What I want to achieve Intermediary steps Advice from this blog post #1 Child pose (Balasana) Helps in making your hamstring and quads more flexible #2 Pigeon pose (Eka Pada Rajakapotasana) The pose improves the hip mobility #3 Toe touch Helps relax your leg muscles #4 Vajrasana The pose helps stretch your thigh muscles to the max #5 … [Read more...]

Here is me on the first day of therapy (23rd Feb 2022) A straighter back on 28th Feb … [Read more...]

Some people might read these blog posts and think the whole 'belligerent kid' act was just a defense mechanism to make himself feel normal and capable. And maybe it really was. But... I would like to think that I would have been just as belligerent even if I was not Langda Tyagi. Besides, chakka, chutiya, gadha, or chamiya from our class (all guys) were just as much a … [Read more...]

Yeah, there are things that I can't do that a normal person can. But it was easy to make peace with that because so many of my struggles were normal. Like As a kid What to say at the principal's desk the next day when I would be brought in on charges of stealing, or lying, or bullying verbal abuse or whatever fake charges they were putting up against … [Read more...]

This one is an extension of the first article. It took me a while to be normal but the fact that I have this condition and that it's OK. It's part of who I am and I don't have to prove that it's not. It took me a while to really know that I am more than just this condition, a while before I felt that in a desperate attempt to prove that actually means that somewhere … [Read more...]