My Possibilities Are Endless: Pain Management with 'tools' and Yin Yoga

It was a lovely Sunday morning on 14th March and thank you for taking the time out to understand and LOVE your body more.

I hope these techniques (you named it Trigger Point (TP), MELT method, Roller Yoga or simply Myofacial massage) will help you to eliminate or relieve you completely from all sort of pains (headache, migraine, shoulder & neck pain, upper and lower back pain, hip flexor pain, knee and ankle pain etc.) . Anyhow, the pain will not go away in just 1 or 2 days. You must trust and have patience; most importantly, you will get down to your yoga mat and continue the practice.

Tools like wooden roller, trigger point ball, MELT ball, massage ball or even tennis ball, yoga blocks and foam roller to reach to the following areas in order to relax contracted connective tissues (facial) to improve blood circulation and increase the muscles flexibility.

Trigger Point for the back, massage using ball or roller from mid back till waist line

TP for neck and shoulder

Massage gentle with ball or replace with wooden roller from the upper till mid back.
Place the massage ball along the shoulder blade will improve the condition

TP for lower body and hip, knee and ankle

Relief lower back and hip pain - substitute the ball with wooden roller or the foam roller

Place yoga block behind the head and massage ball on top the block to relief the tension too

TP for knee and ankle

Eliminate knee pain -use the balls behind the knee to feel the relief

The section covered below focus primarily the Yin Yoga poses for Urinary and Kidney Meridians. It has the most points throughout the whole body, you will 'fix' most of the problem if this is well taken care of. Perform these poses after you have completed the massage above. The essential oil that will benefit to these meridians include cedar wood, cypress, frankincense, sandalwood and tea tree. Diffuse the oil during your practice or you can dilute with any carrier oil then massage to your lower back, over the bladder -which is located under the lower abdomen or the feet.

The images of the urinary/kidney meridians

Spend 1-2 minutes for each of the above poses

Do note that lower body always carry the emotion of fear and the feeling of not secure

You can chant this to yourself "I allow my body to release the pain, fear, inflammation and I am safe and protected '. Surrender your body and feel all the negativity flushing out from the body. Repeat the above for each of the pose.

Please understand everybody's body and pain is unique and different, practice the above in according to your capacity, listen to your body. This is not a competition and you only compare to your own self.

Always focus inward and practice at your own pace. Enjoy the every moment, when you are doing the stretching, just focus in the stretching, feel the muscles, and listen to your own breathing. When you are eating, focus on the food and appreciate the food, when you are spending time with your loved ones, be there with them and listen to them.

Do what you love, focus on the positive, stay with the people that bring the best out from you and LIVE EXCELLENTLY! I hope to see you again! Last but not least --> WAKE UP with a BIG SMILE and be thankful new day is awaiting.

Namaste