Rough Day, but good
Health had me falling down today. It's been, I don't know, maybe 2 months since I had a "day". That's great! My energy levels are doing so much better, my physical body and fitness are improving, I am eating and wanting to eat small meals every couple of hours, which boosts my metabolism and feels really good to me. Yes, my spine moved again today and it hurt and made me bitchy and I had to spend most of the day in bed and the rest of it being low-key, but it really helped underscore how much better everything has been lately. I would say that last year I got down to about 30% energy levels, and now I am running at a decently consistent 80-90%.
I also know that it was the breathwork that triggered this because in trying to isolate my diaphragm (the breathing muscle!), I activated the clenched structural muscle knot in my mid-back that has been refusing to release. I could feel everything move a bit and feel deeply out of whack very quickly, and then everything processed for a little while, culminating in today. This is also great news because it means that I now have the key for the next step of adjustments, when I am ready for them.
I did ask that my spine heal and align as much as possible and then restabilize before pregnancy, which is one of the main reasons why last year was so hard. I had stepped up the timetable to something faster than would be easy. Now my spine is kind of all-but-straight (a huge improvement over the previous very-visible ess curve), but I have some definite lingering torque to my ribcage and hips that is rooted in the musculature. I have to get those muscles to release in order for the torque to work its way out, and though I've succeeded in some balancing, I havent gotten them to really release. Well, now I am "stabilizing" into a new more-balanced alignment that is not fully aligned, but that is okay. And when I am ready to go back into spine-healing mode (definitely post-pregnancy plus some, probably about 5 years from now), then I can go work on my breathwork and ta da! I have the key to get moving again.
This is a good thing.
I also know that it was the breathwork that triggered this because in trying to isolate my diaphragm (the breathing muscle!), I activated the clenched structural muscle knot in my mid-back that has been refusing to release. I could feel everything move a bit and feel deeply out of whack very quickly, and then everything processed for a little while, culminating in today. This is also great news because it means that I now have the key for the next step of adjustments, when I am ready for them.
I did ask that my spine heal and align as much as possible and then restabilize before pregnancy, which is one of the main reasons why last year was so hard. I had stepped up the timetable to something faster than would be easy. Now my spine is kind of all-but-straight (a huge improvement over the previous very-visible ess curve), but I have some definite lingering torque to my ribcage and hips that is rooted in the musculature. I have to get those muscles to release in order for the torque to work its way out, and though I've succeeded in some balancing, I havent gotten them to really release. Well, now I am "stabilizing" into a new more-balanced alignment that is not fully aligned, but that is okay. And when I am ready to go back into spine-healing mode (definitely post-pregnancy plus some, probably about 5 years from now), then I can go work on my breathwork and ta da! I have the key to get moving again.
This is a good thing.