All About Supported Inversions
by Nina It�s no secret that I�m a huge fan of supported inverted yoga poses. I starting raving about them in the early days of Yoga for Healthy Aging in my post Just In Time for the Holidays: Inverted Poses , going on and on about how these poses are so beneficial for stress management (and also for circulation). Later on, I wrote in detail about why�from a scientific perspective�these posts are so effective at reducing stress in my post Why You Should Love Your Baroreceptors . But if you�re newer to yoga or can�t do the classic inverted poses, Headstand and Shoulderstand (or just can�t get comfortable in them), you might be wondering: how does all this apply to you? Well, I�m here today to assure you that with certain exceptions due to medical conditions (see Cautions for Inversions ), everyone can do at least some of the supported inverted yoga poses. That�s because in yoga an inverted pose is any pose where your heart is higher than your head. So in addition to �full� inversions suc...