Headaches
Brain Pain
By Nicole Kwan
Four ways to banish nagging headaches
The Yoga Headache Rx
1. Warm your hands by rubbing them together. Press the heels of your
hands on your temples so your fingers point up. Breathe deeply 3 to 5
times. Then use your fingers to massage around your eyes, temples, jaw,
and sides of your neck while breathing evenly.
2. Warm your hands again and hold the sides of your neck lightly.
Gently move your neck, from side to side, then looking gently down,
side to side and ear to shoulder. Holding your neck alleviates
compression of the cervical spine.
3. Roll your shoulders in slow circles 4 times, first forward, then
backward. Sit on a hard chair, put your hands behind you, and grasp the
chair back as high as you can. Take 3 to 5 slow breaths to open your
chest and neck and loosen the soft tissue in your upper back to
increase blood flow to the area.
