Until I get the book...

Submitted by maykeypj on April 8, 2004 - 5:48am
Body: 

Yesterday I downloaded the posture article and tried to impliment as much as I could. I had a real good day - my back felt better than it had and my prolapse didn't kick in around 3pm like usual. It did, however, kick in around 8pm. I felt really good and excited, though I wasn't sure I was doing "it" right. This morning I read an earlier post that lead me to believe I WASN'T doing it right. I have been trying again today. My question is - should I just continue "normally" until I get the book? I doubt I can make the prolapse worse by trying but maybe it would be better just to wait to read the book? I am just so excited to get started. Today, I feel like I'm walking like a chicken - with my tummy a bit out and my butt out. I don't know how else to get my intestines over my pubic bone. I also don't seem to know how to raise my outer eyebrows. I did realize that I keep my shoulders very much tense and raised so maybe just relaxing them yesterday was helpful to my back pain. Any insight would be appreciated. I hope to get the book in the next few days and can't wait! Christine, thank you so much for committing your life to not only help yourself but others as well!

Christine

April 8, 2004 - 6:08am

Good Morning!

Yes, it will feel very "unnatural" at first, but will become as easy as can be.

The head/neck/shoulders are primary. Next, the area from the bottom of the sternum to the belly button should be sensed as being held over the pubic bone. The lumbar curve will take care of itself with this manuever of the abdomen. An unnatural "sway back" will be avoided by keeping the head and neck stretched high and the shoulders down. You should have a sense of "bracing" the whole upper abdomen with this posture. The lower belly will be naturally round and relaxed, slightly firm but not hard. The abdominal wall needs to function like the skin of a drum to receive the pressures coming down from our lungs and then sending them through the pelvis in their proper course. Although we sort of are sticking our tummy out, it is more in this way I describe.

I thought I might be successful in describing this in words, but it really has been difficult for women to "grok". I will have other materials available just as soon as possible. Please feel free to ask whatever you need to. I'm worried about your spinal condition, though, and hope you will consult with your doctor.

Christine

joy

April 8, 2004 - 8:11am

Dear Christine,

I read all the new questions and replys everyday....it is so nice having this forum for us all. I see it is growing in numbers, and its so good to know how many women are finding there way to you! What a blessing you are for all of us...It is all so helpful. When you mentioned the front of the body, the sternum and how to 'think about' that part of the posture, that discription really helped me so much! I can feel how I am rather weak at that point, and can see how it will help to lift from there as well as all the other parts....I may be a bit sore for a few days, working this area, but, I can see how that is a great help to me. Just want to thank you again...Its only been two weeks or so, but all of the changes I have made are already being felt. Attitude of appreciation and awareness, diet and excersize and posture and communication here with others, all these are bringing a new and vital strength of health to me and I feel it. I have more energy even though I was always pretty energetic, this feels so good and not depleting, exhausting. I think I am getting younger! Belly dancing and going barefoot and feeling very beautiful, inside and out!

Thank you Thank you! So much, Sandy-Joy

Christine

April 8, 2004 - 9:36am

Thank YOU, Sandy-Joy..."youthing" is a reality so few people understand or accept, but your transition is nothing less than that!

karens

April 8, 2004 - 4:41pm

Depak Chopra has talked about this concept of "youthing" as you call it in some of his work. I remember one tape I had where he discussed a study where environment, conversation, separation from modern culture for just a week or so produced measurable results toward reversing aging. Sorry to mention it without knowing the name of the tape - I must have loaned it someone and can't remember. It is a real phenomenon and an exiting one that can be explained from ancient wisdom like Aryuveda and other wisdom traditions. Readopting a posture that is rooted in our natural and early body development AND keeping our attention in that work would fit that wisdom I believe.
Peace, Karen

Wonderful

December 9, 2015 - 9:49pm

Hello Christine,
I am waiting for your book.Should be here by weekend.
I am 71 yrs. old. I was exercising on the Elliptical Treadmill, and I felt something moved in my vagina.
I saw my Dr. the following week and she gave me a Pelvic exam. She said that she saw the Uterus dropped a little bit forward, and that I should do the Kegel Exercise.
I went online and found your research and ordered your book.
It's just a little uncomfortable, and sometimes if I sit too long, I feel a little burning.
Is there something I can use to help with the burning?
Thanks

Aging gracefully

December 10, 2015 - 7:34am

Hi Wonderful and welcome,
So glad you have found us! When I first found prolapse, I had some achey burning feeling also. The suggestion of honey was made on here, and talked a lot about by Christine herself. You just put a dab on the tip of your finger and apply it vaginally. For me, the burning went away almost immediately.

You can also go down on knees and forearms to get a little relief when feeling symptomatic.

Once you get your book and start this work, you will know all the benefits whole woman can give you.
Best wishes!