Is Kundalini Yoga suitable, I have ME/CFS?

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

I have ME (otherwise known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) and Fibromyalgia

(basically the

same as ME but with extreme pain in the muscles) which I've had for just over 5

years now.

I have started up Hatha Yoga again but due to my symptoms I find even the warm

up

poses very painful and tiring and can barely manage them. However I'm not

totally bed

bound and can manage the warm up exercises and go for walks, short cycles and

general

pootling about on good days, on bad days I'm lucky to get out of bed. I read a

little about

Kundalini Yoga and was interested in it too but am not sure if it's suitable for

me given my

illness.

 

My symptoms vary from day to day but the main ones are overwhelming exhaustion

following activity. Intense burning muscle pains, weakness and stiffness.

Digestive

problems, loss of weight, cramps and pains. Brain Fog (problems finding words,

difficulty

thinking, memory loss, slowness) I have problems with concentrating, retaining

information and reading at times. Awful circulation and temperature control.

Tremors and

convulsions of no known cause. Heart murmur and palpatations when feeling

exhausted

or after exertion which have been fully checked out by a cardiologist who can

offer no

explanation despite it showing up on monitors. A feeling of general malaise and

bunged

up in muscles but it's more like blocked energy channels like a build up of

toxins or

something that slows the energy down, bad description but it's a difficult

feeling to

describe. I tried a Shiatsu massage for this and it cleared the bunged up muscle

feeling

and a lot of other symptoms for 2 weeks. Weird things going on with my red blood

cells

(they're abnormally large and my haemoglobin count is through the roof despite

me being

a vegetarian) which again Dr's are at a loss to explain. I have loads more other

symptoms

but the list goes on and on and gets depressing.

 

So my main question is would Kundalini Yoga be suitable for someone with my

illness and

if so how do I best go about starting it and is there anything I should avoid or

look out for?

Or any other advice that might be helpful would be greatly appreciated.

 

:-)

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

do you drink enough water during the day (24hours)?

You should drink minimum ( >= ) 2.5 litres water (without sugar, alcool,

caffeine) a day.

 

Marco from CH

 

Original message:

> I have ME (otherwise known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) and Fibromyalgia

> (basically the

> same as ME but with extreme pain in the muscles) which I've had for just

> over 5 years now.

> I have started up Hatha Yoga again but due to my symptoms I find even the

> warm up

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[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

Thankyou for the suggestion. I try to drink at least 2 litres of still mineral

water each day

without anything added to it. I don't drink any alcohol at all or drinks with

caffeine as I

have bad reactions to them. I have to be very careful with what I drink and eat

as since

getting ME I've been hypersensitive to caffine, alcohol, medications, most food

additives

such as sweeteners, preservatives and colourings as they give me migraines and

stomach

cramps even spices such as pepper, chilli, anything hot basically, will leave me

crippled in

agony and very inflammed for days after. Even getting stressed or having a rush

of

adrenaline will increase the severity of my symptoms.

 

I'll sometimes have a cup of white tea which I believe has no or very little

caffeine and lime

blossom or chamomile tea with a teaspoon of honey in, that's extra to my daily

intake of

water. I tend to eat mainly organic foods that I tend to cook in a way that

makes the most

of the natural flavours rather than heavily seasoning them with the usual salt,

sugar or

spices.

 

:-)

 

Kundaliniyoga, "mb_1" <giuber@b...> wrote:

> Hi,

>

> do you drink enough water during the day (24hours)?

> You should drink minimum ( >= ) 2.5 litres water (without sugar, alcool,

> caffeine) a day.

>

> Marco from CH

[Guest guest]

Speaking from experience (I am a 52 year old woman), I would highly suggest you

see an endocronologist who specializes in the reproductive system and have a

complete workup performed (blood tests plus saliva tests to see what is actually

going on with your hormones which could possibly be the cause of a lot of your

problems). Again, I am only speaking from experience, I lived with severe

muscle and back pain plus many of the symptoms you have for many many years,

Doctor's didn't know what was wrong, they thought it stemmed from my back which

I later found out was not the problem but what I had caused back problems

because of not being able to exercise at all. At one point, a coat was too

heavy for me to pick up, I was in such excruciating pain. Once I found the root

of my problem my pain is basically non-existant, most of the other symptons have

been alleviated and I have built myself up to the point where I am now happy to

say that I am able to to do so much now plus I have

worked myself up to the point that I am able to exercise once a week for an

hour, where I have not been able to exercise at all for the past 15 years or so!

 

Bernadette

 

 

 

 

 

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