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Yoga after a stroke


Life puts all of us through so many challenges you sometimes sit and wonder how are you still here.  How did you find the courage and strength to push through it all.  Or at least I seem to be thinking about it a lot lately.  But then I also think of all the things I have accomplished and how much of a bad ass I have become from it all.  My most resent struggle was the mini stroke I had in April 27th.  It has been something that happened suddenly and has taken a long time to recover from.  Three months later I still cannot get back to the person I was before the stroke.

Before the stroke I used to do yoga almost every day for about an hour.  I loved it so much! It took me a while to find a love for yoga but ones I found that love I never let it go.  After the stroke my mobility seemed to be slow.  It was hard to walk, to go up the stairs or even raise my hands above my shoulders.  For the first month I needed help with basic things like, driving, showering, cooking, cleaning, taking care of the kids.  So the last thing in my mind was yoga or working out.  My body did miss it, I could feel the need for it but I knew I was not capable of doing it.

So after three months I felt much better, still recovering but I wanted to give it a try.  I did beginners yoga for only 10 minutes.  I was actually bursting with excitement but that suddenly changed.  It was hard to balance, even on my two feet.  I was sad in a way I felt devastated or befitted.  But I continued at some point I had to balance on one foot and that was impossible.  I fell a couple of times and finished my 10 minutes.  I was sad, I thought I was going to be able to do yoga with no problem.  I thought I had waited long enough but  I wrong. 

I now see that I will have to learn it all over again.  Even though in my memory it is all stored there, my body is having to learn it all again.  It still the battle of mind against body.  I keep thinking I am almost done with that battle, that I am almost done with recovery.  Then I do something I used to do and remember that I still have a long way to go.  Recovery has been harder than what I thought and yoga will not be fully part of my life yet.  It will be a working process and I will share it with you guys.

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