{"id":63895,"date":"2017-03-07T00:09:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T08:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=63895"},"modified":"2017-03-07T00:09:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T08:09:16","slug":"women-at-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/63895","title":{"rendered":"Women at Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\u201cWe all know that exercise is good for us, but why does it have to be so much like work?\u201d asks Joan Griffin, author of <em>Women at Play: A Girl&#8217;s Guide to Everyday Outdoor Exercise to Look Good, Feel Good, Sleep Well and be Happy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-63897 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/9780615351995.jpg\" width=\"259\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just the sort of book to put a little spring in your step (pun intended).<\/p>\n<p>Behind its pretty cover, <em>Women at Play<\/em> promises to \u201cguide you through a variety of outdoor activities, enjoyed locally, in season, in moderation and for fun. No gimmicks, no gadgets, no anything-ometers required.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joan Griffin, a Boston trial attorney by trade, has made playing a priority in her own life as a means of staying fit and healthy. Her career doesn\u2019t offer much room (physically or figuratively) to invigorate her muscles and get her lungs\u00a0pumping. So, she strives for a natural approach to fitness that focuses on outdoor fun and yields impressive results such as better sleep, positive feelings, and a more youthful approach to life.<\/p>\n<p>In her book, Griffin shares an \u201cempowering mixture of practical suggestions and uncommon common sense, engagingly revealed through stories of childhood summers in the Irish countryside and a lifetime of playing outside in the four seasons of New England.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sounds like a good book for the exercise conundrum.<\/p>\n<p>Find Joan&#8217;s book at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toadbooks.com\/book\/9780615351995\">ToadBooks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe all know that exercise is good for us, but why does it have to be so much like work?\u201d asks Joan Griffin, author of Women at Play: A Girl&#8217;s Guide to Everyday Outdoor Exercise to Look Good, Feel Good, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/63895\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/63895\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-get_out"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}