Chronic Pain and Eating Habits

By: Loolwa Khazzoom, Founder, Dancing with Pain

July 5th, 2008 • Leave a Comment

A few days ago, I weighed in at 20 pounds over what I was back in January. Twenty pounds! I decided that every time I found myself heading toward the kitchen in-between meals, I would instead sit myself down and meditate about why I was feeling the need to eat at that moment. I wanted to contemplate my relationship to the piece of cheese or scoop of ice cream or handful of chips I was out ...
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Making progress: Exercise Log May 4-10

By: Loolwa Khazzoom, Founder, Dancing with Pain

May 11th, 2008 • Leave a Comment

This week was all about making progress. While I still feel far from my ideal exercise routine, I'm proud of how I worked with my limitations and increased my consistency in areas where I have slacked off in the past. For starters, I incorporated two days of gentle dancing -- one at home and one in a freestyle dance class. I was very clear with myself that the objective was not to burn calories, but rather ...
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Achieve Balance: Exercise Log April 27-May 3

By: Loolwa Khazzoom, Founder, Dancing with Pain

May 4th, 2008 • Leave a Comment

I find it challenging to achieve balance in my life. To do things with consciousness, I need to give them adequate time and attention. So each of the things I need to do end up competing with each other, and it's difficult to figure out which piece of my life to give how much of my energy. For example, last week I made significant strides in several parts of my life -- including, but not ...
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Still Concerned about Reactivating an Injury: My Exercise Log April 20-26

By: Loolwa Khazzoom, Founder, Dancing with Pain

April 30th, 2008 • Leave a Comment

This past week, I was still concerned about reactivating an injury, so I stayed off the bike and didn't go to dance classes (where I can overdo it without realizing, in the moment, that's what's happening). Meanwhile, I've decided that I have to make a commitment to myself to practice the Dancing with Pain® method every day at home. My goal is to do it in the morning, along with some meditation and ...
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Re-Acvitating an Injury: My Exercise Log, April 13-19

By: Loolwa Khazzoom, Founder, Dancing with Pain

April 21st, 2008 • Leave a Comment

This week was tough in the exercise department. For starters, I was in the throes of Passover preparation madness. (For those of you who have never been around a religious Jew during this time, think Spring cleaning meets Xmas prep.)

But perhaps more significantly, I was thrown off by the fact that all of my vigorous dancing last week ended up reactivating an injury in the muscle between my thigh and groin

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