Inversion pose leads to fever, chills.?

[KheironQ]

Ok…I know it was my fault. I’m a complete newbie to Yoga…

Last weekend I went to a class with a minor sinus infection and an inversion pose cleared up my sinuses and made me feel wonderful. So since then, I’ve been doing inversion poses day and night, but I obviously did something very wrong last night.

Mistake #1 - Too much marijuana. I live in California and have a medical recommendation, so have access to this stuff. Anyway, I overdid it, but didn’t think it would cause me any issues with my stretching/poses. In fact, MMJ uses enhances my meditation and yoga.

Mistake #2 - I think this is a mistake, and this is where I need confirmation. That sinus infection, while much less present, is still in me. Should I do inversion poses at all when sick? I’ve read a lot of contradictory information on this.

Mistake #3 - There must be a proper time and place for inversion poses, and I don’t have this information. Can someone point me to an excellent book or online resource? I’ve already joined a local yoga center, so I will have guidance, but I like having tools and information at home, at my disposal.

Thanks in advance for any advice. KQ.

[Pandara]

Last weekend I went to a class with a minor sinus infection and an inversion pose cleared up my sinuses and made me feel wonderful. So since then, I’ve been doing inversion poses day and night, but I obviously did something very wrong last night.

Which inversions? There are some that a beginner can do and some which I would not recommend. Doing them day and night? Wow, even me after 12 years of consistent yoga practice don’t even attempt inversions day and night! One or two per asana session is usually adequate.

Mistake #1 - Too much marijuana. I live in California and have a medical recommendation, so have access to this stuff. Anyway, I overdid it, but didn’t think it would cause me any issues with my stretching/poses. In fact, MMJ uses enhances my meditation and yoga.

Pitty that you are abusing your medical recommendation, but yes, BIG mistake, since you realise it, now do something about it.

Mistake #2 - I think this is a mistake, and this is where I need confirmation. That sinus infection, while much less present, is still in me. Should I do inversion poses at all when sick? I’ve read a lot of contradictory information on this.

What is so glaringly obvious to me and I hope to you, is that your sinus problem became less of a problem when you went to a class where you received most probably guidance from a yoga teacher, who knew how to structure her/his classes. So the solution would be rather to trust the experts not true? If I give you a scalpel and tell you to remove your appendix would you do it? Not, I thought so, so why on earth would you attempt yoga on your own?

[quote=KheironQ;19844]Mistake #3 - There must be a proper time and place for inversion poses, and I don’t have this information. Can someone point me to an excellent book or online resource? I’ve already joined a local yoga center, so I will have guidance, but I like having tools and information at home, at my disposal.

Thanks in advance for any advice. KQ.[/quote]

That is why there is a class with a teacher who spent time and effort to get trained to assist you. Please ask this teacher to whose class you went, he/she should be the first departure point for you and not books and the internet.

[InnerAthlete]

Sinus infections can be exacerbated by inversions as well as improper application of Jala Neti - the nasal wash. The infection can be carried deeper into the nasal cavity. There is a greater degree of clarity of direction when one seeks therapeutic results from someone trained in therapeutics. This is true in mental health just as it is in yoga.

While I respect someone’s right to choose marijuana, tobacco, coffee, valium, motrin, or robitussin these things are impediments to true feeling. This has been talked over here at great length and can be read here. The physiological effects impair judgement and often relax things that actually need to be engaged. This, not to mention the effects of smoking on the bronchioles and scillia in the respiratory system. Though the OP did not say “smoke”.

Asana is either just gymnastics or contortionism and therefore it is not yoga and it doesn’t matter who does it, where it is done, in what way, for what duration. OR it is a very powerful slice of a larger body of wisdom with tremendous effect. If it is the latter then it very much “matters”.