Australian Yoga Journal – August 2019

Use this sequence

to find refuge from

the clutches of

chronic illness.

RESTING IS HARD FOR ME. I would rather

be on the go, overcoming hurdles or

realising my life vision. However, it’s

difficult to achieve creative goals without

rest, introspection, and relaxation. The

same is true in diabetes care. If you have

diabetes, like me, you’re constantly

connected to your continuous glucose

monitor, personal diabetes manager, or

insulin pump. People with this

condition are plugged into a monitor to

stay alive, and blood glucose readings

get mixed up with who we think we are

and we lose our sense of self. Every

arrow on the screen, every deviation up

or down leaves a residue of subtle

negative emotion in the landscape of the

body and mind, making it impossible to

YOGA FOR

40

august/september 2019

yogajournal.com.au

By Evan Soroka

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Use this sequence

to find refuge from

the clutches of

chronic illness.

RESTING IS HARD FOR ME. I would rather

be on the go, overcoming hurdles or

realising my life vision. However, it’s

difficult to achieve creative goals without

rest, introspection, and relaxation. The

same is true in diabetes care. If you have

diabetes, like me, you’re constantly

connected to your continuous glucose

monitor, personal diabetes manager, or

insulin pump. People with this

condition are plugged into a monitor to

stay alive, and blood glucose readings

get mixed up with who we think we are

and we lose our sense of self. Every

arrow on the screen, every deviation up

or down leaves a residue of subtle

negative emotion in the landscape of the

body and mind, making it impossible to

YOGA FOR

40

august/september 2019

yogajournal.com.au

By Evan Soroka