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Beet root—try the powdered daily for a month, then go back and have your BP measured. Have family experience with this issue.

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Thanks!

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My pleasure. Hope it helps.

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Softening to me means reminding myself that Spirit is always there, and that means, for me to not let my mind take me down the rabbit hole but to remember my breath and calm myself.

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"Spirit is always there" - thanks for the reminder, Corine

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Yes Lizzie that is why we draw like minds, we all need to remind one another. Thank you for reminding to always look within.

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I have done both. Soften with grace and also being proactive with my Health due to my family’s history. So far I’ve been able to put off high blood pressure medication and I’m in my mid 50’s. I think Myra Lewin once said “you are more than your diagnosis” and I love that. For me the Niyama of Tapas is what I try to remember. To apply that mental and physical discipline in areas of my life that I need to grow to transform. I love one of Brene Brown’s definition on Grace. “Grace is that whisper when you are standing in the dark that says I can’t make this any less scary for you, but I can remind you that you’ve walked through it before”.

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Damn, Brene Brown knows how to bring tears to my eyes

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Soften with grace. Thank you for using those words; words I hadn't thought to string together yet they describe how I flowed into healing from a pelvic fracture last year and a hot tea burn this year. Softening with grace makes space for healing to happen in a loving flow, aiding and abetting the body, mind and spirit.

Sometimes the body needs a little additional assist and that's where medicine can have an impact. Blood pressure medicine is a small item given the big positive impact it can have; it's like knowing someone has your back. :-)

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Thank you, Laurie. Love the phrase "big positive impact"

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Dearest i wish you the best and thank you for sharing with us beautiful things and thoughts. I can't attend the savasana live and I'm not getting the replay. What can we do?

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Dearest i wish you the best and thank you for sharing with us beautiful things and thoughts. I can't attend the savasana live and I'm not getting the replay. What can we do?

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Stay tuned. The replay goes out here on the newsletter on Sunday...

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I am really enjoying this series. Thank you for explaining the key pints of this book so clearly.

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You're so welcome, Jo!

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To soften into how I am feeling in the moment not after the next errand or chore. Allowing myself permission to feel how I am feeling right now to better understand what it is that I need, not what i think I need or is expected of me.

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hurray for feeling our feelings. I'm working on that with you, Laurie!

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I was diagnosed with high blood pressure about 1 year ago. At first I didn’t believe it! And I thought but why is this happening to me!- I’m a yoga teacher, I’ve spent a lot of time on the mat, & in savasana!, eat fairly healthy, exercise & not obese!

After kinda fighting this diagnosis, I can tell you your choice to soften around it- is much wiser‼️ And one I’m going to adopt!

Thank you for being honest and sharing something very personal. I wish you wellness!

❤️🙏🏻

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yup, sooooooo relate to the "why is this happening to me?" thought.

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Dear Lizzie, My mother started taking Blood Pressure meds in her 20’s. I started in my late 30’s and like you, likely have a genetic link to my physical profile. It’s a bit of a loss of innocence. It’s also a motivator for taking very good care of myself. Some of my ancestors died young before effective BP meds were available. Today, at 72 and still taking meds, I have so much to be grateful for- adult children, grandchildren, a loving partner, yoga, beauty in nature and being alive.

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aww, thanks for these encouraging words, Deborah. means so much...

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Dear Lizzy, a year ago, after Corona disease, I received an accidental diagnosis: thoracic aneurysm, insufficiency of the aortic valve and mitral valve. And this although I have low blood pressure, practice yoga for years, do not smoke, no overweight, it is not familial ...all at once I felt really sick, measure blood pressure, no more headstand, no more Sarvangasana, no kapalabhati, etc..

For a year I didn't do my yoga practice regularly, I was afraid something might happen to me. One year later: I accepted that I should rather not do some exercises. I start again with regular practice so I don't feel sick. And I am grateful that I got the diagnosis only now, at 55. Now I am just more gentle with myself, do more savasana and yoga for 💓

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sending love across the skies, Dagna

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I take my meds, if possible I get help when lifting copper pots filled with dense pasta sauce or heavy planters. I even let wonderful people help me with ski gear to protect my shoulder. Thyroid and blood pressure meds are nonnegotiable to me. Kale won’t prevent Covid right?

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Love you!

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Lizzie I can relate to your medical experience. I was diagnosed with osteoporosis a few years back. I resisted also thinking those same thoughts. After a time of denial and a bit angry I accepted and let go, softened. Now I am at ease with it doing all things that I can to live healthy. You will too! 💖

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Hurray for softening, Judy 💕

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