There is nothing like stretching to get you back in touch with your body.
I have a chronic lower back issue, which comes and goes like a little barometer of temperature, humidity, and what every my mood happens to be and needs as much fussy tending as my husband's salt water aquarium. Needless to say constant vigilant and focussed attention. What a pain in the butt literally!
I try to get up early when I am still half asleep so I just go through the motions and it doesn't seem like work. This usually has the effect of waking me up in a gradual way and, when successful, also allows me to greet my body and become reacquainted. It's amazing how often we step out of ourselves and loose touch with physical feeling. Dissociation is one way to deal with the constant flood of trauma these days from Washington, but it has real consequences.
I find the stretching and then some energizing exercises, I learned in a Qi Gong workshop, help me to settle back into myself and feel more alive and happy! This is no small feat when the prospect of not having health care any more makes me unable to pull myself and my aching back out of bed.
Allowing your movement and breath to have a circular rhythmic motion can reset and calm the parasympathetic nervous system bringing your body into a restful non-stressed state.
This can involve gentle bouncing and them a rhythmic exercise called waterfall breathing where you imagine beautiful sheets of water falling from your hands. This will remove your head rather quickly from any ugliness.
With the coming era of luxury health insurance it may be helpful to have a way to just take care of myself!
I have a chronic lower back issue, which comes and goes like a little barometer of temperature, humidity, and what every my mood happens to be and needs as much fussy tending as my husband's salt water aquarium. Needless to say constant vigilant and focussed attention. What a pain in the butt literally!
I try to get up early when I am still half asleep so I just go through the motions and it doesn't seem like work. This usually has the effect of waking me up in a gradual way and, when successful, also allows me to greet my body and become reacquainted. It's amazing how often we step out of ourselves and loose touch with physical feeling. Dissociation is one way to deal with the constant flood of trauma these days from Washington, but it has real consequences.
I find the stretching and then some energizing exercises, I learned in a Qi Gong workshop, help me to settle back into myself and feel more alive and happy! This is no small feat when the prospect of not having health care any more makes me unable to pull myself and my aching back out of bed.
Allowing your movement and breath to have a circular rhythmic motion can reset and calm the parasympathetic nervous system bringing your body into a restful non-stressed state.
This can involve gentle bouncing and them a rhythmic exercise called waterfall breathing where you imagine beautiful sheets of water falling from your hands. This will remove your head rather quickly from any ugliness.
With the coming era of luxury health insurance it may be helpful to have a way to just take care of myself!
Stretching to me is like unfurling and allowing the body to become flexible and yielding, like the tulips which are coming up now in the front garden.
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