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Building your Immunity with Your Yoga Practice
Using supported and inverted poses can help with circulation of your lymphatic system. Lymph is a fluid that moves through the body picking up bacteria and viruses and filtering them out of the body via the lymph nodes.
Physical exercise, such as yoga, is key for keeping the lymph moving by using muscular contractions. The movement of lymph is also affected by gravity, so any time your go upside down the lymph moves to the respiratory organs, and when you return to an upright position, gravity drains the lymph, sending it through your lymph nodes for cleansing.
Try these poses to build your immunity:
- Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward Facing Dog) with your head on a bolster.
- Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend) with your head on a chair or blocks.
- Prasarita Padottanasana (Wide Leg Forward Bend) with your head on a chair or blocks.
- Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Shoulderstand) with a block or bolster under the sacrum.
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Winter Practice
 The Winter organ pair is the Kidney/Bladder. This organ pair relates to stamina, endurance and our core life force. Here is a practice to build our batteries and support our life energy.
Uttanasana
Janu Sirsasana
Baddha Konasana
Upavista Konasana
Supta Hasta Padangustasana
Marichyasana III
Supported Bridge poses
Supported Halasana
Viparita Karani
The week of February 1-7th we will be practicing sequences that support our Winter organ pair in all of my classes. Please see my current schedule of classes below.
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De's Current Teaching Schedule at Studio Be
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Have a Cold?
 Are you sniffling and sneezing and wonder what your yoga practice should include or leave out? Here are some ideas to keep in mind, if you decide to go ahead and do a practice while under the weather:
1. Check in with yourself and decide on a practice that will balance your energy. If you are tired, you might decide on a gentle set of poses, a shorter practice, or a restorative session.
2. Decide if you should stay home or go to the studio. Would you want to practice next to you today?
3. Support yourself in reclining poses to support your lungs and keep your head above your heart for easy draining.
4. Avoid inversions that could make nasal congestion and head pressure worse.
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