Nothing too new to add here… Life is crazy and work is nuts and stress is always present, tying knots in my stomach and shoulders. But it’s all wonderful. Yoga practice? I took some deep breaths in the car yesterday. That was my yoga practice.
I had this moment on January 1st when I said I would do WoYoPracMo, then did really good for the first week, practicing every day, feeling sore and exhilarated and recommitted. And then I had a week of horrible back pain and stomach pain and I fell off the wagon. Again.
Not sure what’s up with the stomach… I’ve had some sort of pain basically since I was pregnant, although it was extremely localized up until the past few weeks. A tender spot about two inches below my belly button and two inches to my left. After the pregnancy, I just figured maybe it was scar tissue healing from the C-Section. Now since its been so long, I’m not so sure, so I’m getting it checked out. Yes, people. It takes me a year of discomfort before I seek medical help. A whole year.
The back pain is a combination of weakened abdominal muscles and hoisting a 20-plus-pound wiggle-worm around in ways that are definitely not orthopedist-recommended. We don’t call him Squirmin’ Herman for nothin’. Actually I’m pretty sure that the root of it all came from moving around after the surgery, as I vaguely remember this same aching in the same spot in my mid-back as I was hunched over my stitches for several weeks…
So yeah, no yoga lately. Maybe I can make the second half of January.
It is so hard to balance motherhood and yoga and everything else… I’m still working on it and my kids are 10 and 13! And I still have baby-related back pain — a knot I developed while carrying them around. Yoga will help, and you will get back to it in your own time!
Back Pain post kids. I have come to accept this as the way things are going to be. I usually end up with muscle spasms in the lower back which gradually get worse and worse until one day I can’t move and need to take serious painkillers. I try and keep active and practice pilates and yoga infrequently but my main saviour has been my physiotherapist. I try and perform stretches as recommended by the physio once a day and for the last year when I feel that I am getting more immobile I book a few sessions with the physio who does some manipulation and acupuncture. It works great and I can retain the benefits for several months.