Healing the ouch

This morning practice was hard because I still have a sore shoulder. I stopped early on because it hurt too much and I went straight to pranayama and savasana. It wasn't very nice, practising in pain is just a no-no. Alex gave me a deep heat shoulder massage and found the problem which is nerve related, which is cramping up the muscles or something like that. It was very good and helped me a lot, I can now turn my head at least. He has prescribed no practice tomorrow and another massage. I hate to miss practice tomorrow but then going would be asana and not going would be yoga. Sigh. He's right though.

Later on I had a reiki session (A gentle Japanese technique of laying on of hands to bring energy into the body for deep relaxation and a sense of well-being.) with Jackie, it was really really relaxing and enjoyable. She is a very calm and lovely lady. I'd never had reiki done to me before so it was another new experience, it made me thirsty and it heated up parts of my body. I recommend it for those seeking peace and quiet.

It is a lovely community here, you will always find someone willing to help you or heal you in some way. My treatments today were all out of the kindness of these people's hearts and they really helped. I don't have any particular treatment skills so I will be sending mix cd's to them from the UK. That's my therapy.

We went for lunch at the Green Leaf, which consisted of paneer tikka masala, sag paneer, samosa, rice and rotis. After that it's off to Ayurveda class. It's really interesting, and it always involves a good class discussion. It's so obvious that we are so conditioned to wester medicine. We had trouble understanding why you would take into account the spiritual disposition of someone when diagnosing them. We also didn't quite get the chanting and meditation which takes place as a cure for certain illnesses. This however is no different from some aspects of yoga philosophy and practice. Some in the class had very convincing arguments for this, having experienced the benefits themselves.

Tune of the Day: "Suddenly I see" - K.T Tunstal