Source: freeonyoga (ID: freeonyoga) today’s protagonist is Rebecca Leigh from Maryland, USA
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she is a net popular yogi
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She is 40 years old this year
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She will share yoga with you with her own experience
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What is the most important..
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(very valuable experience, I hope the people will benefit) She often shares some yoga videos on the Internet and has accumulated many fans for a long time
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However, one day, after she spent several hours shooting a tutorial video for her fans, Rebecca suddenly felt uncomfortable: her arms were numb, her vision was blurred, her limbs began to be weak, and she was accompanied by a headache
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At that time, she thought that she might be too tired and didn’t care too much
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She just needed a good rest
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However, two days later, instead of getting better with the rest, her condition became more and more serious
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She noticed that her right eye was drooping and her pupils were of different sizes on both sides
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She had never encountered such a situation before
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When she realized that the problem was serious, Rebecca chose to see a doctor quickly
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After the examination, the doctor gave Rebecca an incomprehensible conclusion: she had a stroke, and her condition may deteriorate at any time, so she must be treated immediately
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After hearing the doctor’s diagnosis, Rebecca and her husband couldn’t believe it
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They thought how could Rebecca, who was only 40, have a stroke at a young age
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The doctors must have joked or made a mistake! At first, the doctors did not dare to make a conclusion
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After five days of treatment, examination and observation, the doctors found that Rebecca’s stroke was caused by the tear of the right strong artery in her neck
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When Rebecca recorded the video that day, she did a handstand backward bend that she was not very skilled
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Since then, her blood vessels have been damaged
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Rebecca’s damaged right cervical artery is one of the four arteries supplying blood to the brain
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After tearing, it formed a blood clot and soon developed into a small aneurysm, eventually causing neurological damage to the brain, that is, stroke
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During the recovery period in the hospital, she was very difficult and even a little angry
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Over the past few decades, she has always paid great attention to exercise and a balanced diet
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She has always attached great importance to health, but she was injured because she did unskilled difficult postures“ I’m angry with my body
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I think it betrayed me in some way
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” After discharge, the sequelae of the stroke still made it difficult for Rebecca to return to her previous state
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The stroke caused a severe headache, which was completely different from the migraine Rebecca had experienced before and more unbearable
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In the first few months of recovery, Rebecca’s eyesight was also seriously affected, she was not clear in a well lit room, and there was a continuous murmur in her right ear
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The doctor told her it was the sound of blood trying to enter her brain through a damaged artery
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Therefore, during the recovery period, she can’t take a bath and wash her hair without help, can’t eat by herself, and can’t even take out all kinds of drugs she should take by herself
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Fortunately, Rebecca has exercised her willpower throughout the year, so that she can always cooperate with the treatment and recover independently
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After six months of hard recovery, Rebecca returned to the hospital for review
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The doctor told her that her damaged artery had completely healed, but the aneurysm remained in place
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So maybe the sequelae of stroke will continue to affect her
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But to the doctors’ disbelief, Rebecca started yoga again after a month of recovery! Although it’s just meditation on the mat, adjusting breathing and stretching slowly, it’s also an attempt to return to yoga（ More than a year after Rebecca’s recovery before the stroke, Rebecca boldly told her story to the media: remind other yoga friends not to think that they are really “fearless” when they are young, and do not rush for success and rashly challenge some difficult postures, which has violated the principles of yoga
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After all, even advanced practitioners who record videos and take tutorials online may practice themselves! We must take safety as the first principle; If you challenge difficult asanas, you must do it under the guidance of professional teachers! In fact, neither fitness nor diet can go to extremes
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Exercise was originally intended to promote health, because if unprofessional practice causes irreparable damage to the body, the gain is not worth the loss..
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Things will turn against each other when they reach the extreme, and if you want to speed up, you will slowly understand that life is like practicing yoga, you must adhere to it
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If you indulge a little, all your previous achievements will be wasted
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Only by continuous self motivation and persistence can you become stronger, Eager for quick success and instant benefit is often counterproductive
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If you really like a thing, you are really willing to spend your time on it
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If you like yoga, don’t worry! Many practitioners want to achieve it overnight
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They want to enter the asana in a second and learn it in a few minutes
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The effect should be immediate
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The more impatient they want to achieve the result, the more deviated they are from the end point
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Yoga is not a blind pursuit of difficult asanas
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Whether primary practitioners or advanced practitioners, they should advance step by step
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Safety is the first principle
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Challenging difficult asanas is also a process
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Learning skills from many and professional yoga teachers will make your practice safer and more efficient
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Be careful not to force your body
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In yoga classes, teachers will let members find their own limits and maintain postures
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This limit is to understand your body, not the teacher forcing you to find the limit, not to compare with others’ limit, but to understand yourself! Yoga, take your time, don’t be impatient, time will give you the answers you want, and you will have the appearance you want..
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When you are eager to achieve a certain pose, you might as well think about your original intention of practicing yoga and encourage each other..
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