Changing times
Earlier this week I was fortunate enough to have a BCT treatment from my teacher. During that session we really focused on my hips (right hip in particular) and the connection that it had to my jaw. During the entire seminar, my jaw was incredibly tight the whole duration and I knew that it was connected to the tightness and issues that I was having with my hip.
Anyway, during the session my hips and my jaw released a lot of the underlying tension that was held for a number of years. I didn't think much of it at the time and I went on with the rest of the week. On Thursday I started to feel a tightness in my back and my neck in the morning and it really exacerbated itself at the end of a dinner I was having with a lovely friend of mine. I went home and was really struggling with taking off my boots given the pain I was in. My bf worked on me and helped alleviate some of the pain and I woke up the next day feeling better. However, by the end of the day I was beginning to feel the pain come back again and I was beginning to think that all of this was caused by the clothes I was wearing.
Previously, I would wear a lot of skinny jeans. I liked skinny jeans, I thought they were great for my figure, but there were some pairs of jeans that were a bit tight to fit into but hey no pain no gain right? Similarly, on the Thursday I wore a particular skirt that I quite liked but it came up quite high on my waist and when I put it on, I realised that it was a bit "tighter than usual". Thinking nothing of it, I went off on my day. After dinner on the Thursday and when I came home, I took off that skirt and it was like my body gave a sigh of relief. On Friday, I put on a new pair of stockings to wear under a casual dress. If you're female you will know that new stockings are pretty tight initially and then eventually expand as it is being used. The stockings came up to a very similar height on my waist as the skirt. Again I went home last night struggling and took those stockings off and again my body was happy.
My bf earlier in the week commented that he stopped wearing skinny jeans years ago when he started studying the Diploma of CST because he realised how much restriction it put on his body. Now I understand. Given that my body was "put back into my normal state" after my treatment with my teacher on Monday, it no longer could stand the "tight" type of clothing that I used to wear. Years ago I gave up wearing high heels because I knew they really affected my posture and hip rotation so I began to wear flat shoes. It looks like now I'm going to have to re-look at my wardrobe and get rid of the clothes that really are not beneficial to my body (and ultimately me).
I guess this is also true for the foods that you eat as well. Your body constantly changes and you should listen to it - it might actually mean that you may need to make some dietary changes too! I stopped eating red meat over a year ago because it gave me a headache and made me dizzy as soon as it hit my palate.
I guess the moral of the story is, don't be afraid of change as more often than not, it's always for the better.
Anyway, during the session my hips and my jaw released a lot of the underlying tension that was held for a number of years. I didn't think much of it at the time and I went on with the rest of the week. On Thursday I started to feel a tightness in my back and my neck in the morning and it really exacerbated itself at the end of a dinner I was having with a lovely friend of mine. I went home and was really struggling with taking off my boots given the pain I was in. My bf worked on me and helped alleviate some of the pain and I woke up the next day feeling better. However, by the end of the day I was beginning to feel the pain come back again and I was beginning to think that all of this was caused by the clothes I was wearing.
Previously, I would wear a lot of skinny jeans. I liked skinny jeans, I thought they were great for my figure, but there were some pairs of jeans that were a bit tight to fit into but hey no pain no gain right? Similarly, on the Thursday I wore a particular skirt that I quite liked but it came up quite high on my waist and when I put it on, I realised that it was a bit "tighter than usual". Thinking nothing of it, I went off on my day. After dinner on the Thursday and when I came home, I took off that skirt and it was like my body gave a sigh of relief. On Friday, I put on a new pair of stockings to wear under a casual dress. If you're female you will know that new stockings are pretty tight initially and then eventually expand as it is being used. The stockings came up to a very similar height on my waist as the skirt. Again I went home last night struggling and took those stockings off and again my body was happy.
My bf earlier in the week commented that he stopped wearing skinny jeans years ago when he started studying the Diploma of CST because he realised how much restriction it put on his body. Now I understand. Given that my body was "put back into my normal state" after my treatment with my teacher on Monday, it no longer could stand the "tight" type of clothing that I used to wear. Years ago I gave up wearing high heels because I knew they really affected my posture and hip rotation so I began to wear flat shoes. It looks like now I'm going to have to re-look at my wardrobe and get rid of the clothes that really are not beneficial to my body (and ultimately me).
I guess this is also true for the foods that you eat as well. Your body constantly changes and you should listen to it - it might actually mean that you may need to make some dietary changes too! I stopped eating red meat over a year ago because it gave me a headache and made me dizzy as soon as it hit my palate.
I guess the moral of the story is, don't be afraid of change as more often than not, it's always for the better.