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@mellowmedusa 

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mellowmedusa

Yoga

Hi - I’ve seen a few posts recently asking about exercise recommendations and just wanted to share that I’ve been doing yoga for last six months and it’s really working in terms of increasing my flexibility and improving my balance. There’s lots of free YouTube beginner videos and sources on the in...
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@Hannah015 

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Yoga

Hey Hope your all ok I just tried my first class of yoga, despite having bad pins and needles down my left side and my balance being quite off I thought why not give it a go. It was brill, I struggled a bit at first but as lesson went on I got better at balancing. Felt good after. Just thought I w...
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@Jasmine 

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YOGA..

Dear all, I am a students of LCC, recently I am doing a project to improve dealing with symptoms. I would love to know if anyone here does yoga to help deal with certain symptoms and to ease stress?
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@smallbrowngirl 

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Yoga

Lets try again. I cut & pasted from a word doc - and it turned out a bit doolally. I’ve had yoga sessions; find it boring & quite difficult to focus. I'm into my sports, altho can’t do sports I did b4. Maybe it’s the teacher, I do find her quite strange. Am I bein impatient? Can I try other th...
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@smallbrowngirl 

smallbrowngirl

Yoga

Question. I’ve had 2 yoga sessions; I find it boring and quite difficult to focus. I am into my sports, although can’t do the sports I did before. Maybe it’s the teacher, as I do find her quite strange. But she’s dealt with people with MS and did say I did well to not fall. Am I being impat...

@owens17 

owens17

Physical therapy 💪 modified yoga/Pilates, and rest up fuel up,do it again.

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@Runningonempty 

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Iyengar yoga - chair based for All

Accessible yoga for beginners https://youtu.be/JXQuLm0Q1iM
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@Snowbirds 

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Diet and yoga will help to reduce symptoms

Hope healthy eating and daily 1-2 hours yoga will improve this Heath issues suffering
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@HappyHen 

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Accessing group and yoga support locally issues

So I thought I'd be proactive and find out which groups are running locally. There are two nearest to me (5 and 9 miles respectively) but I've been told by the organisers (funded by MS Society) that I cannot attend these and have to travel 30 plus miles since my care is not based at their local hosp...
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@n3tm4n 

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Thoughts on pilates / yoga ??

Hi All, hope you are having a better day today. I'm seeing a Physio at work recommended by Occupational Health. Whilst I'm very appreciative of this opportunity as its in work time, and is work funded, I can't make my mind up if this is helping me. I wondered if others do light pilates or yoga exe...
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