Easy, Effective Practices for Releasing Tension and Relieving Pain by Carol Krucoff, E-RYT.
Carol sent me a copy of her book to review, almost a year ago, when it was first released. (Sorry, Carol.) I placed it in my car thinking every time I drove in my car, it would remind me to read the book. Apparently this did not work very well. It was not until my sister called me complaining of debilitating neck and shoulder pain that I finally sat down to read it. This is one of the points Carol makes in her book, Healing Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Pain, that it is often not until our bodies are screaming in pain that we take the time to listen. Or in my case, not until someone I care about was screaming in pain and came to me for help. So I read the book from the perspective of a yoga instructor and health care practitioner. Is this something I could recommend to my clients? Is this something I would recommend even to my sister who does not practice yoga. And the answer I received was a resounding yes!
Carol Krucoff, a registered Yoga Therapist with the highly regarded and progressive Duke Integrative Medicine, is also an award-winning journalist and Founding Editor of the Health Section of the Washington Post. Healing Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Pain chronicles the simple facts of the pandemic of chronic and acute neck and shoulder pain in the United States as well as easy, common-sense solutions for relieving pain ON YOUR OWN. I am also happy to report that I was able to read the book as well as practice the sequence within a three hour stretch before dinner. This is not necessary, but the fact that it is possible, means that more people are likely to take in the information and copies could be placed in doctor’s offices, hospital emergency rooms, physical therapists, chiropractors, massage therapists and even dentists offices to great effect.
But the best part is that Carol gives you a practical application in 38 easily accessible yoga poses which can be practiced all together in one 45 minute to an hour session or can be broken up into smaller segments to practice throughout the day. I will definitely recommend this book to a whole range of people including those who want to prevent neck pain from becoming a problem in the first place.
You can purchase the book through Amazon. You may also consider downloading her Healing Moves CD A Mindful Practice for All Levels. Enjoy!
The unpredictable spring weather along with unusual planetary alignments are keeping us in check this month. Green and yellow spring shoots and flowers are timidly breaking their way through the cold wet ground. The fresh spring greens will nourish and cleanse the Liver and Gallbladder after a heavy winter. One hardy green which can be found from the country to the city and most people can identify is Dandelion. Eating the fresh spring leaves in a salad or a tea acts as a blood purifier and according to herbalist, Matt Wood is specific for ” dullness of mind, lethargy and congestion of fluids. ”
The Solar New Year has returned again, not only ringing in a new year, but a new decade! It is a time most of us vow to rid ourselves of the excesses of the holidays in favor of resolutions for our highest expression of ourselves.
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