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[Guest guest]

Thanks and I don't mind that you asked. My

symptoms came on slowly and I didn't really noticed the

severity of them until I was in France and felt the nerves

shooting down my body while in headstand. Guruji and

Sarnath allowed me to modify the practice, i didn't do

setu bandasana at all! and only did headstand for as

long as I could keep my head off the ground. When I

returned the symptoms got worse, I had an MRI done and the

truth was revealed. The only thing I could relate this

to was a car accident I had one year before where a

car hit me going about 45mph from the rear and I

suffered whiplash and stiffness. I had been working with

the whiplash since the accident but something gave

way. I also made the huge mistake of seeing a

chiropracter for my neck problems...he made the symptoms a lot

worse to the point of severe pain in my hands. He then

claimed I must have 'arthritis' and totally denied its

relationship to my neck.<br><br>Yeshe

[Guest guest]

Thanx for relating that. Again, hope you recover

fully, and soon!<br><br>The subject of injuries is

always an interesting one to me...the hundred dollar

question being: Is doing this yoga helping the healing

process, and is the pain I'm feeling only a passing sign

of "opening"? Or am I just making things worse by

doing certain postures?<br><br>That recent link to Ms.

Silver reminded me of something Danny Paradise said:

"I've injured myself and healed myself with this yoga

many times." Ms. Silver makes even bolder claims for

what astanga yoga has done for her physical recovery.

I believe her too, but then again she's not you or

me.<br><br>I feel like I'm starting to talk in circles, so

I'll stop here.