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Originally Posted by Inedible
The Sun Salutations series makes a good warmup, especially if you jump instead of moving the legs into place one at a time like in Ashtanga / Power Yoga. Or maybe you could see how long you can hold the headstand or shoulder stand - those inverted postures are great for anxiety. I was just reading a book about how to train the brain to be more calm and it was saying that an inversion table was very helpful. There was a case study of a woman with migraines and insomnia who was looking at having to have surgery on her neck.
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That is extremely interesting. thanks for that suggestion! I love inversion poses and I will try to incorporate more of them into my routine to see how this will help. Particularly maybe I can warm up with some of them to help my breathing to slow.
I am not familiar with the Astanga/Power yoga specifically. I am still a relative beginner and have stuck with the same simple routines for awhile now. I will look this up and see what I can learn. The Sun Salutations sounds familiar. Seems like it may be one of the routines that is in one of my books I haven't used much yet. I will check and see if I already have that routine at home. Thank you!
Doc