For that pain in the back, and for back support. These sequences are not complete but for a person experiencing back pain, it can be serious or lead to serious things best avoided, so take it easy. Here is one initial Sukshma Vayaam for the back relief and support.
Join me for nine minutes on your back, knees bent to begin, a pose whose Sanskrit name is Dwipadipitham.
note contraindications- for disc problems avoid twists, many othe contra=indications, however, if you made pranayama practices in depth, then the Sukshma Vayaam may be performed safely using conscious breath practices.
What is needed for hand balances? How do they build? How do we enter and exit? Where is shtira?
Beginning again means asking familiar questions and looking for the answers in the posture, observing what doesn’t work, and what does. Learning twice, and twice again in Beginners Mind.
I recorded this last night because I must be on the road during our usual time. Here we observe three planes of functional spinal movement with breath. I invite you to recall warm-ups of this past week and to practice from whatever you can recall. If you cannot recall, then reboot yr favorite livestream recording and use that.
This week marks the start of a new endeavor at the SAMURAI INTI Martial Arts Studio in Frisco. I’ll be teaching i a group class there at Sendai Sebastian Mejias ‘ dojo on Monday and Wednesday mornings.