I found this article on yoga and vertigo which I naturally find very exciting. I’ve been using yoga to help me cope with my vertigo, learning how to do yoga in a chair, then focusing on supine positions until I could gradually work my way up to standing. I still find there are days when I can easily sink into a warrior pose while other days I can barely stand in mountain pose. But my tree pose lying down is sublime. *grin*
The article focuses on vestibular vertigo—related to the ear. This is not the type I have but I figure that it can’t hurt for me to explore these asanas. I have to confess that I have to laugh at the thought of my trying to rise into a head stand when I can barely stand on some days but since I have done shoulder stands before it may simply be a matter of my retraining my body to do what it already knows and then daring it to move beyond. Is yoga like riding a bike? I suppose I am about to find out.
Mala Asana (Garland pose)
Salamaba Sirsasana (head stand)
Hala Asana (Plough posture)
Paschimottana Asana (Back bend)
Shrava Asana (Corpse Pose)
Nadi Sodhana Pranayama
Sanmukhi Mudra
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3 comments:
Hi Satia! This is in response to your comment on my blog about vertigo. I was browsing thru your blogs and found this post.I tried yoga before but didn't really took it seriously...maybe i'll try it again now.I'd be glad to know more about how you were able to cope with your vertigo. Thanks in advance, I really appreciate it :)
Raine,
There are certain forms of yoga which are easier for someone with vertigo to do. Hatha yoga is my personal preference because it focuses on holding each pose rather than moving quickly from one to the next. In holding an asana, I have the time to root my feet, to feel the ground beneath them. I cannot say strongly enough how much this has helped me in my daily life.
With that said, I have a lot more information I would like to share but in order to post to this blog I have to do a word verification. It is not that big a deal for a small post with no images and/or links but when I need to edit a post for any reason and I have to type the word verification five times to get it right, it gets frustrating. I've put in a request (multiple times) to have the verification removed. Hopefully soon the blogger-powers-that-be shall verify that my blog is not spam and remove the verification. But if you are interested in an asana practice that I have pulled together based on the article mentioned in this post, please feel free to email me. I will happily email it to you.
hello again! i've been meaning to email you but alas i can't find your email ad on your profile or blog :) so i'm gonna give you mine florainea@gmail.com ...hope to hear from you
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