Sandra "The Well-Seasoned Woman" Nicht

As darkness abounds in the Northern Hemisphere, we are invited inward.

If you’re feeling the urge to hibernate, you’re not alone.

Fortunately yoga offers us something along those lines that supports mental health - the practice of Pratyāhāra.

Pratyāhāra, or “withdrawal of the senses,” is a vital practice the ancient sage Patanjali—author of the Yoga Sūtra, described as the fifth limb of aṣṭāṅga—the eight limbs of Yoga.

Consciously withdrawing our senses can be a means of preserving sanity and keeping the peace. It might be a handy practice to have in our back pockets.

Join the self-paced, online course anytime: https://buff.ly/2WW3au1

added my two cents about the latest non endorsement outrage to this emerging post:

Asteya stealing is bad y'all

I have a Substack now

Grumpy Yogi Cat I practice so I'm a little less grumpy...

https://drclaudiawelch.com/shop/online-courses-shop/womens-health-courses/menopause-chronicles/

Menopause Chronicles - Online Course An honest conversation about the nitty gritty and the true, for anyone heading into, through or beyond menopause. Online course with personal insights.

found this site, lots of good quizzes on here:

Quizzes Quizzes Page

I have a new website in the works:
TheWellSeasonedWoman.us

ATTN yoga peeps: the website I currently use must be taken down as SquareUp is going to double the price I pay for my old Weebly site. download the free breathing courses while you can, things will be dismantled by next month.

I just taught my first class at the new Sage Health facility in Halethorpe - small group but we all had a great time and two who came in with knee pain felt better after!

I will try to record on Friday parts of what we did when I go out to Yudaguru Integrative Wellness in Ellicott City!

fascinating (and yoga therapists use this method often)

‘It’s All Done With Mirrors’: V.S. Ramachandran and the Material Culture of Phantom Limb Research This article examines the material culture of neuroscientist Vilayanur S. Ramachandran’s research into phantom limbs. In the 1990s Ramachandran used a ‘mirror box’ to ‘resurrect’ phantom limbs and thus to treat ...

I have taken Emma's workshop, she also has a downloadable ebook on the ShadowYoga.com website that is a goldmine of information about how our practice should change according to our stage of life and our current condition.

For women with low blood pressure it is important to increase the inhalation during the cycle, as exhalation is naturally longer due to the apana vayu activity of expelling the blood.

More information on Emma’s Yoga for Women article.

My Master of Science in Yoga Therapy thesis was on the subject of yoga therapy for scoliosis management. This research was not available then and there was only an abstract of his preliminary research available at the time (I graduated in 2015).

RESEARCH by Loren Fishman, M.D.
Yoga Reverses Scoliosis in Adolescents

The most common type of scoliosis in adolescents is idiopathic scoliosis. It’s experienced by the 12 to 18 your age group and there’s no known cause.

Dr. Fishmans’ latest research, published in February 2021, confirmed that yoga, with a focus on isometric postures that strengthen certain muscle groups, can actually reverse scoliosis in adolescents.

In the study, x-rays were taken of 56 adolescents ages 14 to 18. They practiced one or two yoga postures a day, holding the poses as long as they could safely, to strengthen the muscles on the convex side of their curves.

After 5 to 6 months, x-rays revealed that The average improvement was 4% per month, making the average over 6 months 25%. Those that continued the study for 12 months had a 48% average improvement.
Dr. Fishman also completed a large study on adults that had similar good results. These studies suggest that yoga could be a viable treatment in place of scoliosis surgery.

Dr Fishman explains: “The convex side is the weak side and must become equal in strength to the concave side’s muscles. What makes yoga work is that when the pose is held for as long as possible, it develops endurance and stamina in muscles that work to correct the curve.”

For help from Loren Fishman, M.D. with yoga for the treatment of scoliosis, please visit: https://www.manhattanphysicalmedicine.com

Source: www.spineuniverse.com/conditions/scoliosis/adolescent-idiopathic/yoga-scoliosis-benefits
📸 https://yogauonline.com/yoga-for-back-pain/yoga-and-scoliosis-asana-recommendations-and-latest-research