If I had known that an hour of yoga was all it would take to get that annoying back pain alleviated, I would have avoided getting needles inserted in my skin at all costs (acupuncture, anyone?).
I love yoga- I’ve always liked it; it’s just the meditation part that I cannot agree with. Perhaps the avid yogis would detest me for saying that, as many consider meditation a critical and fundamental element of yoga. In any case, instead of creating a box to trap my thoughts so they can’t run around like crazy monkeys, I initiated a conversation with my body. So during Bhujangasana 
, I told my low back that I really didn’t mean to abuse it. A good posture is key, indeed.
During Adho Mukha Svanasana
(btw, this pose is exceptional; it works various parts of the body at the same time- if you can remain in it for a long time, the better it is), my low back said, “Yo, take it easy.” So I did by bending the knees (Numerous variations can be applied to each pose- as my instructor says, “You gotta listen to your body & do what’s right!”). Virabhadrasana II,
being one of my favorites, helped me really communicate with every vertebrae… You sort of become aware of their existence. Not much feedback from the low back, except that it’s glad I’ve decided to do something besides going for an easy way out- the needles.
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