Shining the light on improving Quality of Life for Humans & Animals & related topics. - Inspired by Marie-France Muller's Dien Cham in 2010, evolved to include Yoga/Chair Yoga/Reflexology/Trauma-Sensitivity, socially engaged. - “Your practice is important part of your day," said our facilitator. I silently agreed and added that if I did not find a way to love it, how would I keep it up? This may or may not apply to you, of course. We all have different stories.)
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Anemia - Week 16: focus: neck
My right shoulder started feeling heavy once or twice last week while I was sitting at the computer; I stopped immediately knowing what might be next: neck pain. I rubbed the respective reflex according to the frog on the face projection; the heaviness subsided within a few minutes. In the past until a few weeks ago, I used to practice headstand, in Sanskrit Sirsasana http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/481. It had been part of my yoga practice for a long time and I did not attribute it to neck issue. I had given it a lot of thought and had observed very closely. I took time setting up the pose, going up and being in the pose, coming down in a very controlled fashion and paid attention to how it felt afterwards. I always did counter poses. It never hurt. My acupuncturist at one point, however, suggested to let go of the pose for a while anyway, so I compromised by cutting down at least. However, within the last few weeks I decided to drop it completely (I think it was when my inner teacher told me to focus on hip openers). At this point I am confident that my neck could actually heal completely which is unlike how I felt about it previously. My neck has been pain free, I think it was a good idea to eliminate the pose for the time being and perhaps reintroduce it slowly down the road. In addition, I think my alignment generally has improved much and before I got sick, a neck-related protocol was part of my Dien Cham session. Being mindful about the neck has become of utmost importance to me. I have come a long way. To me the neck was somewhat separate from the rest of the spine and I know I am not alone. Now it is part of the spine and much more integrated in the way I move. It was probably a combination of factors that resulted in being without any pain for such a long time.
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