Comments on: This is for yoga teachers. Is it bad to do inversion poses after not having done them for several weeks? http://www.yogaican.com/iyengar/this-is-for-yoga-teachers-is-it-bad-to-do-inversion-poses-after-not-having-done-them-for-several-weeks/ Stretch your mind and body Mon, 21 May 2012 17:36:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: jc http://www.yogaican.com/iyengar/this-is-for-yoga-teachers-is-it-bad-to-do-inversion-poses-after-not-having-done-them-for-several-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-755 jc Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:32:10 +0000 http://yogaican.com/iyengar/this-is-for-yoga-teachers-is-it-bad-to-do-inversion-poses-after-not-having-done-them-for-several-weeks/#comment-755 It sounds like you are doing the right prep poses before your inversions. Why don't you practice yoga without the inversions for a little while. After that you can maybe just introduce a half bridge and then maybe a plough and eventually bring yourself into sirsasana for a few breaths. If the dots don't appear then slowly increase the length of time holding the pose. I haven't heard its dangerous not to be consistent with inversions. Asana in sanskrit means "steadiness and ease". So long as you always hold your poses with this comfort and ease and not to the point of pain or discomfort you should be ok. If the dots come back, check with a health professional. If you have high blood pressure - inversions are contraindicated. Namaste :-) It sounds like you are doing the right prep poses before your inversions. Why don’t you practice yoga without the inversions for a little while. After that you can maybe just introduce a half bridge and then maybe a plough and eventually bring yourself into sirsasana for a few breaths. If the dots don’t appear then slowly increase the length of time holding the pose. I haven’t heard its dangerous not to be consistent with inversions. Asana in sanskrit means “steadiness and ease”. So long as you always hold your poses with this comfort and ease and not to the point of pain or discomfort you should be ok. If the dots come back, check with a health professional. If you have high blood pressure - inversions are contraindicated. Namaste :-)

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