rogeliocan -> RE: Taking care of your back (Nov. 16 2010 20:49:51)
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Well, I just had my first go at the poses from the video. I failed miserably and was unable to actually do any of them well enough to get my lower back to stretch. I was only able to get my hamstrings to stretch, probably because I am SO inflexible that I couldn't even bend forward enough to get my lower back working. The fun bit was that after trying for about 15 to 20 minutes, I decided I'd had enough for the current session, and went into the Shavasana (which I would say I pulled off quite well). Amusingly, I fell asleep and woke up about 30 minutes later with both upper extremities numb. I guess I got TOO relaxed for my own good. Hey, that's funny! That is why they all also call it the relaxation period. I feel asleep too during this pose when I used to go to yoga. For the poses, take your time it will come at first I was stiff as a board too. What is coo about Yin is that eventually, you should relax and 'melt' into the pose,with all of your muscles relaxed, that takes forever and I'm not there. But in the meantime you get to a point where you bent forward enough so that gravity pulls you and as you are in the pose you realize that there is always a muscle somewhere that is holding you up, because it hurts so much to let go. And so you relax the muscle a bit ant think, ok I'm relaxed and then you realize... oh no, that muscle is still on... anyways, when you get there it's cool to see how hard it is to relax (outside of dead pose) all your muscles. Don't forget to try the pose I described, for me anyways, it is such a good lower back stretch.
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