RE: ashtanga yoga Yoga injury

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I used to run almost daily for the past 5 years. I started to do Ashtanga

about 2 years ago and fell in love with the practice and the effects it has

had on my emotional and spiritual life. Unfortunately, I have not been able

to keep up with my running (to my dismay). I cannot run and do the

Ashtanga. I am not able to progress in my practice because I cannot get my

hip area to open up and it impedes my growth in Ashtanga. It has been very

frustrating for me since the running kept my weight off. Any suggestions on

how to do both?

Namaste

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> bodhip777 [sMTP:bodhi777]

> Monday, June 17, 2002 8:25 AM

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> ashtanga yoga Re: Yoga injury

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> ashtangayoga, jordon_777 <no_reply> wrote:

> > It is funny how much I've heard from those who suffer from forward

> > bending recently, especially as yoga becomes more popular. I used

> to

> > never hear about it, which made me really frustrated and confused

> > because I struggled with the pain daily, wondering constantly if I

> > should quit or how to deal with the nagging pain of it all. I do

> > wish teachers would become more informed about this occurence.

> >

> > I can only tell you my experience, which is time off really helps.

> > Once I took a week off of yoga and began to experience no pain--I'd

> > forgotten what it was like to be pain free. But when I started

> back,

> > the pain returned, though not quite as intensely. However, I have

> > had a hard time stopping the practice, because something in me

> wants

> > to believe perhaps. My teacher is home from India, which has

> really

> > helped (her touch is really relaxing and seems to help me release I

> > guess), and for me returning to running has been crucial. Now that

> > could be detrimental to some, but in my case, the running seems to

> > loosen up something going on in the hamstrings/periformis. The

> other

> > thing that has helped me is pigeon pose and a few other hip openers

> > that I do after my run. I have no idea if this works for anyone

> > other than myself--it's just what I've come to after 2 years of

> > struggling. And believe it or not, I'm actually doing painless

> > forward bending for the first time ever. But I do have to be

> careful

> > and extremely attentive.

> >

> > So--you are probably smarter than I am--by stopping and trying to

> > heal completely. I have found that the spasm usually releases with

> a

> > few days to a week of not practicing. I hope that works for yo

>

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> Thanks for your reply. The information is very useful-I will keep

> doing my hip openers and take a break on the forward bends.

> Namaste

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