Surprise my insides are falling out!

Submitted by happyTXgirl on August 7, 2015 - 6:11pm
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Hi everyone,

I am new to this forum. I just turned 60 on July 12th and everything about my body is rapidly changing. I've been pretty healthy so far with no major issues and try to eat right. I've been lazy with exercise for the last two years.

I try to do everything natural where my body is concerned and avoid the doctor's office as much as possible. I spoke to Lanny last night and ordered the DVDs. He talked to me about my posture and so I've been practicing and making myself aware of my posture all day. I'm already seeing results. I work part time and have periods of time where I can surf on my iphone. I became aware that when I am holding and looking at data on my phone that my posture is all out of wack. So, I'm having to hold my cell phone more at eye level to keep from having a slumped over back. Awareness -- my posture of all things. I can't wait to get the DVDs and it's so wonderful to be able to talk about a fallen bladder with other women.

I shared about having bladder problems with one of my customers, she is 48 years old. When I told her I was working on my posture she said oh, you must have a prolapsed bladder and then she said, "I have it too and no one talks about it." She is a school teacher. I told her about the DVDs I ordered and how working on my posture today seemed to be helping already. We now share a woman's issue and can help each other.

Working on the posture requires work. I also walked for 20 minutes today. I feel like it's going to be "baby steps" and feel grateful that I can learn from all of you. I'm grateful I have a safe place to share on this very private topic. I can't wait to get the DVDs. I'm not one to not share about my life when I can help other women and hopefully I can help others with what I learn. Thank you.

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Surviving60

August 8, 2015 - 3:35am

Hi TXgirl and welcome. Well, you sound pretty much like me 5 years ago! I look back and realize that the shock of turning 60 and having stuff falling out was a wakeup call that started a cascade of necessary tweaks to my approach to health and well-being. I truly am better at 65! I wouldn't want the old me back, even if that was a choice. So congrats for finding Whole Woman at a pivotal time of life. Not that we all couldn't have used this knowledge a few decades ago, huh? Anyway welcome, feel free to ask anything or just to keep us up to date on your progress. - Surviving

Desert Rose

August 8, 2015 - 3:54pm

Try to not be rigid about the posture at first. It took me a while and a number of steps of tweaking and adjusting to understand and "feel" the posture. My early efforts actually weren't quite on it, even though I thought that maybe they were. Having a session with Christine really helped me tweak my posture closer to the target.

For me, years of very inappropriate posture made it a slow process. I thought I had great posture; according to Western standards, I probably did. But Western posture is not appropriate female posture. In the early weeks I experienced a lot of discomfort and even pain on some days, due to how radically different it was and how much time it took my body to embrace the changes.

It can be a slow ramp on, so, be patient with yourself, and practice, practice, practice.