day 34 - I did pranayama practice and ate boiled potatoes - knocked the migraine out!

Come friends! I’m listing today's yoga ingredients:

1 child's pose

1 downward facing dog

1 meditation pose 

+ Lots of pranayama exercise

Have you ever had migraine during work/school hours? I hope you haven’t. Today was even worse than my menstrual period (I only cry because of pain and wait to die on the first two days of my period btw). My headache started at 10 in the morning. I couldn’t even walk to my lunch place in the afternoon.  Every head movement was causing me endless pain and I had to work (that means I had to read and translate something on the computer) At the end of the day, when I was able to come home eventually I directly went to my bed. I didn’t think about doing yoga. I only wanted to get rid of this pain by a good sleep HOWEVER it prevented me to do so. I couldn’t sleep because of my fucking migraine. Then my stomach became problematic because of sickness. I was just lying down on my bed and trying to sleep until I remembered pranayama practice! I didn’t do anything specially. I didn’t even use my yoga mat today.

Pranayama practice allowed me to breathe more easily and breathing more easily allowed my body to function more properly. I felt like my brain hadn’t had the enough oxygen till that after time of pranayama. In child pose I put my forehead on the mat and slowly turned my head right and left. A firm ground always works for any pain I believe. I have had mentioned the benefits of pranayama on the 19^th day.

Think about it just for minute. Your breath is the most essential thing for your body. If you do not breathe thoroughly, how can you expect your body to perform superbly? You cannot! More importantly I am learning to breathe via my diaphragm not my lungs. It is one of the best thing you can provide for your internal organs. During the day, anywhere, you may try it by only sitting. Just sit and try to breathe until your stomach is full of breath. 2^nd step, exhale deeply as if your soul will run away through your mouth.

With pranayama and diaphragm breaths I cured my headache. Many people will not believe me I KNOW – but I don’t care because I did. (My proof is being able to write this blog post because 2 hours ago, before the practice, I couldn’t move and bare the light) For my stomach I ate boiled potatoes though… It’s not yoga you think, right? I guess everything you do for you is yoga, on or off the mat.

Namaste.