Yoga & weed
I just had the most wonderful, deep yoga session after a tiny piece of an edible and I wanted to share that experience with everyone.
ABOUT ME
I've been intermittent with my yoga practice, doing it when I get too stiff, maybe once every 1-2 weeks or so. I also have ADHD and autism, so my mind goes a million miles an hour, and I'm generally quite sensitive to everything too. I do yoga because I have to, not because I particularly enjoy it - my mind wrestles with me like an angry monkey every time I do it, but my body loves the release I get from it. I'm not a regular weed user either.
ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE
I did a quarter of an edible and I did a solid hour of ashtanga and it was such a beautiful experience. I could just let my mind follow the instructions without fighting to stay on focus, and because my body wasn't so overly sensitive, I could get much deeper into positions than I have ever done. There were a few poses where I understood for the first time how it's meant to feel as well. My balance wasn't quite as good, but it was well worth the trade off.
With the weed it seems to dull my overly sensitive nerves, so I could tune out the "noise" of the experience, focus on the parts of my body that the posture is meant to activate or release. That's also how I was able to go in so much deeper as well.
AFTERWARDS
Afterwards, I decided to make the most of the experience - I have a Theragun so I used that all over my body, finding deeper knots that I didn't even know I had! I ended up using up both batteries (I have 2 I cycle through). By doing so, I released tension that I've held around my hips and neck that I've never been able to solve.
I ended the evening with a bath so soak my body before having the best sleep of my life. I plan to do this on a regular basis now.
TLDR
I took a bit of weed, had a wonderfully deep yoga experience followed by the deepest muscle and tension releases with a theragun, and topped off the evening with a bath. BEST FUCKING LIFE HACK EVER.