The other day someone asked me how many hours of yoga I do in a day....
I never really think about it but now that I do, I think it would be about 3-4 hours a day, most weeks it is seven days a week. I have my daily self practice as an #ashtanga yoga practitioner. We wake up early morning and do our practice six days a week. Once a week we take a day off. On that day we rest and usually take a castor oil bath. Aside from self practice, I teach about ten classes a week.
Talk about being yoga-ed out (read sore)! I am stating all this to get to the point where I tell you that I got a #castor #oil bath today.
The castor oil once applied on the skin (just like any other oil massage, including the entire scalp area...which is the part of the body where maximum heat builds up according to Sharath Jois) needs to sit for about 15 minutes to an hour. This is followed by a shower. The rest of that day is to be taken easy, with as little activity as possible and lots and lots of self care. If you leave it on too long, you could end up with a bad case of the sniffles....so remember to take it easy.
In short, castor oil baths are great during this summer heat, which incidentally reminds me so much of South #India where I studied yoga and learned about this sort of #ayurvedic treatment. In addition to removing #pain from the muscles, tissues and joints, castor oil also removes residual toxins or ama as they say in ayurveda from the body and above all deals with pent up heat. I had busted my knee in India and my yoga buddy, also a #bharat #natayam dancer told me nonchalantly to rub castor oil over the pain.
Your knee pain is no biggie her face had appeared to say. It was from then on that I understood the healing properties of this oil. Now I recommend it to people like my mom who suffers from arthritis of the knee, or those who have sciatica or back pain. Castor oil contains #ricinoleic acid (any #BreakingBad fans reading this?) which has potent anti-inflammatory qualities.
Castor oil is available at any pharmacy in Dhaka at about 150 taka per bottle.
So that's it...spread the word, spread healing and love -- wherever you go.
I never really think about it but now that I do, I think it would be about 3-4 hours a day, most weeks it is seven days a week. I have my daily self practice as an #ashtanga yoga practitioner. We wake up early morning and do our practice six days a week. Once a week we take a day off. On that day we rest and usually take a castor oil bath. Aside from self practice, I teach about ten classes a week.
Talk about being yoga-ed out (read sore)! I am stating all this to get to the point where I tell you that I got a #castor #oil bath today.
The castor oil once applied on the skin (just like any other oil massage, including the entire scalp area...which is the part of the body where maximum heat builds up according to Sharath Jois) needs to sit for about 15 minutes to an hour. This is followed by a shower. The rest of that day is to be taken easy, with as little activity as possible and lots and lots of self care. If you leave it on too long, you could end up with a bad case of the sniffles....so remember to take it easy.
In short, castor oil baths are great during this summer heat, which incidentally reminds me so much of South #India where I studied yoga and learned about this sort of #ayurvedic treatment. In addition to removing #pain from the muscles, tissues and joints, castor oil also removes residual toxins or ama as they say in ayurveda from the body and above all deals with pent up heat. I had busted my knee in India and my yoga buddy, also a #bharat #natayam dancer told me nonchalantly to rub castor oil over the pain.
Your knee pain is no biggie her face had appeared to say. It was from then on that I understood the healing properties of this oil. Now I recommend it to people like my mom who suffers from arthritis of the knee, or those who have sciatica or back pain. Castor oil contains #ricinoleic acid (any #BreakingBad fans reading this?) which has potent anti-inflammatory qualities.
Castor oil is available at any pharmacy in Dhaka at about 150 taka per bottle.
So that's it...spread the word, spread healing and love -- wherever you go.
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