Episode 01: It's Morphin Time!

While in the shower, Valeria Almendarez calmed herself and placed her hands together to begin performing a breathing exercise that Trini taught her. She took a deep, cleansing breath, expanded her belly and kept her shoulders relaxed, held it in for a count of six, exhaled and repeated the process twice more before swttching to breathing normally and focusing her attention on her breathing. As she breathed, she inhaled through her nose and then exhaled through her mouth, still expanding her stomach and repeating the exercise as she felt her worries fade away and ehr mind becomign more relaxed and her mind more centered. Once she was thoroughly re-focused and calm she exited her meditation and resumed her shower and cleaning up.

Now smelling like roses she returned to her room and got dressed. She exited her room dressed in black and purple tennis shoes, black jeans and a purple t-shirt that read: I Hit Like A Girl. Try And Keep Up. in black bold letters over a pair of purple boxing gloves, a pair of black ladies fingerless leather motorcycle gloves with butterfly embroidery and purple contrast stitching, and a backpack full of books slung over her shoulder with her wallet and phone in her pockets.


She bounded down the stairs to step into the kitchen where her father had prepared a Breakfast Quinoa Meal for her.

"Hey there's my little ball of Sunshine! You feeling better now?"

"You know it, dad, sometimes you just have to let it all out in the morning, y'know? This looks great by the way."

"Hey I get it. A morning workout can work wonders for peace of mind so long as you get it all out of your system so you can face the day with a clear mind."

Mens sana in corpore sano, I know Papa, orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano. Fortem posce animum mortis terrore carentem, qui spatium vitae extremum inter munera ponat naturae, qui ferre queat quoscumque labores, nesciat irasci, cupiat nihil et potiores Herculis aerumnas credat saevosque labores et venere et cenis et pluma Sardanapalli. Monstro quod ipse tibi possis dare; semita certe tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae." She recited. Mens sana in corpore sano is a Latin phrase, usually translated as "a healthy mind in a healthy body". The phrase is widely used in sporting and educational contexts to express the theory that physical exercise is an important or essential part of mental and psychological well-being. The phrase comes from Satire X of the Roman poet Juvenal.

It is the first in a list of what is desirable in life. Traditional commentators believe that Juvenal's intention was to teach his fellow Roman citizens that in the main, their prayers for such things as long life are misguided. That the gods had provided man with virtues which he then lists for them. Over time and separated from its context, the phrase has come to have a range of meanings. It can be construed to mean that only a healthy mind can lead to a healthy body, or equally that only a healthy body can produce or sustain a healthy mind. Its most general usage is to express the hierarchy of needs: with physical and mental health at the root.


Valentino nodded. "τίς εὐδαίμων, "ὁ τὸ μὲν σῶμα ὑγιής, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν εὔπορος, τὴν δὲ φύσιν εὐπαίδευτος. That's my girl and that is a perfect way to look at life. Helping others because it's the right thing to do while making sure you are mentally and physically at your peak is the most rewarding way to live your life." 


"The best way to do that is to hit the books as hard as I that bag, right?"

"Harder. Put in 110% and a good college will lay itself out for you."

"You go it! 110% in everything! WHOO!" 

They enjoyed their breakfast together and then she ran out the door to the stop for school.