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2 year stupor….regretted!?

I’m ashamed to admit after being active, I am now a lazy person. I’m a waitress, and also a black belt in taekwondo. However I haven’t been back in 2 years and you sure can tell! I’ve had a very stressful 2 years(marriage, moving 3 times in a 2 month period, and hosts of other “issues”), I have gained about 20 pounds(I had 10 pound of muscle when I was healthy but I think now that’s liquified to fat) Right now I have NO exercise routine. I have a lot of pressure in my spine, so sit ups are difficult for me, and my midsection is the part that is suffering. I’m starting to cut out caffiene and soft drinks. I’m considering going back to class once a week but it isn’t very motivational for me anymore, I would rather do kickboxing but its not offered around here. I’m 21, anemic, and depressed because of my situation. I feel pathetic, as I should, but I never lost weight(or inches) in taekwondo and I was in good shape! I just want to lose inches(not weight necessarily)! Any advice? Thanks!
I do like to walk or jog, I have no motivation by myself usually, but it is winter. I like to lift free weights.
I’m 5’4 and 145, I’m used to weighing around 125-130(depending on what exercise routine I was in), weightlifting I weighed around 125, TKD I weighed 130….and then…AWWW!!!

Is there a good song you can do tai chi to?

because some friends and I are doing a dancey sort of tai chi routine. I need a song or a few songs which sound cool, have fast and slow parts, maybe some sound effects too like leaves rustling. I want the music to kind of send shivers down someones spine.

What is the correct standing posture for yoga/meditation?

I am trying to get my standing posture correct for yogs/meditation. How do you stand to get the proud holding of lifting your adbomen over your pelvis? Do I tuck my butt in and pell my navel to my spine? Or, is it more analogous to how a pregnant woman walks with her belly first or to how a model stands? Also , when sitting cross-legged, do I sit up straight and relax or sit up straight and rigid?

what exactly does it mean: pull your belly into your spine ??

its a pilates exercise rule. i think im doing it right

I was diagonised with TB of the spine, am now on medication, what exercises can I do apart from walking.?

I used to have severe lower backpain, at first I used to do some excercises like jogging, yoga, with the pain I stopped, I only walk when I want to excercise, I don’t want to stay idle.