It does a body good
Many people flock to yoga to relieve chronic back pain, and rightfully so. Yoga helps alleviate physical hurt while teaching you to mentally approach the source of the soreness from a more relaxed, meditative perspective. Here’s one of the best explanations I’ve read of this physical-mental relationship:
Pain is often caused by physical things, but the mind fuels the fires of suffering by thinking about it and coming to negative conclusions, which activates your stress response system.
All that stress build-up sounds icky, and pretty familiar, huh? What’s the solution? That’s right, I’ll say it again: y-o-g-a YOGA! Chances are you’re already a faithful yoga-goer. So this article is a great reinforcement of how you are fueling your body and mind with the first-rate healing powers of natural motion.
Keep up the good work.
Tags: back pain & yoga