#4 SUPINE TWIST – Stretches the spine and relieves tension in the shoulders and back.
When going through the sequence of yoga poses (asanas), hold each pose comfortably for a few minutes while concentrating on relaxing and breathing, inhaling and exhaling, slowly and deeply. Adding a cardiovascular activity such as walking or swimming and getting a good night’s sleep will help with reducing stress and is also very beneficial to migraine sufferers.Ħ YOGA POSES FOR MIGRAINE AND HEADACHE SUFFERERS Note: While yoga is effective and most doctors today advise you to take up this form of workout, when it comes to migraines or disorders, always consult your physician as yoga is not an alternative to your physician’s advice. Yoga, meditation, or a combination of the two is believed to reduce pain in people with arthritis, back pain, fibromyalgia, migraines, and other chronic conditions. If that’s not enough to get you started with yoga, it can help regulate your blood pressure and adrenal glands, lower your blood sugar, help you focus, relax overall and release tension in your limbs, help you sleep, and make you happy. Not only does it increase flexibility, improve your balance, build muscle strength, improve your posture, and prevent cartilage and joint breakdown, it also increases blood flow, drains your lymphs and boosts immunity. More and more people are catching on to the benefits of yoga. In addition to avoiding various triggers when possible such as stress, hormone fluctuations, sleep disturbances, certain types of food, excessive use of caffeine, addressing migraines nutritionally at the cellular level, and adding some healthy habits to your lifestyle such as yoga, can make all the difference. Migraineurs have lost many precious moments to pulsating pain, vertigo, aversion to light, and nausea to name just a few intolerable symptoms of migraine. It’s heartbreaking to see a friend or loved one suffer a migraine attack but only those who suffer migraines can truly understand how traumatic and debilitating they are.