By
[http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Rebecca_Prescott/18749] Rebecca Prescott
When I was 21 I suffered a slipped disc in my lower
back. I couldn't sit down during the acute phase, only lie or stand, though
standing itself was uncomfortable at the time. Once the acute phase had passed
(with rest, although acupuncture and shiatsu are great), I had the fortune to
meet some yoga teachers and I started going to their classes. I started out
with Oki yoga, which is a Japanese form of yoga, and very good for healing the
body.
I was given a series of correcting and strengthening
exercises designed to improve my back and specific to the meridians that were
in need of attention in my particular case. Oki yoga has postures classified on
how they affect the meridians, which are like energetic pathways within our
body. And that was the one thing that helped restore my back completely, to a
state that was actually better than it was before I injured myself. When you
are suffering an acute injury though, yoga really shouldn't be attempted until
that stage has passed.
