SELF ADJUSTMENT & SORENESS OF MUSCLES
ASHTANGA YOGA: 7:30pm – 8:30pm, 06.08.2008, Wednesday
We shared these concepts in our previous yoga class, of course, in summary version:
Self Adjustment
Our body is a very unique system by itself, indeed.
While doing a yoga pose, our body muscles and ligaments will adjust themselves according to the specific shape of the posture. Our internal organs will align themselves too as majority of the yoga postures are designed to massage our muscles and organs. Therefore, most of the time, our body parts will perform their tasks even without our knowingness and this makes our body system special in its own delivering and receptive ways.
When you just started yoga practice or your body is stiff on that practice day, normally yoga instructor will only help you to do little body adjustment as he/she understands that your body could do its own alignment. Thus, do not feel bad or left out if this happens, in fact just be mindful to allow your body to attune itself through ample time and space. Let your mind free of negative thoughts while enjoying your body adjustment.
Soreness and tear of muscle
Whenever you have soreness on your muscle, please do not worry or feel annoy. Instead, you should be grateful that this part of your muscle is working on its own rhythm now compared to previous time that you did not use it at all. So, soreness and discomfort are here to help our muscles to grow.
But then, when you feel a sharp pain on your muscle in the midst of your exercise, please stop your exercise immediately and calm down to rest. Do perform a thorough check as you may encounter a tear of muscle. Rest for a while, massage your muscle and seek medical advice if you need to.
To be precise, yoga is a safe exercise by following the guidance and instructions given. Normally, soreness would happen to our muscles due to the complete workout of yoga. Do not afraid of the discomfort, just acknowledge and accept it, be aware of the difference between these 2 categories for clarification purpose.
Have fun in yoga, Namaste
We shared these concepts in our previous yoga class, of course, in summary version:
Self Adjustment
Our body is a very unique system by itself, indeed.
While doing a yoga pose, our body muscles and ligaments will adjust themselves according to the specific shape of the posture. Our internal organs will align themselves too as majority of the yoga postures are designed to massage our muscles and organs. Therefore, most of the time, our body parts will perform their tasks even without our knowingness and this makes our body system special in its own delivering and receptive ways.
When you just started yoga practice or your body is stiff on that practice day, normally yoga instructor will only help you to do little body adjustment as he/she understands that your body could do its own alignment. Thus, do not feel bad or left out if this happens, in fact just be mindful to allow your body to attune itself through ample time and space. Let your mind free of negative thoughts while enjoying your body adjustment.
Soreness and tear of muscle
Whenever you have soreness on your muscle, please do not worry or feel annoy. Instead, you should be grateful that this part of your muscle is working on its own rhythm now compared to previous time that you did not use it at all. So, soreness and discomfort are here to help our muscles to grow.
But then, when you feel a sharp pain on your muscle in the midst of your exercise, please stop your exercise immediately and calm down to rest. Do perform a thorough check as you may encounter a tear of muscle. Rest for a while, massage your muscle and seek medical advice if you need to.
To be precise, yoga is a safe exercise by following the guidance and instructions given. Normally, soreness would happen to our muscles due to the complete workout of yoga. Do not afraid of the discomfort, just acknowledge and accept it, be aware of the difference between these 2 categories for clarification purpose.
Have fun in yoga, Namaste
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