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

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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