�rishi knot� or granny knot ?

[Guest guest]

I've had long hair my whole life, and it's heavy thick hair. I've

done everything from ponytails, to flippy/clip, to french braids, to

just wearing it open (VERY RARE), to wearing a turban.

 

I find, for me, the best thing is a bun, chignon, rishi knot (or

insert your term of choice), either at the very base of my neck or at

the crown of my head (think baby's soft spot). If I wear it at the

back of my head (point behind the eyes) I find that it affects my

posture and leads to neck pain, esp when sitting in a chair or at the

movies, but can be convenient when laying down (natural pillow )

 

I regularly use a salai-yee - which is a metal stick usually used by

folks who wear turbans to guide the loose hairs back under the turban

- it's similar to a bun-stick you can find in most accessory stores,

but it's made of metal. As I have thick hair, I break most plastic

clips and sticks. I have too much hair for a bun-cage

(http://www.google.com/products?q=bun+cage & sourceid=navclient-ff & ie=UTF-8 & rlz=1B\

3GGGL_enUS234US235 & um=1 & sa=X & oi=product_result_group & resnum=1 & ct=title)

or the bun-wrap-clips - most mall's have an accessory store (Claire's)

 

When my hair is wet, I usually twist-bun it loosely with a couple of

metal clips when I don't let it air dry.

 

 

Kundalini-Yoga , " Sat Avtar Kaur "

<myralorey wrote:

>

> Sat Nam,

>

> Is there a difference?

>

> Now, that I have hair longer, than I have ever, EVER had, in my entire

> LIFE! What the heck am I to do with it?

>

> It is way to late for me to get in on the young women's mystique of

> flinging and flipping it around everywhere (far as I can tell, some

> even have flipping hair breaks), and I have long white strands -

> EVERYWHERE) !!! I shed worse than the cat does.

>

> Question, do you coil it and if so, how do you keep it on top of the

> head? Do you wear a hair clip or or ?

>

> And don't say wear a turban, that is not going to happen, maybe

> someday, maybe never. I do generally wear a head covering, my head is

> cold all the time.

>

> I did try to find something on Youtube about this but didn't see

> anything. Maybe I should give this up, just chalk it up to a weird

> experience and CUT IT OFF.

>

> So, now what.....?

>

> Sat Avtar Kaur

> Bothell, WA

>

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam, Sat Avtar

First let me say how lucky you are to have this " problem " -- some of

us have hair which refuses to grow really long, no matter what we do

:+) However, my suggestion would be to either twist hair up at the

crown chakra (I have curly hair and find a heavy elastic band wound

round and round at the base of the hair after twisting the hair is

sufficient to hold it up all day), or you could try braiding it. You

can braid, then twist all into a bun, or have a long braid down your

back. I imagine you probably should keep your hair long, which you

body is telling you by your head being cold all the time.

In regards to shedding, be sure to brush hair every day with a natural

bristle brush. Also, I used to lose literally handsful of hair at

every shampooing, to the point I thought maybe I'd be bald one day

LOL! Anyway I had two different doctors, one an acupucturist and one

an MD, tell me that such hair loss is caused by an IRON DEFICENCY. It

made sense because I have always been borderline anemic. I took 3

iron tabs daily (of 29 mg. each, I think -- be sure to use natural

iron or you'll be constipated something fierce), and in less than 3

weeks, guess what, no more shedding! YAY!!

Hope this helps,

Love and Peace

Hari Shabad kaur

Eagle Point, OR