Breathe More Deeply

DJM, 30

Over the months, I've noticed a number of changes. The first was that I was able to breathe more deeply and slowly. Persistent insomnia was alleviated, and I became more flexible and better able to relax. Perhaps, the most astonishing thing was the way I was able to handle one of the most stressful periods of my life, a four-month period marked by overwork, financial difficulty, and the deaths of loved ones.

This weekend, following a particularly dramatic adjustment I drove seven hours down to D.C. and back. Predictably, there was sharp lower back pain at the end of the drive. But instead of persisting, it went away the next day -- after falling into an old pattern, my spine was able to correct itself. Pretty exciting after all these years of pain....