiki Loaʻa i kāna Pahuhopu no ka Hana ʻana i kahi Huki)

Ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia nā limahana o ka hale haʻuki e ka leka uila - ʻoi aku hoʻi i waena o nā pilikia i loaʻa iā lākou ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi maʻi - ua hoʻohanohano lākou iā Sollom Williams (a me nā mea nānā puka makani ʻē aʻe) ma ke ʻano kūʻokoʻa: ma ke pena ʻana i kahi kiʻi kiʻi waho ma ko lākou hale. e heluhelu ana "E neʻe mau."

"ʻO kā Tanya leka e pili ana i kona makuahine i lana maoli iā mākou," haʻi ʻo Maier Kinohi. "Ua ho'āʻo nui mākou e wehe i kēia mau mahina i hala iho nei a hoʻoikaika i kā mākou mau lālā ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā koho virtual a me waho.

ʻO ke kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi, i hana ʻia e kahi hui o nā mea manawaleʻa i alakaʻi ʻia e ka mea hoʻolālā kiʻi kūloko ʻo Madelyne Adams, kahi hana e holomua nei. Akā, ʻaʻohe mea kānalua i ka poʻe a pau e pili ana - me nā lālā o ka hale haʻuki a me nā mea nānā kokoke. "ʻAʻole maopopo iā mākou i kekahi manawa hiki iā mākou ke hoʻoikaika i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ma o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana a me ka hana ʻana i nā mea a mākou e hana ai i kēlā me kēia lā," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Maier. Washington Post. "Inā hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopaʻa i ka poʻe i loko o ka neʻe ʻana i loko o ko lākou lumi moe, ʻoiai he liʻiliʻi iki, manaʻo wau he mea kūikawā kēlā."

"He kahiko ko mākou hale, a he ʻano ʻiole," wahi a Maier. "Akā ua hoʻokau ka leka uila iā mākou e noʻonoʻo: Inā mākou e nānā ana i ka puka aniani i kēlā me kēia lā, he aha ka mea e hiki ai iā mākou ke kau i laila e hāʻawi i nā poʻe i kumu e hoʻoulu ʻia ai a e hoʻonāukiuki ai e neʻe mau?" (Pssst, ʻo kēia mau ʻōlelo hoʻoikaika hoʻoikaika hoʻoikaika e hoʻoikaika iā ʻoe pū kekahi.)

I kēia manawa, hoʻoholo nā lālā Balance Gym e nalu iā Sollom Williams ma ka pau ʻana o kēlā me kēia papa hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma luna o ka hale, wahi a Maier. "ʻO kona ʻano a me kona ʻuhane he mea hoʻoikaika ia no mākou he nui," wahi āna Kinohi. "Hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua ʻike wau i nā lālā hou aku e hōʻike e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma luna o ka hale i kēia pule i hala iho nei a nalu ma Tessa."

ʻO Renu Singh, he kumu aʻo yoga ma Balance Gym, i ʻōlelo ʻo Sollom Williams 'moʻolelo e hāʻawi nei i kahi ʻano o ke kaiāulu i makemake nui ʻia i kēia manawa. "Nui nā mea e hana nei i ko mākou ola āpau, a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka pili ʻana me kā mākou kaiāulu," haʻi ʻo ia Kinohi. "Ke hana nei mākou i ka hana hou a me ka hoʻololi ʻana e kōkua i kā mākou mau lālā e noho ikaika a hana i kā lākou mau pahuhopu hoʻoikaika kino, a ʻo ka lohe ʻana e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi o ko mākou mau hoalauna i ka hoʻoikaika nui ʻana mai ka nānā ʻana iā mākou e hana i kā mākou hana, he mea hauʻoli loa ia." (Related: Ke alakaʻi nei ke kumu aʻo hoʻoikaika kino i ka "Hulahula Kūlohelohe" ma kona alanui i kēlā me kēia lā)

"He mau manawa paʻakikī loa kēia, a ua hoʻohauʻoli nui ʻia wau e hoʻomau i ke aʻo ʻana i kaʻu papa hana kaiāulu, papa yoga o luna a malia paha e nalu iā Tessa inā ʻike mākou iā ia ma kāna puka aniani," wahi a Singh.

Ke pau ka mural, haʻi ʻo Maier Kinohi e hui pū ʻo Sollom Williams a me kāna kaikamahine me kekahi o nā papa aerobic hula o ka hale kiʻekiʻe ʻo Balance Gym "e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka pau a e ʻike kekahi i kekahi."

"Manaʻo mākou he hoaaloha a he lālā i kēia manawa," wahi āna.

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