I don't have any serious MH issues, but I've found that I feel measurably happier and more serene after I've done yoga. Even when I don't want to do it, I know that if I do, I'll feel like my veins are full of sunshine.
I discovered that I feel a lot more emotionally vulnerable immediately afterwards, though. I'd had a Really Big Argument with himself before one session, and it took me ages to relax into it, but eventually I mostly did. But then he turned up, unexpectedly, to walk me back home afterwards (to make up), and I found it so hard to keep it together - much harder than I had beforehand. I'd managed to lower my defences, and while generally that's a good thing, right then it was really tough. I needed some space between [yoga] and [dealing with real life].
So I guess, for me, it's an opportunity to stop being mentally guarded.
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Date: 2010-05-05 03:11 pm (UTC)I discovered that I feel a lot more emotionally vulnerable immediately afterwards, though. I'd had a Really Big Argument with himself before one session, and it took me ages to relax into it, but eventually I mostly did. But then he turned up, unexpectedly, to walk me back home afterwards (to make up), and I found it so hard to keep it together - much harder than I had beforehand. I'd managed to lower my defences, and while generally that's a good thing, right then it was really tough. I needed some space between [yoga] and [dealing with real life].
So I guess, for me, it's an opportunity to stop being mentally guarded.