OLOTEAS, Healing, A-doc, March plans
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angelakYesterday was really pleasant and relaxing.
First, I went to the a-doc. I skipped yoga because Sutton convinced me to take 2 shots with the boys on Friday night. It was fun, but I knew my fluids would be off - and to top it off I stayed up until 2AM with them.
Fun, but if I was going to hit the 7:30 Yoga class, it would have wrecked havoc on my practice. And I figured after such a solid, grounded class on Friday - I definitely better not mess with it.
Booze + no sleep was a recipe for no power in the Yoga.
Not worth it. So, I went to the a-doc, (acupuncture) and that went pretty well.
She said to come in for the next couple months because tendinitis can be very "STUBBORN".
I was all "by all means!" because I do have the 12 visits.
For the first time ever I was laying face up for an a-doc visit. I had gone for months for my back injury in 2004/2005? I can't remember anymore - and it had always been on my belly for that. I began to associate acupuncture with belly laying :P
This time I was belly up and she put the needles into the appropriate spots, and gave electromagnetic massage RIGHT on the worser of the 2 tendons (right now, right side). It felt magnificent. Subtle enough not to be too much, vibratey enough to actually massage the tendon in a way I have NEVER been able to accomplish with my fingers manipulating the topical surface like that.
The Physical Therapist never put the electromagnetic massage pads on the tendon. They put it around it. I found that her location for the left knee was... well, I sat there truly enjoying it.
She said "this should help with the pain."
And the rest of the day, standing wasn't painful. I'm afraid to accept that!!!
Yes, I noticed acupuncture tenderness. That's normal.
I'd like to see what happens after a week or 3. I am not saying it resolved it or I'm ready to do anything stupid. I'm not. I just was blessed with an easier OLOTEAS because I was able to stand and not try and find 4856903 reasons to sit down the entire time. This entire week I have been taking care to rest my legs more - also.
I am really trying to take it easy. Less stairs, less up and down out of my chairs, less everything if possible. And of course, moderate Yoga.
It is March 1st. I am using this as a new spring beginning.
I will begin logging my fitness days again on my "reward board."
The reward board helped me a lot with my circuit training and running in 2007. I would have used it more (and did some months) in 2008, but at times it was frustrating because my heart wanted more fitness, and my knees didn't.
;)
SOOoo, now that I have Yoga and the doctor OK to run for short periods on treadmill only (10 minutes first, with 2 day recovery times instead of just 1) I fully intend on counting that as "RAN" on my reward board.
And I will implement CT. I truly believe now is the time to get back into the CT. I have discussed it twice. I'd like to get at least one, if not 2 sessions in each week. If that means a Yoga class slides, ok.
It should be good to give me more time back to spend with my home and dare I say - friends and family.
The third phase of spring cleaning will be my spring food intake. (Diet if you will, but everyone views diets so shabbily, so let's just say food intake instead.)
I'd like to ShapeShift again. I have not far to go to be at my ideal place of shape. I am close.
Goodbye, 2 inches of hips - is really what I mean.
My goal is less weight oriented and more shape oriented this time around. My initial goal in 2007 was to lose 10 lbs. I exceeded that. And then it became all about performance. And then the performance became my obsession and second love. And then came the injury.
I am still about performance, but the by-product of performance was a first time in my life ever satisfication entirely, with my body. I am at 93% satisfaction level right now.
7% denotes mostly lowered arm muscle definition - and the extra 2 inches on the ole child-bearing hips. (Thanks, mom.)
This being said -
March will be a conscious eating effort along with adding my old weight lifting, and very, very, very modest running. (Very modest.)
I am sad to be indoors only, but I think if my pain level shoots downwards at all, I will ok myself to mild walks outside on level ground only. Maybe some lunch hour action. To get myself outdoors and have that bit of "I'm not going from blg to blg." But first things first. I am not sure how my body will take to the newest set of goals.
I'd like to think well - but I'm open to backing off immediately if I notice any doubt at all about a conflict in healing. In short, I have discussed with my body that I am entirely on board to the healing that it knows how to do. I am on board and will do anything that on a cellular level, my body deems necessary. I repeat, and will continue repeating (particularly during a-doc visits) that I am on board, and that the command center of my brain is definitely paying attention, that the pain has caught my attention, that I am not ignoring the pleas from the cellular body anymore in any way, shape or form, and that I will do what the body requests rather than fight with it.
Too much fight. I want to live a long healthy life for life, and I can no longer focus on what my body looks or performs like in the next 6 months. It must be about only listening to fibers from within, and not searching to fix myself without this.
I am devoted to trying my best not to become over-much depressed. I think the depression didn't help my body heal itself. The command center wasn't on board.
It is on board and I have come to grips with the ideal that yes. This has taken a year of my life. And it may take goodness knows how long (another year)? But, in the least - there will be days when this is only a memory. For now, it's the journey.
OLOTEAS was fun. I was warmed by support from community members. It was incredibly encouraging and the waves of caring intensely impacted me on a level I couldn't verbalize.
It was nice for Jim to come along. I didn't go to anything (no ritual or workshops. I felt it would be rude when my attention would not have been in the ball game.) I know I missed some good ones. But sometimes, you just need to allow the lounging to happen. And how often do I get this fortune with Jim at OLOTEAS lately? Not so often.
Denny's food obliterated my digestive system. When will I learn? How about eggs only next time.
Happy Birthday to DREAMS_IN_MIME, Dragonfaery, and of course the always sexy ataraxia. (I spelled at least one of these wrong, but you know who you are birthday people!) Without each of you, life would not be the same.
Now on to brush my teeth, and hydrate. I will be taking the 4:30 class.
-Angela
First, I went to the a-doc. I skipped yoga because Sutton convinced me to take 2 shots with the boys on Friday night. It was fun, but I knew my fluids would be off - and to top it off I stayed up until 2AM with them.
Fun, but if I was going to hit the 7:30 Yoga class, it would have wrecked havoc on my practice. And I figured after such a solid, grounded class on Friday - I definitely better not mess with it.
Booze + no sleep was a recipe for no power in the Yoga.
Not worth it. So, I went to the a-doc, (acupuncture) and that went pretty well.
She said to come in for the next couple months because tendinitis can be very "STUBBORN".
I was all "by all means!" because I do have the 12 visits.
For the first time ever I was laying face up for an a-doc visit. I had gone for months for my back injury in 2004/2005? I can't remember anymore - and it had always been on my belly for that. I began to associate acupuncture with belly laying :P
This time I was belly up and she put the needles into the appropriate spots, and gave electromagnetic massage RIGHT on the worser of the 2 tendons (right now, right side). It felt magnificent. Subtle enough not to be too much, vibratey enough to actually massage the tendon in a way I have NEVER been able to accomplish with my fingers manipulating the topical surface like that.
The Physical Therapist never put the electromagnetic massage pads on the tendon. They put it around it. I found that her location for the left knee was... well, I sat there truly enjoying it.
She said "this should help with the pain."
And the rest of the day, standing wasn't painful. I'm afraid to accept that!!!
Yes, I noticed acupuncture tenderness. That's normal.
I'd like to see what happens after a week or 3. I am not saying it resolved it or I'm ready to do anything stupid. I'm not. I just was blessed with an easier OLOTEAS because I was able to stand and not try and find 4856903 reasons to sit down the entire time. This entire week I have been taking care to rest my legs more - also.
I am really trying to take it easy. Less stairs, less up and down out of my chairs, less everything if possible. And of course, moderate Yoga.
It is March 1st. I am using this as a new spring beginning.
I will begin logging my fitness days again on my "reward board."
The reward board helped me a lot with my circuit training and running in 2007. I would have used it more (and did some months) in 2008, but at times it was frustrating because my heart wanted more fitness, and my knees didn't.
;)
SOOoo, now that I have Yoga and the doctor OK to run for short periods on treadmill only (10 minutes first, with 2 day recovery times instead of just 1) I fully intend on counting that as "RAN" on my reward board.
And I will implement CT. I truly believe now is the time to get back into the CT. I have discussed it twice. I'd like to get at least one, if not 2 sessions in each week. If that means a Yoga class slides, ok.
It should be good to give me more time back to spend with my home and dare I say - friends and family.
The third phase of spring cleaning will be my spring food intake. (Diet if you will, but everyone views diets so shabbily, so let's just say food intake instead.)
I'd like to ShapeShift again. I have not far to go to be at my ideal place of shape. I am close.
Goodbye, 2 inches of hips - is really what I mean.
My goal is less weight oriented and more shape oriented this time around. My initial goal in 2007 was to lose 10 lbs. I exceeded that. And then it became all about performance. And then the performance became my obsession and second love. And then came the injury.
I am still about performance, but the by-product of performance was a first time in my life ever satisfication entirely, with my body. I am at 93% satisfaction level right now.
7% denotes mostly lowered arm muscle definition - and the extra 2 inches on the ole child-bearing hips. (Thanks, mom.)
This being said -
March will be a conscious eating effort along with adding my old weight lifting, and very, very, very modest running. (Very modest.)
I am sad to be indoors only, but I think if my pain level shoots downwards at all, I will ok myself to mild walks outside on level ground only. Maybe some lunch hour action. To get myself outdoors and have that bit of "I'm not going from blg to blg." But first things first. I am not sure how my body will take to the newest set of goals.
I'd like to think well - but I'm open to backing off immediately if I notice any doubt at all about a conflict in healing. In short, I have discussed with my body that I am entirely on board to the healing that it knows how to do. I am on board and will do anything that on a cellular level, my body deems necessary. I repeat, and will continue repeating (particularly during a-doc visits) that I am on board, and that the command center of my brain is definitely paying attention, that the pain has caught my attention, that I am not ignoring the pleas from the cellular body anymore in any way, shape or form, and that I will do what the body requests rather than fight with it.
Too much fight. I want to live a long healthy life for life, and I can no longer focus on what my body looks or performs like in the next 6 months. It must be about only listening to fibers from within, and not searching to fix myself without this.
I am devoted to trying my best not to become over-much depressed. I think the depression didn't help my body heal itself. The command center wasn't on board.
It is on board and I have come to grips with the ideal that yes. This has taken a year of my life. And it may take goodness knows how long (another year)? But, in the least - there will be days when this is only a memory. For now, it's the journey.
OLOTEAS was fun. I was warmed by support from community members. It was incredibly encouraging and the waves of caring intensely impacted me on a level I couldn't verbalize.
It was nice for Jim to come along. I didn't go to anything (no ritual or workshops. I felt it would be rude when my attention would not have been in the ball game.) I know I missed some good ones. But sometimes, you just need to allow the lounging to happen. And how often do I get this fortune with Jim at OLOTEAS lately? Not so often.
Denny's food obliterated my digestive system. When will I learn? How about eggs only next time.
Happy Birthday to DREAMS_IN_MIME, Dragonfaery, and of course the always sexy ataraxia. (I spelled at least one of these wrong, but you know who you are birthday people!) Without each of you, life would not be the same.
Now on to brush my teeth, and hydrate. I will be taking the 4:30 class.
-Angela
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Date: 2009-03-02 07:26 am (UTC)P.S. Thank you for the b-day wishes!
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Date: 2009-03-02 05:33 pm (UTC):)
Date: 2009-03-02 08:59 pm (UTC)Thanks!
So many phases of life. Goodness, goodness!
-Angela