Amincewar Jiki

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A kowace shekara, mata kusan 25 suna taruwa da safe da fitowar rana don yin tafiya na tsawon awa guda. Wani mai sa ido a waje na wannan taron ba zai sami abin da ke da alaƙa ba game da alaƙar da ke tsakanin mahaifiyar triathlete ta yara biyu daga Los Angeles tare da masanin halayyar ɗan adam daga Kansas ko malamin motsa jiki daga Baltimore.

Amma duk da haka, tun 1996, wannan rukunin mata daga ko'ina cikin Amurka sun tura kiran waya da imel, sun sumbaci ƙaunatattun su, sannan suka fita daga gari don share tunaninsu da zukatansu na tsawon kwanaki huɗu a Amintaccen Jikin Siffa (wanda aka sani a baya) as Body Positive) shirin. Manufar kwanaki huɗu? Don baiwa mata damar canza hotunan jikinsu.

An ƙaddamar da shi a cikin 1996, Amintaccen Jikin Siffa ya ta'allaka ne kan yadda mata suke ji game da kansu da jikinsu da kuma yadda za a haɓaka waɗannan abubuwan. Ranar yau da kullun ta haɗa da tattaunawar mu'amala akan jigogi masu alaƙa da hoto, motsa jiki (daga juya zuwa hiking zuwa yoga), koyan dabarun shakatawa, da sauraron masu magana akan batutuwa kamar jima'i, abinci mai gina jiki da dacewa.

Safiya na farawa da tafiya ta ƙungiya ko tsawaita tafiya. Daga nan mahalarta zasu hadu don tattaunawar rukuni wanda masanin halayyar ɗan adam da ƙwararren hoton hoton Ann Kearney-Cooke, Ph.D., darektan Cibiyar Ciwon Haɗaka ta Cincinnati. Yawancin tsofaffin ɗaliban sun ce suna samun haɗin kai da buɗe ido waɗanda matan da suka fuskanci irin wannan hoton jikin ke yaƙi da mafi mahimmancin shirin. Mata suna danganta abubuwan da suka kunno kai daga kunya, laifi da fushi zuwa bege, farin ciki da yarda da kai.

Saboda abubuwan da mata ke samu suna gudana daga gamsasshen tsoratarwa zuwa mai motsa jiki ko mai yawan cin abinci, kowa na iya danganta shi da wani a cikin ƙungiyar. Kuma ta hanyar ƙarfafa rubuce-rubucen ɗan jarida, hangen nesa da tattaunawar rukuni, Kearney-Cooke yana taimaka wa waɗannan matan su gane wuraren da suke damuwa da bincika takamaiman halayen da ke ci gaba da ɓarna a jikinsu. Ta kuma gabatar da dabarun mataki-mataki don sake fasalin hoton lafiyar jikin da mahalarta zasu iya komawa gida.

Shin Amintaccen Jiki yana aiki? Wannan ita ce tambayar da wataƙila mafi kyawun amsa daga matan da suka dawo shekaru da yawa. Kamar yadda za ku gani ta hanyar karanta wasu daga cikin shedu masu ƙarfi na alumnae, ainihin ƙalubalen da duk suke fuskanta ya fi zurfin jikinsu. Wannan ƙalubalen shine jin daɗi game da su wanene. Ga abin da ya faru da su a cikin shekarar da ta biyo bayan taron karawa juna sani na farko na Jiki-da yadda Amintaccen Jiki ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen yin waɗannan canje-canjen.

"Na fito daga bakin cikin da nake ciki."

- Julie Robinson, Los Angeles

A cikin 1996, Robinson ya halarci zaman amincewa na Jiki na farko, wanda aka yi jim kaɗan bayan mahaifiyarta ta mutu. Ta ce "Mutuwar mahaifiyata ta sanya ni buga kasa saboda na gane ban iya jin dadin ta ko yarinta ba." "Na wuce taimakawa kaina kuma ina buƙatar canza rayuwata."

Robinson ta bar taron karawa juna sani na Jikinta na farko da ta sha alwashin sake fasalin tunaninta, jikinta da ruhinta. Musamman, tana son yin aiki a kan rashin ƙarfin gwiwa da rashin kwanciyar hankali mai ɗorewa, halayen da aka raba tare da mahaifiyarta. Robinson ya ce shirin ya ba ta damar fita daga bakin cikin ta hanyar nuna mata yadda ake sarrafa makamashi daga abubuwan da ke damunta. "Da zarar na wuce kula da kamannina, akwai abubuwa da yawa a rayuwa da zan iya shiga da morewa. Bayan Amincewar Jiki, na amince da wannan sashi na da ke da wuta da sha'awa," in ji ta. "Ba na barin tsoro ya sake tsaya min a kai. Wannan yunƙurin yana nan gaba ɗaya, amma ban gani ba saboda na kamu da baƙin ciki."

Robinson ya ɗauki mataki ta hanyar shirya ƙungiyar littafin don shigar da hankalinta da gina ingantaccen tsarin tallafi. A zahiri, ta yanke shawarar saita ƙarin takamaiman buri fiye da zuwa gidan motsa jiki kwana biyar a mako. Don haka ita da wata abokiyarta sun yi horo kuma sun kammala triathalon a 1997. Sannan, shekara guda bayan halartar taron bitar ta na amincewa da Jikinta na biyu, ta tsallake layin ƙarshe na hawan keke na kanjamau mai nisan mil 560 daga San Francisco zuwa Los Angeles.

Robinson daga baya ya zo cikakken da'irar murmurewa daga mutuwar mahaifiyarta. Ta raba wasiƙa bayan mutuwa tare da abokan aikinta a Tucson wanda ta rubuta wa mahaifiyarta. "Wasikar da na rubuta wa mahaifiyata ta gaya mata game da duk abubuwan da nake jin dadi yanzu," in ji Robinson. "Na kai wani matsayi a rayuwata da ban kasance tare da ita ba. Zan iya ba wa yarana jin daɗin rayuwa yanzu saboda ni kaina na ke da ita."

"Yadda na yi imani da kaina, haka nake jin kamar zan iya kula da kaina, kuma ina jin kamar jikina bai yi muni ba."

- Mary Jo Castor, Baltimore

Shekaru da yawa, Castor ta san wani abu bai dace ba game da hoton jikinta. "Duk lokacin da na kalli madubi, duk abin da nake gani shine cinyoyin mai guda biyu," in ji ta. "Na je Body Confident domin dole na zo lafiya da jikina."

A cikin mujallar 1997, Castor, mai ba da shawara game da motsa jiki na rayuwa, ya ba da labarin abin da ke damun ta lokacin da ta shiga cikin abubuwan da suka shafi hoto a Amintacciyar Jikin ta na farko da fa'idodin da aka samu daga yin hakan: "[Shirin] shine jirgin ruwa na a cikin tsakiyar rayuwa. Na gane cewa yadda nake ji game da jikina ba shi da alaƙa da jikina. Lokacin da kuka nutse da zurfi sannan ku sake farfaɗo da kai, ɗauki wannan iska ta farko ku duba, komai yana bayyana mai tsabta da sabo da sabo. "

Matakin farko na Castor shine "fara mai da hankali kan abin da nake so in yi kuma ƙasa da abin da wasu ke so in yi," in ji ta, tana tunawa da shawarar Kearney-Cooke don fara mai da hankali kan buƙatun ta-koda kuwa yana nufin ɗaukar lokaci nesa da dangi da abokai na dan lokaci. Castor ya tuntubi masanin abinci mai gina jiki, kuma a yau, tana yin horo akai -akai tare da mijinta, tana cin abinci mafi koshin lafiya kuma tana mai da hankali kan sabuwar matar da ta gano.

A zamanin yau, lokacin da Castor ya faru akan madubi, wataƙila za ta manta da cinyoyin nan. "Na wuce wannan yanzu," in ji ta. "Galibin abin da nake gani shi ne ina da karfi sosai."

"Na fara tseren keke."

- Beth McGilley, Ph.D., Wichita, Kan.

Ƙarami daga cikin yara biyar, McGilley ta rasa mahaifiyarta saboda kashe kanta lokacin da McGilley yana ɗan shekara 16 kawai. "Ni mataimaki ne kuma mai kulawa kuma ina ɗaukar nauyi ga kowa da kowa, don haka ba a nufin ni na so da yawa."

Taron bitar Amintaccen Jiki, tare da jinya, sun ba McGilley damar ba da kanta fifiko. Lokacin da wani ɗan takara mai Amintaccen Jiki ya gan ta a cikin aji mai jujjuyawa a cikin 1997 kuma ya ba da shawarar ta gwada tseren keke, McGilley da sauri ya hau kan ra'ayin. "Na kasance mai yawan gafartawa kuma ba na kula da rayuwata, don haka daya daga cikin burina shi ne yin ganganci game da tseren keke," in ji ta.

Bayan horo, McGilley ta shiga ƙungiyar gida a Wichita kuma ta shiga tseren ta na farko a Oklahoma City. "Gasar tseren kekuna ta ba ni matsakaiciya don yin aiki a cikin ƙalubalen rayuwa, gami da abubuwan da na ji a rai da na fuskanci rabuwa na kwanan nan," in ji ta. "Yin hamayya da iskar 20-30 mph yana ba ku ma'anar sanin inda kuke-tura kan ku fiye da inda ba ku yi tunanin za ku iya tafiya ba.

A tseren keke na farko a 1998, McGilley ya zo na huɗu a ɓangaren hanya na tseren mataki uku. Tun tana tsere.

"Na yanke shawarar yin rabin marathon."

- Arlene Lance, Plainsboro, NJ

"Don yin gaskiya, ban yi tsammanin samun wani abu daga cikin shirin ba. Ina so kawai in je wurin shakatawa," in ji Lance na halartar Amintaccen Jiki a 1997. "Abin farin ciki, ya fi yadda na zata."

Lance ta tuno da editan SHAPE a babbar Barbara Harris da ke motsa ƙungiyar ta hanyar gaya musu cewa "ku ƙaunaci jikin ku don abin da zai iya yi muku."

"Wannan ya yi min kwarin gwiwa," in ji Lance. "A koyaushe ina jin ina da ƙarfin jiki na ƙasa-ƙasa, kuma ina jin rauni a zahiri. Don haka, a wancan taron bitar Amintaccen Jikin, da gaske na matsa kaina: Na gudu. Na ɗauki Spinning. Na je azuzuwan motsa jiki guda uku. kuma ya gina min aminci. "

Lokacin da ta koma New Jersey, Lance ta yanke shawarar yin horo musamman don gudun rabin marathon. "Na yi shi, mil 13.1, a Philadelphia," in ji ta. "Tun lokacin da nake horo da gasa, ina jin daɗi. Na fi ɗan wasa, na fi ƙarfi. Ina kallon jikina don abin da zai iya yi mini."

Wannan amincewa ta shiga cikin wasu yankuna na rayuwar Lance. Lance ta ce: "A taron karawa juna sani na Jikina na farko, na fara komawa makaranta don samun digiri na biyu a harkar kasuwanci kuma ba ni da tabbacin kammalawa," in ji Lance. "Na yi imani da gaske cewa kammala rabin gudun fanfalaki ya canza ni. Lokacin da girman kaina ya yi ƙasa, na sha wahalar bin abubuwa tun daga farko har ƙarshe. Amma ban bar makaranta ba [ta sami digirin ta a bara], kuma yanzu ina fata zan tafi digiri na farko a fannin kudi. "

"Na koyi yaki da cutar ta."

-Tammy Faughnan, Union, NJ

A watan Fabrairun 1997, Faughnan ya kamu da cutar Lyme, cutar kumburin da yawanci ke haifar da cizo daga kashin barewa. Cutar da tsauraran maganin rigakafi da aka yi amfani da su don magance cutar ya sa ta rasa sautin tsoka, ta sami kilo 35, kuma ta jure wa amosanin gabbai, ciwon kai da gajiya mai yawa.

"A zahiri na rasa sarrafa jikina," in ji ta. "Tashin hankali ne lokacin da jikina ba zai yi yadda nake so ba."

Faughnan ya halarci Amintaccen Jiki yana fatan koya dabarun lafiya don magance cutar. "Kafin shirin, yanayin jikina ba shi da kyau," in ji ta. "Ina buƙatar yin wani abu - kodayake ƙimar nauyi shine kawai yadda na kalli jikina. Ba shine babban abin ba; samun kowace rana shine, samun damar motsa hannuwana da ƙafafuna da aiki a rayuwar yau da kullun. yayi. "

A Amintaccen Jiki, Faughnan ya koyi yadda ake ɗaukar matakan jariri don sake motsa jiki. Ta ce: "A wani lokaci na yi tunani, 'Idan zan iya tafiya kan shinge kawai, me yasa nake damuwa?'" Sannan, yayin tafiya wata safiya tare da ƙungiyar, an ƙarfafa ta kawai don motsawa cikin iyakokin ta, maimakon turawa da yawa ko, mafi muni, dainawa gaba ɗaya.

Ta dauki shawarar a zuciya. "Dama lokacin da aka gano cutar ta Lyme, ni da maigidana mun tafi bakin teku. Ba zan iya tafiya ba, don haka kawai ya faka motar kusa da ruwa," in ji ta. “Bayan shekara guda, bayan Amincewar Jiki, lokacin da muka sake tafiya, na yi tafiya akan titin jirgin, mil huɗu, kuma ya zubar min da hawaye.

"Ta hanyar taimakon sauran matan da ke cikin rukunin, na koya kada in yi gwagwarmayar neman jikin da nake da shi lokacin ina ɗan shekara 21, amma don samun lafiyar jiki a 40," in ji ta. "Amincewar Jiki ta sa na san irin kulawar da nake da ita a rayuwata da jikina duk da cutar."

"Na koyi sauraron mijina."

- Chandra Cowen, Karmel, Ind.

"Shekaru da yawa da suka gabata, na ji irin jikina kamar yadda nake yi a yau. A zahiri, akwai abubuwan da zan so in cim ma," in ji Cowen. "Amma har zuwa ciki da yadda nake ji - wannan ya canza sosai."

'Yan shekarun nan sun yi manyan canje -canje na sirri akan dangin Cowen. A shekarar 1997, wani abokin dangi ya mutu a hadarin mota. Ta hanyar yin baƙin ciki, Cowen ta gano cewa tana sauraron mijinta sosai a lokacin tashin hankali, maimakon saurin fushi kamar yadda take a da - ƙwarewar da take aiki da himma.

Sabuwar hanyar Cowen tana godiya a wani ɓangare don jagorancin Kearney-Cooke a cikin zaman rukuni. "Amincewar Jiki ta taimaka min na koyi yin magana da mijina da kyau, kuma yanzu na bar shi ya cire abubuwa daga kirjinsa," in ji ta. "Wannan yana taimaka min saboda ban damu ba kawai na ɗauka yana fushi da ni."

Ƙananan gwagwarmayar dangantaka sun sa Cowen ta zama mutum mai nutsuwa, wanda ke kula da yadda take ji lokacin da abubuwa suka lalace. "Yanzu ina da sauran kantuna lokacin da nake cikin damuwa, kamar ɓata lokaci tare da yarana, hawa keke ko aiki a farfajiya, wanda ke ba ni babban fahariya da nasara.

"Hakanan motsa jiki yana taimakawa," in ji ta. "Ba daidai nake da inda nake son zama ba (tare da nauyi na), amma ina jin daɗi sosai game da kaina a ciki. Na girma sosai."

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