To screwgee

June 6, 2001

Thanks and I don't mind that you asked. My

symptoms came on slowly and I didn't really noticed the

severity of them until I was in France and felt the nerves

shooting down my body while in headstand. Guruji and

Sarnath allowed me to modify the practice, i didn't do

setu bandasana at all! and only did headstand for as

long as I could keep my head off the ground. When I

returned the symptoms got worse, I had an MRI done and the

truth was revealed. The only thing I could relate this

to was a car accident I had one year before where a

car hit me going about 45mph from the rear and I

suffered whiplash and stiffness. I had been working with

the whiplash since the accident but something gave

way. I also made the huge mistake of seeing a

chiropracter for my neck problems...he made the symptoms a lot

worse to the point of severe pain in my hands. He then

claimed I must have 'arthritis' and totally denied its

relationship to my neck. Yeshe

June 6, 2001

Thanx for relating that. Again, hope you recover

fully, and soon! The subject of injuries is

always an interesting one to me...the hundred dollar

question being: Is doing this yoga helping the healing

process, and is the pain I'm feeling only a passing sign

of "opening"? Or am I just making things worse by

doing certain postures? That recent link to Ms.

Silver reminded me of something Danny Paradise said:

"I've injured myself and healed myself with this yoga

many times." Ms. Silver makes even bolder claims for

what astanga yoga has done for her physical recovery.

I believe her too, but then again she's not you or

me. I feel like I'm starting to talk in circles, so

I'll stop here.

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