Self-Help Guide
Asana Guide & Self-Help Library
Find the right practice for your health goal. Filter by need, explore by pose.
Showing 6 practices for Hypertension
Legs Up the Wall
Among the most therapeutic postures in yoga. Legs Up the Wall reverses venous blood flow, deeply relaxes the nervous system, and relieves tired legs — accessible to virtually everyone.
Shoulderstand
Often called the 'Queen of Asanas', Shoulderstand nourishes the thyroid and parathyroid glands, reverses blood flow, calms the nervous system, and is one of the most powerful postures for whole-body health.
Corpse Pose
The most important posture in yoga. Shavasana integrates the physical and mental work of the practice, allows the nervous system to consolidate new patterns, and produces a state of conscious rest unlike sleep.
Standing Forward Fold
A gentle inversion that decompresses the spine, releases the hamstrings, and calms the mind by increasing blood flow to the brain. One of the safest and most accessible decompression postures.
Yoga Nidra (Non-Sleep Deep Rest)
A guided body-scan and visualisation practice done lying down. Yoga Nidra produces deep relaxation equivalent to 4 hours of sleep in 30 minutes, and is one of the most clinically validated practices for burnout and PTSD.
Alternate Nostril Breathing
A pranayama practice that balances the two hemispheres of the brain and both branches of the autonomic nervous system. Clinical trials show significant reductions in blood pressure and anxiety within 15 minutes.