Dizzyness & Nausea

[Guest guest]

My wife suffers from increasing dizzyness and nausea when practicing

yoga and for some time after the practice. I practice along with

her, and the same series invigorates and refreshes me.

 

We've discussed the situation to try to get to the bottom of it.

I've discovered that where I maintain mulabandha throughout the

entire practice, she does not. In the few instances where she does

apply mulabandha, she only lifts the muscles in her perineum, not any

of the abdominal muscles above that.

 

Also, I notice that her ujjayi breathing is quicker and more shallow

than mine, but, on the other hand, she is a petit woman and her lungs

and chest cavity are much smaller than mine.

 

Aside from the lack of mulabandha and insufficiently deep breaths, we

can't figure out what might be causing this.

 

Can anyone offer any insight into this?

 

Thanks,

Rob

[Guest guest]

Rob,

 

Is this a problem with some practices or all. Which asanas or pranayams do you

generally practice.

 

Vinod

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Rob Petrone

My wife suffers from increasing dizzyness and nausea when practicing

yoga and for some time after the practice.

....

....

Aside from the lack of mulabandha and insufficiently deep breaths, we

can't figure out what might be causing this.

Can anyone offer any insight into this?

 

Thanks,

Rob

[Guest guest]

> Is this a problem with some practices or all.

 

Vinod,

 

This is a problem with all practices. However, I'm happy to report

that I worked with my wife on mulabandha last night, and she made an

effort to maintain it throughout the practice. She found that it

strengthened her core and facilitated ujjayi breathing. She also

found that the dizzyness and nausea disappeared!

 

>Which asanas or pranayams do you generally practice.

 

After our sun salutations, we do the following:

 

Downward Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana)

Standing Forward Bend (Uttanasana)

Four-Limbed Staff (Chaturanga)

Upward Facing Dog (Urdhura Mukha Svanasana)

Downward Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana)

Warrior I & II (Virabhadrasana I & II)

Extended Triangle (Utthita Trikonasana)

Revolved Side Angle w/Hands in Prayer (Parivrtta Parsvakonasana with

hands in Anjali Mudra)

Forward Lunge, forward bending variation with hands on either side of

foot (Modified Anjaneyasana)

Standing Split (Urdhva Prasarita Ekapadasana)

Seated Spinal Twist or Half Lord of the Fishes (Ardha Matsyendrasana)

Seated Ankle-to-Knee Forward Bend (Modified Paschimottanasana)

Compass or Sundial Pose (Surya Yantrasana)

Pigeon (Eka Pada Rajakapotasana)

Downward Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana)

Forearm Stand or Peacock Feather (Pincha Mayurasana)

Headstand (Salamba Sirsasana)

Downward Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana)

Forward Lunge with Knee on Ground (Modified Anjaneyasana)

Monkey Pose (Hanumanasana)

Downward Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana)

Camel (Ustrasana)

Plank (High Chaturanga)

Locust Pose (Salabhasana)

Bow Pose (Dhanurasana)

Wheel (Urdhva Dhanurasana)

Little Boat (Pavana Muktasana or Apanasana)

Squat (Modified Malasana [garland pose] / Namaskarasana [prayer pose])

Seated Forward Bend (Paschimottansansa)

Shoulder Stand (Sarvangasana)

Plow (Halasana)

Fish (Matsyasana)

Corpse (Savasana)

 

Rob

[Guest guest]

Dear Rob:

I was thinking of the possiblity of low blood sugar. Does she eat? I don't and

I get very dizzy and sick to my stomach.

Bonnie

[Guest guest]

Rob,

 

Sorry for a late reply. One of the basic principles of Yogasana is that the

postures have to be comfortable and natural; "Sukham" and "Sahajam". Therefore,

she should only push herself in a posture till the stage she feels comfortable

and the posture looks graceful, is smooth and does not tense/stress the body

parts not involved in the posture. Is she holding her breath while doing the

postures? If yes, she should be breathing normal (slow and rythemic) through the

practice. In fact this can be one test of the extent she should push herself. An

increase in the pace of breathing is a clear indication of going too far. From

the list you provided it seems that if she is practicing all of them at a time

she might be pushing herself too far. It would be a good idea to slowly build

the stamina and then add bandhas.

 

Vinod