I was reading a blog at ‘Katy says” the other day about tight hamstrings. The writer was asking whether her tight hamstrings could be just a accident of her body, she was very flexible in all other areas. As I have suffered these for my whole life I was most interested in the response. Katy’s response was that no part of our body is ‘born’ to feel tight and by working and loosening up the area there will be a definite improvement in the mental / emotional as well. Her recommendation to the writer was to practice forward bends twice an HOUR each day to encourage them to loosen. She said the gain was worth it.

I decided to give it a go. I know from yoga that forward bends are about relaxing and letting go and backward bends (I am quite good at these!) are more about action in the outer world. Definitely a reflection of my ‘normal’ way of being!

So a few days into this I am already feeling more relaxed through the back of my body. The sense of connectedness and relaxation I feel after I do it is often profound and perhaps that sense of balance is permeating the busy part of my day a little more.

So your weekly booster  is a suggestion to find a tight part of the body and just practice lengthening it gently a couple of times an hour and notice the results. In Brain Gym we discuss lengthening rather than stretching – the image and practice of lengthening is far more gentle on the body. And there is no need for the body to spring back after being stretched!

Love to hear your results!

Enjoy, Gay

PS and have a look at ‘Katysays’ blog for heaps of great ideas to support balance in the body.