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#1

Hello everyone.
This is my first post here, but I am practicing yoga with intervals since many years. Mostly autodidact, because the schools and gyms I have tried, are not good to me. They do not give me what I am after of.
I have registered on this website to ask advices about a disease I have in the every-day life, and I think yoga can help me to get rid of.
First of all, I adhere to the principle that “you do not need to do yoga to be well, BUT you need to be well to do yoga”.
So, I know that yoga do not do miracles, but I also know that yoga is not just sitting in Asana and breathing and meditating. One can do yoga even walking or talking.

So, to go back to my “trouble”, it is about my muscle tension. It is since I was very young (about 20 y.o.) that I am easy to startle to any unexpected input.
I am very “jumpy” for any touch or sudden noise. Even in relaxed situations, or with close people.
It is not “permanent”: there are periods when I am fine, and other periods when I am worse. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find a correlation between the status/period, and any other clear cause. There are periods when I am very stressed, and this does not happen. On the contrary, there are periods when I am very relaxed (e.g., in vacation on the beach), and I jump for everything.
I have an app on my phone, and I also jump when the bell sounds to tell that the session is over.
Now, after many years that I have tried many things (sport, diets, yoga itself), I would like to act on it in a more direct way.
I hope the description is clear, so I may ask: is there any practice (muscle exercise, breathing habits, mind focussing) to locate the origin of this disease and try to manage it?
Sorry for my English, I am open to any suggestion and further clarification.

Greeting and Health.:cool:

#2

Generally speaking this sounds like a malalignment in the nervous system. It’s not a simple answer therapeutically. It is addressed by a very specific approach and protocol which includes dietary, lifestyle, and practice changes.

In addition is is pertinent to note that some people are more aware than others and those folks could be more susceptible to environmental disturbances - wifi, noise, etc.

Consider seeking out a well-trained, therapeutically skilled yoga teacher in your area. Shop carefully.

gordon

#3

Hi Gordon,

thanks for your reply.
Please, could you be a bit more specific in what you mean by “malalignment (misalignment?) in the nervous system”?
Do you have any practical example of such a disease?

For several reasons, it is impossible to me to take yoga classes, but I will consider it once again, thanks for your suggestions.

#4

You sound like someone in need of relaxation…have you tried any techniques? Did they help?

I would suggest Yoga Nidra which incorporates breath awareness, rotating consciousness around the body and a resolve/sankalpa to begin with and can become more complex as you practise and become more used to it. There are plenty to choose from. Of course it would be better to learn from a teacher but a recording will get you started.

#5

The medium of the internet which does not allow for teacher-student contact hours mandates generalities.

My alignment reference relative to the nervous system should have been recrafted and the better words to use would have been “discombobulated” or “agitated”. ADHD is an example of a disorder of the central nervous system, if you were asking for an example. I’m not sure what a practical example means to you.

#6

Thanks for the suggestion!
I have never heard about Yoga Nidra before.
Currently, I am not in a country where I can take Yoga classes, perhaps in a few months I can look for.
In the meanwhile, do you have any link or resource to suggest and read about?
I’d like to easily start and try the practice…

#7

I use CDs by Satyananda teachers . The Himalayan Institute also have them. A trawl of the internet should find YN as a download. Try www.vedantananda.com.