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5 Ways to Practice Yoga, When Chronic Illness Means You Can’t Downward Dog

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I was a yoga teacher who could no longer practice yoga. Going upside-down would increase the pressure in my head, concerns about hyper-mobility reduced my ability to stretch and, to top it all off, I was told to cut down my activity for while because of concerns that I might have an exercise intolerance.

It felt like I was being pranked — this could not be possible! Not only was I being asked to give up my favorite hobby, I was losing one of my main coping mechanisms.

But yoga is so much more than the physical practice. In the absence of being able to do the physical postures, I started focusing on other, equally as powerful components of yoga.

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