tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post3832566361164645365..comments2023-04-05T04:50:31.709-07:00Comments on Eat the Yolk: Feet and FeldenkraisElisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888081929539943621noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-21972981529424687922013-05-01T11:46:13.309-07:002013-05-01T11:46:13.309-07:00your toes are really cute ;)your toes are really cute ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-57281363399498130472010-03-25T16:08:33.832-07:002010-03-25T16:08:33.832-07:00Hey Michelle! Thanks for the comment. So you think...Hey Michelle! Thanks for the comment. So you think the knee and ankle swelling were related, huh? Hmm, maybe there's something to this pedicure stuff!Elisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04888081929539943621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-34560566154320649712010-03-25T12:53:43.445-07:002010-03-25T12:53:43.445-07:00I just got my very first pedicure at some point ar...I just got my very first pedicure at some point around day 45 of my challenge. It felt like a wonderful gift to my feet for all their hard work. <br /><br />At one point, the pedicurist asked me if I knew that my right ankle was totally swollen. I had no idea. My right knee had been swollen for 2 weeks, so that was what I had been icing and tending to each day. I was shocked when she held my ankles next to each other. It was so swollen. <br /><br />Not only did I get a lesson in paying better attention to my body, but the massage she did on my ankle fixed my knee. The next day my ankle was so sore, but the swelling in my ankle and knee were both gone. 48 hours later all was well.<br /><br />And my toenails were pretty, too! :)<br /><br />My second pedicure will mostly like happen next week--at around day 85 of my challenge!Michelle Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01899122831841532132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-11855864679196195372010-03-22T12:22:10.999-07:002010-03-22T12:22:10.999-07:00Hahaha, Cirita. Painting the toenails helps a lot ...Hahaha, Cirita. Painting the toenails helps a lot :-) And I have to stifle the Bikram sermons. One of the reasons I started blogging is because my friends were starting to get a little sick of me!<br /><br />Thanks for the tip about the kicking foot, Ariella. I too associate the stigmata w/fixed firm. When I'm doing the pose correctly I can really feel it on the tops of my feet! (I admit it's weird that the spot isn't in the same place. Assymetry rules the day again!)Elisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04888081929539943621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-53208982136447708012010-03-18T12:04:26.909-07:002010-03-18T12:04:26.909-07:00I truly believe that Bikram cures it all. Everyone...I truly believe that Bikram cures it all. Everyone around me is getting tired of my bikram "sermons" now. Someone asked me in the past if there were any negatives to this practice ( since I am always talking about the positives), my answer was ugly feet and dry hair. <br /><br />Both of my big toes are very rough now, from pressing too much against the carpet. Then my hair looks super dry from washing it everyday. Maybe I should paint my toes too so I can fall in love with them again ;) <br /><br />So Bikram stigmata is called. I didn't know!!!ciritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04340712715023081915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-66658781693345691492010-03-17T12:34:24.330-07:002010-03-17T12:34:24.330-07:00I totally got the stigmata. I kinda like it. I a...I totally got the stigmata. I kinda like it. I always associated it with fixed firm.<br /><br />Regarding evening out... I do work with the idea of trying to build strength on the weaker side. <br /><br />It makes me think of a teacher in my studio who told me about floor bow - if you've got one foot higher than the other, bring it down to the weaker one, kick and try to keep them even.<br /><br />I don't worry too much about not going deeper in one side in the balancing poses. I guess mine aren't way off from each other.<br /><br />My feet have gotten stronger too, alas, they're not painted and pretty and sparkly. Sounds like a project! (last line say it like Oprah would.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04616135203265938482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-77241396573046494272010-03-16T20:34:04.862-07:002010-03-16T20:34:04.862-07:00Yay for prettifying the feet :-)
Mine have gotte...Yay for prettifying the feet :-) <br /><br />Mine have gotten smaller too, Chrissy! I kind of wonder why but for some reason, I don't want to spoil the mystery ;-)Elisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04888081929539943621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-33053411645489785662010-03-16T19:09:27.736-07:002010-03-16T19:09:27.736-07:00I've got the Bikram stigmata in the exact same...I've got the Bikram stigmata in the exact same spot as you on my feet. Those who don't sport the stigmata are lucky -- those suckers hurt when they're irritated.<br /><br />I agree with your comments about feet -- they are too often ignored. I try to get regular pedicures, even in the dead of winter when there's no chance of open-toed shoes, so that I have something interesting to look at in yoga.<br /><br />One thing I've noticed about my feet since I started practicing Bikram is that they've gone down a half size. I use to fit perfectly in a 7 and now I'm a 6 and a half!Chrissy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02225821145379817136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-89783238391117699362010-03-16T16:38:03.359-07:002010-03-16T16:38:03.359-07:00And I was JUST thinking that I should really get m...And I was JUST thinking that I should really get my first mani-pedi right before teacher training... :)thedancingjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976806717306797444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-35458427614187529482010-03-16T13:09:04.444-07:002010-03-16T13:09:04.444-07:00Interesting that you mention the toes. I painted m...Interesting that you mention the toes. I painted mine on Saturday and was looking everywhere for my toe seperators. My toe next to the baby toe always rubs against the 3rd toe and messes up my polish. I couldn't find them so I went ahead and painted them anyway. I had no polish rubbing anywhere! Surprising. But you've brought it to perspective. Our bodies are always changing :)Julianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142920440772296933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-72427556627602692582010-03-16T12:35:02.716-07:002010-03-16T12:35:02.716-07:00Yeah--maybe stigmata comes in depending on shape o...Yeah--maybe stigmata comes in depending on shape of the feet and where they place themselves on the ground. Height and weight probably affects that, too. Possibly, my alignment is off. <br /><br />Poor Hannah and her un-free pelvis :-) Yeah, give it a try! Although, admittedly, I didn't really FEEL like my hips or anything had been opened or stretched the way they do in yoga. It was more like they got some experience rotating.Elisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04888081929539943621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-86243310224054893252010-03-16T05:27:19.449-07:002010-03-16T05:27:19.449-07:00I've been told that I have a very small pelvis...I've been told that I have a very small pelvis by more than one doctor. SO random, but it does explain why the "hip-opening" poses (triangle, tree pose) hurt/help me so much. Something tells me a class focusing on freeing up my pelvis might be quite interesting...hmm...hannahjustbreathehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08359736052522439643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-4518549894773741762010-03-16T00:38:01.367-07:002010-03-16T00:38:01.367-07:00My Kundalini teacher used to say you should never ...My Kundalini teacher used to say you should never go deeper on your best side then you can on your worst. Because you are just making the 'bad' side stiffer and therefor there will be no improvement. I'm still struggling with how to integrate that with Bikram's style of always going as far as is possible with good alignment for maximum benefit. I guess it's just like in class how different teacher have different often conflicting advice.<br /><br />BYC, I've never had the stigmata either so you're not alone. Maybe it's to do with bone structure.Johanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113337186033467163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-51484080595700240282010-03-15T22:18:09.485-07:002010-03-15T22:18:09.485-07:00Pelvic rolls....**waggles eyebrows**. I would'...Pelvic rolls....**waggles eyebrows**. I would've been trying not to crack up too! Tee hee. I could probably use something like that...I'm always crooked laying in savasana. Two teachers who are familiar with my practice are forever trying to straighten me, bless their hearts! :)<br />Toes: Yesterday, after neglecting my toes and my car FOREVER I decided to squeeze a car wash and a pedicure in between bikram classes. 1pm bikram, pedicure, wash car, eat, hydrate, then 7:30pm bikram. Yup, I messed up the big toes. In cobra! Darn it! Oh well, the foot rub during the pedi felt fan friggin tastic! No regrets!<br />P.S: I've been practicing three years, am on my fifth challenge and have yet to get the stigmata. Strange. And I know I"m pressing those suckers into the ground for cobra!!! **scratches head**bikramyogachickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685444498620345130noreply@blogger.com