See that picture? I just wanted to show you what I have not been doing lately. I stupidly pulled the same muscles in my back twice within a few days of each other which means that I've had to seriously modify my practice this week.
Hurting my back forced me to miss rehearsal on Sunday. I was not happy. A sick husband and child had me missing class as well rehearsal on Monday. I was not happy in the extreme. This week did not start out well, but I'm determined that it will have a better ending.
I love, love, love yoga!! It always seem to be good for whatever is ailing a person. Almost 10 years ago a yoga instructor and a physical therapist worked with me to create a program to heal and strengthen my lower back after I herniated 2 disks. Yoga has also helped me to control the almost daily migraines I have suffered with for most of my adult life.
Since Sunday my practice has consisted of the back pain yoga sequence from the book Yoga As Medicine and the 30 minute isolations and drills from Rachel Brice's Tribal Fusion Belly Dance DVD; which meant that by yesterday I was able to attend a tribal belly dance class. Yipee!!
My back is still a bit sore and I'm very aware of those pulled muscles when I move just right, but the debilitating spasms are gone and that makes me happy. And now that my hubby and kidlet are also on the mend I am extremely happy.
I love happy endings, don't you?
*belly dance clip art provided by: Me'ira's Clip Art for Oriental Dancers
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