Lumbar/lower back is one of the regions I see a lot of us struggle with. It seems the whole world is experiencing this. It can lead to disk herniation, inflammation of sciatic nerve, In some cases to surgery, any scenario is to be avoided but how? 

It seems like a lot of people are showing signs of pain in this region and I was trying to understand it. It often happened to me also, after long hours of working standing on my feet I would feel the most painful part of the body is in my lumbar.

It was because of shoes, it was because of bad posture, but mostly because of my thoughts.
I was talking with someone who recently had a surgery on the lumbar, after long pains, after sitting in bed for days, feeling with every breath the sciatic nerve. It eventually ended with surgery.

Now this person was active, sporty, good food and healthy lifestyle, not a cigarette or alcohol, not lifting weights, not a sedentary lifestyle. Doctors would say it shouldn’t had happened.

But still, how come it happened? Or what was the cause of it?

We talked about the period when this was starting. It had to do with work. With this person working double (mentally) feeling used, unappreciated, abused, a situation you cannot run from because your job depends on. Having this feelings not only on him/her but also on the person who left him/her with all this to deal with.

But from mind and thoughts and feelings all the way to the body, seems like such a long way, or almost impossible to believe…

We say it is fatigue, postural imbalance, a lack of strength in the back and abdomen especially. But then how come, most of the people are siting, doing office job, some are in an amazing shape and know how to protect themselves, but they are  also the ones  which are getting surgery on their lumbar or experiencing pain in that area and there are some, no abdomen no back muscles, with a good attitude who remain untouched by this.

Trough postures and exercises I try to correct this, in me and those around me, but it seems it is more than this.

This year my experience with India was a more subtle one, moving to the mind, moving to the thoughts. Whatever we are suppressing, or denying, the things we are aware or unaware of, moving through all the known layers: conscious, unconscious, subconscious.

Whatever we are unaware of, the body, sooner or later will point out those things. We stock different emotions, on different parts of the body. So it is not really the body who is stiff 🙂 or a specific part of the body, it is us who are unwilling to deal with “old shit”.

It seems like whatever bad thought, emotion, feeling we experience, we are trying to bury or suppress it. We create more and more garbage every day, but one day is going to come out, one way or another, often trough a disease, giving you enough time to think about your past or future.

I really loved the way the word “disease” was dissected by someone “dis-ease” when we are not at ease, when we are not relaxed, when we are troubled by something.

Now on the opposite side of the lumbar/lower back you have your 2^nd chakra svadhisthana.

Energetically on this chakra we can talk about 3 things:

Deficit you are resentful, shy, freeze with fear, sexual guilt, un-trusting, buries emotions.

Excessive you become aggressive, see others as sexual objects, manipulating, volatile emotions, self-serving.

Balanced you are creative, friendly, intuitive, concern for others, attuned to feelings.

It is also called the OLD STUFF center : Childhood conditioning, violation of body and personal space, something done to us or taken from us without our permission, molestation, abuse rape, frigidity, impotence.

The behavioral Barometer of the body says when we experience pain in that area:

At conscious level you might have experienced–> Resentment –> Hurt, used, abused, unappreciated, embarrassed, dumb, offended.

At a subconscious level: Grief and guilt–->Betrayed, conquered, discouraged, unacceptable, ruined, defeated, self-punishing

Now it seems that even if you do massages, take medicine, trying to correct your posture,
strengthening your core, after a period you are back to square 1, back to the pain.

Every single disease, imbalance, we experience has a source, the rigidity you find in your body, is the rigidity you will experience in your mind, emotions. Probably you will find yourself a very balanced person, in tune with spirituality, a man of God, but you also feel, if you are honest, there is still space for improvement in this perfect person that you are.

Be honest with yourself, at least with yourself. Try to find the period when the pain had started, try to find what was the reason, why where you feeling the way you were feeling, is it the work, is it the way you feel about yourself? Is it the relationship you have, or is it just something you are trying to deal with for a long time, is it something old from childhood, whatever it is take some time for introspection.

Try performing a new action, or activity that will make you feel:

(For resentment use interest) fascinated, needed, welcomed, appreciated, essential, caring, tuned-in.

(Replace grief and guilt with equality) lucky, involved, sincere, productive, purposeful, co-operative.

Find out how hyperbaric chambers can be your gateway to feeling better. Correct your posture. Work for a strong core. Learn how to use your body and breathe in different activity in your life so you experience less of this unpleasantness.

Or just come to yoga 🙂 .

One good thing about being sick is you will realize how much we need one another, how weak we really are sometimes, how important is to help others, that being humble is not a weakness is the way to approach everything.

So a disease from time to time 🙂 it is a blessing. It is a lessons when we are so busy with life, to come back and analyze things, look at our life and change it. Adjust it to nature.

Before you judge 🙂 before you create again your own silly opinions 🙂 any excuse not to change this “perfection” you call yourself 🙂 be open to new things 🙂 embrace new mentalities 🙂 And know no matter how big you are, there is always someone bigger 🙂 The only thing that is everlasting, never changing, is truth.

Every emotions is affecting the body and conversely the body is affecting your mind. The body you hold today is just a manifestation of your thoughts. If we cannot change or control what we think or feel, let s try to correct how we sit or breath. The mind will follow the body.