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  • kimkim
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    December 2, 2012 at 4:32 am
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    in reply to: cramp #10103

    Hi Gabrielle, yes that is the pose same as you at the top of the page. I do make sure my knee touches the knee but I understand, I don’t need to have the knees completely locked on the ground to get the benefits. I will definately keep researching the forum and learn. By the way, yes I do have an underlying injury caused by wearing thongs or flip flops. I think they damaged my posture somewhat and created tension in my ankle bone and contributed to hip and knee misalignment … its the flip flops fault! They don’t give any support and I have given them away. Since then yoga has begun to strengthen and heal me.
    Gabrielle, I really appreciate the time you have taken to help me. Today I feel I can move on with my practice with knowledge of how to hydrate properly.

    kimkim
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    December 2, 2012 at 3:37 am
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    in reply to: cramp #10101

    Namaste

    Thanks for your advice and today I have had a much better class. I drank a whole litre before class with electrolyte tablet in the water and salt. Gabrielle, you are so right of the immediate effects of Himalayan salt. I have not cramped at all today … so what this uncovered for me is that I do have a muscle strain that makes a couple of poses difficult so I just went easy with them. The poses are the third part of hands to feet pose, I cannot lock my left knee because of the strain from behind the kneecap up towards my hips and then in the floor series, sitting head to knee; I cannot lock my left knee as it feels tight from again, behind the thigh.
    I guess injury is part of many peoples practice but is there anything I can do to speed the healing?

    Thank you

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