Frances Novack
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thing — it’s more diffi cult than it sounds.

She looked around her synagogue,
Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El, and noticed
other people were holding onto the chair
in front of them to stand up.

“Specifi cally at synagogue where
there’s always a pew in front of you,
everybody holds on. I began to do [the
exercise]. It’s a small thing, but it improves
your general abilities.”
She off ered the advice her friends, who
didn’t even realize they were holding on
to something to stand.

“It wasn’t that you couldn’t, it’s that
you didn’t,” she said. “Th at kind of thing
has been very helpful.”
Novack suggests easing into a new
exercise routine — and make sure it’s
something you like to do — and see
where that takes you.

“Starting by doing something you like
and then working up,” she added, plus in
the group class setting, “it helps to have
the other people and because of the music.

“It just makes it a more pleasant experience.” ●
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