Yoga for Scoliosis, was Re: Post op pain

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> From: " na & " <susannajonshop@...>

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> Check out http://www.yogaforscoliosis.com/

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> Lot's of folks I've chatted with find this program to be very good.

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> Best of luck!

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> na

From: Buttonjo@...

Subject: Re: Post Op Pain

a wrote....

http://www.yogaforscoliosis.com/

Dear a and other familar with Elise Browning 's tape,

I know Elise has not had scoliosis fusion. My question is-are the yoga

tape

moves/stretching safe for scoliomites who have long fusions or made for

those

with scoliosis and no fusion? Anyone know? Thanks,

Jolene

I attended a Yoga for Scoliosis workshop yesterday (Sunday) afternoon

here in San Francisco with Elise Browning , who is the Yoga for

Scoliosis instructor. I've read her articles for years and finally

went to her workshop. She must be in her 50s-60s as she's been

teaching Inyegar Yoga for over 25 years. She has an unfused

thoracolumbar curve, and looks pretty damn good ... There were many

yoga instructors there, a few young teenagers with moms, mostly fit,

healthy women with minor curves I could barely see (so I knew nobody

else would notice them!), and a handful like me with very visible

curves. I was one of two with fusions. A couple of the older women

(ie older than me, in their 50s - 60s, I'm late 40s) had unfused curves

but no pain, they were physically active, and have been resisting the

UCSF surgeon's advice to have fusions. We talked about this quite a

bit ... I know Elise's postures, as with any yoga or other Eastern

body discipline, like Tai Chi or Chi Kung, can be adapted to any body

type or limitation. (This studio had another yoga class going on at

the same time with morbidly obese women -- Big Beautiful Women -- which

I thought was fantastic!) Yoga postures, especially when adapted for

scoliosis curves (Elise understands spinal mechanics very well) help

stretch and derotate tight tissues. But -- I doubt I could get the

correct postures by myself, or just by watching the DVD. A

knowledgeable instructor is needed, and this is the problem for people

living in parts of the country without access to skilled yoga

instructors, or who can't afford it. But yoga has become so popular in

recent years I imagine most communities have at least one teacher, and

she/he should be able to take the DVD and help clients do the moves

properly. I can't afford Elise's private session fees, but I decided I

should start taking yoga at my Berkeley YMCA. She does give workshops

all over the country. I am very flexible, in spite of fusion and

Harrington rod between T6 -L3, and could do the moves, to Elise's

surprise. Felt wonderful afterwards ....

One of her assistants, a young woman named Gabby, was in the Yoga for

Scoliosis video, and has an unfused, visible, thoracolumbar curve. She

is a Pilates instructor, which is what I've wanted to do for my own

body, but it's prohibitively expensive. I might look into teacher

training in order to learn how to use a reformer myself.

Nurse Grace

We walk on frosted ground praising chrysanthemums bordering fields; sit

on the edge of the woods waiting for the moon to rise. Not having to be

alone is happiness; we do not talk of failure or success.

-- Chia Tao, " When I Find You Again, It Will Be In Mountains "

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Grace Loehr wrote:

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>I attended a Yoga for Scoliosis workshop yesterday (Sunday) afternoon

>here in San Francisco with Elise Browning , who is the Yoga for

>Scoliosis instructor. I've read her articles for years and finally

>went to her workshop.

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