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APPENDIX 2 - CONTRAINDICATIONS TO COMMON ASANAS

Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward Facing Dog)

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Diarrhea
  • Pregnancy: Do not do this pose in late-term.
  • High Blood Pressure or Headache: Support your head on a bolster or block, ears level between the arms.
  • Low blood pressure, symptomatic with body position changes
  • Eye problems like glaucoma, retina issues

Baddha Konasana (Cobbler's Pose)

  • Groin Injury
  • Knee Injury

Balasana (Child's Pose)

  • Diarrhea
  • Pregnancy
  • Knee Injury: Avoid Child's Pose unless you have the supervision of an experienced teacher.

Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose)

  • Back Injury
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Headache
  • Pregnancy

Dancing Nataraja

  • Low Blood Pressure
  • Back Injury

Dandasana (Plank Pose)

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Dhanurasana (Bow Pose)

  • High Blood Pressure
  • Low Blood Pressure
  • Migraine
  • Insomnia
  • Serious Lower-Back Injury
  • Serious Neck Injury

Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose)

  • Neck injury

Garudasana (Eagle Pose)

  • Knee injury

Halasana (Plow Pose)

  • Diarrhea
  • Menstruation
  • Neck Injury
  • Asthma & High Blood Pressure: Practice Plow Pose with the legs supported on props.
  • Pregnancy

Inversions

  • Neck Problems
  • Eye Problems
  • Previous Stroke
  • High Blood Pressure
  • Heart Problems
  • Sinus Problems
  • Epilepsy
  • Glaucoma (can go blind!)

Janu Sirsasana (Head to Knee Pose)

  • Asthma
  • Diarrhea
  • Knee injury: Don't flex the injured knee completely and support it on a folded blanket.

Matsyasana (Fish Pose)

  • High Blood Pressure
  • Low Blood Pressure
  • Migraine
  • Insomnia
  • Serious Lower-Back
  • Serious Neck Injury

Navasana (Boat Pose)

  • Asthma
  • Diarrhea
  • Headache
  • Heart Problems
  • Insomnia
  • Low Blood Pressure
  • Menstruation
  • Pregnancy
  • Neck injury: Sit with your back near a wall to perform this pose. As you tilt your torso back rest the back of your head on the wall.

Paschimottanasana (Seated Forward Bend)

  • Asthma
  • Diarrhea
  • Back injury: Only perform this pose under the supervision of an experienced teacher.

Pursvottanasana (Backward Plank Pose)

  • Wrist Injury
  • Neck Injury

Shalabasana (Locust Pose)

  • Headache
  • Serious Back Injury
  • Neck Injury: Keep head in a neutral position by looking down at the floor; might also support the forehead on a thickly folded blanket.

Salamba Sarvangasana (Shoulder Stand)

  • Diarrhea
  • Headache
  • High Blood Pressure
  • Neck Injury
  • Pregnancy

Sirsasana (Headstand)

  • Back Injury
  • Shoulder Injury
  • Neck Injury
  • Headache
  • Heart Condition
  • High Blood Pressure
  • Low Blood Pressure: Don't start practice with this pose.
  • Menstruation
  • Pregnancy
  • Eye problems

Surya Namaskar - Sun Salutation

  • Neck & Shoulder Injury: Avoid beginning pose.
  • Neck Injury: Look down at the floor instead straight ahead in lunge posture.
  • Knee Injury: Avoid lunge posture.

Tadasana (Mountain Pose)

  • Headache
  • Insomnia
  • Low Blood Pressure

Trikonasana (Triangle Pose)

  • Diarrhea
  • Headache
  • Heart Condition: Practice against a wall. Keep the top arm on the hip.
  • High Blood Pressure: Turn the head to gaze downward in the final pose.
  • Neck Problems: Don't turn your head to look upward; continue looking straight ahead and keep both sides of the neck evenly long.
  • Back or Spine Injury: Perform this pose only with the supervision of an experienced teacher or avoid it altogether.
  • Low Blood Pressure
  • Migraine
  • Insomnia

Parivrtta Trikonasana (Revolved Triangle)

  • Back or Spine Injury. Perform this pose only with the supervision of an experienced teacher or avoid it altogether.
  • Low Blood Pressure
  • Migraine
  • Diarrhea
  • Headache
  • Insomnia

Upavistha Konasana (Seated Forward Bend with Legs Spread)

  • Lower-Back Problems: Avoid the full forward bend

Shivasana (equivalent to corpse pose or shavasana)

  • Back Injury or Discomfort: Do this pose with your knees bent and your feet on the floor, hip-distance apart; either bind the thighs parallel to each other with a strap (taking care not to position the heels too close to the buttocks) or support the bent knees on a bolster.
  • Pregnancy

Urdhva Hastasana (Upward Salute)

  • Neck Injury
  • Shoulder Injury

Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (Upward Facing Dog)

  • Back Injury
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Headache
  • Pregnancy

Ustrasana (Camel Pose)

  • High Blood Pressure
  • Low Blood Pressure
  • Migraine
  • Insomnia
  • Serious Low-Back Injury
  • Serious Neck Injury

Utkatasana (Chair Pose)

  • Headache
  • Insomnia
  • Low Blood Pressure

Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend)

  • Lower-Back Injury
  • Neck Injuries

Virabhadrasana I (Warrior I-arms above head)

  • High Blood Pressure
  • Heart Problems
  • Shoulder Problems: Keep raised arms parallel (or slightly wider than parallel) to each other.
  • Neck Problems: Keep head in a neutral position and do not look up at the hands.

Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II-arms out parallel to floor)

  • Diarrhea
  • High Blood Pressure
  • Neck Problems: Don't turn your head to look over the front hand; continue to look straight ahead with both sides of the neck lengthened evenly.

Virabhadrasana III (Warrior III-balancing pose)

  • High Blood Pressure

Vrksasana (Tree Pose)

  • Headache
  • Insomnia
  • Low Blood Pressure
  • High Blood Pressure: Don't hold arms overhead for long time.

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