Vertigo

One of my students has MS and is currently having vertigo. I encouraged her to do seated TCC and visualize the movements if she couldn’t move at all. If you have issues with vertigo please share your insights in The Vital Force and continue the conversation. Knowing others have this experience feels comforting to her. Below is an exchange between the student, Sandy McAlister and April Leffler.

Student: I am loving the movements but cannot do all of them. I choose a few depending on how I am feeling. I do some lying down or leaning back on the couch. I move my hands and then often move my right/left leg for each movement. I just cannot do any rocking.

SM: She does not need to do all or even most of the movements. Find the ones where she doesn’t have to work at it, movements where she can let go into the feel without physical or mental effort. Her intention will go a long way.

Student: I added some of her ideas of using my heel. I was definitely only using one foot and forgetting to incorporate the second foot for the second half; it made some positions so much more meaningful.

AL: I wrote an article for The Vital Force called “How White Are Your Knuckles?” (August 2011, pg. 18) about my challenging journey of having daily vertigo for three months.