Re: Need some support with flare and stress//Dinah to Jill

[Guest guest]

Hello Jill...

If jogging and tennis has become too difficult it might behoove you to get into

yoga. It is amazingly regenerative, and strengthening as well, and the

coordinated breath work that goes along with it is a real stress killer.

Best...

Dinah

>

> Thanks, Alyssa. For burning off stress, I've also found that

> exercise works. I enjoy jogging and playing tennis. Unfortunately,

> part of the vicious stress cycle for me is that the sicker I feel,

> the harder it is to exercise, and the less often I do it.

>

> As for food, I did take an aspirin in January (big mistake, I realize

> now), and had problems with coffee, which I've since eliminated. I

> also fear that at restaurants I often ingested illegals --

> particularly at Mexican and Mongolian grills. And at Christmas time,

> when no vanilla extract could be found, we used French vanilla --

> probably chock full of illegals, unfortunately.

>

> Thanks again! The support definitely helps.

> Jill

>

>

> Posted by: " Alyssa Luck " luckycharms@...

> Thu Apr 2, 2009 12:34 pm (PDT)

>

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[Guest guest]

Thanks, Dinah.  I tried yoga during my last flare 2 years ago, and it seemed to help.  When I'm feeling well, I'm often too impatient for yoga, but I'm starting to realize that I need to recognize my signs of stress early on and take proactive measures to stop it from snowballing.Best,JillPosted by: "leono1947" fullmoon@...   leono1947Thu Apr 2, 2009 9:23 pm (PDT)Hello Jill...If jogging and tennis has become too difficult it might behoove you to get into yoga. It is amazingly regenerative, and strengthening as well, and the coordinated breath work that goes along with it is a real stress killer.Best...Dinah

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Dinah.  I tried yoga during my last flare 2 years ago, and it seemed to help.  When I'm feeling well, I'm often too impatient for yoga, but I'm starting to realize that I need to recognize my signs of stress early on and take proactive measures to stop it from snowballing.Best,JillPosted by: "leono1947" fullmoon@...   leono1947Thu Apr 2, 2009 9:23 pm (PDT)Hello Jill...If jogging and tennis has become too difficult it might behoove you to get into yoga. It is amazingly regenerative, and strengthening as well, and the coordinated breath work that goes along with it is a real stress killer.Best...Dinah

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Dinah.  I tried yoga during my last flare 2 years ago, and it seemed to help.  When I'm feeling well, I'm often too impatient for yoga, but I'm starting to realize that I need to recognize my signs of stress early on and take proactive measures to stop it from snowballing.Best,JillPosted by: "leono1947" fullmoon@...   leono1947Thu Apr 2, 2009 9:23 pm (PDT)Hello Jill...If jogging and tennis has become too difficult it might behoove you to get into yoga. It is amazingly regenerative, and strengthening as well, and the coordinated breath work that goes along with it is a real stress killer.Best...Dinah

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Dinah. I tried yoga during my last flare 2 years ago, and it seemed to help. When I'm feeling well, I'm often too impatient for yoga,that means you are not taking a yoga class that challenges you in the right way -probably too much slow Hatha yoga. And not a challenging vinyasa classwhich provides an excellent workout as well as yoga breathing and stressrelease. In that situation, look around for a different type of class. You just need to find a teacher that hits your particular buttons, that will keep you going. Myself, I prefer very athletic yoga and have been lucky enough to find a seriesof teachers and classes that suit my physical requirements and inspire me onthat level. And I get bored as well in slow classes. Because I've always beenathletic and liked challenging sports. Yoga also has the benefit of erasing and reversing the effects of aging - in the sense that normally people become more limited in their physical range of motion in their bodies - your body starts locking up - with yoga, it is the reverse,your range of motion within your body increases a great deal. Spots that havetroubled your or been tight for years start easing and going away, etc. Andyou can supersede your range of motion when you were (much) younger as well. I think of yoga as one of the 3 crucial legs of my wellness program: SCD, LDN, Yoga. Although all exercise is extremely helpful. but I'm starting to realize that I need to recognize my signs of stress early on and take proactive measures to stop it from snowballing.Best,JillPosted by: "leono1947" fullmoon@... leono1947Thu Apr 2, 2009 9:23 pm (PDT)Hello Jill...If jogging and tennis has become too difficult it might behoove you to get into yoga. It is amazingly regenerative, and strengthening as well, and the coordinated breath work that goes along with it is a real stress killer.Best...Dinah

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Dinah. I tried yoga during my last flare 2 years ago, and it seemed to help. When I'm feeling well, I'm often too impatient for yoga,that means you are not taking a yoga class that challenges you in the right way -probably too much slow Hatha yoga. And not a challenging vinyasa classwhich provides an excellent workout as well as yoga breathing and stressrelease. In that situation, look around for a different type of class. You just need to find a teacher that hits your particular buttons, that will keep you going. Myself, I prefer very athletic yoga and have been lucky enough to find a seriesof teachers and classes that suit my physical requirements and inspire me onthat level. And I get bored as well in slow classes. Because I've always beenathletic and liked challenging sports. Yoga also has the benefit of erasing and reversing the effects of aging - in the sense that normally people become more limited in their physical range of motion in their bodies - your body starts locking up - with yoga, it is the reverse,your range of motion within your body increases a great deal. Spots that havetroubled your or been tight for years start easing and going away, etc. Andyou can supersede your range of motion when you were (much) younger as well. I think of yoga as one of the 3 crucial legs of my wellness program: SCD, LDN, Yoga. Although all exercise is extremely helpful. but I'm starting to realize that I need to recognize my signs of stress early on and take proactive measures to stop it from snowballing.Best,JillPosted by: "leono1947" fullmoon@... leono1947Thu Apr 2, 2009 9:23 pm (PDT)Hello Jill...If jogging and tennis has become too difficult it might behoove you to get into yoga. It is amazingly regenerative, and strengthening as well, and the coordinated breath work that goes along with it is a real stress killer.Best...Dinah