Five weeks of antibiotics, a port removal, shoulder surgery and port implantation later. I finally managed to hang my swing in our new apartment. After doing rope Sirsasana for the first time in a month, I felt immediately different. Something in my body shifted and my energy started increasing. I’m so relieved to be finally home more than a few hours at the time, my nausea has completely disappeared since I stopped taking Novalgin.

Being at home also allows me to cook more nutritious food. I even managed to drill holes and hang my ropes. Still, I have to figure out where to place my wooden props so that I don’t have to shift everything around whenever I want to practice but this is a task for later. Important right now is I can practice with my ropes and my swings and I have my props. I can practice a bigger range of asanas which enables me to manage my pain with yoga. My practice involves supine poses, U-rope Adho Mukha Svanasana, chair Purvottanasana, rope Sirsasana, supported forward bends with high support for the head, Dwipada Viparita Dandasana – cross bolster or padded bench, chair Sarvangasana, Ardha Halasna, Sethu Bandha Sarvangasana, Viparita Karani, Savasana. The asanas I chose on the day depend on my emotional, and physical state and my energy level. Some days I still suffer from reflux so I cannot practice inversions or take my head down.

Before I was diagnosed I had planned to go to Pixie’s yoga retreat in Dolcedo but with everything being not as it was supposed to be, the chance to attend was small. And finally 10 days before the retreat started I booked the flight. It was a dream coming true. My husband was a bit concerned about the journey but I convinced him, that what I would gain from intensive yoga would increase my well-being more than what I would lose on the journey.

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