Please explain physical response to yoga poses.......

[Guest guest]

Hi Trina,

 

 

 

The warrior pose is quite dynamic and burns a lot of energy to sustain it.

This will increase heart rate and blood pressure. I notice your systolic or

background blood pressure hasn't raised all that much so this is not a

concern.

 

As you continue the pose and get used to it, your body will not respond in

such a dramatic way. The pose speaks for itself.; in that it is preparing

you to face the world and fight your fears. This is of course what anxiety

is about.

 

 

 

It might be good to find a yoga teacher to help you with the poses and to

help you set an appropriate pace. Good luck in finding a group.

 

 

 

Love and Light, Ninox

 

 

 

_____

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Yoga like any exercise will increase both heart rate and blood

pressure. The shaking is a very good thing! It means the pent up,

stuck energy that is stored in those shaking muscles of the body is

being released.

The dizziness and floating can be two things: 1. You are forgetting

to breathe and exhausting your body (which usually accompanies bouts

of anxiety), or 2. it is a release of some of the worries, fears, and

doubts you have swirling about within you. Often when we realign our

bodies energy structures it doesn't feel right because we've been out

of balance for so long. Releasing the old energy may cause us to feel

off balance or dizzy. The floating feeling could be the absorption of

the new balanced energy integrating into your body. As long as you

remember to breathe, breathe, breathe you are on the right track!

 

Here's a few very good acupressure points which will help you too.

Lots of love and many blessings, Kat

 

http://holisticonline.biz/Remedies/Depression/dep_acupressure.htm

 

 

 

, " lightning_chaser83 " <trina83

wrote:

>

> Hi to all,

>

> I have a question......I'm fairly new to yoga, took a course a year

> ago for six weeks and want to join another group.

>

> I've recently been under a lot of stress, and told I have an

anxiety

> disorder. Have had heart palpitations, shaking spells, but my heart

> ultrasound is normal and holter monitor normal.

> I want to control my anxiety myself, the anti anxiety med makes me

> feel lethargic. So, I got a book and started doing some yoga

> exercises.

>

> The exercises help tremendously, however when I do the Warrior I or

> II poses, an odd thing happens. My heart rate jumped to about 120,

> and my bp went up to 150/77. (yes I checked it while doing the

pose!)

> Last night I even felt my pulses bounding. I held the pose for

about

> five minutes, felt a little dizzy (a floaty feeling), and could

feel

> the anxiety and emotion surfacing. The first time I tried this

pose,

> I began to shake.I try to stay focused during the poses and not pay

> attention to it. My bp returns to a perfect 108/70 or in that

range

> and my heart rate returns to normal after. I find that when I am

done

> I feel less anxiety, and over the past five days it has improved.

>

> Is this normal, to have your heart rate increase during a pose, am

I

> just releasing anxiety? Please, I would love input.

> Thankyou so much, Trina

>