Description reads: "A visual study/exploration of the body in motion with a focus on yoga poses.
Our goal for this piece was to create a realistic representation of radiological (x-ray) imaging.
Instead of just creating a still image, however, we wanted to combine the beautiful moves of yoga with this new visual approach to bring the full human skeleton to life.
Technical challenges included aspects such as achieving proper bone densities and representing actual bone marrow inside each individual bone."
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Very welcome, DRunnerchick/ Dee. 👍 If you get a chance to view some of the chair yoga videos, hope they're useful/ practical for you. 🙏
I understand we all have varying abilities -- range of motion, pain, etc. -- at different times throughout the days/ weeks . . . Remembering to be kind/ gentle with ourselves as we attempt the movements can help. 😌 (Please take all the time you need to lovingly take good care. 🙏 )
Wishing you the very best, Dee, & hope you'll be able to resume/ enjoy running in good time. 🌺 🍀 🌞
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Got a kick out of the X-Ray video. 😃 A 'realistic' animation -- like a slow-motion, rollercoaster ride 🎢 within the human skeleton ☠ ! 😳 🙃 😃 😂
Yes, Amy_Lee has great stuff and has really made some great achievements. She inspires me to be diligent in my work at self care. I'm still learning to pace myself 😛
Very much enjoy these as well. Can also do these in the privacy of my home -- at my own pace -- as slowly or as briskly as I feel up to. 👍 Can intersperse these movements throughout the day -- as they only take brief chunks of time each -- and, I can do them most anywhere in the house! 👍 🤗 )
• For thoughts about Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)/ Tapping (more of a 'mental exercise' than 'physical exercise'), see: Healing Power of Resilience, Optimism, & Hope: Moving Forward from Trauma, PTSD, Physical & Psychological Abuse & Illness — Dave Pelzer: healthunlocked.com/nras/pos... (scroll down towards bottom of page)
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• For additional thoughts about 'Tapping' (EFT), see post: Not all advice is good advice... ('The Tapping Solution') : healthunlocked.com/nras/pos...
Merely 3 🆓 Stress Relief Methods useful to some of us — not necessarily all of us.
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Yes, indeed, ----, "not all advice is good advice" — especially when it's not applicable to our situation or inaccurately/ inappropriately framed as — placed in the context of — 'a cure' to all our ills. 😳 🤣
Each is merely a 'technique' that helps alleviate symptoms for some — not all. 🤔
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🤔 Implementing any single technique (method) for managing symptoms may be ineffective or yield modest results (or may even work well for us).
🤔 Implementing several techniques (hand in hand 🤝 ) over time, may increase the probability of yielding worthwhile results.
As with everything, works for some — not all. 🤔
And, as with so much on the Internet, the information is freely 🆓 available (from reliable/reputable sources) for anyone sincerely interested in exploring & trying things out for themselves. 🙏 🍀 🌺 🌞
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Oh, for trauma, ----, there's a few audio podcasts that may be useful/ relevant: Healing Power of Resilience, Optimism, & Hope: Moving Forward from Trauma, PTSD, Physical & Psychological Abuse & Illness — Dave Pelzer: healthunlocked.com/nras/pos...
They, too, talk about a variety of techniques/ methods to help us manage our 'trauma'. 😌 👍
Hope it proves useful. 🙏 🍀 🌺 🌞
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[Only the subtlety a 'spanner to the noggin' 🙃🔧 would penetrate my thick skull 💀 . . . 🤣 😆 ☺️ ]
Have used a variety of approaches (other than 'Tapping' ☝️☝️☝️) to manage pain & to improve, so hadn't needed EFT so far. 🙏
Breathing 🌬 , movement 🚶 . . . techniques (under aforementioned Meditation & Movement links 🔗 🔗 ) have proven useful/ stress relieving for me. 👍 🙏
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Yet am delighted there's such a variety of techniques freely 🆓 available for so many of us to try (at no cost 🚫💰 ) should they strike our fancy. 🤔
"No harm, no foul," with many of these 'innocuous' techniques. 😊
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Always amazes 😮 how some things work for some of us & can be utter tosh 🗑 for others.
Go figure . . . 😯 😳
Complete mystery 🤔 to me as to how & why . . . 🤷♀️ 🤷♂️
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Agreed, claiming "cure all" IS a red flag 🚩 . 😳 😱
And, should either be avoided 🚫 or approached with caution ⚠️ , careful questioning 🤔❓ , critical thinking 🤔 💭 . . .
Some folks are capable of rational 🤖 , careful, critical thinking 🤔 / reasoning 👽 — others folks, for whatever reasons, simply aren't. 😳
Therefore, no matter capable 🤓 (or incapable 🤤 ) , it always helps to consult with beloved/ trusted family, friends, physicians, forum members 👨👩👧👦👨👩👦👦👨👩👧👧 . . . to keep our thought process balanced ⚖️ — in check. ✔️
No 1 person 🕴 (institution 🏥 , forum 🗣 , etc.) has "all the answers", so it can be useful to seek out a variety of experiences/ opinions for mulling over in our own noodle 🎃 .
And, to remember they are just that— "a variety of experiences & opinions.": 💩 💎 💩 💎 💩 💎 . . .
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It's understandable how some 'techniques' — especially when proclaimed to be 'cure alls' ✨ — tip the most reasonable of us into scepticism 😏 / cynicism 😒 .
Very understandable. 😌 🙏
Repeated false promises of 'miraculous, overnight cures' ✨ cause us to 'snap judge' 😤 (toss out) otherwise possibly useful techniques/ tools . . . 🚯
When we've been lead astray 😧 , dashed 😵 , & disappointed 😞repeatedly — our knee-jerk reaction can reflexively be "NO" ❌ — without a thought . . .
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What's the expression?
"Fool 🃏 me once, shame on you. 🤥
Fool 🃏 me twice, shame on me. 😔"
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Repeated 'over-selling' of 'magical cures' ✨ flips the switch 🌝 🌚 .
Turns us off 🤦♂️ .
Shuts us down 🤦♀️ from even contemplating 'new or other' ideas that may well be legitimate tools. 😔
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No vulnerable 😞 or desperate 😩 individuals need be parted from their hard-earned dosh. 💷 💶 💴 💵 💸
No one — no matter our circumstances: 🏚 🏰 . . ♿️ 🚹 . . 🛴 🚘 . . 👒 👑
Gobs of free 🆓 info to explore 🔎 🕵️♀️ 👨🏫 & to try techniques on our own — after consult (& 'go ahead') from our medical team 👩⚕️ 👨⚕️ (of course).
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Yes, no reasonable, thinking physicians (or 'experts') ever advise popping off meds! 😳 😱
That's not only another red flag 🚩 of 'lack of credibility' 🤡 — but downright dangerous 🛑 ☠️ 🆘 !! 😨
[Meds 💉 💊 are reduced when one has consistently progressed/ improved (in healing) to warrant physician-supervised 👩⚕️ 👨⚕️ reduction of a med (or eventual 'weaning off').]
None of it is done lightly, unthinking, whimsically. . . 🙃
It's 'playing with fire' 🔥👈 .
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Yes, yes, helps "mental state". 👍
Helps 'cope with' pain 😩 , depression 😞 , mourning the way 'things used to be' 😥 . . ,
Ditto for me, ----! 😌 :
Each time a loved one forwarded an 'idea', a 'tip', a 'thought' . . , it warmed ☀️ my heart 💗 immensely — touching me deeply 😌 .
(To know they were 'thinking of me', desiring to help was profoundly moving 😌 😢 ☺️ . . .
How fortunate we are to have such people in our lives who care enough to wish to help!! 🙏 ☺️ Who take time, make effort . . . 🙏 🤗
(At least that's how I perceived any suggestion 'from the ridiculous to the sublime'. It sprouted 🌱 from a place of love 💓 , genuine concern 😌 . And, was acknowledged & profoundly appreciated 🙏 🙏 in reciprocated spirit 👻 of heart-felt love ❤️ 💕. . . )
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[Love your profile photo, ----! Made me smile 😁 😊 .]
If interested in "Anti-Gravity Yoga", consider viewing ITYFIALMCTT's explanation at 'Will my flexibility come back?' ( healthunlocked.com/nras/pos... ).
Thank you kindly for beautifully describing the joy 🤗 of moving in an Anti-Gravity (Hammock) Yoga, ITYFIALMCTT. 🙏
Sounds like wonderful stretching 🤸♂️ (& relaxing) without overexerting or hurting joints/ muscles 🕺 💪 . . . and ability to slide right into hammock (after workout) for a lovely 🇪🇸 siesta 😴 💤 . . . 😁 😄
Would love 💓 for these studios to spread 🗺 (become commonplace), so we could readily pop in & give anti-gravity a whirl 💃🏻 whenever we'd like. 😃 👍
[Brings back childhood 👫 memories of joyous 🤗 , free-ing play on swing-sets & hanging upside down 🙃 from "monkey bars" ( 🐒 ➖➖ s ) . ( 🚫 . . 🐒 . . 🍺 🍷 🥃 🍸 s ) 😳 ]
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Additional options for anyone interested in gentle, (brief) inversion (& gently extending/ decompressing spine) for those of us who mayn't have easy access to an anti-gravity yoga studio (or sturdy enough living-room drapes to dangle from 😁 ):
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