The Hudson river as the sun sets.
I completed the first phase of the Yamuna Body Rolling training today. I leave NYC in the morning tomorrow, back to the Twin Cities.
When I wasn’t in training which was 10-5 for three days, I was walking the streets of Manhattan, taking the trains below ground, shooting pictures of the images around me and people watching.
The NYC subway
It is an amazing city, New York. I love to visit but I would find it hard to find my center here. There is so much external energy coming at me all the time, I find it hard to hear my own inner voice. I guess that would be the challenge wouldn’t it? That is the challenge wherever you are, listing to your true self.
Night image of the West Village.
Learning the basics of Yamuna Body Rolling for the last few days has been such a in depth learning experience plus a healing venture for me. Body Rolling teaches you how to manipulate your muscles with a variety of different sized balls that are placed on one area of your body and then moved by laying on them and moving your body to manipulate and massage your muscles and bones using your own body weight. Yamuna has created this awesome technique that I can now use on myself daily, won’t harm my body, won’t rip my tissues and will keep me in shape for the rest of my life because it is literally a technique that most people can do at any age.
Yamuna Body Rolling instructor, Scott.
The instructor of the class was a Brooklyn born steel/construction worker. He has also worked in a variety of fitness places using other types of techniques but has come to Yamuna Body Rolling because he has weight-lifted, taught Pilates and has found that many other types of exercise are hard on your body. They rip, they tear, they pound and eventually, you can’t do them any more. Sure, you can run for twenty years but eventually, most people have injuries. Then, they go to a chiropractor or try to eliminate soreness by getting regular massages or take medication. Yamuna Body Rolling can align your body, can go deep into the tissues like massage and can eliminate the need for some medications.
So, I am taking this back to the Twin Cities, this knowledge and training, going to body roll myself daily and then in March I will return for Phase 2 of the training. I will let you know how it goes. Stay tuned!!
Yamuna’s Flagship Studio, The Village, NYC
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cool pictures š
Thanks! I am a hobby photographer and I love NYC for finding a cool shot.
never been to NYC… maybe someday lol.
Imagine it being so and you will.
thanks lol, follow me if you like my work, i post photography and related post weekly š
Great pics! I can still play tennis and basketball, lift weights and run with no pain afterwards, but it scares me because I know I won’t be able to continue them forever. Unfortunately I don’t have an interest in general fitness training, calisthenics and/or yoga. How do I force myself to change?
Ah Jon, change isn’t easy but it is possible. Little by little, I would say. If you change too quickly, it won’t stick and you might be resentful. Try to incorporate a little of something you would like to change and keep part of or all of what you already do. Yamuna Body Rolling can be something you do in addition to what you already do and it would help you. It is kind of like meditation. Try walking meditation since you are an active person before you try sitting meditation because you would probably get bored and not want to do it again but you might just like to walk silently in a park for 15 or 20 minutes focusing on your breath. That might work for you. Change will happen, it always is, even when you do nothing.
interesting pics. makes me want to jump on a plane for the big apple too! body rolling sounds very intriguing — looking forward to learning more š
Thanks Linda. You would have a blast in NYC!