Stress
Hello friends, I just finished a book I bought at the Ashram in Rishikesh about freeing oneself from stress. Step number one: breathing. Apparently, most of us chest breathe, and we should be breathing from our diaphragm. A lot of the ideas in the book are about retraining our physical and mental habits that create stress. Chest breathing puts us in a constant state of anxiety. Diaphragmatic breathing uses oxygen more efficiently and calms us down. So, I'm trying to concentrate on breathing with my diaphragm all the time.
Class was really nice again this morning. My knee isn't sore anymore. I think whatever I felt on Friday was an opening, rather than tearing. Yay.
Today, I'm starting a 5-day anatomy class, given by another yoga student. Should be interesting.
Being here is helping me see the barriers I've been putting up for myself in my practice and the lazy habits I've developed. It's nice to be pushed (compassionately) through those barriers. The barriers are fears, of what, I'm not sure.
Anyhoo, It's 10 am and I've already been awake for 5 and a half hours! Crazy.
TTFN,
Lauren
posted by Lauren at 11:21 PM
3 Comments:
omg lauren. omg. I was just about to blog, for you, about my extreme stress but thought I'd check your blog before I started when what should I find? your blog on stress! WHOA! It's crazy how things work like that. Just this morning I woke up feeling like I couldn't breath - I was totally chest breathing!!! I'm so glad you posted this!
12:28 PM
the class sounds cool- and fun that it's by another yoga student. maye you could teach a capoeira class. or a class in the lore of the edmund fitzgerald.
i was wondering what you'll do with your days after class if over.
and, what time are you going to bed?
and, on the days with no led practice that aren't rest days, do you just go in and wing it? and do they still stop people?
btw, my addiction to your blog has grown and it now helps me get out of bed in the morning so i have time to read before i go to work.
5:17 PM
And bablammablogging you get!
this is so much more fun than studying the nursing implications of spina bifida!
11:48 PM
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