Topic : Meditation and Yoga

Quote From: weemousie

 

I don't know if this falls into the category of Meditation and Yoga but ...

 

I have Fibromyalgia.  The doctor wanted me to take anti-inflammatory medication, anti-depressants, sleeping pills and muscle relaxers.  I'm not a pill person so I refused and went about searching for an alternative method to deal with this condition.

 

I often listen to my body as it usually lets me know what I need to do to help it.  The message my body was giving me was to try guided imagery as a means to eliminate the pain.  So I went searching online and found a CD for Fibromyalgia that was made by a Psychotherapist by the name of Belleruth Naparstek.  She has worked with trauma victims of 9/11 and the Gulf War, etc. 

 

I am of the beief that Fibromyalgia is trauma (either physical or emotional or both) that has lodged in our cellular structure.  I purchased the CD online and from the first day of listening to it I have not had a flare up of the Fibromyalgia.  Sounds like a winner to me.

 

Just thought I'd post this in the chance that someone will read it and perhaps find this will help them.

Quote From: nancyll

I have had Firobromyalgia for 5 years and have explored many traditional and alternate ways to work with this condition.  I am very temped to purchase this CD you are referring to, but am having an extremely difficult time in believing one day of listening to a CD would prevent any further flares, if this is truly the condition you have.  Sounds like another "miracle cure".  I hope that you are in no way connected with financially benefiting from promoting this CD.  If so, shame on you, as there are many individuals taking advantage of people who are suffering and willing to try almost anything to relieve their pain and looking for hope.

Quote From: fyte4acure

Dear Angel, 

  

Go to your local YMCA, ask for a scholarship if you cannot afford one.  They have Yoga classes "for cheap" for members.  If you mention in your scholarship about having arthritis, they can hook you up to certain classes that will benefit your pain. 

  

I don't know a whole lot about Yoga, but I do know some of the moves, like the one where my butt goes up in the air and my feet are behind my head with my legs being straight.  It helps me to stretch my back. 

  

Kristie : ) 

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Quote From: ritehere

 Have you got the book yet? I'm glad to hear that you are serious about "awakening". Still not working. I haven't worked outside the home for 18 years, and it seems the combination of getting behind in computer skills and my age is making it more difficult. I spent some time feeling sorry for myself, then gave myself the mental kick I deserved.
It's been an eventful month, I hope you don't have loved ones that were caught in Katrina or Rita. I have relatives in Houston, but all are OK.
Have you been practicing mindfullness or making time to meditate? They are really two sides of the same coin.
Be Well.

Quote From: ritehere

I've been thinking about my own question, meditating on it while on my treadmill. Impermanence is nothing more than the truth that everything changes. Throughout our lives, nothing stays the same. We all grow old and die, nobody has ever escaped that. For some of us, me included, I have always fought this, trying to make things a certain way, and not let them change. When something bad happens, or when I'm working on a project, I always want the world to stop till I'm ready to go on. It just doesn't work that way. This is the concept of impermanence, the great truth I've been struggling with.
I've  come to the conclusion that  this is why meditation is so important. The one unchangeable aspect of ourselves can be our guiding principles, and ethics. If there's anybody out there with some input, I'd love to hear it.

Quote From: olauomita

I heard of an Arthritis Association offering Aquatic Work outs for their members. Water relieves pressure on joints and is very beneficial with joint problems. The Community Colleges also offer very reasonable classes in a wide variety, some in the water too. Take care to go to an experienced teacher since strenuous Yoga positions done improperly could harm more then help. Pilates is an exercise style that is based on Yoga and very popular now. I recommend it because of its clear focus on proper alignment and its focus on intrinsic musculature.

Quote From: fyte4acure

Dear Angel, 

  

Go to your local YMCA, ask for a scholarship if you cannot afford one.  They have Yoga classes "for cheap" for members.  If you mention in your scholarship about having arthritis, they can hook you up to certain classes that will benefit your pain. 

  

I don't know a whole lot about Yoga, but I do know some of the moves, like the one where my butt goes up in the air and my feet are behind my head with my legs being straight.  It helps me to stretch my back. 

  

Kristie : ) 

fyte4acure 

Quote From: angelmary

How are you doing?   Thank you so much for the information. 

 

 

Peace & Blessings 

Quote From: angelmary

How are you doing?   Thank you so much for the information. 

 

 

Peace & Blessings 

Quote From: fyte4acure

Thanks for asking... I'm doing as best as can be expected, aka, Miserable.  Trying to cope.  Looking for more advice on meditation.  Trying to keep smiling.  No money, no insurance, got a stupid illness no one knows anything about, yet all the docs want to group every symptom as the illness, and then they don't have to deal with finding me relief.  Same old same old.  Got an infection I'm fighting off, urinary tract infection.  Keep getting them at least five times a year, and I'm a really hygenic person, so all the advice on not getting them doesn't help.  i think my pain meds have caused the repeated infections, so now I'm trying to do without the meds.  Meditation is something I need but just doesn't come easy for me. 

  

Thanks, 

Kristie : ) 

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