Namaste to you all
Since last month we have numorous questions on neck and shoulder pain also many of you are interested in Chakra balancing. If you have been following the articles recently you will have found that we touched on chakra balancing with specific exercises.
Lets cover the neck and shoulder pain first. This could of happened some time ago and for whatever reason we now have it! Either neck pain going up into the head and giving us headache, eye strain or even ear ache. With all the muscles that are involved anything is possible.
This applies to shoulder pain also, and if it isn't addressed there is a good chance that pain will end up in the neck and other various areas.
A little tip that could be helpful to relieve some of your shoulder pain. I'm going to take the view that there is no one that can give you a brief massage or the like, so it's up to you.
You will need a tennis ball on it's own or two tennis balls in a sock tied at the end.
With a single tennis ball, while laying on the floor, place the tennis ball under the 'spot' where you feel it's tight. Gently roll your shoulder at the place where it's tight over the tennis ball, be careful it maybe rather 'tender' if you have had it for a while. If you want to work deeper then lift your hips off the floor while rolling, you can vary the intensity by moving your hips back and forth, side to side. Experiment, see what it good for you, the longer you do it the more the tension will release.
With two tennis balls in your sock try this, and take care. You will need to remove your top - shirt/blouse or the tennis ball will get caught up in your clothing.
Laying on the floor, place the tennis balls either side of your spine just below C7, that's the large 'bump' below your neck spine. Now gently 'walk' your feet into you while allowing the tennis balls to 'settle' either side of the spine as you continue to 'roll' the tennis balls down the whole spine.
Again it may be a little bit tender in some areas. If your ok so far and you want to increase the pressure, like before lift your hips to put more weight on the tennis balls working deeper into the muscles down the spine, again apply gentle pressure at first until you get used to it.
If you do this regular, daily maybe for those who at computers or drivers of taxis etc, then this could help you lose your neck or shoulder pain, and in some cases back pain. Remember you are working towards releasing pain rather than increasing the tension in your body, so be gentle with yourself.
Chakra Balancing
We will cover this in more depth later sometime in the future, so for now I will just recap for those who missed the article.
There are many ways to balance chakras. Yoga, reiki, chrystals and other forms of healing, for now we will touch on yoga exercise. And I'm taking the view that you will understand the poses mentioned, if not go to this link and download 'The Beginners Guide to Yoga with Glen'.
The first chakra is the base or root chakra, and to balance this the bridge pose is advised, two or three times at your own pace.
Second chakra is the Sacral Plexus and the pose is the cobra.
Third chakra is the Solar Plexus with the pose being the bow.
Forth chakra is the Heart Plexus and the pose is the camel.
Fifth chakra is the throat and the fish pose.
Six chakra is the third eye and a Yoga Mudru is suggested. This is achieved by kneeling on the floor and sat on your legs/heels.Take the hands behind you with palms together and pull the arms down straight bringing the shoulder blades together.
Breathe in and as you exhale reach forward with a concave back placing your rib cage on your thighs and then following with your forehead on the floor bringing your arms overhead.
With the next exhilation, now lift the hips off the feet and roll onto the top of your head and continue to bring the arms overhead.
Seventh chakra is the crown and either a headstand or a meditation in half or full lotus.
Take care and I'll talk to you soon.
Glen
Namaste
