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Causes Of Stomach Upset While Practicing Yoga

There is no reason whatsoever for your stomach to get upset when you practice Yoga. There is either some other cause or you aren't practicing properly. Yoga is a complete, holistic science and art of living aimed at optimizing good health – physical, mental and emotional. To this extent, Yoga has a variety of techniques and practices prescribed for different individuals. In the absence of specific data with regard to your age, gender overall health condition and what type of Yoga you are practicing, it would be hard to satisfactorily answer your query. Furthermore, are you part of some Yoga school or institute or are you practicing alone at home? If you are practicing by yourself, are you self-taught or did you get your basic Yoga instruction from some Yoga instructor?

If you've attended a Yoga session at an institute, studio, Yoga ashram or center you will know that, first and foremost, on enrolling you are asked to fill out a form with regard to certain specifics about yourself. Apart from your age and gender, specifications about your health, past history of illness and family medical history as well need to be disclosed. This is because all Yoga institutions and instructors take into consideration all of these factors before prescribing the student any plan of action. Then, and only then, is he or she permitted to start practicing. In many institutions around the world, today, it has become a common practice to ask for a letter from your doctor or personal physician certifying your fitness and this certificate is maintained with other records along with the form you fill in.

If you've abided by all these conditions, it is highly unlikely that you should suffer stomach upsets while practicing Yoga, or even as an after-effect of the routine. For your information, Yoga, in totality, includes a set of moral and ethical codes of conduct, called Yamas (restraints) and Niyamas (observances), Yogasanas (exercises and poses), Pranayamas (breathing exercises) Kriyas (cleansing techniques), dhyana (meditation techniques), Yoga diet and lifestyle. All this is done with a view to improving health, cleansing and toning up the muscles and internal organs of the body, and bringing about harmony and accord between the different organs and systems of the body to begin with, and then between the body, mind and emotions.

After taking into account the entrant's physical, mental and emotional status at the time of enrolling into the institute, the senior Yoga instructor or teacher, in consultation with a resident or visiting doctor chalks out a program of Yoga practices for the trainee. All this is done to maintain the entrant's existing health and improve upon certain areas that call for attention. We strongly recommend you visit a doctor, preferably one recommended by a reputed Yoga institute in your locality to ascertain the exact reasons for why you seem to be suffering from stomach upsets when, as you say, you practice Yoga.

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