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Thank you all! Happy new year!!
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Thank you!! 🙂
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That’s the gist of it! I suppose depending on the texture of your hair, the second conditioning could be regular conditioner again, and you could rinse again. I just don’t do that because regular conditioner weighs my hair down too much. Initially the article I read did not have the second leave-in conditioning step, but I felt like my hair needed it. So I added the treatment, the brand based on a good stylist’s suggestion. That is definitely something to play with whatever you need for your texture. I do not know how long it took me to see results, but definitely give it time. It’s not a quick fix, especially with long hair, but in the long run, I have definitely seen results in my hair. I pull my hair into a pony everyday, and I have seen less breakage for sure, so not just at the ends.
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I was initially skeptical as well. I think I read this advice in a yahoo beauty article or something. But I thought, well, it’s worth a try. And it works for me. My sister also started doing it and it works for her too. If breakage is the issue, it should help, especially with growing out long hair.
I don’t use any particular shampoo/conditioner products, I am a drugstore brands girl. I do only use Infusium 23 leave-in treatment no. 3 for the leave in treatment. I put it mostly in the same place I put the conditioner, focusing on the ends, but I get some throughout. This method has also helped bc my hair is kind of fine, and the shampoo helps keep the heavy conditioner from weighing down my hair. The shampoo will take a lot of the conditioner with it, so a little leave in treatment at the end helps keep it soft.
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I also had noticed a lot of breakage in my hair at one point. I used to not be able grow my hair past a few inches below my collar bone because it would break and thin and look horrible. I found that switching the order of my shampoo and conditioner radically changed everything. My hair is now almost waist length, with very little breakage. I basically hop in the shower, wet my hands, put a bunch of conditioner on my hair from pony tail down (pretty much dry, I run damp hands through it to help smooth it out) and work it in. Then I wet the top of my head and shampoo the roots really well and then rinse everything out. I finish my hair with a leave in conditioning formula after it has dried to the point of being damp and no longer really wet. I have so much less breakage washing my hair this way, mostly because my hair doesn’t get as stripped of natural oils on the ends which seems to keep the cuticle more intact. However, I also don’t wash my hair daily, and almost never use heat styling on it, so that may also help.
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@eatvegancookies, I love that band!
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Can also make Turmeric tea! Turmeric also contained curcumin, and I really like it. Not sure how much one would need to drink to get specific amounts of curcumin though. I mostly just like drinking it, so the fact that it might help with inflammation is just a side bonus.
http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/turmeric-tea-recipe.html
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A video would be helpful, even if only you watch it. Often, I found that I think I am doing something a very specific way, only to find that when I see myself on video that my mental picture differs from reality. Being square is really important with these stretches. And definitely listen to your body!
So, I realized after I typed up my response that I used the cue of back arching/back neutral. This is a poor cue on my part because it’s the rotation of the hips that will help you find a psoas stretch. It works for me because back position is often dictated by the position of the hips. However, I feel like the hips are ground zero in this case. If the hips are tilted forward, the back is naturally in an arched position and there will be minimal stretching on the psoas. The rotation of the hips back (posterior tilt) is a good way to find a psoas stretch, so maybe think about the hip rotation more than you think about back position. In a kneeling lunge with 90 degree angles on both legs, I can get a pretty intense psoas stretch by adjusting my hip rotation from neutral to tucking tailbone under, similar to Pilates imprint position if you are familiar with that. Once in this position, try just pushing the hips forward to deepen the stretch. If you have a tight psoas, you will feel it with almost no forward movement, assuming the tail bone is tucked under and the hips are square. Definitely pad the knee on the floor! If you can find the stretch in this basic move, it will be easier to transition the same principles of hip rotation to other stretches. It’s that same pulling of the hip forward that Veena mentioned, but thinking about it as a rotation instead.
Intense stretching for the psoas is not going to be relaxing. By relaxing other parts of your body, you could be cheating your stretching efforts, usually by allowing improper alignment of the rest of your body. It’s a big strong muscle, potentially with adhesions/trigger points if you already know it’s tight, so I wouldn’t expect to get huge results with relaxed stretching of the psoas.
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Pigeon pose does not stretch psoas on the front bent leg. If positioned properly with square hips, you might get a stretch on the psoas of the back leg, along with the stretch on the outer hip, more so if the front leg is at a 90 degree angle at the knee. As with lunges, taking the hips out of a square position will take the intensity of the stretch out of the psoas. Another issue I notice is allowing the abs to relax and back to arch. This also takes the stretch out of the psoas. Keep your abs tight, and shoulders stacked over the hips with back in a neutral position. In the correct position, you can drop your eyes (not your whole head) to look down and you can see your belly button (varies I would suppose depending large your boobs are ;)). You don’t want your back arched or to be folded forward if you are trying to work psoas. Keeping that alignment will help bring the stretch back to the psoas, whether in pigeon or a lunge. Also, consider rotating legs inward from the hips when in splits or lunges. That can really help get the psoas stretched, especially with a neutral back position.
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Seems silly to be possessive over a song, unless you created that song yourself. Otherwise, a person is just taking ownership of something they don’t own. To me, that makes no sense. I know people can be nasty about song choice, but to me it seems unjustified.
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I wouldn’t think that getting help with choreography is a problem. To me, creating choreography is a completely separate skill from performing. Similar to the difference in musical composition and musical performance. I used to play piano “competitively” through festivals, syllabus, etc. Classical piano is not about creating your own music, its about interpreting music and skillfully rendering it. In other forms of dance, competition pieces are commonly choreographed by people other than the performer, and in classical dance like ballet, choreography still exists from a long long time ago, still being performed and interpreted by dancers today.
Finding the total package of performer and good choreographer is tough, because good choreography is much more difficult and rare than most people think. It’t not as easy as stringing together moves and setting those moves to counts/music.
I know it’s possible to get feedback about a video from WeFly (Rebecca Star, Michelle Stanek, Tracee Kafer, Natasha Wang, and Steven Retchless). Not sure how the process exactly works, but you can find out from their website. http://www.weflypole.com/
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I have also noted in my quest for back stretching not to overlook the shoulders and psoas in the warm up. Both open shoulders and psoas play a big role in achieving a good back bend and really working to your full potential along the entire length of your spine. I know in a lot of warm ups, those areas get touched on by the nature of warm up, especially if a hot shower/bath are part of the warm up, but I try to focus on them in addition to the back, and when I do, I get better results.
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http://www.dollhousebettie.com/
While I haven’t bought from this site, I love looking through it! One day 🙂
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Also forgot to mention, voting closes October 1st.
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Haha Rev 22:20. Whoops!