It starts with a bit of congestion, soar throat and arch muscles every year and later within a few weeks it turns into hard and loud cough.
So hard that I have seen other people cross to the other sides of road to avoid me.
I don't blame them - I also try so hard to avoid that annoying cough.
And in such circumstances I often face a difficult question - Should I continue my regular yoga practice or should I take proper rest till I get back to normal? I knew that yoga made me feel better and energized on regular days, but what about when the days of sickness? So usually I used to choose the later option.
I used to go to bed and cover myself with a heavy blanket.
However, it didn't work for long and soon I started feeling stiff, anxious, grumpy and above all of that sick, too.
So this time I tried doing some changes to my approach.
This time I thought of trying Restorative Yoga during the period of my sickness.
I started my yoga practice with Supta Baddha Konasana, the most supportive and restorative asana, resting my spine on a bolster and knees on a blanket.
I also placed a strap near my waist and folded it over my knees.
And when I started breathing in and out with my almost stopped nose, I kind of snorted.
After doing it for a few minutes, I continued my practice with two more poses - Supported Child's Pose and Viparita Karani.
And I must say that after doing this session of restorative yoga for a few minutes, I felt much more relaxed and energized after a long time.
Of course it didn't decrease the cold effect from my body (it can be achieved with the help of medicines only), but it decreased the level of anxiety and stress from my body that was making my condition even worst.
After doing a session in the morning I was energized enough that I could spend my day doing some normal work of my routine, which was nearly impossible for me before doing it.
I've determined that next time whenever I fall down sick, I'll get up and follow this approach with some more effective poses.
Restorative yoga works like magic - although it won't decrease the effect of sickness or won't make up for lost sleeping hours (by the way, is there any way of getting those hours back?), still it can do wonders for increasing your consciousness and energy.
Just a few minutes of these magical poses are enough.
This is something that I won't ever be able to say about "going to bed.
"
So hard that I have seen other people cross to the other sides of road to avoid me.
I don't blame them - I also try so hard to avoid that annoying cough.
And in such circumstances I often face a difficult question - Should I continue my regular yoga practice or should I take proper rest till I get back to normal? I knew that yoga made me feel better and energized on regular days, but what about when the days of sickness? So usually I used to choose the later option.
I used to go to bed and cover myself with a heavy blanket.
However, it didn't work for long and soon I started feeling stiff, anxious, grumpy and above all of that sick, too.
So this time I tried doing some changes to my approach.
This time I thought of trying Restorative Yoga during the period of my sickness.
I started my yoga practice with Supta Baddha Konasana, the most supportive and restorative asana, resting my spine on a bolster and knees on a blanket.
I also placed a strap near my waist and folded it over my knees.
And when I started breathing in and out with my almost stopped nose, I kind of snorted.
After doing it for a few minutes, I continued my practice with two more poses - Supported Child's Pose and Viparita Karani.
And I must say that after doing this session of restorative yoga for a few minutes, I felt much more relaxed and energized after a long time.
Of course it didn't decrease the cold effect from my body (it can be achieved with the help of medicines only), but it decreased the level of anxiety and stress from my body that was making my condition even worst.
After doing a session in the morning I was energized enough that I could spend my day doing some normal work of my routine, which was nearly impossible for me before doing it.
I've determined that next time whenever I fall down sick, I'll get up and follow this approach with some more effective poses.
Restorative yoga works like magic - although it won't decrease the effect of sickness or won't make up for lost sleeping hours (by the way, is there any way of getting those hours back?), still it can do wonders for increasing your consciousness and energy.
Just a few minutes of these magical poses are enough.
This is something that I won't ever be able to say about "going to bed.
"
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