Pain Relieving

Just a few hours since yesterday and excruciating pain in my entire body becoz of the dance workout. I know this is a part of the pain which will go away in a few days,may be a week or so.In the mean time I thought to help myself ‘my’ way.

As I mentioned in my earlier post,I practice yoga.Not  intense.I am mainly a fan of sun salutations or surya-namskar, whichever way you want to name it.Being an obese weighing 68 kilos until 3years back,I am the ‘mesomorph’ who always needs to keep a check on her weight by being active.I am also a foodie, no I thankfully do not have a sweet-tooth, I prefer savoury and spicy edibles. I hardly eat outside food (junk) except for weekends. But..But..But..being a typical Bengali,I can’t do without rice ,so all the above sacrifices are taken over by ‘carbohydrates’.

Anyways getting back to the topic(yes I have a tendency to sway away from what I actually want to say)-

So a few minutes of yoga gives you a little relief if you are suffering from the pain that I am suffering from-be it a dance work-out, gym, aerobic or yoga itself. Goes for the typical old saying ‘poison kills poison’. Why I am choosing yoga is because you can do it in your own room if you want and it’s a change too,it requires a minimum space and gives you the maximum benefit.

I am sure psychologically you won’t want to run back to the gym or your aerobics class to reduce the pain because that is the source of its origin.I have been practicing yoga for more than a year now and so I want to share certain basic steps which are gonna help you to relieve stress, muscle pain and also energize you for the rest of the day.

·         Make sure you have a gap of atleast 4hours between your last meal and the time you decide to practice yoga.

·         Start wid simple and easy free-hand exercises like front bend,toe-jogging etc.Just google and I am also providing a suitable link. You are always free to pick whatever your eye catches,specially if you are a first timer.

·         After the warm up, start with sun-salutations, be slow and preferably follow your breathing while doing it. Unless you try it,you will feel that your pain is gonna increase,but trust me you will be surprised that you will feel no pain once you start doing it.Do a minimum of 3 sets and a maximum of 8sets,because you need to go back to your gym or dance class in the next few hours,so no use pushing something which is already stressed.

·         Your already throbbing muscles will stretch and will help to ease the pain. For feel good exercises  just do the ‘butterfly’ pose.

·         Savasana is a MUST thing,because whatever you do,the strain effects not just your body,but your mind too,so lying down for 5-10mins with eyes closed will relax you further.

I am not gonna further suggest anymore exercise because I know that pushing yourself to do this in the first place would be something very tough.If it helps you anyways,then lemme just inform you,I did what I wrote today and I am feeling better,the pain is quiet less.

And always remember, Your Mind and Body must work together in sync. Inside a dance class or gym you can’t have your own pace,because there is a sync you HAVE to follow there,but in your room,terrace or wherever,the entire world is yours.Nobody will instruct you and you won’t need to stress yourself J