Y O G A
Jenny Dargren
정순
Yoga for adoptees
Published by Visto förlag, Lerum, 2024 www.vistoforlag.se | info@vistoforlag.se
© Text: Jenny Dargren
Graphic design: Visto förlag
First edition
Printed in Viljandi, 2024
ISBN: 978-91-8073-748-7
YOGA
정순
Jenny Dargren
I had a narrow-minded attitude towards most things, including yoga. I had preconceived ideas about yoga and those who practiced yoga – what they were like and what they looked like.
When I realised that yoga actually helped, I was only too happy to admit that I had been wrong. Yoga is for everyone!
I su ered a pelvic bone / lower back injury when I was sixteen, which developed into other back problems … along with other issues. Due to my back injuries, and after trying numerous other things, I turned to yoga. I consumed healthcare for over twenty years, taking courses in living with chronic pain, went to various back centres, chiropractors, naprapaths, physiotherapists, etc., but nothing helped me long term.
I never got well. As a young adult, I had eating disorders and mild depression. I was in treatment for that for several years.
Before taking up yoga, I had an initial meeting with the yoga instructor who asked me questions. When I was done telling her briefly about my problems, she said that it was obvious: “It has to do with the adoption, but you can heal.” There is a connection between the way we have been shaped and our well-being.
I was not prepared for that, although somewhere inside me, I knew that maybe my problems could be related to my adoption.
This book is about achieving balance and a sense of security within.
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I have taken the artistic liberty to sum up and simplify this vast topic of yoga. I have taken what I’ve learned from the yoga instructors I’ve had, books about yoga, the internet, life experience, and from the E-RYT 200 h Yoga and MediYoga course.
While there are no guarantees that this will work for you, I urge you to give it time and keep an open mind.
I will give suggestions for simple practices aimed at strengthening self-esteem and helping to heal problems linked to adoption. You can do the practices in any order you’d like, select some practices and do them individually, or do them together with other practices. Try it out and see what works for you. Certain practices may work better in certain situations, di erent stages in life, etc.
From a yoga perspective, our physical and mental health is shaped by our relationship with our biological parents. As an adoptee, such relationship may have been next to non-existent, or at least, very brief. According to yoga:
The Root Chakra – shapes the relationship with one’s biological mother 0–3 years
The Sacral Chakra – shapes the relationship with one’s biological mother and father 7–11 years
The Solar Plexus Chakra – shapes the relationship with one’s biological father 3–6 years
Common imbalances
Abandoned
Undesirable Sadness
Loneliness
Missing/are purposeless
Minor value
Di erent incapable Anxiety
Depression botheration Fears
Risk of ending up in addiction
Separation problems
Aggressiveness
Antisocial behaviors
Feelings of guilt
Relationship problems
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Crown Chakra – Sahasrara chakra
Third Eye Chakra – Ajna chakra
Throat Chakra – Vishuddha chakra
Heart Chakra – Anahata chakra
Solar Plexus Chakrat – Manipura chakra
Sakralchakrat – Svadhisthana chakra
Root Chakra – Muladhara chakra
When energy flows freely through our seven chakras, well-being and balance are achieved.
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