was: MIGRAINES!!! now: coming out about Yogi B

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Sat Nam!

 

Dharam talked me into posting my "Masters Touch Yogi B./Migraines Story" --

I was being shy because it is so personal, but it may be interesting to you.

 

....in a class at MT, we were doing camel pose, and i was afraid to tilt my

head back because that has triggered a migraine for me before -- not during

yoga but just putting my head in that position at other times. the teacher

saw me holding my head up and said to drop it back. so i prayed for help

because i was afraid! then Yogi B. was right there beside me in his subtle

body and was cradling the back of my head with his hand and held it for me

as i got in position. i felt so safe and so touched by him that i was about

to start crying, but then he started tickling me in the ribs! like he didn't

want me to get all serious about it! it was so funny i just started laughing

and laughing and laughing. other people around me got the giggles but didn't

know why.

 

after that, i stopped worrying about getting a migraine because i knew he

was looking out for me -- after worrying about them almost all day every day

up until then despite my best mental efforts. it was the second to last day

of the course that he told me about the karmic aspect of my illness, and i

realized i had even forgotten that i ever had them at that point.

 

amazing. wow.

 

wahe guru!

ranjit kaur

 

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I'm glad Dharam talked you into posting it. I loved reading it. I've

had migranes as well over the years. They started when I was in high

school and got progressively worse through college. They had me on

several different medications and none of them worked -- it was like

taking a placebo. The only thing that ever worked for me was to lay

down in a dark, quiet room for about 1-2 hours. Oddly enough, after

my first child was born, I didn't have any for several years. And

then they started coming again, but not as frequently. I had the

worst one ever soon after starting ky. In fact, I thought it was from

BOF. It was the first time I had tried doing it and I didn't do it

correctly. Soon afterwards, I was curled up in a ball on the floor of

my bathroom for about an hour. I've only had one more since then, and

that's it. I've been 'migraine free' now for about 6 months. I don't

know if they'll start again, but I'm not dwelling on them either.

 

I hadn't thought about karma until you mentioned it. I read Leo's

post about them possibly being related to heart chakra. That could be

too. I honestly don't know what causes them.

 

The one thing that I've started to do since beginning ky that seems

to help is a visualization with breathing. When I feel the pain

starting, I imagine that I'm exhaling through my 6th chakra. As I

imagine the air leaving, I feel like there is less pressure in my

head. Almost like I was blowing the pain out of my forehead. I'm not

sure this makes any sense. After doing that with each exhale for a

few minutes, the pain usually goes away. This of course depends on

where I am. If it's really bright or loud, this doesn't stop the

migraine. It only helps ease the pain. I'm not sure if this would

help anyone or not. But please be forewarned -- what I'm describing

is not in any yoga manual (at least that I know of). Its something

that I just tried one day after reading a post on visualization that

was NOT related to migraines. I do this anywhere: driving, grocery

store, cooking, etc. It sounds simple I know. But it works for me.

 

Christa

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Sat Nam Ranjit,

 

That is awesome. Thanks for posting it.

 

Maybe you did Camel for hours in a past life? Well what ever is behind

it, you are working it out.

 

Maybe you'll stumble onto a kriya, asana, or breathing combination that

relieves it? Hhhmmm....

 

Blessings

 

Deva