Questions for my fans

Well, it looks like I need a new name for my blog.  Granted, I still have dysautonomia (pots), but my primary illness is mitochondrial disease.  Here I was being so clever with my blog name.  I even came up with it all by myself! Aren't you so proud of me?  Yeah, I know, it's the little things I get excited about.  So, anyway, I need a new name.  What do you think?  I can't think of anything clever.  And I'm just not into boring names.  I need something different.

I have started taking rest periods everyday.  Dr. Shoffner stated that I should  take 4-5, 30 minute rest periods daily.  You're probably thinking, "why do you need rest periods if you are in bed or on the couch all day everyday".  Well, 95% of the energy we need comes from our mitochondria.  That includes our cognitive activities as well.  So, all this time I thought I was resting and conserving energy, I really wasn't.  Even when I'm "resting" in bed and on the couch I am always reading, playing computer games (damn addictive Farmville), watching TV, or a combination of all three.  So I am slowly working into actually resting 4 to 5 times a day.  For my rest period, I go into my bedroom, close the blinds, turn off the light, lay down in bed, and listen to relaxing music on my ipod.  The music I have been listening to is relaxing nature sounds and music.  A few years ago my aunt gave me a couple of cds by Dean Evenson.  I put them on my ipod for my rest periods and I thoroughly enjoy it.  It really helps me relax.  It reminds me of getting a massage. Oh, how I would love a massage right now.

The cds I have on my ipod are...
Dean Evenson - Healing Waters
Dean Evenson - Tao of Healing
Dan Gibson - Harmony

Now the other thing I need your help with.  Does anyone have any recommendations for more relaxing music?  I don't want singing.  I love nature sounds, by themselves or with music.  I do like what I have but I have a feeling that I will get sick of listening to the same thing 3-5 times a day quite quickly.

This is the kind of yoga I DON'T want to do.

I am going to try to start stretching daily.  When I was exercising on an almost daily basis, I would do yoga once a week.  I thought that might be an option for me to help with relaxation, stretching, and light exercise (stretching is exercise for me now).  But I remember the yoga I used to do was not that easy.  I would break out into a sweat and I was in awesome shape at the time.  Anyone know of a yoga program (DVD) that is not at all strenuous that would help me with stretching on a daily basis?  Sometimes it's easier for me to stick to something if I have a program to stick to, not just my basic stretches.



If you have mito, how did you find a doctor in your area that specializes in mito?

Okay, that's the last question.  Please comment if you have any recommendations or advice regarding the above topics.

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