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SO … athletes often experience soreness or tightness in these regions… I suggest some nice woolen balls found at TJ’s to try Yoga Tuneup as shown by Jill Miller in her videos (found on utube) using these therapeutic balls; except woolen balls from TJ’s\u00a0 (used as dryer balls to pick up lint off your clothes apparently) makes for perfect therapeutic balls – at less than half the cost.\u00a0 It’s better than tennis balls or any other so-called “massage” balls out there – as it’s wool and soft and a little bigger which suits us just fine with folded blankets under the head:)\u00a0 \u00a0Better than foam rollers for more that trigger point acupressure\u00a0 … way better than karate chops, really, as the sensation is steady.\u00a0 These are temporary fixes, but routine therapeutic yoga for the long term addresses overall flexibility for better self-maintenance.\u00a0 Normally I don’t suffer from pulled muscle, muscle inflammation or tear (because I do them right !) BUT last week inadvertently had 5 yoga classes to teach in 2 day period – out of the norm due to subbing 2 classes – which brought about this out of the norm pain in my _ _ _ _ … Lesson learned ?\u00a0 Never demo without a warm-up:)<\/p>\n
Besides Tiger Balm, China Gel … there’s bath salts – questions arises when to ice; when to heat – common question.\u00a0 Ice when it’s fresh and new, acute inflamed hot injury which mine isn’t – for chronic aches or aches that’s past a day – a dull pulled muscle kind of pain or tightening or stiffness – heat.\u00a0 In Japan, there would be nightly ritual of ofuro – or mineral rich onsen for the lucky ones.<\/p>\n
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Soak after a pretty rigorous yoga session is lovely …\u00a0 to melt away any residual tightness or soreness … it’s all about self-care.\u00a0 The sessions have allowed me to discover the need to balance the flexibility with strength in my own training.<\/p>\n
Having been hyper-mobile, one needs to exercise care in modulating the movements and expanding the range of motion.\u00a0 One breath at a time … listening to one’s body.<\/p>\n
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