Worth knowing; many people have experienced trauma of some sort. ~ Linne
English: Thai massage Polski: Wykonywanie masażu tajskiego (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Earlier in the week I experienced my first Thai massage (see post). Marilyn, the masseuse, loaned me a book about releasing trauma from muscles: The Revolutionary Trauma Release Process by David Berceli, PhD. I read a little and then looked at the final section where there are instructions with pictures for doing the exercises to release trauma. The book itself wasn’t grabbing me but the exercises sure did.
So today for my peaceful Sunday I decided that letting go of some of the deep stuff that keeps hanging on would be my choice for being peace. As I often do, I have a few complaints about lack of instructions for beginners and lack of some kind of slow build. I do yoga postures often that cover most of the muscles being worked on and these exercises were tough…
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That looks like trauma to me! “OUCH!” 😉
I agree 🙂
Sometimes you have to go through pain in order to relieve, reduce pain. I completely get that BUT this looks like a wrestling bout 😉
😀 I see that… ouch
The trick is to not do any of these too fast . . . like yoga, ease in and hold, then press on a wee bit . . . 🙂
Or even better, get some popcorn and watch someone ELSE doing it 🙂
You can watch me do them if you share the popcorn . . . 😉
🙂
Trauma is good for you, didn’t you know? What doesn’t kill you . . . 😉
What doesn’t kill you IS trauma and may lead to you wishing that you had been killed! 😉
Thanks for the reblog!
You’re welcome. I’ve seen bits about this technique before and I thought it was worth sharing. ~ Linne