“I’ll give you a dollar if you do this exercise for me.”
Norma Jurisson was a special lady. Exercise and activity were always a challenge to her even in her youth because of “joint pain” and well, she really didn’t like to sweat!
Nevertheless, she participated in a variety of sports and exercises until over 101 years old. When asked her secret to her longevity she said, “I just keep breathing.” When asked about her exercise, she would say, “I’ll give you a dollar if you do this exercise for me.”
All of the exercising contributed to her remarkable ability to move and live with grace. The relationships formed in the activities were treasures to us all.
To honor Norma and to acknowledge the great importance of physical activity in living a long and healthy life, family are suggesting memorial tribute gifts be sent to ExercisAbilities, Inc, dba EA Therapeutic Health. Link below. This contribution will fund other people to “do Norma’s exercises!”
Her exercise life included: Walking everywhere as a child, field hockey in college, skiing with family, Tai Chi with the Rochester Tai Chi group and daughter, Friend Maria Nhambu’s “Aerobics with Soul” African folk dance exercise, canoeing with neighbors in the boundary waters, pool exercises in Minneapolis and Rochester, personal training with Jon Giese at the gym and home, gait training at EA, and many more too numerous to name them all.
Follow the below link to donate. Please indicate Norma Jurisson in the “in memory or honorarium” field.
About EA Therapeutic Health
ExercisAbilities, Inc, dba EA Therapeutic Health, provides physical rehabilitation and adaptive health and wellness solutions to the greater Rochester, MN community with a mission to empower people of all ages living with physical health and mobility challenges to lead healthy, active and independent lives. They have been bringing their innovative and effective results driven model of therapeutic wellness to Rochester since 2011. Programs and services include neurologic-focused physical therapy along with specialized adaptive fitness, specialized personal training, and health coaching services specially designed to provide ongoing specialized supports beyond the traditional medical and fitness model to empower people to fully achieve their personal rehabilitation and health improvement goals. As a 501c3 nonprofit organization, we believe no person, ages 1 to 99+, should face barriers to receiving the best resources available to achieve these goals. Our community will be stronger when every person of any age, ability, identity, or financial resource has equitable access to the therapy and fitness supports they require lifelong. At EA Therapeutic Health, achieving healthy is possible!
