{"id":2634,"date":"2019-10-30T03:29:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T03:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.nootheme.com\/yogi\/too-much-to-drink-try-yoga-copy-2\/"},"modified":"2019-10-30T03:36:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T03:36:38","slug":"too-much-to-drink-try-yoga-copy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.nootheme.com\/yogi\/too-much-to-drink-try-yoga-copy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Reset with a 5-Minute Yoga Break"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If the holiday festivities have left you feeling like your body needs a good wringing out, a trip to the yoga studio \u2014 or your own yoga mat at home \u2014 may be just what the doctor ordered. Whether you choose a gentle, restorative approach or a more vigorous one like Power Yoga, designed for the exceptionally fit, yoga can help to revive a fuzzy mind or aching body and bring relief from that bane of New Year\u2019s Day: the hangover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though there is no evidence to support claims that yoga will eliminate alcohol\u2019s toxic effects, \u201cwe do feel that yoga reduces stress and has health benefits,\u201d said Dr. Debbie L. Cohen, a kidney specialist at the University of Pennsylvania who is studying yoga as an alternative to medication to lower high blood pressure. She cites studies showing that yoga can reduce chronic stress, ease arthritic conditions and improve the quality of life in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYoga can make you feel better,\u201d she said. For those who have overindulged in drink, she cautions against choosing a \u201chot yoga\u201d or \u201cBikram yoga\u201d class, since the room temperatures \u2014 typically 90 degrees or higher \u2014 can cause further dehydration. Instead, she recommends trying a \u201clight\u201d yoga routine, with particular emphasis on meditation and breathing exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Susan Orem, a yoga teacher in New York City and the owner of the Heathen Hill yoga retreat in the Catskills, says that a brief 20- to 30-minute yoga sequence that includes sun salutations, along with a few good twists and restorative poses, may well bring relief. It\u2019s important to remain \u201cmindful\u201d on the yoga mat, says Ms. Orem \u2014 or Lip, as she is known to all \u2014 focusing on your breathing and the poses \u201cwithout projecting what\u2019s going to happen after or regretting what you did to arrive here in this condition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She recommends starting with sun salutations, an energetic series of poses that \u201cincrease the heart rate, build heat in the body and get the breath flowing in a way that can improve oxygen uptake.\u201d There are several types of sun salutations, including the variation shown in our slide show, above. Individual poses within the salutation sequence include the Upward Salute, Standing Forward Bend, Lunge and Downward-Facing Dog Pose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The use of props like eye pillows, bolsters and blocks can be particularly helpful to anyone with a hangover, along with drinking plenty of water before and after the session. If the head is pounding, Ms. Orem recommends modifying the basic sun salutation by keeping the head raised above the heart during the poses. Raising the head \u201calso prevents it from falling off,\u201d she joked as she demonstrated the sequence recently at Reflections yoga studio in New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If moving through a sun salutation proves too much to ask of the intrepid partygoer, these energetic moves can be skipped entirely. Instead, begin with some twists, which are gentler and done sitting on a solid floor. Two twists that Ms. Orem recommends are Bharadvaja\u2019s Twist or a variation of Marichi\u2019s Pose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twisting poses are beneficial, yoga tradition holds, for what the Indian yoga master B.K.S. Iyengar calls their \u201csqueeze and soak\u201d action \u2014 in effect, squeezing the organs like a wet sponge, so that they expel old blood and allow fresh, richly oxygenated blood to take its place. Twists are also said to improve digestion and increase flexibility of the spine, shoulders and hips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Timothy McCall, a physician and the author of \u201cYoga as Medicine,\u201d said that the idea that twisting poses cleanse the organs is \u201cpure speculation\u201d from a Western medical standpoint. Still, Dr. McCall, the medical editor of Yoga Journal magazine and a practicing yogi, says that a mindful and varied yoga practice that includes twists could be helpful in easing the symptoms of a hangover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her colleague Sam Prestidge adds his own advice for getting past the misery: avoid inversions, or poses in which the heart is higher than the head. That rules out poses like shoulder stands, hand stands and head stands. While he says he always feels better after yoga on days when he feels hung over, he adds that getting to class is always the hardest part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All agree that there\u2019s no one-size-fits-all approach to yoga, because everyone is different, and what soothes an aching body for one person might not work for another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s important, says Dr. McCall, is the cultivation of a personalized yoga practice \u201cthat wakes up the ability to feel what is happening\u201d in the body. \u201cWith that greater awareness,\u201d he said, \u201cpeople have the capacity to make different choices \u2014 including not drinking so much next New Year\u2019s Eve.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the holiday festivities have left you feeling like your body needs a good wringing out, a trip to the yoga studio \u2014 or your own yoga mat at home \u2014 may be just what the doctor ordered. 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