On Support, Stability, and Showing Up
This week brought something new into focus following my first ADHD medication review. Nothing dramatic and no unexpected outcomes, just a calm moment to look back on almost four weeks of notes and discuss what has been unfolding inside my body and mind. Most of it has been positive.
The plan is to stay on my current low dose of Vyvanse for another two months, and that feels right. I began this dose on day twenty one of my menstrual cycle which is always a low week for mood and energy. With hormones so loud, it was impossible to know if medication was exacerbating. I am still learning the shape of my own responses, so for now I am waiting to see if my system settles further.
Sertraline is still quietly present. I am grateful for the steadiness it offers. Part of me is curious whether Vyvanse alone might eventually be enough, but another part knows that I want stability on the ADHD front before changing anything else. Clarity first, decisions later. One step at a time.
🗓️ During the Week
Somewhere in the last week or so, a new worry surfaced. I caught myself questioning what it means to be a yogi on medication, a teacher in training who relies on support to regulate a sensitive nervous system. Believing that yoga let alone anything else could be a one-stop-shop for wellbeing felt like a story absorbed from wellness culture rather than a truth of my own.
So I researched. I read widely. I looked for real stories, not myths. Five things stood out:
✨ Many yoga and meditation teachers take medication and are deeply respected.
✨ Most students feel relieved when teachers are honest about integrated care.
✨ Yoga is not meant to replace treatment. It sits beside it.
✨ Medication can make practice more accessible by steadying the mind enough to feel present.
✨ Stigma dissolves when people speak openly. The loudest critics are often the least informed.
Reading this softened something in me. And in that clearer space, I found myself thinking:
I have no idea whether I will be on either or any medication in the future. All I can do is my best at this moment. Feel into my body, listen, and be grateful for science and the privilege of access to support that helps me regulate and thrive today.
I do not need to prove anything by suffering. I do not need to fit a made-up image of a natural yogi. My practice is honesty. Regulation. Compassion. Medication sits alongside these, not in conflict.
The next two months ahead feel like another layer of study – of watching, listening. Letting my system show me what it needs without rushing toward conclusions.
📚 YTT – The Pelvic Floor
Three cheers for the pelvic floor! I am in awe of this structure. The more I study it from male and female perspectives, the more amazed I become. Could this be the true core? From here we move, stabilise, eliminate, even create life. The spine and legs depend on it. It shapes balance and our centre of gravity.
The pelvic floors of men and women are similar in many ways, yet also distinctly different. The idea of zonal strength and weakness is fascinating and entirely new to me. I cannot get enough of the research and thankfully there is plenty of it.
Because the pelvic floor cannot be seen, we have no idea on first meeting students what might be happening for them. We cannot know their history, their patterns, their potential discomforts, or even how much of their pain may originate here without their realising it and sharing.
I am absorbing everything I can and thinking deeply about how to guide people into awareness of this area. I know I am personally hypertonic** and that this contributes to my low back pain. Pregnancy and labour taught me how sensitive this region is to hormonal influence. What I do not yet know is how to offer safe, near-universal guidance for both hypertonic and hypotonic* students. More experience, study and practice needed!
* Hypotonic: Underactive or lacking tone
** Hypertonic: Holding excessive tension
💭 Reflections
✨ Honesty with oneself is a form of practice.
✨ Yoga co-regulates neurodiversity alongside medication, rather than replacing medication.
✨ The body remembers what we forget and leads us back to center.
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