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Aussie
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 Posted - 12/21/2011 : 19:59:32
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| Windy can i ask what type of yoga you practice? |
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windy
USA
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Posted - 12/22/2011 : 07:52:36
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Originally posted by Aussie
Windy can i ask what type of yoga you practice?
Hi,
I've practiced various kinds over the past 9 years. I started with Bikram Yoga, which is a set of the same 26 postures each session, practiced in a room of 105 degrees. This is a vigourous form of yoga but you can practice at your own level taking rests as needed.
Then I switched to vinyasa, or flowing yoga, where one pose flows into another. Of late I've been doing Anusara Yoga, this form is more technical in terms of form, slow transitions, longer pose holds. All of these are various offshoots of hatha yoga which is based on asana (poses) as opposed to breathing and meditation yogas. However breathing exercises and meditation may be part of it. What I liked about yoga was that despite my pain level I felt I could practice it. I was also motivated to try hard despite my pain. This was the beginning of my recovery as I practiced near daily and saw that my body could take it.
Aussie, whatever form you choose to pursue will benefit you on some level. Yoga is one of those things where if you give 5% it will give you back 100-fold. Like grace, it meets you where you are, but never leaves you where it found you. |
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windy
USA
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Posted - 12/22/2011 : 07:59:50
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Here is the quote I referenced in an earlier post. If this isn't a 5000 year old explanation of TMS, I don't know what is.
by witness, they are referring to our witness consciousness
"WITNESS:
The witness speaks,
“As she is separated from her true self, she cannot hear my voice as she continues to strive in constant motion driven by the force of her will. Perhaps the pain will become great enough to
release her from the mask she wears, and she will hear my voice. As she listens, I will coach her to respond to outside stimuli in a way that is not violating herself. Instead of reacting
immediately, she will learn to pause, use her breath, to actually feel her emotions without fear, without judgment. She will learn to let go of resentments that have blocked her energy, to let of
unrealistic expectations, and to realize she is loved just as she is. Once she reaches selfacceptance, she can open up her wounded heart as the real woman emerges. The mantra
becomes, “Breath. Relax. Feel. Witness, Let Go.”
source: http://www.iytyogatherapy.com/yogaTherapyJournal/fibromyalgia.pdf |
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Aussie
Australia
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Posted - 12/22/2011 : 16:30:13
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| Thanks for that info Windy. I have been practising Iyengar yoga for around 6 months and i agree it really improves my overall well-being and confidence. I have however quit all the physical therapy and back exercises that i was prescribed by Physiotherapists etc. Im doing yoga for my overall health, Not for my back. |
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MatthewNJ
USA
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Posted - 12/23/2011 : 11:34:30
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Navneet,
I didn't read this whole thread, but I am also someone that has succeeded in reducing ALL my symptoms significantly. I do yoga and meditate. I feel yoga is a positive thing to do regardless of TMS. It is a process that brings mindfulness, relaxation and being in the moment. All of those things help me keep it from coming back! I believe MANY folks get relief from reading one of Dr. Sarno's books, or any of the myriad of great processes out there to solve these issues. They fall down and have a relaspes when the start feeing better and STOP doing whatever helped them get rid of the pain.
this is from my success story on the tmswiki
"There is no “quick fix”. You can't fix in a short time, that which was created over a lifetime. You need to make life changes that are positive and will be with you for the rest of your life. It is like a diet. You can go on a diet and loose weight or you can change your eating habits. When you diet and then you go back to eating the way you did before the diet, you just gain the weight back. I see that you have to have a new way of "eating" all the time, so when the weight is gone, you are still "eating" the same way. Your habits have changed and the weight stays gone. Substitute "pain" for "weight" in the above and that is the approach I take."
Matthew
Ferretsx3@comcast.net
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Less activated, more regulated and more resilient. |
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stevep
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Posted - 12/23/2011 : 17:36:56
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| windy, thanks for the posts. If you don't mind, do you have any insight into how you went about overcoming the teacher vocalizing how "good for the back" the floor postures in bikram are? I still haven't gone back, and that's one of the things stopping me. |
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windy
USA
84 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2011 : 11:11:33
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Originally posted by stevep
windy, thanks for the posts. If you don't mind, do you have any insight into how you went about overcoming the teacher vocalizing how "good for the back" the floor postures in bikram are? I still haven't gone back, and that's one of the things stopping me.
I take a more universal approach. The truth is, anything we do that is not sitting in a chair IS good for the back. Our bodies are meant to move and bend every which way. So "good for the back" for me means don't listen to the myths you've heard about forward/backward/side bending being bad for the back. It's all good for the back. All motion is good for all parts of us, even the psyche. |
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yogaluz
USA
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Posted - 12/27/2011 : 17:47:21
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Great thread. I, like Windy, credit yoga in my recovery such as it is. I no longer have back pain (though from time to time I have a minor flare up that quickly goes away). I started with Bikram as well and still do it as well as Vinyasa in a hot room. I won't repeat what Windy already said as it basically mirrors my experience but I will add something about my rather odd yoga technique for dealing with TMS. Since ridding myself of back pain thanks to Sarno, my TMS has found other homes in my body: IBS, dizziness, heart palpitations, anxiety, sharp pains in my head.... need I go on? So, what I found was that if I was in the depth of some sort of symptom, I would force myself to go to Bikram yoga. Same postures each time in a hot room - very meditative in its way. I woud sweat and nearly die (or so it seemed some days) but I would always walk out of there breathing, somewhat lighter and well... I guess, still alive. In this way, I knew my symptoms were just TMS, not dire physical ailments. It's sort of like running the gauntlet and coming out the other side.. an affirmation of the whole Sarno theory.
I wouldn't recommend this for everyone but it's something that's worked for me and I don't see any conflict between my yoga practice and my Sarno practice. Namaste!
pain is inevitable, suffering optional |
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stevep
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Posted - 12/30/2011 : 17:24:26
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| Thanks windy and yogaluz, good stuff... |
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Reconciling Yoga with TMS-based treatment
