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Taro, I did this exercise and I nearly cried. Why, oh why hasn't this way of thinking prevailed? Teaching your brain, indeed. Everything starts there. And your body gets crooked from neglect, and then it makes your brain crooked. So yes, teach your brain and thus keep your body healthy. Thank you!
our cultural influence is so strong and trains us to be so disconnected from our bodies sadly. But thats not the only choice we have, so I keep sharing:)
first time here. I don’t ever type comments, I just really appreciate you sharing this… my daughter was diagnosed with Scoliosis, and my eyes filled with tears while watching this video, it has given us an option and hope! ✨thank you ✨ 🙏
How lucky I was to have found this film. According to the doctors, my back is a "catastrophe" and I have severe scoliosis. Very painful and energy-consuming, permanent. A really tough challenge with a broken right arm tendon. Painkillers hardly work at all, so I hardly use them anymore. This exercise is really great and provides relief. I am grateful to you for it
woah... this is insane! First time doing these exercises and my brain is already telling my muscles to lean to the non-dominate side. Looking at my computer and I feel like i'm literally sitting sideways, but actually straight for the first time!
Here's is something very important I want you to know. Our culture (modernized culture, mostly Western culture) trains us to be disconnected from our bodies. Our culture trains us to view our bodies as external objects as an outside observer. Our culture trains to look to outside experts to fix us, fix our body issues but doesn't train us to connect with our own body, own sensory experience, "listen" to our body, feel our body, and learn from our inner intelligence. This is cultural influence on our beliefs influences our behaviors. Many people believe that they need more information in order to overcome their limitations and challenges. Many believe that they just haven't found the "right" information yet so keep seeking outside for their answer. Reality is that we have too much information, and we are so disconnected from our own body and experience. It's easy to view my videos as another exercise video, and approach it from that mindset, that is to approach your body like fixing mechanical parts that lie external to you. Then, you are really missing the point. This is not a conventional way of thinking in Western culture, so it's easy to let my message pass through you. But, don't worry! I am persistent and will repeat over and over and over:) I'm not here to teach you exercises to correct your body structures. I am here to help you connect with YOUR BODY, YOUR SENSORY EXPERIENCE, learn from YOUR BODY, and create a new way of movng, using yourself, being in your body! This paradigm shift is necessary for transformation, changes in your nervous system, movement patterns, quality of life because your body and mind are one! I really encourage you to keep this message in your mind as you watch my videos and practice movement!
I really dont understand how there are so many health issues that are said to be impossible to fix both on the internet and by doctors in person, and then you find a random youtube video proving otherwise
Because you’ve been fraud by the medical system, they’ve lied to us OK they’ve been lying to us for years, honey our sir ma’am, whoever you are, they have been lying to us and I have studied enough natural health to know that that’s the truth so you need to jump out of the way quit Listening to these other people and listening to the people that are in natural health that know what’s going on cause I’ve done with this guy is talking about on this channel and it does help. I have it too and I don’t like having scoliosis cause as you age it gets worse And your back and your ass starts looking funny do not let it get to that point. Check yourself now peace love chicken grease and sauce.
I'm 71yo and have done yoga for 45 years but my Scoliosis is really bothering me more than ever. This exercise really helped my low bac feel better. I've sent it to my sister who is younger and has Scoliosis too.
It's easy to approach this movement lesson just like any other stretching/strengthening exercises, but try approaching it from a different perspective, and focus on connecting with YOUR BODY and learning about YOUR BODY and your own habitual patterns and explore new movement patterns so you can create new options for your body. While you go through this lesson, can you sense and feel in your body clearly about how one direction is easier and more familiar, suggesting your habitual pattern and how the other direction is less familiar, more awkward, harder, suggesting non-habitual pattern? When you can sense the difference clearly in your body, you now become aware of your habitual pattern. No need to correct your habits, but instead, you can practice moving into a new pattern so you won't be stuck in your habitual pattern all the time!
Wow I cried. I took a before photo prior to this exercise and my hips were leaning to the right, left side crunched and my shoulders uneven. After I completed this exercise, I took an after photo just for giggles and I’m actually straight. The waist of my pants are actually even. I don’t feel a “drop” when I step with my left foot (¼ inch shorter). My shoulders are also even. What in the world. 36 years old and I’m actually standing straighter than ever. Thank you so much.
I always knew my left side was non-dominant / “less flexible” but a lot of it is just my brain! Definitely felt an encouragement in my posture to sit more upright and not lean on one side
I teared up doing this for the first time, wow.. Powerful, yet subtle, and totally simple and doable. I'm so looking forward to doing this throughout my day, thank you Taro!
Wow, I learned so much from this routine. I can tell this is a really powerful corrective tool because the exercise sequence fatigued so many muscles in my body, including my shoulders, pecs, diaphragm, and obliques. Thank you, Taro! You are such a talented teacher, benefiting a world of people with limited mobility and in pain.
It's a little shocking to feel how much my psoas has to work when tilting to the non-habitual side. This just might be the guidance I've been seeking for over 30 years. Thank you!
I saw myself in the mirror today and I thought well maybe if K find a way to fix my posture I cak improve my scoliosis. At the end lf this video I immediately sat straight. Thank you.
WOW, I just did this for the first time and it's hard to believe, but I actually can feel a real difference! This makes me so happy! I never believed that there was nothing we can do. But my mild scoliosis is now a lot worse, years later. So here I am searching youtube. So glad to have found your channel! Thank you!
Feeling more comfortable, evenly balanced on my hips vs my usual semsation of leaning more to the left and my right sits bone feeling more pressure on it that eventually gets quite uncomfortable. Really felt my body working to move into the unfamiliar side but it did get easier as I did it. Makes so much sense to be doing this as compared to stretching. Thanks for your generosity in providing this free gem.
Great lesson Taro. So much obvious difference between habitual and non-habitual direction. Sitting after was far more relaxed and steady/supported at the same time. Thank you
I'm excited to have found you just after these simple exercises the pain in my lower back has greatly diminished. I will look at all of your youtube videos. I have subscribed!!! Thank you!
It does feel different at the end of the exercise, I feel more aware of my spine and its alignment, especially the base of my spine. I will keep doing it regularly during the course of the day. Thanks a lot for this, I've subscribed to the channel :) !
Thank you, Taro! I like the focus on brain retraining. I can do this as a break while sitting at my computer. Persistence and patience come more easily with convenience!
I just came home from my pilates class. I have mild scoliosis my doctor said this would be no problem for me in the future but still in some days I could feel my body being uneven (without doubting his medical report of course) especially while exercising (I felt like I couldn't balance my weight properly in both sides equally if that makes sense). This video is life saving honestly it's the first time EVER I didn't overthink while doing an exercise and actually feeling like my body was following on it's own without me trying to balance it! Your explanation of the exercise was very comforting as well some instructors don't realize how much psychological factors affect the results. Also I felt a difference in my posture by the end of the video and i only did it for some minutes! Thank you thank you thank you thank you🫶🏻✨🤞🏻💞
Thank you so much for sharing your experience! I’m truly touched to hear how this video helped you feel more balanced and at ease in your body without needing to force or overthink. It's wonderful that you could simply follow along and let your body respond naturally-it’s a testament to how powerful gentle awareness can be. I'm so glad you felt comforted by the approach; that mind-body connection is something I value deeply. Psychological factors can have such a strong impact on how we move and feel, and it's rewarding to hear that this shift made a real difference for you. Thank you again for sharing, and I’m so pleased this practice brought you some relief and a new sense of alignment. Keep tuning in to your own experience, and remember I'm here to support you!
Thank you so much for this video. Though I do not have scollosis I have brain injuries that affect my movement patterns. I will continue to do this as I an really feel it affecting my spine and muscles along my spine. Thank you again ~ Marilyn
My pleasure! As I often say, all body parts, mind, body, environment are all connected, so improving the whole movement patterns, movement quality is a way to improve any specific condition, and function!
Yes, Taro. I have learned that from you. I started doing some of your movements back in July 2021. I still do many of them before I start my other exercises. I love the wake up your spine one. Thanks again ~ Marilyn
Found this very helpful, a bit painful at first, and a few clicks and crunches in my neck and sacrum/hip, but afterwards a great sense of ease in sitting and uprightness in standing. Still have work to do but this was great, thanks. 😀
Wow this is pure gold! I do so much exercise since my chronic pain began, and don't get me wrong, it helps, it's a slow process, but this gave me some instant relief and could feel my imbalance strengthen. This feels like it undoes the years of sitting on a wallet, and tmi, but always hiking the same side hip when wiping after a deuce lol.
THANK YOU 🙏🙏🙏 I had spinal fusion and decompression last January Your exercise demonstration feels fantastic on the opposite side and has helped me intuit using my body in the reverse direction after a 70 year twist Now bowling left handed feels therapeutic and I stand with weight shifted to the opposite of familiar I really believe that your exercises will help me reduce some left right curvature 😊
when you bring your attention to your body and move intentionally, your nervous system will integrate new information, and you will feel differently in your body!
Mid back under the ribs feel very targeted with this movement sequence. As if the muscles were grabbing me. But afterwards feeling lengthened a bit in the spine. Nice!
@@TaroIwamoto Your words around the habit side being easier to do, helped me a bit to visualize the differences between one side versus the other. Adding the straight arms with the movement, made an emphasis. I have a left thoracic, right lumbar curve convex to the right. So the movement to the second side was more challenging. I could actually feel what seem to be some movement in my muscles around the spine, or maybe it was my disc patterns. Where I sit on my behind in the chair felt more grounded at the end of the practice, and my lung space felt less challenged, with more breath pathways. How much of a leg contraction, foot into the floor do you think one needs to do, to lift the behind off the chair or shift? Again. great content! Thanks!
First of all thanks for teaching us this. I sit with computers all the time and never knew I was sitting all these years one-sided. Now I noticed my right solder is lower a little bit than the right one, I can also feel in my head that I'm using the right side of my brain 😮. I can associate this to my sitting posture... My mom even noticed it some time ago... I started this exercise yesterday and today I'm more than better.. I will continue this morning and evening for a month. If you are reading this you are not alone... Also understand that it can be corrected and It will go back the same way it came 😅 God bless you all
Yes. I do feel different. One side is very hard to get much movement going. Thank for this!!! I did a Feldenkrais class for 6 weeks once. It is good 👍🏼
Allah bless you man. I was in so much pain, but Al hamdullah, this exercise gave me a lot of relief & allowed me to get back to finishing important work. I’m really grateful, and inadvertently, you helped connect people’s electricity services through helping me. Isn’t the world connected in such an interesting way? I really hope you are awarded & honored in an amazing way for helping so many people. Thank you.
Finally a scoliosis tutorial were the person in the video actually looks to have a healthy back. Instead of ''trust me do these stretches'' said by a guy that looks like a right angle
Two things I noticed most - I have little strength to hold up my arms...which was sad to find out. Second, I have to really pay attention to press my heel into the floor to raise my hip. Seems my habitual way is to contract the waist muscles (or whatever the muscles are on the side). Both the arms and heel realization was unexpected. Kinda sad about this as I'm in worse condition than expected...but the good news is I have a great teacher...thank you so much :)
Thank you Taro. Even though it was tough for me on both sides. Its clear that my left side is tighter. I enjoyed the session and felt much better. After the session i felt more centered. Usually my body lean to the right.
You’re welcome 😊I personally think it's more helpful to say "my left side is less integrated, less coordinated" instead of "my left side is tighter". It seems a minor thing, but words shape one's beliefs and actions.
I really felt the difference between my habitual side and non habitual side. In fact shifting to my non habitual side was very tiring. I actually felt very tired after this exercise. I seems like a simple exercise but it's very effective to people who need it.
Hello, new here…. I’m 53 , female with scoliosis. My habitual side seems to be my left? ( more natural.) The right side seemed more unnatural …. With my scoliosis , when viewing in the mirror, my left shoulder blade is flat and the right shoulder blade sticks out much further. Will continue to do these exercises in hopes of improving my scoliosis. Please share more content on this. Thank you!
Thanks for your wonderful teachings! Do you have a similar set of videos to help with kyphosis? How about herniated discs (L4-L5)? the kyphosis is probably related to the fact that my mother had severe kyphosis. I'm not sure who to blame for the herniated discs 🙂
normally my right shoulder is always the upper side and ı have hard time fixing it by pushing it down. After doing this video my body automaticly set them as equals very interesting
my core message for my teaching is this: all body parts are connected. body and mind are connected. we cannot work with our body like fixing mechanical parts because we are not a machine, and we all have unique body and how your body wants to move is unique. It only makes sense for us to learn how to connect with our own body and learn about our body and movement patterns, and learn how to move more comfortably and easily from the inside out, not from the outside in. Shoulders are connected to hips through the torso, so they all influence each other. You really cannot change your body until you fully become aware of your habitual movement patterns, and how all your body parts are connected. If you're new to my channel, I highly recommend you watch my recent videos regardless of their titles, and pay attention to the principles I'm teaching.
Hi Taro! Thank you so much for this video. I have 2 curves, about 30 degrees each, so it’s hard to figure out what you say, would you please make a video talking about scoliosis with 2 curves? Thank you!!😊
أفضل تمرين للجنف أشكرك من قلب😩🤍 أول مرة أجلس باستقامة بدون ما أحس إني لازم أحط ساق فوق ساق أو أتكي ناحية اليمين. كمان عندي إصابة في كتفي اليمين لما أحاول أتمدد للناحية المقابلة أحس بألم في العضلة الي تحت جناح الكتف ولا أحس بها في الرقبة أو الذراع مثل الناحية الثانية. أما بعد تمرين اليد الي بالفيديو أخيرًا قدرت أوصل التمدد لعضلة الرقبة والذراع بعد سنوات من الألم 🤩🤍
Taro may I ask a question? My thoracic spine is almost entirely siezed up, as in, the vertebrae don't really articulate. Is the scoliosis series the right series to do for this, or would you recommend something else? Thank you for sharing your skills so generously on here, the quality of your work and videos is superb. I'm very grateful to have found your channel. *I have severe hypermobility, which comes along with locking/freezing up as well, the body trying to compensate.
Hi Taro - First of all thank you for the video. Is this exercise/resetting brain connection useful in kids with adolescent scoliosis as well or just for folks with functional scoliosis?
Thank you very much. Indeed i felt the difference for both sides. the twist in the arms bothered me and so i did this sitting on a bench. when I bend to the right, my right fingers would be pushing up lightly with my right shoulders lifted; same with the other side.
I am 67. At the age of 15, I had to wear a Milwaukee brace, 24 hours a day, seven days a week to straighten my double curves. I was only allowed out to bathe. After a year I was let out and my curves had been straightened, but not 100 percent. But it was a great improvement. I went on to have a normal life. I had two children by C-section. The only thing I experienced was a constant pain in my back, some days worse than others. Today I take Cymbalta which has greatly improved my pain, although I deal with a pinched nerve in my lower back from time to time. My question is, at my age is it too late for me to benefit from these exercises and retrain my brain?
never too late to learn:) our brain has such great capacity and adaptability, and we know from the research that the brain has the ability to change at any age!
Good morning my request is not really related to scoliosis. I am starting to stoop and my shoulders are rounding do you have a video to retrain which is becoming an habitual stance. I love your videos, you have made me very conscious and aware of my body posture 🥰
🌟 Unlock the secrets to overcoming pain! 🌟 Join my free masterclass, "Four Reasons Conventional Pain Relief Fails-and Four Principles to Move with Freedom and Ease." Click the link to watch now and take your first step towards lasting comfort and joy in movement!
taro-iwamoto.thinkific.com/courses/masterclass
Taro, I did this exercise and I nearly cried. Why, oh why hasn't this way of thinking prevailed? Teaching your brain, indeed. Everything starts there. And your body gets crooked from neglect, and then it makes your brain crooked. So yes, teach your brain and thus keep your body healthy. Thank you!
our cultural influence is so strong and trains us to be so disconnected from our bodies sadly. But thats not the only choice we have, so I keep sharing:)
Found video end of long day on my back pillow under knees. Was able to do exercises in this position. Instant relief?
Relief!
Well said 🇯🇲
first time here. I don’t ever type comments, I just really appreciate you sharing this…
my daughter was diagnosed with Scoliosis, and my eyes filled with tears while watching this video, it has given us an option and hope!
✨thank you ✨
🙏
How lucky I was to have found this film. According to the doctors, my back is a "catastrophe" and I have severe scoliosis. Very painful and energy-consuming, permanent. A really tough challenge with a broken right arm tendon. Painkillers hardly work at all, so I hardly use them anymore. This exercise is really great and provides relief. I am grateful to you for it
Finally someone who shows us exercises and not telling us theory of the scoliosis. Thank you very much!!!
my pleasure:)
The internet is full of clowns. No one wants to help you, only to get in your way with useless information. But this man is built different.
@@TaroIwamotoI wish you a long life, wise man :)
woah... this is insane! First time doing these exercises and my brain is already telling my muscles to lean to the non-dominate side. Looking at my computer and I feel like i'm literally sitting sideways, but actually straight for the first time!
Hey, have you noticed any changes ?
Here's is something very important I want you to know.
Our culture (modernized culture, mostly Western culture) trains us to be disconnected from our bodies. Our culture trains us to view our bodies as external objects as an outside observer. Our culture trains to look to outside experts to fix us, fix our body issues but doesn't train us to connect with our own body, own sensory experience, "listen" to our body, feel our body, and learn from our inner intelligence.
This is cultural influence on our beliefs influences our behaviors. Many people believe that they need more information in order to overcome their limitations and challenges. Many believe that they just haven't found the "right" information yet so keep seeking outside for their answer. Reality is that we have too much information, and we are so disconnected from our own body and experience.
It's easy to view my videos as another exercise video, and approach it from that mindset, that is to approach your body like fixing mechanical parts that lie external to you. Then, you are really missing the point. This is not a conventional way of thinking in Western culture, so it's easy to let my message pass through you. But, don't worry! I am persistent and will repeat over and over and over:) I'm not here to teach you exercises to correct your body structures. I am here to help you connect with YOUR BODY, YOUR SENSORY EXPERIENCE, learn from YOUR BODY, and create a new way of movng, using yourself, being in your body!
This paradigm shift is necessary for transformation, changes in your nervous system, movement patterns, quality of life because your body and mind are one! I really encourage you to keep this message in your mind as you watch my videos and practice movement!
Thankyou so much .. this is helping me enormously
❤first time watching all way thru, thank you! Gotta start somewhere
Yes!
Thank you so much!!🙏❤️
I really dont understand how there are so many health issues that are said to be impossible to fix both on the internet and by doctors in person, and then you find a random youtube video proving otherwise
Because the medical training system sucks
Looks like they don’t really want us to get better it’s so sad but people like you are amazing a gift from God 🙏🏼❤️
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Because you’ve been fraud by the medical system, they’ve lied to us OK they’ve been lying to us for years, honey our sir ma’am, whoever you are, they have been lying to us and I have studied enough natural health to know that that’s the truth so you need to jump out of the way quit Listening to these other people and listening to the people that are in natural health that know what’s going on cause I’ve done with this guy is talking about on this channel and it does help. I have it too and I don’t like having scoliosis cause as you age it gets worse And your back and your ass starts looking funny do not let it get to that point. Check yourself now peace love chicken grease and sauce.
It's called dissociative cognition. When you focus only on things that agree with your way of thinking. Terraplanists are a good example.
I'm 71yo and have done yoga for 45 years but my Scoliosis is really bothering me more than ever. This exercise really helped my low bac feel better. I've sent it to my sister who is younger and has Scoliosis too.
For the first time in 15 years, my right side began activating after one try. Thank you! Finally, a hope to fix my pattern!
It's easy to approach this movement lesson just like any other stretching/strengthening exercises, but try approaching it from a different perspective, and focus on connecting with YOUR BODY and learning about YOUR BODY and your own habitual patterns and explore new movement patterns so you can create new options for your body. While you go through this lesson, can you sense and feel in your body clearly about how one direction is easier and more familiar, suggesting your habitual pattern and how the other direction is less familiar, more awkward, harder, suggesting non-habitual pattern? When you can sense the difference clearly in your body, you now become aware of your habitual pattern. No need to correct your habits, but instead, you can practice moving into a new pattern so you won't be stuck in your habitual pattern all the time!
Wow I cried. I took a before photo prior to this exercise and my hips were leaning to the right, left side crunched and my shoulders uneven. After I completed this exercise, I took an after photo just for giggles and I’m actually straight. The waist of my pants are actually even. I don’t feel a “drop” when I step with my left foot (¼ inch shorter). My shoulders are also even. What in the world. 36 years old and I’m actually standing straighter than ever. Thank you so much.
How long did it take you to see results?
I always knew my left side was non-dominant / “less flexible” but a lot of it is just my brain! Definitely felt an encouragement in my posture to sit more upright and not lean on one side
yes! we cannot forget about our brain. we would not be moving without our brain!
I teared up doing this for the first time, wow.. Powerful, yet subtle, and totally simple and doable. I'm so looking forward to doing this throughout my day, thank you Taro!
Wow, I learned so much from this routine. I can tell this is a really powerful corrective tool because the exercise sequence fatigued so many muscles in my body, including my shoulders, pecs, diaphragm, and obliques. Thank you, Taro! You are such a talented teacher, benefiting a world of people with limited mobility and in pain.
Thank you! Everything is all connected, isn't it?
What great knowledge. Thank you. I will try.
تمارين مفيدة جدا، شكرا لك..
Definitely notice a difference from side to side. I’m 84 so been like that for quite some time!
Great!
It's a little shocking to feel how much my psoas has to work when tilting to the non-habitual side. This just might be the guidance I've been seeking for over 30 years. Thank you!
nice observation and discovery about your movement patterns all because of your attention to YOUR BODY!
Feel the body in a different more pleasant way straight after this demo - Thank You !
After this session of brain retrainig i feel more equal. Thanks for your sharing.
Great!
Subscribed. I really like this exercise and esp. your approach.
I saw myself in the mirror today and I thought well maybe if K find a way to fix my posture I cak improve my scoliosis. At the end lf this video I immediately sat straight. Thank you.
Love it, great stretches, it hurt but felt good later
Very easy exercises yet effective. Thank you very much Taro I am a Grade 2 scoliosis patient
WOW! That gave me instant results! Thank you sir
Dame I feel so much better after this one
awesome!
Good man, keep spreading the love, thank you 🙏
best exercise i've done so far thank you
I'm breathing more deeply after this. Thank you, you rock! ❤
Thanks very much. I am grateful for coming across this video.
WOW, I just did this for the first time and it's hard to believe, but I actually can feel a real difference! This makes me so happy! I never believed that there was nothing we can do. But my mild scoliosis is now a lot worse, years later. So here I am searching youtube. So glad to have found your channel! Thank you!
Feeling more comfortable, evenly balanced on my hips vs my usual semsation of leaning more to the left and my right sits bone feeling more pressure on it that eventually gets quite uncomfortable. Really felt my body working to move into the unfamiliar side but it did get easier as I did it. Makes so much sense to be doing this as compared to stretching. Thanks for your generosity in providing this free gem.
nice! thats what you experience when you access the power of attention!
Great lesson Taro. So much obvious difference between habitual and non-habitual direction. Sitting after was far more relaxed and steady/supported at the same time. Thank you
Excellent! That's a beauty and power of attention!
I'm excited to have found you just after these simple exercises the pain in my lower back has greatly diminished. I will look at all of your youtube videos. I have subscribed!!! Thank you!
You're so welcome!
Thank you 🙏
Thank you so much! I feel more flexible already!
I did this exercise and I already feel better.Thank you!
Thank you so much! I do feel the differences. Keep up the good work.
I have a bad S curve & I bought a saddle stool. It is amazing instead of a regular chair if you are seated all day
Thank you so much Taro,this has helped me so much, Im feeling a total change in my posture after this routine, liked and shared buddy
Thank you for liking and sharing it!
Thank you so much Taro, you are always so bang on. Refreshing, but that's hard work!
thank you!!
You are the only one who helped me. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
It does feel different at the end of the exercise, I feel more aware of my spine and its alignment, especially the base of my spine. I will keep doing it regularly during the course of the day. Thanks a lot for this, I've subscribed to the channel :) !
Fabulous! Thank you so much. What a huge difference in how my legs felt walking around after this.
Wonderful!
Great lesson Taro!
Glad you liked it!
Thanks I will be watching this video as soon as possible.
Great! Use this video as your opportunity to connect with YOUR BODY and learn about YOUR BODY and improve YOUR BODY! Enjoy!
Seems useful. I will do it more . Thanks so much🎉
Thank you, Taro! I like the focus on brain retraining. I can do this as a break while sitting at my computer. Persistence and patience come more easily with convenience!
my pleasure!
Taro, I so appreciate you! Please give advice on relieving pain in midback LEFT SIDE. Thanks so much!
I just came home from my pilates class. I have mild scoliosis my doctor said this would be no problem for me in the future but still in some days I could feel my body being uneven (without doubting his medical report of course) especially while exercising (I felt like I couldn't balance my weight properly in both sides equally if that makes sense). This video is life saving honestly it's the first time EVER I didn't overthink while doing an exercise and actually feeling like my body was following on it's own without me trying to balance it! Your explanation of the exercise was very comforting as well some instructors don't realize how much psychological factors affect the results. Also I felt a difference in my posture by the end of the video and i only did it for some minutes! Thank you thank you thank you thank you🫶🏻✨🤞🏻💞
Thank you so much for sharing your experience! I’m truly touched to hear how this video helped you feel more balanced and at ease in your body without needing to force or overthink. It's wonderful that you could simply follow along and let your body respond naturally-it’s a testament to how powerful gentle awareness can be.
I'm so glad you felt comforted by the approach; that mind-body connection is something I value deeply. Psychological factors can have such a strong impact on how we move and feel, and it's rewarding to hear that this shift made a real difference for you. Thank you again for sharing, and I’m so pleased this practice brought you some relief and a new sense of alignment. Keep tuning in to your own experience, and remember I'm here to support you!
Thank you so much for this video. Though I do not have scollosis I have brain injuries that affect my movement patterns. I will continue to do this as I an really feel it affecting my spine and muscles along my spine. Thank you again ~ Marilyn
My pleasure! As I often say, all body parts, mind, body, environment are all connected, so improving the whole movement patterns, movement quality is a way to improve any specific condition, and function!
Yes, Taro. I have learned that from you. I started doing some of your movements back in July 2021. I still do many of them before I start my other exercises. I love the wake up your spine one. Thanks again ~ Marilyn
Thanks!
Found this very helpful, a bit painful at first, and a few clicks and crunches in my neck and sacrum/hip, but afterwards a great sense of ease in sitting and uprightness in standing. Still have work to do but this was great, thanks. 😀
Makes so much sense!
Wow this is pure gold! I do so much exercise since my chronic pain began, and don't get me wrong, it helps, it's a slow process, but this gave me some instant relief and could feel my imbalance strengthen.
This feels like it undoes the years of sitting on a wallet, and tmi, but always hiking the same side hip when wiping after a deuce lol.
Yes feeling different in the body and difficult to do the other side. Thank you, will be comfortable doing the excercise both sides next time.
THANK YOU 🙏🙏🙏
I had spinal fusion and decompression last January
Your exercise demonstration feels fantastic on the opposite side and has helped me intuit using my body in the reverse direction after a 70 year twist
Now bowling left handed feels therapeutic and I stand with weight shifted to the opposite of familiar
I really believe that your exercises will help me reduce some left right curvature 😊
Great, thank you.
Yes, I did notice feeling different in my sitting posture after. Very interesting!
when you bring your attention to your body and move intentionally, your nervous system will integrate new information, and you will feel differently in your body!
Absolute magic. I feel 100% better
wonderful!
Thank you for your work. Greetings from Slovakia.
You're welcome:)
Mid back under the ribs feel very targeted with this movement sequence. As if the muscles were grabbing me. But afterwards feeling lengthened a bit in the spine. Nice!
Nice!
@@TaroIwamoto Your words around the habit side being easier to do, helped me a bit to visualize the differences between one side versus the other. Adding the straight arms with the movement, made an emphasis. I have a left thoracic, right lumbar curve convex to the right. So the movement to the second side was more challenging. I could actually feel what seem to be some movement in my muscles around the spine, or maybe it was my disc patterns.
Where I sit on my behind in the chair felt more grounded at the end of the practice, and my lung space felt less challenged, with more breath pathways.
How much of a leg contraction, foot into the floor do you think one needs to do, to lift the behind off the chair or shift? Again. great content! Thanks!
First of all thanks for teaching us this. I sit with computers all the time and never knew I was sitting all these years one-sided. Now I noticed my right solder is lower a little bit than the right one, I can also feel in my head that I'm using the right side of my brain 😮. I can associate this to my sitting posture... My mom even noticed it some time ago... I started this exercise yesterday and today I'm more than better.. I will continue this morning and evening for a month.
If you are reading this you are not alone... Also understand that it can be corrected and It will go back the same way it came 😅 God bless you all
Wonderful lesson. :) Thank you.
You're very welcome!
Yes. I do feel different. One side is very hard to get much movement going.
Thank for this!!!
I did a Feldenkrais class for 6 weeks once.
It is good 👍🏼
Thank you for such video im ms patient from last 12 years
you're welcome
Yes, I can def feel a difference! Thank you!
My hands makes as a guide while tilting my hips make me realize it's really balance,thank you for sharing your videos it was helpful
you're welcome:)
Allah bless you man. I was in so much pain, but Al hamdullah, this exercise gave me a lot of relief & allowed me to get back to finishing important work. I’m really grateful, and inadvertently, you helped connect people’s electricity services through helping me. Isn’t the world connected in such an interesting way? I really hope you are awarded & honored in an amazing way for helping so many people. Thank you.
Thank you Taro. One side feels more open and one more closed. I feel good from doing the exercise.
You're so welcome!
Finally a scoliosis tutorial were the person in the video actually looks to have a healthy back. Instead of ''trust me do these stretches'' said by a guy that looks like a right angle
and it doesn’t bother you that maybe a person who has never had scoliosis teaches you how to correct it
Two things I noticed most - I have little strength to hold up my arms...which was sad to find out.
Second, I have to really pay attention to press my heel into the floor to raise my hip. Seems my habitual way is to contract the waist muscles (or whatever the muscles are on the side). Both the arms and heel realization was unexpected. Kinda sad about this as I'm in worse condition than expected...but the good news is I have a great teacher...thank you so much :)
Awareness opens a door to new possibilities, so that's wonderful!
@@TaroIwamoto BTW the great teacher I meant is you ...just in case you thought I meant someone else :)
Wow! That is difficult! My entire back is itchy. Good stuff. Thanks!!
Excellent! My brain thanks you!!
You're welcome:)
This is incredible! Thank you!
Thank you Taro, that was really excellent 👍🙏😊
You are so welcome
thank you so much this was really helpful 🙏🙏
You are welcome:)
I try and it works from the first try
Wonderful!
Thank you this has really helped me
Glad it helped you!
Very helpful my friend very good 👍....
Omgggg I love u 🥰 😅 I swear this was sooo good for me. I didn’t realize my scoliosis was really an issue
Thank you Taro
you're very welcome:)
Thank you Taro. Even though it was tough for me on both sides. Its clear that my left side is tighter. I enjoyed the session and felt much better. After the session i felt more centered. Usually my body lean to the right.
You’re welcome 😊I personally think it's more helpful to say "my left side is less integrated, less coordinated" instead of "my left side is tighter". It seems a minor thing, but words shape one's beliefs and actions.
Thanks man
You're welcome!
I really felt the difference between my habitual side and non habitual side. In fact shifting to my non habitual side was very tiring. I actually felt very tired after this exercise. I seems like a simple exercise but it's very effective to people who need it.
Liked and subscribed. Great stuff man!
Hello, new here…. I’m 53 , female with scoliosis. My habitual side seems to be my left? ( more natural.)
The right side seemed more unnatural …. With my scoliosis , when viewing in the mirror, my left shoulder blade is flat and the right shoulder blade sticks out much further. Will continue to do these exercises in hopes of improving my scoliosis. Please share more content on this. Thank you!
Thanks for your wonderful teachings! Do you have a similar set of videos to help with kyphosis? How about herniated discs (L4-L5)? the kyphosis is probably related to the fact that my mother had severe kyphosis. I'm not sure who to blame for the herniated discs 🙂
Yes, absolutely! You can check my "Improve Posture" playlist!
Thank you
normally my right shoulder is always the upper side and ı have hard time fixing it by pushing it down. After doing this video my body automaticly set them as equals very interesting
my core message for my teaching is this: all body parts are connected. body and mind are connected. we cannot work with our body like fixing mechanical parts because we are not a machine, and we all have unique body and how your body wants to move is unique. It only makes sense for us to learn how to connect with our own body and learn about our body and movement patterns, and learn how to move more comfortably and easily from the inside out, not from the outside in. Shoulders are connected to hips through the torso, so they all influence each other. You really cannot change your body until you fully become aware of your habitual movement patterns, and how all your body parts are connected. If you're new to my channel, I highly recommend you watch my recent videos regardless of their titles, and pay attention to the principles I'm teaching.
Great!
Hi Taro! Thank you so much for this video. I have 2 curves, about 30 degrees each, so it’s hard to figure out what you say, would you please make a video talking about scoliosis with 2 curves? Thank you!!😊
أفضل تمرين للجنف أشكرك من قلب😩🤍
أول مرة أجلس باستقامة بدون ما أحس إني لازم أحط ساق فوق ساق أو أتكي ناحية اليمين. كمان عندي إصابة في كتفي اليمين لما أحاول أتمدد للناحية المقابلة أحس بألم في العضلة الي تحت جناح الكتف ولا أحس بها في الرقبة أو الذراع مثل الناحية الثانية. أما بعد تمرين اليد الي بالفيديو أخيرًا قدرت أوصل التمدد لعضلة الرقبة والذراع بعد سنوات من الألم 🤩🤍
Thanks Taro, great movement! I had more range of movement on the left side. Feeling a bit tight in upper thoracic area.
my pleasure!
Taro may I ask a question? My thoracic spine is almost entirely siezed up, as in, the vertebrae don't really articulate. Is the scoliosis series the right series to do for this, or would you recommend something else?
Thank you for sharing your skills so generously on here, the quality of your work and videos is superb. I'm very grateful to have found your channel.
*I have severe hypermobility, which comes along with locking/freezing up as well, the body trying to compensate.
Above hip I've bend and I'm 65 L4 L5 nerves compression.Shall I try your exercise for pain relief. Today I start.
I really like your teaching! I saw that you mentioned a master class. How can I participate in it? Thank you, your lessons are wonderful!
Thank you! the link to the free masterclass is in the description:)
Thanks
my pleasure!
Hi Taro - First of all thank you for the video. Is this exercise/resetting brain connection useful in kids with adolescent scoliosis as well or just for folks with functional scoliosis?
Makoto ni arigatou gozaimasu❤naze ima dake ni wakateatta anata no tsaneru,mou oobaasan watashi,😪
Thank you very much. Indeed i felt the difference for both sides. the twist in the arms bothered me and so i did this sitting on a bench. when I bend to the right, my right fingers would be pushing up lightly with my right shoulders lifted; same with the other side.
I am 67. At the age of 15, I had to wear a Milwaukee brace, 24 hours a day, seven days a week to straighten my double curves. I was only allowed out to bathe.
After a year I was let out and my curves had been straightened, but not 100 percent. But it was a great improvement.
I went on to have a normal life. I had two children by C-section. The only thing I experienced was a constant pain in my back, some days worse than others. Today I take Cymbalta which has greatly improved my pain, although I deal with a pinched nerve in my lower back from time to time.
My question is, at my age is it too late for me to benefit from these exercises and retrain my brain?
It’s never too late.
never too late to learn:) our brain has such great capacity and adaptability, and we know from the research that the brain has the ability to change at any age!
Good morning my request is not really related to scoliosis. I am starting to stoop and my shoulders are rounding do you have a video to retrain which is becoming an habitual stance. I love your videos, you have made me very conscious and aware of my body posture 🥰
Yes, absolutely! You can check my "Improve Posture" playlist! I have many videos related to that!