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Greetings!
On August 15, 2009, all of us here at BEST Life Media will be attending our author's biggest event yet in the United States--the Brain Art Festival. From 6:00 - 8:30 pm, Radio City Music Hall will be filled with the sounds and motions of rhythm. Join Ilchi Lee and many performers in a celebration of the grandest potential of our brains and our lives. Tickets available through Ticketmaster.
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Sweep Away Back Pain
We all know someone with lower back pain. Maybe you even have it yourself. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in fact, back pain is the second most common neurological disorder in the United States.
One of the remedies the NIH recommends to help you recover from lower back pain is exercise, especially strengthening exercises for the back and abdominal muscles. It includes yoga in its recommendations as a way to stretch the muscles, thereby easing pain.
Simple exercises such as those described and illustrated for back pain in Meridian Exercise for Self Healing by Ilchi Lee can help us take control of the pain in our lives. By performing meridian exercises regularly, our muscles will loosen and allow rich, oxygenated blood to flow into them, nourishing them and permitting energy to circulate throughout the body. On the other hand, when we are too sedentary, energy in our body becomes obstructed, resulting in increased pain and stiffness. 
Leg Sweep
This exercise increases heat energy in the lower abdominal area, which then permeates the entire body. It eases chronic lumbago and establishes an overall feeling of well-being.
- Relax your body before you exercise to release tension.
- Stand with your feet wide apart. Place your hands behind your waist.
- Inhale. Bend your upper body from the hips. With your palms, sweep down the backs of your legs and grasp your ankles.
- Gently pull your torso toward your ankles to place your head between your legs.
- Maintain this posture and attempt to stretch
 farther. Breathe comfortably and feel the strengthening in your lower abdomen, waist, and lower back.
- Exhale and slowly return to the starting position.
- Repeat twice.
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Balancing Act
Lower back pain can sometimes be caused by an uneven posture or unbalanced leg length. Not only does this condition cause pain, but it can affect your gait, make your posture slump to either side, or put strain on some body parts while relaxing others. Its effects are not limited to physical distortions, but also adversely influence your energy circulation and emotional well-being.
Luckily there are some exercises that, if performed daily, can adjust muscles and bones for good. In order to do them you first need to assess which leg is longer.
To Assess Your Leg Length
- Ask someone to help you.
- Lie down on your back on a hard, even surface.
- Relax your entire body, making sure it's not bent to one side.
- Ask your partner to grab your feet, gently shake your legs to loosen them, and then gently pull them away from the hips while resting them on the floor. Make sure that both feet and ankles are at the same angle to the floor.
- Then your partner should look straight down above your feet and compare the positions of the right and left ankle bones.
- Turn over onto your stomach and ask your partner to observe the positions of your heels and toes. Which leg is longer?
Corrective Exercise: Kiss Your Knees
Improves overall realignment and releases stiffness throughout the entire spine. Corrects spinal misalignments and pelvic torsion.
- Lie down on your back in a comfortable position.
- Bend your knees in toward your chest, keeping them along the midline of your body and holding them with your hands.
- Pull the knee of the longer leg 2 to 3 inches closer to your face. The foot of the shorter leg should be placed slightly on top of the instep of the other foot.
- From this position, slowly pull both knees toward the center of your chest as far as you can.
- Return to your knees to their position in Step 3.
- Repeat this motion 20-50 times.
- Next, while pulling your knees to the center of your chest as in Step 4 above, bring your chin up to your knees as far as you can.
- Return your head and knees to their position in Step 3.
- Repeat this motion 20-50 times.
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I hope this newsleter has given you something useful for your life. Feel free to forward it to someone you think needs it. Keep practicing and developing!
Until next month,
Michela Mangiaracina
BEST Life Media
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