Yes Camilla, Words do matter! We create an image in our minds and take it right into our bodies when we hear words.
It’s interesting to observe how we use our language, both internally and in in our speech as we go through an ordinary day. I find I am not always kind to myself. ❤️
Yes I agree. Rib cage now feels aggressive, tight, constricting, forcibly containing something within. Thoracic cathedral just invited me to take a fuller deeper more expansive breath, ah. Feels kinder. Thank you for your reflections! xo
I seem to have finally succeeded at sending a note here, so now I’ll also post something I tried to months ago. I direct students to your Yoga Nidra recording several times per week. Their nervous systems are so stressed and out of balance, many have a hard time sleeping. I know it has saved me in hard and stressful times, and I am a devotee of the deep rest it provides. I honestly think it resets the autonomic nervous system toward balance and allows a more normal function of the body as a whole.
We see so many students at umass with a condition we call costochondritis. I have long wondered what it really is. It always seems stress related, and so often in the left, not the right side. The students worried there is something wrong with their heart, but the ribs are tender, so I reassure them their heart is fine. This gets me wondering. Is it a facial issue that even extends into the mediastinum? Or something else? What do you think?
Gosh or even arises from the fascia within the mediastinum from the neuro-humoral effects of stress in the heart itself and how the fascia reacts. I’ve wandered a bit off the subject of the thoracic cathedral, maybe, but this gets me thinking. What do you think?
Yes Camilla, Words do matter! We create an image in our minds and take it right into our bodies when we hear words.
It’s interesting to observe how we use our language, both internally and in in our speech as we go through an ordinary day. I find I am not always kind to myself. ❤️
Yes I agree. Rib cage now feels aggressive, tight, constricting, forcibly containing something within. Thoracic cathedral just invited me to take a fuller deeper more expansive breath, ah. Feels kinder. Thank you for your reflections! xo
Loving all this detail along with your very wise words. Thank you as ever,
Patty 🙏
Exactly how I feel about your work, Beverly! Thank you. 🙏🏼
I loved this!
Thank you!!
I seem to have finally succeeded at sending a note here, so now I’ll also post something I tried to months ago. I direct students to your Yoga Nidra recording several times per week. Their nervous systems are so stressed and out of balance, many have a hard time sleeping. I know it has saved me in hard and stressful times, and I am a devotee of the deep rest it provides. I honestly think it resets the autonomic nervous system toward balance and allows a more normal function of the body as a whole.
Patty,
We see so many students at umass with a condition we call costochondritis. I have long wondered what it really is. It always seems stress related, and so often in the left, not the right side. The students worried there is something wrong with their heart, but the ribs are tender, so I reassure them their heart is fine. This gets me wondering. Is it a facial issue that even extends into the mediastinum? Or something else? What do you think?
Auto Correct alert!! Fascial issue
Gosh or even arises from the fascia within the mediastinum from the neuro-humoral effects of stress in the heart itself and how the fascia reacts. I’ve wandered a bit off the subject of the thoracic cathedral, maybe, but this gets me thinking. What do you think?