My tremors are classified as Stage-1 and none progressive, and manifestation is visible only on the right side of my body. My doctors call it The Wind. My fingers and toes move involuntarily like playing the piano. Some people notice it, some people don't. But at the end of the day it's my body and I know it's there.
I used to take half a tablet of Sinemet 4 times a day to manage my tremors. But not too long after, I started feeling the side effects of my medication. Depression was one of them. The tremors also seemed to get worse once medication wore off.
Having Parkinson's makes you lose your sense of balance, focus and flexibility. I use to dance gracefully, but that's now gone. I used to dress smart, now wearing heels are tough. I use to be so focused, now im a bit anxious all the time.
Sometime 2009, I decided to start a different journey to fight PD. I took a class with Jai Guru Dev for Transcendental Meditation, Life Classes in OCCI, and Meta Coaching with Michaek Hall in Hong Kong, reiki, accupuncture, homeopathic medicines and yoga. In the hope of getting better, I did all these and minimized Sinemet by half a tablet, just twice a day.
A good friend, Iryne Garcia, who is a big health fanatic, did some research of yoga studios around the city and enrolled me at Yoga+ for a month. This is how I ended up here. I have been taking classes for about a month now and decided to make a diary of my progress.
These are my first photos at week 3.
These are my first photos at week 3.
My daughter, Fai Umali, also a yoga fanatic, sent me the video of Arthur, a war veteran whose life was changed by yoga. I told myself, if Arthur can walk again after diagnosed with what he had, then I can definitely go back to normal too.
Watch his video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX9FSZJu448
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