shoulder tension is back and it was gone for like a month, boo. feels very emotional. trying to work with the emotional content and it is... hoo. boy. wow. jeez
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do you have a foam roller and do you ever lie with it under the side of your neck and rock gently? this saves my life
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maybe in the garage or something. i'm pretty pessimistic about massage-based techniques for dealing with this shoulder stuff. i think i know what triggered it and it's very emotional. it used to happen only when i was meditating and at no other time
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FWIW sometimes massage-based techniques kinda help "dislodge" emotional content stored in the body, sounds like it could be worth a shot
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yeah, QC, for me they are nonseparate. there is something about breathing through and softening into the discomfort, and then resting quietly after. just a suggestion!
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to be a bit more biochemical about it, anything emotion we experience has an effect on our tissues hormonally (and other ways too). our tissues, especially our connective tissue, becomes more rigid, less fluid. i wonder if gentle massage or rolling of your neck + shoulders...
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could be a way in to play with bringing the idea of increased liquidity into those tissues, restoring your movement choices, because soft touch and massage do this, they physiologically help lubricate our tissues
so does the quality of your attention
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i have been sitting with this lately: the place that wants to contract (or feels tight or painful) is the very involution that invites me into eventual expansion and release
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hmmmmmhmhmhm
i haven't tried making the massage *gentle* 😛
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Honestly just light touch can be super great! Petting spots affectionately can be wonderful
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i've been doing really heavy pressure inspired by the trigger point massage book but... admittedly it hasn't been working very well so... might as well switch lol