In the last two days, we addressed the following problems: sacro-illiac joint, more of the neck degeneration, neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s and epilepsy. Aadil also taught a fantastic asana class for the opening of the spine.
Sacro-illiac joint problems were addressed indirectly through opening of the hamstrings, adductors, abductors, quadriceps and illio-psoas. Aadil found that if these muscles are not open, the twists do not quite release the SI joint.
Regarding the neck, one of the students on the course was involved in a car accident and had a serious whiplash. In the photo below one can see where the vertebrae were moved from their position, causing serious headaches.
For the neurological diseases which manifest themselves with tremors (e.g. Parkinsons, epilepsy), Aadil has a series of restorative poses. According to him, nerves respond to stillness, which is precursor for peace. We have to work on how to make the body still from the inside. The way to do that is to make it still from the outside with applied pressure. Unless there is pressure, the stillness created on the outside will not go into the nerves. All the poses are done with weight (sandbags, blankets). The nervous system has to feel safe, and most people’s nervous systems do not feel safe. The photo below show shavasana (corpse pose) with the applied sandbags. It should be held from 10-30 minutes.
In the asana class, the sequence was shirshasana (headstand), setu banda sarvangasana (brigde), supta padangustasana (supine leg raises), matsyangasana (twist). At the end of the class, in shavasana (corpse pose), Aadil warned us that he will produce a very big sound which should flow through our body and our nervous system without agitating it. He warned us exactly when the sound will be made, and then he banged the wooden brick on the floor. There were a few gasps amongst the group of 35 students. The point of this was to let this sound pass through the body and then to draw an analogy with events/thoughts in life that have a potential to upset us and to learn how to make them pass through us without affecting us for too long.
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