Van Life | Can I Stretch in My Van?

[@RottenlyMoodyChild]

Haven't commented in a while. But felt compelled to today. Yoga with Dee follow along video is the thing I never knew I needed in my life! Would totally not object if you made this a regular video release 😊 This is one of the many reasons I love your Ford Transit Connect layout design so much, it allows the space to be able to stretch ❤🐞

[@LadyBugout]

I appreciate that feedback! I may try to incorporate it periodically. Thanks for the vote of confidence☺️

[@wandoorose]

@@LadyBugout Yes, agree with @RottenMoodyChild’s idea for a regular Yoga segment with Dee.

[@deatraparks4739]

Hello Dee... happy to have found you.. maybe ill be able to find your video on, your decision to live in yr van...deatra

[@rebekahfrye7934]

Folks don’t want to believe I can stretch in my tiny van, but I do! Thanks for proving it!

[@LadyBugout]

Heheheh! Oh yeah 💃🏻

[@marthabradas8873]

Awesome video Dee, our body is our most valuable asset. To keep your body in good shape, to fill it with proper nutrients, to drink water, sooo important. Especially as you say, when you drive a lot, you have to counter the effects of all that sitting. You are so smart Dee, thanks for sharing your stretch routine. 🥰 I can certainly benefit from your suggestions, so thank you!

[@LadyBugout]

You are absolutely right. I think so too. Glad there were some helpful suggestions in here for you 💃🏻

[@MariaDiaz-of6qz]

Excellent stretching class! ❤

[@LadyBugout]

Thank you! 😊

[@lynneeie5226]

This is lovely, Dee & you are so right. Mobility is so key. I don’t want to overshare & I am fine - but I have some challenges & some are permanent - and my mobility is affected- but I am trying to maintain what I have and build myself up again. And build strength. It is so important. Great video. Thank you for making it. Good reminder & you gave me some ideas. ❤️

[@LadyBugout]

So sorry to hear that your mobility is being affected by something, but inspired that you are continuing to be positive. I hope your strength continues to improve and that each day is better and better 🙏🏼🙌🏼💪🏼

[@rebelm256]

Carl Reiner was proof of life longevity with the same type of routine before his feet hit the floor every morning😊

[@LadyBugout]

Good to know!!!💃🏻🙌🏼💪🏼

[@jasonjones5213]

Because of my family's history with knee problems, That's what I concentrate on the most.Great video!

[@LadyBugout]

That’s great. I actually asked a well known physical therapist if he could narrow it down to the one exercise someone should do to strengthen their knees every day what it would be and he told me leg lifts while laying on your back. So I’ve pretty much done those since knowing that.😜

[@mythicalnomadadventure969]

Hehe,.... I'm an old guy. You wore me out ! Hope I recover by next Saturday ? 👍 Rock on 🙂.

[@LadyBugout]

Hahaha I hope so too😝

[@HettyHartpreneur]

Nice Dee! Every morning I also start with a 'bedworkout' for 15 minutes, especially for my hipartrosis. I do it also in my van. I also have some exercises for when I wait by a red traffic light, because the Netherlands is full of traffic lights 😅 You gave me some extra ideas for in my van, so thank you for that! ❤ 😊

[@LadyBugout]

That’s awesome. I’d love to hear what you do too. I’m always searching for good ideas!

[@cathieperezreyes]

I already feel more limber just watching! I’m going to start tomorrow morning! Take care my friend ❤

[@LadyBugout]

Awww. You already are limber. I can’t wait til you are teaching me😎

[@mariamary65]

Wow, I'm inspired. Not in a van or confined space at the moment, but a few days of being in bed with a virus. This was just the ticket to get my blood flowing again. Thank you as always Dee x

[@LadyBugout]

Yay! So glad it was helpful. 💃🏻

[@lornabartlett2744]

Howdee yes ahmein stretching to strengthening !😮😊❤ HOLD THAT POSITION!😂

[@LadyBugout]

💃🏻🤗💪🏼

[@Jackietreehorn-z5e]

Your hair is gorgeous!! Have you ever modeled?

[@LadyBugout]

Thank you. I appreciate the compliment ☺️

[@leanne7306]

Thanks for all your stretching tips. I usually do stretches in bed before I get up. I'm going to try the ones you suggested as well. I didn't think about stretching out the shoulders. 😊

[@LadyBugout]

That’s awesome! Glad you got some new ideas too💪🏼

[@BunnyPlaysHere]

Love this!!! Stretching is so important in a small space!!

[@LadyBugout]

Next time we’ll have to incorporate stretching into our pose dance routine 😜

[@markrenfrow9873]

Hey Ms Dee! Keep movin'!

[@LadyBugout]

Thank you, I will, Mark💃🏻💪🏼🙌🏼

[@chrisp7652]

Dee, you are adorable but I missed the first half of the video as all I could hear is a cup of coffee saying…DRINK ME! LOL

[@LadyBugout]

😂

[@karenmays8889]

Great video Safe travels.

[@LadyBugout]

Thank you! Will do!

[@SonneundSilvia]

That looks like a very good and well working routine 👌 your body will thank you that 💯 P.s. and i think, mine also, made some notes 🙃😊🤗🌹

[@LadyBugout]

Thanks! I hope so. Glad you have some new ones 💃🏻

[@FMTFXE22]

I don’t often comment like this, but just have to say this. You are refreshingly adorable. One can tell that you are in a very very happy place with your life.

[@LadyBugout]

Thank you for those kind words 🥹

[@name.terrie]

Great vid, great reminder, great examples, awesome inspiration. Happy trails and safe travels!!!

[@LadyBugout]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for your kind encouragement 🥰

[@cherylroth]

This video is awesome, Dee! Love love love the content. Thank you!!

[@LadyBugout]

I appreciate that. Thank you 🥰

[@martykong3592]

:) GO Dee! THANKS MUCH for sharing! Bad knee kind of limits me and Age :) ALL the BEST and Cheers! :)

[@LadyBugout]

You’re welcome! Sorry to hear that about your bad knee. I hope you can do what you can. ☺️💪🏼💃🏻

[@martykong3592]

@@LadyBugout Thanks MUCH! :) Too many years climbing Telephone Poles :( ALL the BEST! :)

[@allanpoole8209]

Wow Dee you should do a monthly Yoga With Dee Episode. I am currently in my Little Red Doblo touring Spain . Every morning after putting away my bed I’m left with a platform roughly the size of a good single where l do my stretches, you showed me stretches that l have not seen . I follow Yoga With Adrian she is good , but you are doing stretches for tight spaces and maybe there is another way of increasing your followers by doing Yoga With Dee On The Road 🙃🤞

[@LadyBugout]

That’s great that you stretch too. I will probably do a couple more of these as I get asked frequently enough. Thanks for the encouragement ☺️

[@allisonprusa8747]

I just love your video content! Thank you for sharing!

[@LadyBugout]

You are so welcome! I appreciate it🥰

[@cynthiahowell4172]

Wonderful stretching exercises. You are a fantastic example of what self care can do.

[@LadyBugout]

Thank you so much! ☺️

[@tomcaldwell5750]

Thank you, Dee for sharing your exercise routine. Very helpful. On a side note, you have such beautiful hair.

[@LadyBugout]

You are so welcome! ☺️

[@patriciarhodes5977]

I am saving this video so you can do this with me in the mornings!! 😂❤ thank you!!!

[@LadyBugout]

That’s awesome!!! 😎 💃🏻💪🏼🧘🏻‍♀️

[@kimsargeant8126]

Thank you for the encouragement for stretching.

[@LadyBugout]

You are very welcome☺️

[@Whydiss]

As always a wonderfully informative video and a timely reminder to keep stretching. As my FIL use to say, if you don’t use it, you loose it. I’ve saved this one and will practice along side you each morning 🥰

[@LadyBugout]

I think that is so true too. Very grateful for the ability to move that’s for sure!!!💃🏻🫶🏼🙌🏼

[@MHM-Nautilus]

Very creative and informative Dee. Thank you for sharing this part of your life with us.God bless you.

[@LadyBugout]

You are so welcome. Glad you enjoyed it☺️

[@ritatharp5238]

Thank you for sharing this video Dee. Hello from the heart ❤️ of Illinois USA 🇺🇸

[@LadyBugout]

You are so welcome! ☺️

[@scottsladeadventures1102]

Great advice. Sadly as we age, we need to start these simple routines. Get up and move... after we watch Dee's videos of course 😊

[@LadyBugout]

Lol…or you can move while watching it💃🏻😆

[@coralieofjumpwithnofear]

I reckon I could do almost all of those in my van! The ones reaching up won’t work while I’m in my bed (because of how close the ceiling is to my head) but I think I could possibly adjust some of them to work. That was an awesome demo. Thank you!

[@LadyBugout]

Thank you, Coralie! Glad you liked it💃🏻🙌🏼💪🏼

[@PolarB36]

Awwww Tyson wuvs you! Great info kiddo.

[@LadyBugout]

Hahahah yes he does. I don’t know why YT held this comment. I’m just seeing now 😝

[@cherylmckay9347]

I really needed this reminder. Thank you so much❤

[@LadyBugout]

You are so welcome. Glad it inspired you😊

[@keithfoulks2657]

Let's talk about the air conditioning tube off passenger side. My Dad did that on our 1969 Chevy Chase mobile station wagon as we drove from California to New York one summer. Lol. Yes, that's what I got out of the video. Thanks for sharing the vanlife stretching. Currently traveling in van also.

[@LadyBugout]

It’s works really well!!!

[@rmglidewell1]

Excellent 😊

[@LadyBugout]

Thanks 😊

[@MemsJourneys]

Hey Dee, it is Sunday morning here in Aotearoa NZ, and you are one of my favourite channels. I can stretch but only on my bed lol!! but Im going to do some of your exercises. I have myasthenia and Fibro Myalgia so stretch while good for me (Im sure it is!) can be very painful. Love your vids and wish you well , Mem from Mems' Journeys.

[@LadyBugout]

Good morning! Thank you so much for the kind words. Wish you all the best as well.☺️

[@kjm3973]

Great stretching suggestions!

[@LadyBugout]

Glad you like them!🧘🏻‍♀️

[@marylouschubert2974]

Excellent video, good job👍🏻🥰👏👏👏👏

[@LadyBugout]

Thank you 🤗

[@DAPICO33]

New subscriber, wow what a gorgeous Ladybug!

[@LadyBugout]

Thank you and welcome to the channel!💃🏻🐞🚗

[@wandoorose]

Super video! Thank you Dee.🐚

[@LadyBugout]

Glad you enjoyed it!🙌🏼

[@RileyDoesLife]

Thanks for teaching me all these stretches! ^_^

[@RileyDoesLife]

Also, you ARE magic lolol

[@LadyBugout]

Hehehehe you are welcome my friend!

[@LadyBugout]

You are magic too!!!🤗🤗🤗

[@garyday6681]

Good video. At first I thought you were going to have the van stretched like a limo.

[@LadyBugout]

Can you imagine 😆?!?!

[@HammVan]

Thank you. I found that I can no longer do basic moves like squatting and even getting up from the floor. I don’t know exact when it went away. I just recently started stretching on day 3.

[@LadyBugout]

Congrats!!! Little by little… it will come back🙌🏼

[@dianadority7728]

that was awesome! Thanks for sharing.

[@LadyBugout]

You’re welcome! ☺️

[@beckyallen3195]

That was good information. Thank you.

[@LadyBugout]

Glad it was helpful info💪🏼

[@vanlifewithGinaPayne]

Great advice keep moving❤

[@LadyBugout]

You got it girl!!!💃🏻🙌🏼💪🏼

[@Ashlee1985]

I have a metal rod in my lower back. I'd be sent to the emergency room 🤣

[@LadyBugout]

Oh dear… definitely don’t hurt anything 😝

[@inezmccray8082]

You always keep a very clean Van,that is so important. Love a clean Van and one that smells good. Question what type of power station do you use? stay safe.

[@LadyBugout]

Yes, it is important to me to keep in clutter free as possible. Helps me relax and keep my sanity😜. I have a Jackery 160w. It is enough for my needs. I go to The library or coffee shop when I need to do a lot of editing on my computer. That’s really the only thing that draws a lot of power.

[@lynnedolan7905]

Wow Dee, your FTC looks huge. 😂 My build is almost complete, but I’ll only have enough room to stretch my imagination. Oh well. Tree Pilates I guess.

[@LadyBugout]

I like the tree Pilates idea! 💃🏻🌲🙌🏼

[@frankbooth1129]

I enjoyed watching you stretch, Dee, and your movements were very thought provoking. All of the stretches looked very tension releasing, and I was impressed by your flexibility and how you were able to do the stretches so gracefully in such a small space. I stretch several times per day for very short periods and even though they are not long in duration, I feel relaxed when they are completed. My favorite stretch is the spinal twist that you demonstrated, especially when my back “pops”. I will incorporate some of these into my stretching routine. Thanks. I just arrived in Flagstaff AZ, a college town with lots of amenities which is one of my favorite cities in the US and highly recommended. Prior to Flagstaff, I stopped at Rachel, NV that has a population of near zero along the very lonely Extraterrestrial Highway. It is home to the Little A’Le’Inn complex that includes a good, very quirky restaurant and a free camping area. Be careful if you go, I was briefly pursued by space aliens but managed to elude them. Definitely worth a stop. Then I spent a relaxing night camping at the scenic Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

[@LadyBugout]

Glad you are moving and stretching! Sounds like you are hitting some beautiful sites. ☺️

[@meditationsoundscapes5203]

my partner and i are both 6 ft so we hav to van stretch separately. Good to see some Ladybug yoga

[@LadyBugout]

I can imagine you would need to stretch at different times! 💃🏻

[@REVNUMANEWBERN]

Just here for the beautiful smile & voice

[@LadyBugout]

I appreciate that 😌

[@alonememe]

Maybe I missed out some videos, but why do you have new bed? The foldable futon wasn't good enough for sleeping?

[@LadyBugout]

I think you missed out on A LOT of videos😝 I’ve been sleeping on this new one for over a year now. I still occasionally get out the bigger bed. But I’m just as comfortable with the little one and it is an easier set up. Both are comfortable to me.

[@suzanneantonia]

I love it ❤

[@LadyBugout]

Thank you 🤗

[@erinyahl9082]

Breathing in to the stretch makes it a deeper stretch. I wouldn't pull the opposite since your body breathing deeply will do that on its own so don't force a stretch that the body won't allow. This is in general from a former LMT. Another tip: get a tennis ball, these work wonders for those knots and can be placed between you and the drivers seat on a muscle/knot while driving. Hold stretch for at least 10sec

[@LadyBugout]

Thanks for the great advice! 💃🏻

[@erinyahl9082]

❤😊

[@marionsutcliffe1119]

That's pretty comprehensive! You could add some cat-cow and sphynx/cobra after child's pose, some quad stretches (from lying facedown, grab heel and pull towards butt, OR just freely kick your butt), and some toe stretches (from squat, bring knees closer together and drop them down to the ground, using hands to control), some inner leg (from squat, extend one leg out to the side, OR press elbows to knees to force them wide open)

[@LadyBugout]

Yes! I do a whole yoga routine. Didn’t share it here. Just wanted to get the idea across that it is possible inside a small vehicle/space! ☺️

[@catherinelauda6948]

Wright on!

[@LadyBugout]

Thanks 💃🏻

[@jgm9927]

many underestimate the benefits of deep stretching. That and breathing exercises. Yoga and Pranayama are sooo important to good health.

[@LadyBugout]

It’s been a game changer for me!!☺️

[@jgm9927]

@@LadyBugout yes, me too. At my age, I can use all the help I can get!🤣 I was a martial artist for years. As I aged it became clearer and clearer I needed to shift my focus to something less formidable. Yoga has been a lifesaver for me.

[@charlesphillips5220]

How do you do it, but it works for you ❤️ that's great.

[@LadyBugout]

It does work. Thank you for your encouragement ☺️

[@fucimariani]

You look healthy 👍

[@LadyBugout]

Thank you. I feel healthy☺️

[@agr8h2o]

👍👍

[@LadyBugout]

🐞🐞

[@jrraven3230]

😘😘😘😘

[@LadyBugout]

☺️☺️☺️☺️

[@ekdaufin1485]

Depends on how tall you are!

[@LadyBugout]

☺️

[@doubled5037]

I do stretch some but i think you may have motivated me to try more. Fyi.. Dick Van Dyke, 98, credits his longevity to stretching. Thanks for sharing! O yeah im still stuck in the squat move.😂

[@LadyBugout]

😂 oh no…. You’ve squatted and you can’t get up!😜

[@troylouis162]

I’ve been in my van for 2 years and just cam across your channel when I was looking for a front passenger seat removal because I’m really thinking of doing that. Attractive woman by the way 😉. Any regrets about removing the seat?

[@LadyBugout]

Glad you are enjoying the channel. No regrets. Wish I had done it sooner😝

[@seabliss22]

What type of van do you have please?

[@LadyBugout]

It is a 2010 Ford Transit Connect.☺️

[@ekdaufin1485]

Hope you don’t fall 😂❤

[@LadyBugout]

Me too 😝

[@dagnolia6004]

reasons NOT to get out of bed!

[@LadyBugout]

Hahahaha… for sure 😝

[@buckrowley1506]

talk to a girl camper find out what she uses for a sleep pad you might be more comfortable with her idea

[@LadyBugout]

I’m already very comfortable! Thank you ☺️

[@bertkelly7650]

[@LadyBugout]

💃🏻