Medical disclaimer

The poses, routines, breathing timer, articles, and pose sheet on this site are movement education. They are not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and they are not a personal plan from a clinician.

Yoga can be practiced by many healthy people, and research summaries from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health describe possible benefits for stress, sleep, balance, and a small benefit for low-back pain. The same page says not to use yoga to postpone seeing a health care provider about a medical problem. That is our position too.

Stop a pose if you feel sharp pain, numbness, dizziness, chest pain, or breathlessness that is not ordinary effort. If you are pregnant, recovering from surgery, or living with a condition that changes how you should move, talk with your clinician before you follow a routine. Modifications on the pose pages are options, not clearance.

Benefits described on pose pages are reasons people practice the shape. They are not promises that the pose will fix, cure, or prevent a condition.

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