dream day
halfway down the westside cliffs of santa cruz. super love the motion of the water below. it’s the edge of the continent! california stops right here. sometimes i think about moving, then i have days like today. after bikram, my teacher and her boyfriend took me out to lunch. after lunch, i tagged along with my bikram buddy and got a tour of eastside santa cruz, i showed her my favorite shops in downtown santa cruz and this is where we ended up. it started raining about 5 minutes after i took this picture. “daydreaming days in a daydream nation.”
the hardest thing about recovering from a back injury is that you can almost never relax and forget about it. not even for a few minutes. for me, it’s almost harder to remember when i’m at home doing stuff, that’s when i find myself relaxing into my bad posture ways. i’ve been holding in my abs pretty much non-stop since my recovery began to remember my bikram posture, but that’s also prolly why i’m healing so fast. okay, enough about me, what about you? hope you enjoyed your view as much as i enjoyed mine. luv, m
Tags: art, back injury, leica, santa cruz photographs
February 9th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
That’s just a gorgeous photograph.
I’m glad you’re healing fast! I relate to the idea of “feeling” the problem more when you’re at home. Gosh, for all the pain and suffering the class gives you, I’d rather be in that room than at home grading papers.
You mentioned in other posts worrying about money. This is just a random thought and may be out of line, but I thought I’d mention it: my mom would always have back problems when my dad was out of work. She realized that she was stressing about where her “support” would come from. What’s our body’s support? The spine, of course. When she identified that connection, she worked on trying to trust the universe/God more to provide and actually felt better. Maybe that’s odd, probably has nothing to do with you, but I just thought I’d mention it :-)
February 9th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
right on, yolk, says the massage therapist.. who knows first hand that when my clients experience “foundational” issues, ie money, relationships, moving, work etc.. that their lower back (left side especially) will be in a lot of pain.. I know when I was going through my divorce both my husband and I had horrific lower back pain..
good work connecting that..
and good advice..
February 9th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
thanks ety, i love that!