OSTEO YOGA

For many years I thought and taught, and acted as if I was unbreakable, and taught classes that mirrored that attitude.

Then on Christmas eve before last I had a tumble (helped by the cat, and doing four things at once!).  The doctors dismissed it (on the basis I was a yogi and I would be fine) until I had to use a cane, and couldn’t manage stepping up a gutter without help.  Then they clicked in with xrays etc – Diagnosis, not terrific, and now I realise I have osteoporosis and osteopaenia.  Almost immediately, I noticed a subtle shift in my yoga teaching long term. I became more cautious, careful.  Questioning sensations in my body and asking questions of my students in class that I wouldn’t have even noticed earlier. It wasn’t that my body had changed overnight, but my relationship to my body had.

For the last year or so, I have had to concentrate on body confidence, rebuilding the muscles, strength and stability.  It’s not about doing big showy poses, it is about learning how to build the subtle muscle movements which make the big difference – with a focus on THE GLUTES. So many of my senior students say the same.

In this my latest course, I am hoping to remind you  that movement isn’t only about stronger muscles or healthier bones. It’s also about rebuilding body confidence, and about learning to trust yourself again. I will be TEACHING YOU TO TEACH THROUGH THESE CHANGES, I will work with you to help others, whether you’ve received a diagnosis yourself or you’re simply working through changes in your class or community that come with getting older. This is about AGELESSNESS.

 

 

 

***I am still working on this page and the course – to chat with me, email yogafirst2@bigpond.com