Guest guest Posted February 17, 2003 Report Share Posted February 17, 2003 Hi Maureen, Yes, Goa is very beautiful, with lovely beaches and very friendly local people. It sure makes a change from the rest of India - the Portuguese heritage certainly shows. It also has the wonderful benefit of a blissful tropical climate when Europe and North America are in the deepest grip of winter. As for my hamstrings, thanks for the tip, but I already do lots of downdogs as part of my practice, of course, and my teacher very helpfully comes every day and 'stands' on my heels to help stretch them. Any improvement is hard to spot! After 3 years ashtanga, my heels are still about 2 inches above the floor in downdog, although my pelvic tilt and angle of the lower back are much improved. Actually, the best exercise was shown to me yesterday, which is lying on your back on the floor, and putting a cloth or strap around y your instep and trying the straighten your leg. You can feel it in your hamstrings, and apparently if I do *that* every day it *will* make a difference! Best regards, Annie www.yogagoa.com ashtanga yoga, Maureen Bolton <bolto11> wrote: > Annie: > > 1) I love your yoga newsletter and hope to get to Goa > soon. I've spent tons of time in Mysore and Pune, but > haven't made my way to Goa yet -I hear it is > beautiful. > 2) For "short" hamstrings -Downdog -in a very warm > room for at least five minutes. Do this everyday for > a week and the hamstrings will start to "lengthen" > > Namaste, > Maureen > --- "Annie Gurton <annie>" > <annie> wrote: > > Scary! > > I have just come off a 9-month plateau and am > > finally making a few > > improvements - for the past 9 months my practice was > > stagnating or > > going backwards. I think it happens. The difficult > > thing is to > > persevere through it all. > > But your list of complaints sounds as though your > > body is really > > saying its had enough. Joints do wear out. > > Ligaments etc will only > > stretch so far. > > Can you do a practice within the new limits set by > > your body? If > > you listen to it, don't push it, be content with > > what you can do, > > surely that will give the hurting parts time to > > heal. > > As for joint problems, I really recommend > > Glucosamine Sulphate. I > > take about 1500 - 2000 mgs a day, and after about 2 > > months you > > really notice a difference. It helps rebuild the > > joint linings. > > > > Has anyone got any quick fixes for short hamstrings? > > (well, I > > didn't think they were short, until I started > > ashtanga!) > > > > > > ashtanga yoga, "philjone2003 > > <philjone@s...>" > > <philjone@s...> wrote: > > > Dear Yogis ,In the last 6-8 months, my body after > > 8 years of good > > > practice > > > has decided to collapse, first my knee went out of > > position, then > > my > > > shoulders developed tendinitis ,then my right > > groin went > > crazy,pulled > > > or something, now my right scapula clonks(sharp > > pain) as i lift it > > up > > > (surya a)or jump forward and causes my shoulder to > > collapse, all > > in > > > the last six to eight months, i use to have a > > competent practice > > jump > > > back and forward no problems ,now i just dont have > > any of it ,can > > > anyone out ,please please give me some advice on > > how to overcome > > > these problems ie physio, not chiro, massage what > > do i do,ilove > > > astanga but some times ,just some times namaste > > phil > > > > > > > > > > > Send Flowers for Valentine's Day > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2003 Report Share Posted February 17, 2003 I love this! narayan <dcyoga wrote: Hi Annie, Glucosamine Sulphate????? How can you recommend these pills that haven't passed any scientific studies - even on your own anecdotal evidence. Have you ever popped the bubbles in the plastic used as packing material? That is what this stuff does to your muscles at a cellelur level. Do you work fior a pharmaceutical company? Why does everyone want a magic pill? What about a yogic diet - you are what you eat - so what about fresh organic foods, close to the sun's energy? - Ahimsa includes not harming your own body...Yoga is not about abusing your body = not about how far you can stretch- not about how tight your hamstrings are.... (Or is it?) Shanti and prema "Annie Gurton <annie" <annie wrote:Scary! I have just come off a 9-month plateau and am finally making a few improvements - for the past 9 months my practice was stagnating or going backwards. I think it happens. The difficult thing is to persevere through it all. But your list of complaints sounds as though your body is really saying its had enough. Joints do wear out. Ligaments etc will only stretch so far. Can you do a practice within the new limits set by your body? If you listen to it, don't push it, be content with what you can do, surely that will give the hurting parts time to heal. As for joint problems, I really recommend Glucosamine Sulphate. I take about 1500 - 2000 mgs a day, and after about 2 months you really notice a difference. It helps rebuild the joint linings. Has anyone got any quick fixes for short hamstrings? (well, I didn't think they were short, until I started ashtanga!) ashtanga yoga, "philjone2003 <philjone@s...>" <philjone@s...> wrote: > Dear Yogis ,In the last 6-8 months, my body after 8 years of good > practice > has decided to collapse, first my knee went out of position, then my > shoulders developed tendinitis ,then my right groin went crazy,pulled > or something, now my right scapula clonks(sharp pain) as i lift it up > (surya a)or jump forward and causes my shoulder to collapse, all in > the last six to eight months, i use to have a competent practice jump > back and forward no problems ,now i just dont have any of it ,can > anyone out ,please please give me some advice on how to overcome > these problems ie physio, not chiro, massage what do i do,ilove > astanga but some times ,just some times namaste phil ashtanga yoga Take care of your Blessed Selves Narayan \ dcyoga - 5th floor 1635 Connecticut Ave NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-2926 www.dcyoga.com Send Flowers for Valentine's Day ashtanga yoga Send Flowers for Valentine's Day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2003 Report Share Posted February 17, 2003 Thank you for sharing this because although I liked parts of the email you are responding to (eat organic foods and not relying on pills) it made me doubt my efforts in the past to rebuild joint tissues with GS. Although I shouldn't doubt it because it helped in conjunction with everything else I do to support the body's health. But I definately noticed a difference with the addition of that supplement. Thank you. Having read that email with part truth and part false information makes me very aware to stay humble and only offer what I know or have experienced. APB taraskye wrote:Glucosamine sulfate has had many clinical studies done around it and it can in some cases rebuild joint and cartilage tissues if taken long enough and the damage isn't too severe. It is NOT a quick fix pill and is appropriate for cases joint and cartilage degeneration and osteoarthritis ( the wear and tear kind). As for it putting air bubbles into your joints and muscles, that is pure fiction. Wherever did you hear such a thing? As for my qualifications, I am a naturopathic physician who practices science based alternative medicine and have been practicing for 13 years. I am a graduate of Bastyr University in Seattle (www.bastyr.edu) and have been studying Ashtanga with Richard Freeman since 1994. ______________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com ashtanga yoga Send Flowers for Valentine's Day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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