I had a discovery yesterday after my yoga class with Jean, and I shared it with my physical therapist today despite the possibility of him getting upset at me.
I have not stop practicing yoga or going to classes since I had this neck pain. In my personal practice, I avoided poses that hurt my neck or shoulders. However, most flow classes include a few down dogs, chaturanga dandasana, and planks.
Lacking the insight, I kept doing those poses in the class. I even tried doing handstand prep two weeks ago. That's when I realized that certain yoga poses actually contributed to my slow recovery.
Yesterday's yoga class included handstand, but I took the option of doing legs up on the wall instead, and I came to child's pose on almost all of the down dogs. I felt so good and free after the class. Not only that I had a great practice with a good class and great teacher, I learned to better take care of myself!
I draw a line when it comes to pain. So no handstand or even down dog for me for a while. Luckily, I already have some good sequences without those poses.
Live and learn.
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