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VERA WEISZ

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[heiroglyphs]

[You mean like how Vera is trying not to stare right now? She'll at least try not to make it obvious as she takes one last large gulp of her coffee before setting it on the kitchen table. Retrieving her monogrammed towel and a bottle of mineral water, she return to Jen's side.]

I thought we were stretching. Why do we need breathing?

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Being aware of your breathing, controlling the flow, the speed, is how you get into the right state of mind.

[ she smirked. ] Besides, honestly? I'm afraid if we went right to stretches you might just snap like a twig.

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I am not a twig. [Crossing her arms.]

Fine. Teach me to breathe.

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[ Jen just... leaves that comment alone. she moves aside and gestures to the mat. ] Okay, stand here, legs apart slightly, and hands on your stomach. Then close your eyes.

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Legs apart and close my eyes. You are trying to hit on me.

[burndownforwhat]

[ eyeroll. ] Vera. If I was trying, you would know it. Can you please, just, follow my lead without issues for once?

I don't mean spread them I just mean you have to have a solid stance. I've seen people fall over from this because it's surprisingly easy to lose your balance when you can't see the world around you.

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For once. [She huffs, crossing her arms and widening her stance.]

There. I'll close my eyes when you are ready.

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[ Jen has to take a deep breath on her own for different reasons. okay. she steps in behind Vera and carefully puts her hands on her hips. ] Okay, take deep, long breaths. Don't worry about how long just yet, and pay attention to the way your chest and stomach move. You've had singing practice before, right? I'm talking about your diaphragm.

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[Vera exhales slowly when Jen touches her, maintaining her posture.]

Singing? A little, as a child. [But it's been a long time since she's had the luxury of free time long enough to do something as silly as singing lessons.

But she does as she's told, inhaling through her nose and out through her mouth, repeating until her next instructions.]

[burndownforwhat]

In that case, this will probably come back to you in a bit. [ keeping her hands there, Jen goes through the instructions of how to breathe and when, letting the right muscles do the job and letting it become automatic instead of trying to force the air in and out with just one's lungs. she lets that go on for a bit, shifting a bit closer and her voice quieter for effect. ] Are you feeling it, now? [ Jen pulls her left hand around and places it high upon the center of Vera's abdomen, below her ribs. ] Right here.

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I'm feeling... something? Is it supposed to be tight?

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That's probably because you're still super tense. It'll feel better after a while. But let's move on. [ Jen slips her hands back and up to the outside of Vera's elbows. ] Bring your arms up over your head and put your hands together. Fingers out.

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Fingers... out.

[Okay, so she'll sort of touch the backs of her hands together before bringing them both over her head, arms extended.]

How is this?

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Good. Now just lean to the side a bit. Not super far, but just until you feel the stretch in your sides. [ Jen slides her arms down as a guide to how far Vera should go, and rests her hands flat at the side of her ribs. ] Right about... here. [ somehow, she's managing to be completely professional about this. though it's not without some color to her cheeks. it probably has as much to do with their familiarity as it does Vera's attitude toward her overall, keeping Jen's typical attraction reaction in check. ]

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Ah...

[Vera exhales as Jen leads her into the stretch, squeezing her eyes at the sudden discovery of just how tight her body is. Who knew that fueling a body with caffeine and stress was a bad idea? But Vera is far too proud to admit that any of this hurts.]

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Easy. Don't overdo it. [ she can feel Vera's tension. having a somewhat intimate knowledge of how she feels when she's relaxed may give her an unfair advantage here. it's still an odd thing to think about; that Jen even has that experience despite... not... really? ] Hold it for a count of ten then go the other direction. Don't forget about breathing.

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It is hard to... [She shifts her weight slowly, leaning in the opposite direction.] ...Think about breathing when I do this.

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Heh. I bet you thought breathing would be the easy part. [ Vera didn't say so, but she gave off that attitude. wouldn't be a fair bet for Jen. she's still holding on to the girl's sides, guiding her. ] It takes practice. I've got you on this, so focus on the breathing for a bit.

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[She has her. That's... something, isn't it? That she's allowing Jen to have this control over her body. Vera Weisz doesn't just relinquish herself like this, and the act of doing so has started to feel rather intimate.]

Okay. [She exhales the word, focusing less on the positioning of her body and more on the expanding and contracting of her chest.]

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There you go. Nice and easy.

[ Jen won't push Vera too hard with these stretches. the point was to relax, not make this a crash course in yoga. that's something she wouldn't be as qualified for.

when they're done with arms and her core, and spent some time on her legs, she steps around to Vera's side. ] How's that? Feeling limbered up yet?

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I am feeling... something? A bit not as tight, but also strained.

[But at least she's a lot more relaxed, evidenced by her slumped shoulders and slower breathing.]

Should I open my eyes now?

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Oh! Yeah. Go ahead, we'll take a break for a bit. [ Yin stepped back and did a few stretches on her own, as she was lost in helping Vera out. ]

All this may help, but it won't work miracles. You really do need to take better care of yourself in general, Vera.

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I have a lot that needs to be done, in my job. Sacrifices must be made somewhere.

[She opens her eyes, craning her neck one way, and then the other.]

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Don't people in your position usually just... delegate things to others? That's what managers and VPs and stuff are for. [ though her experience with what her own mother does in the realm of business is vague at best, that seems like a good guess to her. ] You won't get far if you just end up collapsing under the strain.

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Tasks still need to be managed, even if it is from higher up. Plus there is also the attempts to break new ground and make the business stronger. No one will follow a weak leader.