Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Yoga For Shoulder Pain - 3
...e. Then pain goes away as the the tendons are healed and inflammation goes down.
When deciding on exercise and/or yoga poses for your frozen shoulder, one way to think about what will work is to visualize what you would do if you had knots in a necklace chain.
If you ever tried to undo knots in delicate chains, you know that going in and doing major tugging right off the bat doesn't work. The Structural Yoga Therapy book is good because in addition to exercises to free up shoulders and other joints, it addresses topics such as high shoulders, scoliosis, pronated ankles, kyphosis (hunchback), lordosis (swayback) and many more.
Western medicine often treat human bodies like car parts, where you can work on one defective part without influencing the other.
...moreThe Purpose of Yoga - Solutions for Depression
...entire structure of a Yoga class allows you to purge negative energy from the core of your being.
If you feel depressed often, self-analysis may not be in your best interest. Your therapist, close friends, and family will most likely be your best sounding boards. It is very unhealthy to keep your emotions locked up.
Therefore, you may have to allow yourself to cry. Believe me - it is not comfortable for any of us to cry, so you may want some solitary time to purge your body and mind by crying. When we lose a loved one, most of us cannot stop crying. Regardless of the problem, crying is a temporary release. We cannot cry forever, but crying can help.
In bhakti Yoga (Union by devotion to God), we learn to open th...more
Yoga Helps Back Pain
... When my sitting posture is not straight, there is always throbbing pain in the back of my head. It is very uncomfortable when sitting because you keep changing your postures.
I couldn't even sleep at night because I need to lie down straight. That is hard. It took me two weeks before I go see a my doctor.
My doctor doesn't w...more
The Purpose of Yoga - Motivation for Better Health
...and spirit, through physical mastery. The initial results of regimented Hatha Yoga practice are physical fitness, motivation, clear thought, and increased energy.
There are many more benefits from long-term Hatha Yoga practice. If I could make a Hatha Yoga Pill, I would be a billionaire! When some people hear the words, physical fitness, they think of torture, so they avoid Yoga of any kind.
Yet, the masses will gladly spend billions of dollars on ineffective, over the counter drugs, fad diet products, ineffective exercise gadgets, and life endangering pills, to try to manage their body weight.
So, a Hatha Yoga pill, with no side effects, would sell like hot cakes.
However, the Hatha Yoga ...more