Surya Namaskar - Day 5
>> Sunday, December 21, 2008 –
Experiments,
Surya Namaskar
Today morning I woke up with sore throat. There was slight infection, and I was not feeling too good. I think I might have got this infection from a colleague of mine at the office who was suffering for last two days. None the less I decided that I had to continue with the practice as this is not that serious problem.
Effect on the practice
I wanted to learn how throat infection affected the practice and vice-versa. As far as the practice went I did not feel any discomfort or weakness during the practice, and I feel that this attack of infection will not be able to affect me as it might have otherwise. I will need to wait for 2 days more before I can get to some conclusion. But one thing is clear that I am not as weak as I used to feel when I has infections earlier. I used to have severe pain in the throat along with some fever. This time I had slight throat pain in the morning but didn't have any pain by lunch time.
Although I was affected with the infection I don't think I had to stretch myself to complete the routine. The flow was smooth and the concentration was also there as I made less mistakes.
Reduced one more set
From today I am doing two sets of 5 rounds and 1 round of 4 sets. I will follow this same routine till tomorrow and then increase the first two sets to 6 rounds.
After my lunch I took 1 glass of water mixed with teaspoon spoon of Triphala. I had mentioned in an earlier article how Triphala is useful for curing dry eye problem. But Triphala is also one of the tonics which can be used during infections. I will be able to update tomorrow about how I am feeling.
Importance of this experiment
It is an interesting phase in life, where in I am doing the experiment and also documenting it. Whatever happens, I think at the end it is going to be very valuable document for anyone who wants to start of on Surya Namaskar. I feel really please that I am contributing something to the yoga community.
Related Posts:
Surya Namaskar - Day 7
Surya Namaskar - Day 4
Surya Namaskar - Day 1
Surya Namaskar Experiment
Effect on the practice
I wanted to learn how throat infection affected the practice and vice-versa. As far as the practice went I did not feel any discomfort or weakness during the practice, and I feel that this attack of infection will not be able to affect me as it might have otherwise. I will need to wait for 2 days more before I can get to some conclusion. But one thing is clear that I am not as weak as I used to feel when I has infections earlier. I used to have severe pain in the throat along with some fever. This time I had slight throat pain in the morning but didn't have any pain by lunch time.
Although I was affected with the infection I don't think I had to stretch myself to complete the routine. The flow was smooth and the concentration was also there as I made less mistakes.
Reduced one more set
From today I am doing two sets of 5 rounds and 1 round of 4 sets. I will follow this same routine till tomorrow and then increase the first two sets to 6 rounds.
After my lunch I took 1 glass of water mixed with teaspoon spoon of Triphala. I had mentioned in an earlier article how Triphala is useful for curing dry eye problem. But Triphala is also one of the tonics which can be used during infections. I will be able to update tomorrow about how I am feeling.
Importance of this experiment
It is an interesting phase in life, where in I am doing the experiment and also documenting it. Whatever happens, I think at the end it is going to be very valuable document for anyone who wants to start of on Surya Namaskar. I feel really please that I am contributing something to the yoga community.
Related Posts:
Surya Namaskar - Day 7
Surya Namaskar - Day 4
Surya Namaskar - Day 1
Surya Namaskar Experiment
