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For several years I have had wrist pain (right wrist only) from Pilates and yoga. It has flared up badly recently while I’ve been taking 6 yoga/ Pilates classes per week.

What can I do to help this? I don’t want to practice less because my classes give me structure, routine and sanity. I’ve moved to a new city where I don’t know anyone and have very little to do, so my days would be pretty grim without yoga.

Does anyone have experience with this? I figure it must be common for yogis!

I moved to Geneva and I hate it. Like, I despise living here, I cry about it frequently. I’m bored and lonely and everything other than bars and restaurants closes at 7pm. I work at a low paid job and don’t have money to spend going out to the few places that stay open when I finish work, and I’ve found very little I can do for free/ cheap.

I also hate the heat and can’t find anywhere with good AC except the cinema. I’ve cried on the tram because I’m so overheated and stressed. I find everything inconvenient- for example, if I go away over the weekend, I have to get groceries at the train station because everywhere else is closed at 7pm during the week.

I really want to like Geneva. This is the fifth country I’ve lived in and it’s the only one I’ve ever disliked. I’ve lived in countries that are poorer, less organised, and dirtier, with worse weather, but they’re all had accessible, affordable things to do that allow me a life outside work. (And they’ve all had AC.) I have become very attached to every other place I’ve lived, but it’s just not happening here.

What can I do to stop hating Geneva? What should I do this summer? If you like Geneva, what do you do with your time here?

Just visited Paris mid heatwave. It was a terrible visit for a number of reasons- I went with family who did not believe that the heatwave was dangerous and did not want to spend time inside; our Airbnb had no AC; there was a power cut this morning and our fans stopped working.

Nonetheless, I found some cool spaces. On the advice of a French friend, I went to the Cartier Foundation (Foundation Cartier pour l’art contemporain) by the Louvre. It was so well air conditioned I almost felt cold, and was able to drink a hot tea in the cafe. The Foundation’s website is currently offering free membership cards for under 30s, allowing free visits and some discounts.

I also went to the Picasso museum with family. It wasn’t as cool as the Cartier Foundation, but still much cooler than anywhere else I visited, and the Picassos were much more interesting than the Cartier collection.

Friends had also recommended the Louis Vuitton foundation, which I didn’t get to visit. They said all the private foundation galleries will have good AC. Friends also suggested going to the cinema, but family objected.

I’m going back to Paris in July and will be visiting the Cartier and Vuitton foundations again. I’ll also be going to the cinema and would be grateful for recs for any art house cinemas which have AC. Are there any other museums or places to visit with good AC?