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comment by OftenBen
OftenBen  ·  2471 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: June 21, 2017

    'negativity banisher'

I may be putting too much of my own experience into this innocuous phrase and its quotation marks but here goes.

When my partner and I were first getting into yoga together, she made some remark about how 'It doesn't matter which video we pick, we're always going to do like six of the same poses just in different order.' While that's true to some extent, part of my experience with yoga is trying to allow something that is supposed to help to actually help. Going into it with the mental framework of "This 'stress relief' workout is basically the same as the 'shoulders and back' workout so it won't actually relieve stress." is unproductive at very best. I work to appreciate and value the intent behind the thing, and hey presto, I feel the effects more.

If it helps, it helps. I'm writing this as much for myself as you or anybody else reading.





Dala  ·  2471 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I did the thing with the intent to allow it to help me, and I feel like it did, although I am at the point where I pretty much have no chill and might need more than one session with it. My skepticism was more toward some of the other things in there that offered to help me clean my chakras.

Being stressed out can cause tension in your body so the fact that the stress relief workout is the same as the back and shoulders workout should come as no surprise to anyone unless they just have no idea how the body works. Neck stretches are also wonderful when you are feeling tense.