Love & Asana Blog — Migraines

Imagine being just six years old and feeling a pounding headache, your eyes squinting against the light, and your stomach churning with nausea. That was my first encounter with a migraine attack that I can remember, a condition my mother knew all too well. She swiftly turned our home into a sanctuary of darkness and silence, allowing me to rest. This became my go-to remedy, and honestly nobody ever told me that there was anything I could preventively do to support myself living with this condition. So I carried on, accepting that this was something I had to deal with but...

Without having a cure for Migraine (not yet anyway), those of us living with the neurological condition can sometimes feel hopeless. Since there isn't a miracle treatment for all migraine experiences, I think focusing on bouncing back quicker after an attack can be a game changer. If we can't beat 'em, we have to up our resiliency! How do we do that? With yoga, of course! Read more about my self-paced video program designed specifically for our migraine community.

Having lived with migraines for as long as I can remember, its a passion to share the yoga techniques - poses, meditation and breathing (pranayama) - that help me manage my own attacks with others. Sounds the same as typical "yoga", so how is yoga for migraines different?

Do you get Migraine attacks? I do and it sucks! My earliest memory of what I now know was migraine was when I was about 7 years old. I remember telling my parents that my head hurt really bad and I cried big alligator tears while crawling into bed. My mom had Migraine, so she understood, and my dad just rubbed my head and told me stories until I passed out. It was the first in a LONG line of many days ruined by migraine – which is more than a headache, it’s a neurological condition without a cure (at...

Learn how to start journaling or add journaling to your yoga practice with my three easy prompts. Each one redirects our attention to positive energy to help relieve stress and manage headaches through emotional stability and resiliency.