It is so interesting, one hand there are students who push their way through for a hard core practice; on the other hand there are those who move reluctantly. The fine line that cuts between his two is " practice with wisdom".
A lady was telling me about her herniated disc problem that the doctor advice to practice the back- bends, but to avoid the forward- bends. She came up asking for a second opinion what should be done. I supported the idea on using the muscles around the spine all around: forward, back and twist. To do it with care, she probably can be gentler on flexing her spine forward.
" That's the problem! I can't get myself to back off a little. If i bend forward, i like to max it out."
Engaging in a yoga practice comes forth for an initial thought of relieving the discomforts in our body. But many time as our practice slowly develops, our focus shifted in feeding what our ego ( mind) wants it to be--- and stop serving the body.
When this happens, we are doing more harm than good to ourselves; and this is not Yoga practice anymore.
I've heard many people got themselves injured everywhere after yoga classes. Later to know that, they are treating their old injuries harshly with multiple falling from handstands and the advance poses--- and inviting new injuries.
Viveka or discrimination. Practice with discrimination. For a body with injuries, choose the suitable practice for recovery and healing; instead of beating hard on the wounds. Know the limit of the body by practicing wisdom, and discriminate the mind (ego) for hindering the process.
So what if we can finally kick up to a handstand steadily, coming down with another injuries to attend to?
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