Tense shoulders? Just had an Op for breast Cancer? You have come to the right place.
This Yoga video will not only release your shoulder tension but will shift AWS and Cording after surgery for Breast Cancer.
https://youtu.be/iI-rb7oFJWc
A Yoga teacher’s story.
Yoga teachers are not immune to cancer. I used to imagine I was. I have now learnt that Cancer finds its way into anyone’s life, even people like me who are consciously attending to their inner balance. Shocking and devastating though it may be, the Cancer journey has its gifts and one of those gifts is a heightened awareness of our mortality. This is a big invitation to live more fully in the present. I found that once I had found a way to calm my deep fears, life could re-emerge; renewed.
Having come through a Mastectomy, Chemotherapy {at least some of it) and tiptoed through Radiotherapy, I feel like I have gone through a strange, parallel universe, separate from normality yet peopled with many others. Gradually I came to feel that we are all in this together. We are all challenged by cancer and all that any illness presents us with. It’s a part of our life experience.
After a straightforward operation I healed fast, and I imagined that being a yoga expert, I would not get cording. Wrong! I did. It was under my armpit at first. Then, once I had shifted that problem, it moved to my ribs and then later, to my belly.
What is cording? Put simply, it is scar tissue, but not necessarily over the scar. It is the body’s response to the trauma of the operation. The whole area from belly to wrist can be affected by the formation stringy cords of connective tissue that restrict your movement, hurt and are usually visible under the skin. So, if you have cording, your blood and lymph flow has got stuck and you can feel it. However, movement, breathwork and massage are all effective ways to heal and prevent this condition.
Once I had woken up to the fact that I too can have cording, I went back to the NHS exercises and they helped as they are effective. However, they did not satisfy me. I longed for something flowing and nurturing where I could feel my femininity as joy and sensation. I wanted to feel that my very sore right chest really belonged to me again, healed and accepted in its new form. I started to move experimentally, cautiously and tenderly allowing feelings to surface. I found the cording shifted very quickly and my chest and shoulder began to feel freer and less painful. However, I completely forgot to continue my exercises when I started the Chemotherapy.
After a few months, thoroughly distracted by the Chemotherapy experience I started to get pain on my right rib cage. I had an inspection in the mirror and found to my horror that I could see cords wrapped around my ribs. Insult to Injury! Yuck! I went back to my movements, this time diligently every morning, with the focus on free movement and above all, pleasure. I am very happy to say that my cording has completely disappeared, and I now have total freedom of movement through my shoulder and chest.
I want to offer something, as so much has been given to me. I am creating three videos on YouTube which take you through the gentle flowing movements that I used to heal my cording and shoulder tension. They will be useful if you just have tense shoulders, even though the videos are focused for those who have had surgery. I hope that you will find something of value here for body and soul. Here is number one! More coming soon. Please click the link below to watch and enjoy.
https://youtu.be/iI-rb7oFJWc
This Yoga video will not only release your shoulder tension but will shift AWS and Cording after surgery for Breast Cancer.
https://youtu.be/iI-rb7oFJWc
A Yoga teacher’s story.
Yoga teachers are not immune to cancer. I used to imagine I was. I have now learnt that Cancer finds its way into anyone’s life, even people like me who are consciously attending to their inner balance. Shocking and devastating though it may be, the Cancer journey has its gifts and one of those gifts is a heightened awareness of our mortality. This is a big invitation to live more fully in the present. I found that once I had found a way to calm my deep fears, life could re-emerge; renewed.
Having come through a Mastectomy, Chemotherapy {at least some of it) and tiptoed through Radiotherapy, I feel like I have gone through a strange, parallel universe, separate from normality yet peopled with many others. Gradually I came to feel that we are all in this together. We are all challenged by cancer and all that any illness presents us with. It’s a part of our life experience.
After a straightforward operation I healed fast, and I imagined that being a yoga expert, I would not get cording. Wrong! I did. It was under my armpit at first. Then, once I had shifted that problem, it moved to my ribs and then later, to my belly.
What is cording? Put simply, it is scar tissue, but not necessarily over the scar. It is the body’s response to the trauma of the operation. The whole area from belly to wrist can be affected by the formation stringy cords of connective tissue that restrict your movement, hurt and are usually visible under the skin. So, if you have cording, your blood and lymph flow has got stuck and you can feel it. However, movement, breathwork and massage are all effective ways to heal and prevent this condition.
Once I had woken up to the fact that I too can have cording, I went back to the NHS exercises and they helped as they are effective. However, they did not satisfy me. I longed for something flowing and nurturing where I could feel my femininity as joy and sensation. I wanted to feel that my very sore right chest really belonged to me again, healed and accepted in its new form. I started to move experimentally, cautiously and tenderly allowing feelings to surface. I found the cording shifted very quickly and my chest and shoulder began to feel freer and less painful. However, I completely forgot to continue my exercises when I started the Chemotherapy.
After a few months, thoroughly distracted by the Chemotherapy experience I started to get pain on my right rib cage. I had an inspection in the mirror and found to my horror that I could see cords wrapped around my ribs. Insult to Injury! Yuck! I went back to my movements, this time diligently every morning, with the focus on free movement and above all, pleasure. I am very happy to say that my cording has completely disappeared, and I now have total freedom of movement through my shoulder and chest.
I want to offer something, as so much has been given to me. I am creating three videos on YouTube which take you through the gentle flowing movements that I used to heal my cording and shoulder tension. They will be useful if you just have tense shoulders, even though the videos are focused for those who have had surgery. I hope that you will find something of value here for body and soul. Here is number one! More coming soon. Please click the link below to watch and enjoy.
https://youtu.be/iI-rb7oFJWc
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