Medical Iyengar Yoga Sequences

MEDICAL SEQUENCES SUBMITTED TO IYNAUS...................................................................
AIDS..............................................................................................................................................6
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE................................................................................................................7
ANGINA.........................................................................................................................................8
BREAST CANCER: TWO WEEKS POST-SURGERY.......................................................................9
BREAST CANCER: EIGHT MONTHS POST-SURGERY................................................................10
BREAST CANCER: SEVEN YEARS POST-SURGERY.................................................................11
CANDIDA ALIBICANS..................................................................................................................12
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME.................................................................................................13
COLON CANCER.........................................................................................................................14
CRONE’S DISEASE I...................................................................................................................15
CRONE’S DISEASE II..................................................................................................................16
DEPRESSION..............................................................................................................................17
DEPRESSION..............................................................................................................................18
DIARRHEA...................................................................................................................................19
ARMS: DISLOCATION..................................................................................................................20
ELDERLY - GUIDELINES FOR TEACHING...................................................................................21
EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES.....................................................................................................22
FATIGUE (SIMPLE FATIGUE)....................................................................................................23
FRACTURE OF LEFT FEMUR, PELVIS, AND HIP.........................................................................24
GALLBLADDER PROBLEMS.......................................................................................................26
GRAVE’S DISEASE (HYPERTHYROID OR THRYOTOXICOSIS)..................................................27
HEPATITIS...................................................................................................................................28
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE...........................................................................................................29
HYSTERECTOMY........................................................................................................................30
LIVER PROBLEMS......................................................................................................................31
LOW BLOOD PRESSURE............................................................................................................32

LOW BLOOD SUGAR...................................................................................................................33
MASTECTOMY: IMMEDIATELY POST-SURGERY........................................................................34
MASTECTOMY: TWO YEARS POST-SURGERY..........................................................................36
MASTECTOMY: FIVE YEARS POST-SURGERY.........................................................................38
MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS: IRREGULAR OR NON-EXISTENT PERIOD........................................39
MENSTRUAL PERIOD..................................................................................................................40
NECK PROBLEMS: PAIN.............................................................................................................41
NECK PROBLEMS: IN SARVANGASANA....................................................................................42
NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS...................................................................................................43
OVARIAN CANCER......................................................................................................................45
PAP TEST - POSITIVE.................................................................................................................46
PREGNANCY...............................................................................................................................47
PREGNANCY PROBLEMS: INABILITY TO CONCEIVE................................................................48
PREGNANCY PROBLEMS: NAUSEA...........................................................................................49
PSORIASIS..................................................................................................................................50
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, DIABETES, AND SJOGREN SYNDROME.........................................51
SCOLIOSIS..................................................................................................................................52
SHOULDER PROBLEMS: STRAINED AND SWOLLEN.................................................................53
SMOKE (SECOND-HAND CIGARETTE) IN ENVIRONMENT..........................................................54
SPASTIC DYSPHONIA.................................................................................................................55
UTERINE FIBROIDS.....................................................................................................................56
UTERINE FIBROIDS DURING PREGANCY...................................................................................57
UTERINE FIBROIDS: INTERMENSTRUAL SPOTTING..................................................................58
THERAPEUTIC SEQUENCES GIVEN BY GEETA IYENGAR

AT THE TEACHER’S EXCHANGE 1996...................................................................................59
ASTHMA......................................................................................................................................59
BACKACHE:.................................................................................................................................60
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME.................................................................................................61

CONSTIPATION...........................................................................................................................62
DIABETES...................................................................................................................................63
DIARRHEA...................................................................................................................................64
FIBROIDS....................................................................................................................................65
GALLBLADDER PROBLEMS.......................................................................................................66
GAS.............................................................................................................................................67
HEADACHE..................................................................................................................................68
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE...........................................................................................................70
HIGH CHOLESTEROL..................................................................................................................71
HYPERTHYROID..........................................................................................................................72
HYPOTHYROID............................................................................................................................73
INDIGESTION, ACIDITY...............................................................................................................74
KIDNEY PROBLEMS....................................................................................................................75
LIVER PROBLEMS......................................................................................................................76
SCOLIOSIS..................................................................................................................................77
VOMITING FEELING WITH ACIDITY AND OR FATIGUE...............................................................78
SEQUENCES FROM THE MEDICAL FILES AT RIMYI............................................................79
ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS......................................................................................................79
ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLIOSIS; FEVER; LETHARGY.....................................................................80
ASTHMA I....................................................................................................................................81
ASTHMA II...................................................................................................................................82
ASTHMA - III................................................................................................................................83
ASTHMA IV..................................................................................................................................84
BACK PAIN AND KNEE PAIN.......................................................................................................85
BAMBOO SPINE..........................................................................................................................86
BLOOD PRESSURE- I..................................................................................................................87
BLOOD PRESSURE - II................................................................................................................88
BLOOD PRESSURE (120/86); DURING PREGNANCY 150/110; DELIVERY DEC 95..................89

BLOOD PRESSURE (170/80).......................................................................................................90
BLOOD PRESSURE; ASTHMA; ARTHRITIS.................................................................................91
BLOOD PRESSURE; FAINTING...................................................................................................92
BODY ACHE (MUSCULAR); FATIGUE, LETHARGY; DIABETES (BLOOD SUGAR 140/100).........93
BRONCHITIS; ASTHMA; BLOOD PRESSURE..............................................................................94
CERVICAL SPONDYLIOSIS.........................................................................................................95
CERVICAL SPONDYLIOSIS.........................................................................................................96
CERVICAL SPONDYLIOSIS C5-C6, C6-C7; OSTEOPHYTES ON BOTH SIDES; LOWER

LUMBAR OSTEOPOROSIS, L4 - L5.............................................................................................97
CERVICAL SPONDYLIOSIS; LOWER BACK PAIN.......................................................................98
CIRCULATION PROBLEM; BRONCHIAL ASTHMA; THALAESSIMIA............................................99
DIABETES; ARTHRITIS..............................................................................................................100
DIABETES; ANGIOPLASTY SEPTEMBER 93; HEART ATTACK JULY 93..................................101
DIABETES; BLOOD PRESSURE; INDIGESTION/GASTRITIS.....................................................102
DIABETES; HYPOTHYROID; CERVICAL SPONDYLIOSIS; LOWER BACK PAIN.......................103
DIABETES; JAUNDICE..............................................................................................................104
DIABETES UNDER CONTROL (88/145).....................................................................................105
EYE PROBLEMS.......................................................................................................................106
FEVER.......................................................................................................................................107
HEART ATTACK (3 YRS AGO)...................................................................................................108
HEART PROBLEM.....................................................................................................................109
HIGH CHOLESTEROL................................................................................................................110
HYPERTHYROID; ASTHMA........................................................................................................111
INSOMNIA; MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS (PROLONGED PERIOD); SEVERE ACIDITY..................112
KIDNEY PROBLEM....................................................................................................................113
KNEE PAIN................................................................................................................................114
LOW BLOOD PRESSURE; PERSPIRATION; DYSMENORREA; HAEMOGLOBIN LOW..............115
LOWER BACK PAIN; CONSTIPATION.......................................................................................116

LUMBAR PROBLEMS: L4-L5 PROLAPSE; L5-51 POSTERIOR LATERAL PINCH PROLAPSE;
L3-L4 DIFFERENT BRIDGE; LOWER LUMBAR STENOSIS........................................................117
LUMBAR SPONDYLIOSIS; LUMBAR STENOSIS; SLUGGISH ANKLES; OSTEOPHYTES AT

L2, L3, L4; ARTHRITIS...............................................................................................................118
MENOPAUSE; FRACTURE 6 YRS, BACK PAIN AFTER LONG WALK........................................119
MIGRAINE; INSOMNIA; SHOULDER PROBLEMS: PAIN; PROLAPSED UTERUS.......................120
NECK PROBLEMS & BACK PROBLEMS...................................................................................121
OPTIC NEURITIS; OCCASIONAL HEADACHE; THYROID GROWTH..........................................122
OSTEO-ARTHRITIS; VARICOSE VEINS.....................................................................................123
PALPITATION; INSOMNIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEST PAIN; BREATHLESSNESS;

ANXIETY; NERVOUSNESS........................................................................................................124
PARALYSIS (RIGHT SIDE FROM ACCIDENT)............................................................................125
PARKINSON’S LEFT; HEAVINESS ON RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD & TONGUE; TWIST DIFFICULTY
(W/ R. SIDE)...............................................................................................................................126
PREGNANCY I...........................................................................................................................127
PREGNANCY II..........................................................................................................................128
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.........................................................................................................129
RHEUMATIC ARTHRITIS; THYROID...........................................................................................130
SHOULDER PROBLEMS - PAINFUL; NUMB; LEFT COLD SHOULDER......................................131
SPONDYLIOSIS; SCIATICA; KNEE PAIN; BRONCHIAL ASTHMA; VARICOSE VEINS;

MENOPAUSE, DEPRESSION; ACIDITY; COLITIS......................................................................132
SPONDYLIOSIS; HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE 165/60; CONSTIPATION; CRAMPS;

DEPRESSION............................................................................................................................133
SPONDYLIOSIS; LOWER BACK PAIN; ACIDITY........................................................................134
STENOSIS (HEART)...................................................................................................................135
THIGH (MID) & ANKLE PAIN; LUMBAGO L4, L5; HAEMOGLOBIN 1080; CHRONIC
CERRICITIS; ENDOMETRIUM - EARLY STAGES; CERVICAL SPONDYLIOSIS C3-C4 C4-C5
C5-C6; DEGENERATION LUMBO-SACRAL L4-L5 L5-51; LUMBAR STENOSIS.........................136
THYROID INJECTION; CATARACT ‘87; OSTEO KNEES...........................................................137
UTERUS REMOVED; CERVICAL SPONDYLIOSIS; SLIPPED DISC, LUMBAR; BLOOD

PRESSURE 140/100 WITH DIABETES......................................................................................138
INDEX OF MEDICAL SEQUENCES.........................................................................................139

MEDICAL SEQUENCES SUBMITTED TO IYNAUS
As of January 1997
AIDS
General poses:
1. Resting poses
2. Inversions
3. Parsva Urdhva Padmasana in Sarvangasana
Comments: In the last pose, blood circulation dries the genital organs; when the dripping stops,
the immune system is working. This is an advanced pose that many are not able to do, so
teacher must give others that cumulatively give similar results.
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Student had been doing yoga for some time, and had been recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
A. General Sequence:
1. Full Arm Balance - do not puff abdomen, don’t stay long, but go quickly, come down, & repeat
2. Pinca Mayurasana - same as above
3. Urdhva Mukha Svanasana - can do on blocks and go from this to Adho Mukha, back & forth
4. Sirsasana - between 2 chairs or Viparita Karani boxes so shoulders are supported, head
free - do 2 minutes, come down and repeat
5. Adho Mukha Svanasana and Uttanasana at ropes - going up and down quickly with upper
body
6. Utthita Trikonasana
7. Utthita Parsvakonasana
8. Parsvottanasana - go up and down quickly
B. RESTORATIVE SEQUENCE - to be done as needed or some added to above

1. Supta Virasana
2. Supported Uttanasana or Adho Mukha Svanasana on ropes
3. Viparita Dandasana on backbender
4. Sirsasana on ropes
5. Setu Bandha Sarvangasana
6. Sarvangasana on chair
7. half Halasana
8. Viparita Karani
9. Savasana
ANGINA
1. Sirsasana in rope
2. Sarvangasana on chair with chest well opened
3. Setubandha Sarvangasana
4. Viparita Karani
5. Viparita Dandasana on prop
6. Supta Virasana
7. Baddha Konasana (sitting erect)
8. Janu Sirsasana *
9. Paschimottanasana*
10. Bhishmacharyasana**
11. Savasana on heart bench
* Do with hands on chair and head on brick; arms should be above head
**Guruji’s direction was to “make her rest the buttocks on bricks and place the middle of the
thoracic dorsal spine on 1 brick (one horizontal and one vertical) and head on the other brick or
hanging down head with do”
BREAST CANCER: TWO WEEKS POST-SURGERY
Two weeks post-surgery practice; during chemotherapy and radiation, no lymph node
involvement discovered
Geeta’s gave the following sequence and this general comment: “do only supine, chest-opening,
supported poses”.
1. Supta Virasana
2.
3. Supta Baddha Konasana
4. Viparita Dandasana on bench
6. Halasana to Halasana box from chair Sarvangasana
7. Setu Bandha Sarvangasana off bench
8. Viparita Karani
9. Savasana
PRANAYAMA: seated at the horse or if tired, do lying down.

BREAST CANCER: EIGHT MONTHS POST-SURGERY
1. Adho Mukha Svanasana (palms on high level)

2. Uttanasana (head resting)
5. Ardha Chandrasana (against wall or horse)
6. Supta Virasana
7. Supta Baddha Konasana (supported and with chest elevated)
8. Viparita Dandasana (on bench)
9. Sirsasana (on ropes or against wall with brick support at the back of the chest)
10. Ustrasana (back resting on box or chair)
11. Urdhva Dhanurasana (2 or 3 times, back arch on back bender; palms on elevated platform
like bricks, etc.; palms on bricks to open the breast area of the chest)
12. Bharadvajasana on chair
14. Halasana to Halasana box from chair Sarvangasana
16. Viparita Karani
17. Savasana
The day you feel tired or want to do the short course then follow the previous sequence (the
one provided above for 2-weeks post-surgery).
PRANAYAMA: Ujjayi Pranayama, Viloma I & II in Savasana on elevated bolster.

BREAST CANCER: SEVEN YEARS POST-SURGERY
The following sequences were given while the student was at RIMYI, the first while working
one-on-one with a teacher, the second in the medical class, to be practiced daily.
A. First sequence:
1) Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana I and II
• First standing on left foot, right foot on wall, torso facing wall.
• Then turn torso away from top leg.
• Change legs and repeat both positions
• Repeat, upper foot in wall rope.
2) Supta Padangusthasana (with strap) I and II.
• Lie on floor, foot at wall - leg on floor revolved inward and down.
• Other leg up, then to the side X LEGS, REPEAT.
3) Sirsasana: three-fold blanket under head, elbows close (10 minutes)
4) Sarvangasana: with lots of height (7 blankets in Pune), rolled mat under elbows. (10-15
minutes).
5) Halasana with lift under feet (5 minutes).
6) Setu Bandha Sarvangasana on bench, straps at head of femurs, bolster under head and
shoulders (15 minutes).
7) Viparita Karani - with legs in Baddha Konasana up the wall and height under hips (10
minutes)
B. Second sequence
1) Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana
• This time a window grill was used for upper foot. Same repetition - forward and
to side.
• At wall, use two ropes: one on sole of extended foot, other diagonal from mid-
thigh to heel of leg on wall (while moving forward); from groin to heel when
moving out to the side.
• Used window grill with a 25-lb. weight hanging from the knee. (Rope holding
weight goes just below and above the patella). Two times each side, forward
facing position only.
• MR. IYENGAR SAID, ‘WE WANT YOU TO STRETCH, NOT TO STRAIN.”
2) Sirsasana, at wall with 3-fold blanket (10 minutes)
3) Urdhva Dhanurasana - at window with hands on sloping tile parapet (6 times)
4) Setu Bandha on bench as in sequence above.
5) Bharadvajasana at a column
6) Sarvangasana with rolled blanket under elbows (10 minutes)
7) Halasana with feet on box (5 minutes)
Mr. Iyengar’s general comment regarding the breast cancer at this stage was “We never know
when the cells...”
CANDIDA ALIBICANS
Female, 29 years old, severe weight loss, general fatigue, very low blood pressure, low level
functioning of lymphatic system and adrenal glands. Poor circulation becomes cold very easily,
many allergies, sensitive eyes, pain in the colon.
Guruji’s comments are in response to the following restorative program: “First of all standing
poses bound to strain her. So you can take with support Ardha Chandrasana and Prasarita
Padottanasana. You can make her do Viparita Dandasana on a prop. Before that, make her do
on two bolsters to curve the spine. Then on a table resting the back with legs kept slantingly on
floor. Head balance on rope in Baddha Konasana, shoulder balance on a chair with leg back. If
she can do Padmasana, then Padmasana Pindasana, Parsva Pindasana in Sarvangasana with
time. Put the intestinal tract in order. Janu Sirsasana with timings, resting head on a brick,
Setubandha, Viparita Karani in Baddha Konasana and Virasana. Adho Mukha and Savasana
can be tried. As the eyes become sensitive, I do not know how you can take inverted poses
without disturbing, so better forget them.”
RESTORATIVE SEQUENCE BEING USED:

• Adho Mukha Svanasana on ropes, head supported
• Uttanasana with head support
• Supta Virasana on bolsters
• Supta Baddha Konasana - on bolster with sandbag on intestinal area
• Lying on floor with calves resting on chairs with sandbag on intestinal area
• Virasana with forward bend
• Setubhandasana on bolsters
• Navasana on support
• Viparita Karani on bolster
• Savasana on bolster
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
Male, 23 years old, enlarged red blood cells in hypothalamus and oxygen not getting through
properly; breathing rough; tires easily and for a long time (days).
The following comments from Guruji are in response to the asana sequence that was being
used, as recorded below: “The asanas you have given are good. Add Janu Sirsasana. You
can take rope head balance after Adho Mukha Svanasana using bolsters for his head to rest.
After coming down from the head balance, make him do Virasana with forward bend. Sometimes
one blocks out. This Virasana with head on floor neutralizes it.
ASANA SEQUENCE BEING USED

1. Viparita Karani
3. Adho Mukha Svanasana on ropes
4. Sarvangasana with support
5. half Halasana (long period)
6. Setu Bandha Sarvangasana on support - long slow deep inhalations and exhalations
Sometimes lying over the backbender, neck supported, and Supta Virasana are worked in.
COLON CANCER
Female, tumor located at top of rectum and bottom of sigmoid colon, one month after surgery,
which removed large section of colon, as well as ovaries and fallopian tubes. Lymph node
involvement was indicated, and cancer had spread to liver as well. Undergoing chemotherapy
through a surgically implanted port.
Guruji's response: For the time being, the lady you refer to, if capable can do Sarvangasana on
chair, Setu Bandha Sarvangasana, Viparita Karani, Virasana, Supta Virasana, Baddha
Konasana, Supta Baddha Konasana, Janu Sirsasana, Trianga Mukhaikapada
Paschimottanasana, Ubhaya Padangusthasana between two cupboards, Paschimottanasana
Even you can add chair Bharadvajasana, Padmasana (sitting up and lying back also). Parsva
Pindasana in Sarvangasana is good for the intestine.
PRANAYAMA: Viloma Pranayama for the time being.

CRONE’S DISEASE I
Adult Male
1. Viparita Dandasana standing with bolster support

2. Lying on Cross Bolsters
3. Matsyendrasana with bolster (6 min each side)
4. Supta Baddha Konasana with bolster (6 min)
5. Supta Virasana with bolster (6 minutes)
6. Viparita Dandasana bench (10 minutes)
7. Pelvic Swing (10 minutes)
8. Janu Sirsasana (with support) (3-6 minutes per side)
9. Paschimottanasana (with support) (6 minutes)
10. Sarvangasana on chair (10 minutes)
11. Halasana on chair (10 minutes)
12. Setu Bandha on bench (5 - 10 minutes)
13. Viparita Karani (10 minutes)
Comments: The purpose of the forward bends is to cool the body; if Paschimottanasana is not
possible do Virasana forward or similar pose. If vigorous work causes more diarrheas, do
Supta Pandangusthasana sequence.
CRONE’S DISEASE II
Adult male given three different sequences at two different points in time. The first two
sequences were given when student also suffered from chronic diarrhea and low energy. The
third sequence was given to eliminate dullness and stiffness in the thoracic spine and chest as
well as work on the area in question.
A. FIRST SEQUENCE
1) Viparita Dandasana bench 10 min
2) Sirsasana on ropes with plank at wall 15 min
3) Sarvangasana on chair 10 min
4) half Halasana 10 min
• using weight on thighs helps soften the abdomen
5) Setu Bandha on table with legs strapped 10 min
6) Viparita Karani strapped at pillar 10 min
B. SECOND SEQUENCE
1) Supta Virasana 10 min
2) Cross-Bolsters 10 min
3) Viparita Dandasana bench 10 min
4) Sirsasana on ropes 10 min
5) Sarvangasana on chair 10 min
6) half Halasana 8 - 10 min
7) Setu Bandha 10 min
8) V shaped pose by pillar 10 min
• Note: V-shaped pose will massage the area without making the organs contract
because it is completely supported. When people are so stiff there is very little
way to get some massage of the area - they can’t bend forward well and twisting
is difficult.
9) Viparita Karani at pillar 10 min
Comment: NO TWISTING IF THERE IS CONSTANT DIARRHEA.
C. THIRD SEQUENCE (5 - 10 minutes for each pose)

1. Supported Uttanasana with abdomen resting on tall stool
2. Prasarita Padottanasana with hands on tall stool and reaching forward
3. Hanging rope backbend (blanket and bolster on rope, feet on a tall stool, arch backward
holding rope)
4. Sirsasana on ropes from hanging rope with plank for hips and belt for feet, hold weight to
work on shoulder flexibility
5. Sirsasana at wall with weighted bars
6. backbend over drum
7. Sarvangasana near wall and elbows supported a little higher
8. half Halasana with active legs and then lower if possible
9. Setu Bandha with small stool and feet on silver bar of horse
DEPRESSION
1) Viparita Dandasana
• on chair, with crown of head supported (5 minutes)
2) Lying over crossed bolsters (5 minutes)
3) Lean back over a table (5 minutes)
• with bolsters or blankets on it so that legs are straight and buttocks are resting on
edge of table
• Chest open, head supported so that it does not fall back, arms on table with palms
up (5 minutes).
4) Back bend over tall stool
• three times, holding as long as possible but less than 5 minutes
• with blanket support for lumbar
• Grip legs of stool; put feet on bricks if they don’t touch the floor and press soles
down.
• may also be done with blankets piled high on a chair seat and bend over top of
back in sacrum, grip front legs.
5) Drop backs - from standing to Urdhva Dhanurasana (5 - 10 times).
• Can use ropes or walk hands down and back up a wall.
6) Sirsasana
7) Adho Mukha Vrksasana
8) Viparita Dandasana or Urdhva Dhanurasana
• several times, hold each for several breaths according to your capacity.
9) Niralamba Sarvangasana OR Sarvangasana on chair.
10) half Halasana
• The buttocks must rest toward the feet, not away as tends to happen when
people can’t get high enough up on the shoulders, or “the mind becomes the
devil’s playground”.
11) Paschimottanasana rolling back into Halasana (20 times)
• on blanket with sticky mat underneath.
• “You have to make their brains light!”
12) Setu Bandha Sarvangasana with support \
• Keep EYES OPEN!
COMMENTS: Do not use backbends if suffering from heart trouble, high blood pressure or other
serious illness, nor during menstruation or pregnancy. If suffering from bad back or injured
knees, do only with supervision. After the first, supported positions, the order of the poses can
be varied. Do not continue if you feel jittery or anxious or have any other adverse reaction, and
drop any poses, which are too difficult and cause strain instead of joy. NO SAVASANA.
DEPRESSION
Program observed at RIMYI. Guruji has said that every depression case is so different and he
has to see the person but this sequence has been used with good success in the U.S.
1. Adho Mukha Svanasana with head supported on block

2. Sirsasana on ropes with slant board - walk hands back, head back
3. Sirsasana with the two weighted bars
4. Rope series several times
5. Backbend over drum
6. Active Urdhva Dhanurasana from roll sitting upright
7. Setu Bandha off table - head on floor and arms to sides of table, inhalation retention
8. Supported Sarvangasana - extra height under sacrum will open chest more
9. Halasana with knees on tall box
10. Setu Bandha on small stool with feet on horse bar - inhalation retention
11. Viparita Karani
DIARRHEA
Hold all poses 10 minutes
1. Supta Virasana
2. Matsyasana
4. Sirsasana in ropes
5. Viparita Dandasana bench
7. Setu Bandha on bench
8. Viparita Karani
ARMS: DISLOCATION
Geeta’s comments: “Avoid the rope backbendings. Don’t take Urdhva Dhanurasana unless you
know how to take without tilting the arms. Do not pull the elbows inwards in Sarvangasana.”
ELDERLY - GUIDELINES FOR TEACHING
When teaching people over 65: mobility is limited. Do not try force - correct little by little. Even if
you increase mobility 5-10% it is good. Avoid poses that may aggravate their problems. Restore
their vitality. Precision is not important. Your job is how to make them enjoy life in old age.
EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES
1. Sirsasana
2. Viparita Dandasana
4. Adho Mukha Vrksasana
5. Urdhva Dhanurasana
6. Halasana
7. Halasana and Sarvangasana repeated fast, 10 times
Comments: Emotional disturbance comes from the chest rather than the brain. For the blood to
circulate well and organs of perception to function well, the chest needs to be open.
PRANAYAMA: Short Kumbhaka with positive sound brings back confidence. It should be done
with fineness, but with more sound.
FATIGUE (SIMPLE FATIGUE)
1. Lying over cross bolsters

2. Supta Virasana
4. Viparita Dandasana on chair, stool or backbender
5. Rope Sirsasana
6. Marichyasana III seated on chair
7. side twist over bolster using table
8. Forward bends (supported)Sarvangasana with chair
10. Baddha Konasana in Setu Bandha
11. Viparita Karani
12. Savasana
FRACTURE OF LEFT FEMUR, PELVIS, AND HIP
12 year old child, automobile accident. The following include instructions from Guruji, and notes
from actual sessions in which Geeta worked with the girl using these instructions.
A. Instructions from Guruji:

1) Marichyasana (standing) - Place l foot on a rolling box with rolled mat at top of thigh to
help make space in groin; roll box back and forth with foot to bend the knee.
2) Supta Padangusthasana (variation) - Left pelvic head turns in, so to keep it stable weight
down straight right leg at top of thigh (use a block to support the weight); bend left leg at
knee and hip; place on a rolling box with rolled mat at top of left thigh; roll box back and
forth.
3) Trikonasana and Parsvakonasana on floor: Lying supine, separate legs like Trikonasana
with support under left foot. Then do with knee bent, with support under bent knee. Don’t
try to flex more and more, avoid cracking.
4) Elastic bandage around upper half of calf, knee and quadriceps:
• Tadasana
• Savasana
keep feet 2 feet apart
bottom cartilage of knee should turn down
use 25-lb. weight on bandage to help this action. Place a soft pillow with
weight (whatever is tolerable) on quadriceps. Here put another separate
elastic for weight to be on - will act like a massage without massaging.
• Keep fibers of injury without tension. No weight on healing leg while the bone is
still broken.
5) Standing with support for healing quadriceps and front leg foot rests on lower back of
heel plate.
6) Sirsasana - no ropes unless with straight legs.
7) Sarvangasana, using horse - support at knees and can straighten and bend legs as
needed.
8) Halasana with support
• no forward bends on the floor
9) Uttanasana - over tall stool to take weight off legs.
10) Knee over banister
• hold onto foot to pull and extend quadriceps.
• Thigh parallel to the floor - slowly move standing leg to stretch.
• Lean forward to move knee. Teacher holds bolster up into knee.
11) Malasana over rope with horse to pump knee - use stool for help.
B: Working with Geeta (see photos):

1) Standing Marichyasana: As a rolling box was unavailable, we used a Halasana box.
Student holds onto two straps that are tied around the main bar of the horse and places
her toes up on a Viparita Karani box, which is, placed on the Halasana box, against the
horse. She rocks back and forth to obtain the knee bend. A rolled mat is placed at the
top of the left thigh and behind the knee.
2) She practices putting the left foot up onto the Halasana box and taking it down again
without allowing it to roll in. First to the front, then to the side.
3) Supta Padangusthasana: We didn’t have a rolling box, so used Halasana box. Student
pushes her left foot into teacher’s palm, and moves top of left thigh towards box.
4) With both legs on the chair Geeta strapped student around the tops of the thighs to the
back legs of the chair, placed a rolled mat between her thighs at the pubis to keep them
from rolling in and had her squeeze the mat with the thighs, push her feet against a block
which we hold against her feet, and move the buttock back to lengthen the hip/groin.
5) With left leg in a right angle, student places her foot on teacher’s thigh. Place a weight on
the right hip and a rolled mat under the left knee. Teacher leans into student to bend the
knee as much as possible. It is important to make sure the hip lengthens.
6) Lying supine, put a weight on the right hip to keep it down. Bend the left knee to a right
angle; lower it down to the side. Push left foot against teacher’s leg. Purpose here is to
bring life to the groin.
7) Lying in Savasana with blocks between the legs from tops of thighs to below the knees,
a strap was placed around student’s ankles, and rolled bandages were placed between
her knees and the blocks. Student was instructed to squeeze the legs towards the
blocks.
8) Trikonasana on the horse - toes of left foot are placed up against a box. Blocks are used
to support the right leg in order to get left leg to lift.
9) Parsvakonasana on the horse - blocks are placed under left thigh for support.
10) Standing with legs spread apart at the horse, blocks are placed to support left leg.
11) Sitting on a stool place knees over horse. Teacher stands in front of student with fingers
interlocked around her sacrum. Student holds around teacher’s neck and puts her feet
on teacher’s thighs. Teacher pulls her forward and up to get a lift in the sacrum.
GALLBLADDER PROBLEMS
Female, recent attacks, about 1 hour in duration, with severe pain. Gallstone noted to be
present. History of complications with pregnancies (including indigestion) prior to the attacks.
Generally weak constitution.
Guruji’s response: Gall bladder stone is a bit tricky thing to deal with. While having attack, she
should not bend forward but when she has not attack, forward bends are good. Mainly
concentrate on backward extension. She might be getting chest pain or chest pricks too. So
lying on crosswise bolsters, or prop Viparita Dandasana, Ustrasana support5ed with stool, lying
on platform with bolster as a back support and feet down etc. will help. In short a back arch,
with full support to back where abdomen gets extension will be always helpful. Sirsasana with
support of wall and rope, Sarvangasana on chair with legs backward, Setubandha
Sarvangasana etc. are OK. Standing poses - only Ardha Chandrasana. Forward bends only
concave back and no bending forward. When there is no attack, Pindasana and Parsva
Pindasana in Sarvangasana, Parsva Halasana all half way on chair. Not to allow any abdomen
contraction. Under the situation of very bad pain, simply sitting against bench or pillows etc. with
concave back in which chest remains up will help. In short, fully supported back, in slanting
Dandasana, Swastikasana, Baddha Konasana, even Navasana with back and legs supported
will help.
GRAVE’S DISEASE (HYPERTHYROID OR THRYOTOXICOSIS)
See Photos
1) Standing poses done at horse using arms for support on horse:

• Trikonasana
• Parivrrta Trikonasana
• Parsvakonasana
• Ardha Chandrasana
• Virabhadrasana II
2) Parsvottanasana at wall and independent of wall
3) Virabhadrasana I using ropes
4) Virabhadrasana III (at horse again)
5) Maricyasana III at column
6) Upavista konasana on horse or beam
7) Uttanasana (relaxed) with chin on support
8) Uttanasana concave
9) Adho Mukha Svanasana in ropes
10) Bhujangasana in wall ropes
11) Purvottanasana in wall ropes
12) Neck Hang at wall ropes
13) Viparita Dandasana on chair
14) Urdhva Dhanurasana with hands on low support
15) Kapotasana with support
16) Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana
17) Sirsasana in pelvic swing
18) Sirsasana in wall ropes
19) Sarvangasana on padded bench at wall
20) Viparita Karani
21) Setu Bandha Sarvangasana
HEPATITIS
Guruji’s comments: Do lots of Janu Sirsasana, Parivrrta Janu Sirsasana, inverted poses and
Viparita Dandasana. Kapotasana on a chair. These will be helpful - Paschimottanasana, Ubhay
Padangustasana, twists. You can do Padmasana, all movements of Pindasana, Parsva
Pindasana in Sirsasana and Sarvangasana. They are good. Supta Virasana is also good.
Supta Baddha Konasana also.
PRANAYAMA: Viloma Pranayama

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Very stiff female whose legs were very tight.
A. General Sequence:
1) Cross pillows 10 min
2) Adho Mukha Virasana 3 min
3) Supta Virasana on heart bench 5 min
5) Supta Baddha Konasana 5 min
• (with support for chest & thighs)
7) Adho Mukha Svanasana on ropes to stool 3-5 min
• (head rested or arms over bench)
8) Chair twist or Marichyasana on backbender twice each side, briefly
9) Forward bends with support: 3 minutes each side
• Janu Sirsasana
• Trianga Mukhaikapada Paschimottanasana
• Janu Sirsasana
10) Paschimottanasana with support 5 min
11) Viparita Karani 10 min
12) Savasana (can omit) 10 min
B. For student who has been doing yoga then after the chest opening poses some standing
poses could be done with support of the horse. And after the forward bending poses do:
1) half Halasana (toes on chair) 5 min
2) Chair Sarvangasana 5 min
3) half Halasana (thighs on chair) 5 min
4) Setu Bandha on bench 5 min
5) Viparita Karani 5 min
C. If the student had been doing Sirsasana, do this after forward bends (where you emphasize
the side chest opening) and before half Halasana.
HYSTERECTOMY
1. Baddha Konasana with back to backbender; bending back so back concave; weight at feet
2. Upavista Konasana as above
4. Uttanasana - concave position
5. Prasarita Padottanasana - front body supported and head up
6. Forward bends - Concave position first, then head supported
7. Sirsasana with brick between legs
8. Sarvangasana on support and with brick
9. half Halasana
Comments: Immediately after surgery can do mild poses: legs up the wall, Dandasana
LIVER PROBLEMS
1. Virasana (forward, and twist to side with bolster on each side; repeat for second side)
2. Janu Sirsasana - (twist over extended leg to bolster)
3. Navasana (with belts around thoracic spine and sole of feet; support with hands behind or
do between pillar and wall, in doorway, etc.)
4. Paschimottanasana (with twist to bolster on side, feet apart; repeat on second side)
5. Paschimottanasana (forward, with block between feet)
6. Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana (raise feet to activate liver, pump with feet to open)
LOW BLOOD PRESSURE
Geeta’s comments: “Make her do Janu Sirsasana, Paschimottanasana before Sirsasana, repeat
again Janu Sirsasana, Paschimottanasana and Adho Mukha Svanasana. This cycle lessens the
dizzy feeling. She should keep her eyes opened when the dizziness she gets. Half Halasana
on high stool also will help her provided she keeps her eyes opened. After getting confidence in
Halasana and Sarvangasana, you can start with Sirsasana.”
LOW BLOOD SUGAR
A. General poses to practice:

1) The following poses neutralize the force of the brain:
• Uttanasana
• Adho Mukha Svanasana
• Janu Sirsasana
• Paschimottanasana
2) Sirsasana - flushes the cells of brain which got coated with smoke; dilutes coating of
smoke
3) Sarvangasana - opens and clears the pores of the lungs, expands lungs
4) Halasana - takes off heaviness of temples - non-smokers sometimes get headache here
5) Setu Bandhasana - draws energy back to temples which are now clear
6) Twists - those which work on liver ( not just pancreas) since liver stores glucose
• for example Maricyasana III and IV, Pasasana
7) Backbends
8) Janu Sirsasana (5-10 min per side)
MASTECTOMY: IMMEDIATELY POST-SURGERY
Immediately after surgery
A. Backbend Sequence:
1) Supta Baddha Konasana on 3 levels with legs strapped (7-10 minutes)
2) Supta Virasana on low bolster (7-10 minutes)
3) Supta Virasana forward
• with wrists above shoulders (3 minutes)
4) Adho Mukha Svanasana
• with head on 2 bricks (3 minutes)
5) Uttanasana - repeat between standing poses with head supported high enough that back
is concave
6) Trikonasana
7) Ardha Chandrasana
8) Virabhadrasana III with support
9) Parivrrta Trikonasana
10) Prasarita Padottanasana
11) Parivrtta Hasta Padangusthasana
12) Baddha Konasana (5 minutes)
• with blankets under knees and weights on thighs
13) Sirsasana on rope (10 minutes)
• do not overstretch or have the “spindles scratch the skin”
14) Sarvangasana on chair (10 minutes)
15) Viparita Dandasana with slanting plank on crossed bolsters
16) Viparita Dandasana on chair, with legs horizontal; gradually descend feet over
weeks/months
17) Viparita Karani (10 minutes)
Comments: Do not do Virabhadrasana I or II, Parsvakonasana, or Parivrtta Parsvakonasana)
B. Forward Bend Sequence:

1) Supta Baddha Konasana - include if there is flooding
2) Supta Virasana
3) Supta Virasana - forward with wrists above shoulders
4) Adho Mukha Svanasana - with head on 2 bricks (3 minutes)
5) Uttanasana - repeat between standing poses with enough support under head for back
to be concave
6) Trikonasana
8) Virabhadrasana III - with support
11) Parivrtta Hasta Padangusthasana
12) Sirsasana on rope - do not overstretch or have the “spindles scratch the skin” (10
minutes)
13) Sarvangasana on chair - (10 minutes)
14) Baddha Konasana - with blankets under knees and weights on thighs (5 minutes)
15) Forward Bends (3-5 minutes per side) - keep wrists above shoulders
• Janu Sirsasana
• Ardha Baddha Padma Paschimottanasana
• Paschimottanasana) (3-5 minutes per side)
16) Bharadvajasana
17) Setu Bandha - (7-10 minutes)
Comments: Do not do Maricyasana
PRANAYAMA:
Do Viloma
Do NOT do Ujjayi
Do NOT do Khumbhaka
Do nadi sodhhana
MASTECTOMY: TWO YEARS POST-SURGERY
1) Uttanasana
2) Tadasana
3) Adho Mukha Vrksasana (2 times)
4) Pinca Mayurasana
5) Uttanasana (feet together, extend arms and shoulders to dig shoulder blades in)
6) Trikonasana (2 times)
• slide rear foot back more and press hand to floor
• emphasize lowering the arm and shoulder down
• If cannot get the hand to floor, take feet wider
7) Parsvakonasana
• as in Trikonasana, move back foot to widen stance
• keep weight on outer edge of front and back foot
8) Virabhadrasana I (2 times)
• place pole behind neck and in front of raised arms
• lift head and sides of ribs
• stretch elbows
9) Virabhadrasana III - Do as above with pole
• head down, stretch arms and elbows
10) Virabhadrasana II
• stretch the arms wide and open the chest
• lower the trapezium - this prevents blood pressure from rising
• keep back hand on the waist for a long time
• take forward hand a long way out from forward foot and press it into the floor
• move back the inner buttock of forward leg - the inner anal-mouth moves
towards back heel
• lift sternum forward more; roll the collar bones forward
12) Parsvottanasana
• take hands far up the back, near the neck
• press palms into the floor
• keep head up, concave back
• roll the collar bones forward
• hold for a long time, then lower head to floor
14) Sirsasana - with strap around elbows and 3-fold blanket under head, “v” poles on
forearms
15) Adho Mukha Svanasana - to release neck
16) Virasana
• Parvatasana
• Twists
17) Ardha Padmasana - 3 times (second and third times hold foot and twist)
18) Padmasana
• twist to each side
• hold opposite knee with forward hand; hold foot or inner thigh with back hand
• change legs and repeat twist
19) Bharadvajasana
• keep sides of chest level, spine perpendicular to floor
• do not lean back
• outside foot crosses instep of inside foot
20) Urdhva Dhanurasana - On a bench (like Viparita Karani bench)
• this prevents strain or overstretching of chest
• turn hands out, rest head on bench
• push up into pose, walk in, stretch arms/elbows
• do 3-4 times with hands on bench, then 3-4 times with feet on bench, hands on
floor
• from Urdhva Dhanurasana, with hands braced against the wall
• lower the head to the floor, keeping hands braced at wall
• arch the neck and look toward heels
• catch elbows at wall and clasp hands behind head. (2 times)
• repeat a third time with feet on Viparita Karani bench, arms and head on sticky
mat on the floor
Go up and re-adjust the feet, with heels on bench and soles of feet up
wall
Straighten knees to open chest more
measure the distance first, before going up, so can straighten legs in pose
22) TWISTS - sit on heart bench or equivalent height
• resist with central spine and twist outer side of body
• keep sides of chest even; do not lean back
• Maricyasana III - 2 times
• Ardha Matsyendrasana
• Bharadvajasana
23) Sarvangasana - 3 rolled blankets under upper arms to allow chest to open without
strain (10 minutes or more)
24) Setu Bandha Sarvangasana - on Viparita Karani bench
• feet raised and braced, as on a window ledge
• straighten legs to open chest
25) Swastikasana - rest head on support like Setu Bandha bench
26) Savasana
• hips on floor
• upper torso and head on 3-4 blankets
• one extra blanket under head.
MASTECTOMY: FIVE YEARS POST-SURGERY
1) Savasana
• with weight (25# or more) on pelvis/abdomen NOT on top of thighs, (to help
kidneys move down/out)
• two quarter-rounds (side by side, so form a half-round) placed high under/across
shoulder blades (to open the chest)
• use block to support back of head.
2) Supta Padangusthasana
• with strap around shoulder blades and top foot
• roll a blanket and place it crosswise under shoulder blades (high) to keep top
chest open
• descend the kidneys
• use blanket under head if needed
3) Urdhva Dhanurasana
• start with head on Viparita Karani box
• hands turned out and holding sides of box
• go up onto toes, walk in, straighten arms, stretch the upper arms and triceps
• NOTE: if arms cannot straighten, place 2 Viparita Karani benches side-by-side so
arms are wider. Then elbows can straighten. Work to stretch arms not legs.
Until arms can straighten, chest cannot stretch/open.
4) Kapotasana over Halasana bench
• kneel on pillow, in front of bench with legs back through bench
• support knees with rolled sticky mat, if needed
• bend back over bench
• place a bolster on bench, bend back, arms and hands can hang down or hold
around legs of Halasana bench
• place two quarter-rounds (side-by-side to form half-round) on top of Halasana
bench, and bend back again
5) Kapotasana on pillow horse
• kneel on low table, about height of removable bar on horse
• bend back over horse so upper back/shoulder blades arch over top of horse
• wrap arms around the top of horse, or lightly hold removable bar
6) Sarvangasana on chair
7) Halasana on bench
8) Setu Bandha Sarvangasana with support.
Comments: “Do not overstretch. Do not tear the cells”.

MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS: IRREGULAR OR NON-EXISTENT PERIOD
Irregular period, weak and shaky in upper body.
Guruji’s comments: “If the defect is hormones which is possible, only inverted poses with
variations will help her. Since she is weak and shaky in the upper body, she can do head
balance on rope and shoulder stand with chair with all variations. When she develops strength,
she can do variations of head balance. Let her do Janu Sirsasana with timings along with
Upavista Konasana, Baddha Konasana and other poses. Do not make her do standing poses.
She should also not walk too long.”
MENSTRUAL PERIOD
The following are excerpts from Geeta’s Iyengar’s response to the menstrual sequence below
that was sent to her for review and correction.
“This program is good in general to remove fatigue, check the bleeding etc. But sometimes,
when they have head heaviness due to tension, Uttanasana and Adho Mukha Svanasana is
added. Ardha Chandrasana and Trikonasana for heavy bleeding and dysmennorrhea is taught.
What about that part?.... It is correct to begin with Supta Virasana when a woman is tired. For
women with low blood pressure, lack of energy, emotional upset, we begin with Viparita
Dandasana. Why Matsyasana is omitted? Even if some do not get cross-legs, one can learn
with one leg in Padmasana and other in Swastikasana, so the knees are also prepared for
cross-legs gradually. If with one leg also it is impossible, then Swastikasana-simple cross-legs
to help. Supta Baddha Konasana should be along with these supine, so they finish with supine
at a stretch..... The back-benders and cross bolsters are not same. The cross-bolster is Setu
Bandha, which gives last - either with bench or bolster. (If) the backbender is not available they
can use the chair, or small stool to curve back, or an extra layer of bolsters so the crown of the
head remains down..... Rest of the forward sequence are O.K., but why Upavista Konasana
(bending forward) and Parsva Upavista Konasana is omitted?”
Supta Virasana
Backbender or Cross bolsters
Upavista Konasana
Baddha Konasana
Janu Sirsasana
Ardha Baddha Padma Paschimottanasana
Trianga Mukhaikapada Paschimottanasana
Paschimottanasana
Baddha Konasana in Setu Bandha
Supta Baddha Konasana
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana
Savasana
NECK PROBLEMS: PAIN
1) Neck Hang
• stand facing rope wall, place knot of rope at 7th cervical
• clasp hands with arms behind back, stretching away
2) First rope
• Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, feet into front of heart bench at wall, repeat a few
times
• chin way up, have shoulders as wide apart as possible
3) Standing Maricyasana III - 3 times with chin up
4) Seated Bharadvajasana- at least 3 times
• sitting on low stool, near pillar or wall
• bolster between body and pillar
• head against bolster, chin up
5) Ardha Matsyendrasana - at least 3 times
• work on clasping hands
6) Virasana - hands in Namaste
7) Ardha Chandrasana - against wall or horse, 3 times
8) Trikonasana - 3 times
• facing horse, move sacrum deep in toward horse
• side of head on horse, chin up
9) Ceiling rope hang
• hold rope with palms facing back
• sit down toward floor in cross legs
• move head and trunk forward
• do this (moving down and forward) a few times.
10) Neck hang off stage with stump - arch neck over stump (10 minutes)
11) Urdhva Dhanurasana - do from standing with help of teacher about 3 times.
12) Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana - do from standing with teacher’s help in coming down and
opening chest.
13) Viparita Dandasana bench - use bolster at end, rolled blanket under neck (10 minutes)
14) Sirsasana in rope at wall
• with heartbench, sticky mat, bolster crosswise, blanket so head supported
• hands holding heart bench near wall (10 minutes)
• helper assists in coming out of pose, swings head and shoulders up
15) Neck hang off stage
• place sticky mat on stage, with a blanket rolled lengthwise at end of stage
• student lies down supine on mat, knees bent, neck hangs off blanket
• place a rope on chin (small weight hanging on rope)
• helper holds rope at chin (5 minutes)
16) Setu Bandha Sarvangasana on bench.
NECK PROBLEMS: IN SARVANGASANA
Overweight student, trapezium hunched upwards, Sarvangasana hurts neck, is hard to do.
Guruji’s general recommendations:
Put rolls or sandbag under shoulders near neck so cervical spine free to go up
Manipulate trapezius muscles with fingers
Place roll or bolster under elbows
Comments: If there is pain in the neck after Sarvangasana, have student lie on horse or table
with sticky mat on edge to pad the neck, hang head off edge to get traction on neck. Teacher
can use a rope across the underside of the chin to pull down and give more traction. DO NOT
follow Sarvangasana with Matsyasana (as recommended by some) - this could injure neck.
NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS
A. In the following sequence, ground femurs to the maximum (take the upper leg bones to the
hamstring muscles, and feel as if the upper leg bone is moving toward the skin on the back of the
thigh).
1. Urdhva Mukha Svanasana - stand on heart bench with high end under heels
2. Urdhva Mukha Svanasana - hands behind back on very high bar of a vertically positioned
backbender
3. Urdhva Hastasana - against wall with arms extended straight up
4. Namaste hands - slant board wedged between forearms and thoracic back
5. Supta Padangustasana I & II - lying in Tadasana with heels and ball joints of feet firmly
depressed into the wall to start
6. Uttanasana - ball joints of toes on highest part of heart bench
7. Adho Mukha Svanasana - outer heels press into chair legs
8. Trikonasana - at the horse
9. Parsvakonasana - at the horse
10. Ardha Chandrasana - at the horse
11. Sarvangasana - - front body facing wall with high horizontal ledge, feet hook on ledge
12. Halasana - femur bones supported by Halasana bench topped with blanket roll
13. Savasana
B. Suggested forward bends (which open the hip socket by encouraging the head of upper leg
bone to go to outer part of hip socket):
1. V pose
2. Ardha Navasana (with heels supported, hands into floor)
3. Half Halasana
C. The normal person can exceed their normal limits with regard to asana intensity and
body/room temperature, and recover quickly. However, the process of adapting to
environmental conditions is hampered in the person with a neurological condition, and so is their
ability to recover from exhaustion. Therefore the person with a neurological condition must stay
within their comfort zone, or fatigue and ‘burn out’ will last much longer, the body and/or mind
may become agitated, and breathing trouble may also result. Never have students work in the
heat (can cause physical sickness including nausea and weakness). If the student has come to
exhaustion, restorative practice is imperative, and should be continued for a few days after
energy has returned to normal. “Fatigue is an expression of the nerves”.
D. With a M.S. patient, the external body is often shaky, which can make the emotional body
unstable. Yoga can often lessen the need for medication to calm the emotions.
E. Shaking: When there is shaking the flesh is not taken to the bone sufficiently. In the case of
a shaking limb, it is not fully extended; some contraction is present - so one must extend to the
maximum. To stop leg spasm, rotate the femurs in towards each other to open the hip sockets.
The following poses are helpful in getting this action:
1. V Pose - body sandwiched into a vertical Paschimottanasana between walls
2. Virasana
3. Half Halasana
F. Extension/Contraction: With many nervous conditions, the student does not have full feeling
as far as the sense of touch goes. So to extend into a physical surface is of critical importance.
The student needs a reference point to move into for proper extension. Maximum extension of
the limb into a solid surface such as the wall or floor also helps to free the nerve passageways,
and the channels become clearer. Extension of the muscles and bones to the maximum cancels
or reduces contraction in the body which reduces contraction in the mind. Extending the body
by way of the asanas will leave one with a greater sense of mental stability.
G. Mr. Iyengar commented that these students “must not hang off of dead bones”. Such
students may work mostly from the joints and ligaments, which can leave the student feeling
irritated or agitated. These students must take the work out of the joint and into the muscle. The
flesh must come to the bone, or the bone does not receive enough enervation and nourishment.
For example, rope Sirsasana (in which the muscles don’t get a chance to work, and are hanging
off of the bones) is less effective than lying on a slant board with the feet higher than head.
H. Teachers should select poses that will open up the 2 major nerve plexae (the brachial plexus
at upper arm and the sacral nerve plexus at the region of the upper leg).
I. Students need to exercise caution when doing poses requiring sudden bursts of energy (i.e.
full backbends, handstands, Pinca Mayurasana).
J. Nerve signals: Efferent signals are those from the brain to the muscle; afferent are those sent
from muscle to brain. Sometimes the efferent signal works, but the afferent signal isn’t properly
registered in the brain; the brain never gets the message that an action has been completed, and
the nerve continues to fire even though the person no longer intends for movement to occur.
This can result in hypersensitivity of the skin, or spasming. Also, the insulating coating of the
nerve (Myelin sheath) is sometimes deteriorated, which results in nerve signals being
interrupted.
OVARIAN CANCER
1. Baddha Konasana - sitting and slanting back

2. Upavista Konasana - against wall or bolsters
3. Viparita Karani
If student has sufficient strength, do:

1. Sirsasana
2. Parsva Sirsasana
3. Parsvaikapada Sirsasana
4. Baddha Konasana in Sirsasana
5. Upavista in Sirsasana
6. Sarvangasana
7. Parsva Sarvangasana on bench
8. Parsvaikapada Sarvangasana (resting foot on bench)
9. Parsva Halasana on bench
Alternative sequence:
1. Upavista Konasana
3. Supta Padangusthasana (support leg when taken out to side)
4. Supta Virasana
6. Viparita Karani
PRANAYAMA: Viloma I and II in Supta Baddha Konasana

PAP TEST - POSITIVE
Pap tests positive over a period of time but no further evidence of cervical cancer
A. INITIAL SEQUENCE:
1) Forward bending poses: In this sequence, extend the lower body (from the pubis to the
diaphragm) towards the head and at the same time lower than the sides of the waist).
• Uttanasana
• Prasarita Padottanasana
• Parsva Uttanasana
• Adho Mukha Svanasana
• Janu Sirsasana
2) Inversions and variations:
• with bar support for Sirsasana
• high position of blankets for Sarvangasana.
3) Ustrasana and Laghuvajrasana (using ropes to go up and down)
• In these poses, the initiative should be from the lower abdominal center.
4) Pasasana and Ardhamatsyendrasana III
B: Following minor cryosurgery, with pap tests returning to normal again, practice changed to:
1. Standing poses at horse, facing the horse
2. Sirsasana - half headstand between column and wall so the lower abdomen is half-active
and half-passive.
Comments: Follow this practice for at least several months, up to a full year.
PREGNANCY
Sequence used at RIMYI for those with no complications
1) Cross bolsters
2) Supta Virasana
3) Matsyasana
4) Supta Baddha Konasana
5) Chest opener on horse (elbows on horse and hands up)
6) Stand by horse on wall with block:
• Utthita Trikonasana
• Utthita Parsvakonasana
• Half Uttanasana with hands on horse
• Virabhadrasana I with hands on horse/foot on tall stool
7) Viparita Dandasana on backbender
8) Janu Sirsasana - sit on blankets and use belt
9) Upavista Konasana - concave back
10) Baddha Konasana - concave back
11) Chair Sarvangasana or Viparita Karani
12) Supta Konasana
13) Setu Bandha on bench
14) Savasana
PREGNANCY PROBLEMS: INABILITY TO CONCEIVE
Two different individuals who had had difficulty conceiving and did become pregnant after
following this program for 6 months used the following sequence. When Guruji was consulted
about one of these cases what he wrote back was that “Both husband and wife have to do
yoga. All back bends help. Medication does not help”.
1. Supta Virasana
2. Platform curvature
3. Sirsasana on ropes
4. Supta Baddha Konasana on horse
5. Upavista Konasana with concave back
6. Baddha Konasana with concave back
7. Janu Sirsasana with concave back
8. Supported Sarvangasana and Ardha Supta Konasana on two wide Halasana benches
9. Setu Bandha and Parsva Setu Bandha
PREGNANCY PROBLEMS: NAUSEA
Geeta’s comments: “These ladies should not do standing poses in the beginning of the class.
First they have to do the Dandasana “L” shape on the bolster (see figure). Then Supta Virasana
on high bolster. The liver has to get the concavity. Setubandha Sarvangasana, Sarvangasana
on chair will help. Later you ask them to do standing poses. Over extension of the abdomen
gives nauseating feeling.”
PSORIASIS
Female student following special asana program to address menstrual problems including severe
headaches and cramps a week before and during period. The program included many inverted
poses, Supta Virasana, Supta Baddha Konasana, Setu Bandha, Upavista Konasana, and some
standing poses at the horse, twists and forward bends.
Guruji’s response: “Regarding psoriasis, as the quality of blood improves, the peeling of skin
and cracks continues. Yoga helps in cleansing the blood but may not act as a cure. That is my
experience. Forward bending and twists help to relieve cramps besides what you are taking.
Halasana with bandage cloth has to be done using bolster for shoulder and head loose.”
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, DIABETES, AND SJOGREN SYNDROME
1. Uttanasana with ropes (head resting)

2. Adho Mukha Svanasana with ropes (head supported)
3. Prasarita Padottanasana (abdomen resting on bench or equivalent)
4. Uttanasana (abdomen resting)
5. Baddha Konasana (at wall for support)
6. Upavistakonasana (at wall for support)
8. Supta Virasana
9. Janu Sirsasana (sitting on slope of backbender, supported as necessary
10. Paschimottanasana
11. Bharadvajasana on chair
12. Marichyasana (standing)
13. Viparita Dandasana with support
15. Half Halasana
16. Half Supta Konasana
17. Setubandha Sarvangasana on cross bolsters
18. Viparita Karani
19. Savasana prone/supine
SCOLIOSIS
1) Ujjayi pranayama with beginning stretches, to the side, twist, elbows at back of head
2) Shoulder and neck warm-ups -
• at wall with arm behind, stretch neck away from wall
• Gomukhasana
• Garudasana
3) Pelvic tilts
4) Lunge series - with hip openers, child’s pose, eventually Virabhadrasana I
5) Standing poses
• Urdhva Hastasana at wall, bend down to half Uttanasana
• Trikonasana - use chair in front, back heel at wall
• Parsvakonasana
• Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana with strap, leg on chair or ledge
• Parsvottanasana at wall
• Parivrrta Trikonasana at wall with chair
• 3-part pull - at kitchen sink or ledge
6) Adho Mukha Svanasana at wall, one leg up, then two legs up wall
7) Elbow Dog at wall
8) Passive backbends
• over bolster
• backward bending bench
• over bed
• bridge pose over bolster
• Supta Virasana
• Supta Baddhakonasana
9) Back strengtheners - on stomach
• Salabhasana - lift 1 leg, both legs
• Variations of Cobra - lift upper torso, hands interlaced behind, out to side, with
chair
• Vasisthasana
10) Ustrasana with chair or blocks
11) Setu Bandha - bridging in the beginning
12) Urdhva Dhanurasana - over chair in the beginning
13) Chair twist
14) Bharadvajasana on floor with bolster
15) Viparita Karani in beginning, Sarvangasana with chair, and at wall
16) Abdominal strengtheners: Sit ups, Urdhva Prasarita Padasana, cross overs/curl downs
18) Crocodile twist
19) PRANAYAMA: Ujjayi

• lying down with emphasis on long inhalation especially on concave side
• When lying down put a washcloth or some material under hollow concave side to
even out sides
20) RELAXATION
SHOULDER PROBLEMS: STRAINED AND SWOLLEN
Geeta’s comments: “In Trikonasana, Parsvakonasana and Ardha Chandrasana: with the hand on
the injured side down, keep that hand higher by placing on the brick and turn the palm and
fingers 90 degrees out. This fixes the shoulder blade inward. When doing the pose to the other
side, and the injured arm is extended up, throw the arm back in the shoulder, as against a
wall/door or horse so the right shoulder blade cuts in. It is better if you can hold something with
that hand, like a grill or rope.
In Virabhadrasana I, hold a bar or brick in the hands and keep the upper arm belted. Roll the
deltoid muscles in....In Sirsasana, use bars to each shoulder. Don’t allow the elbows to slip
out....
In Sarvangasana, belt the elbows and put heavy bars on the upper arms near the armpits. The
upper arms have to be pressed heavily downwards...In Urdhva Dhanurasana keep the palms
turned outwards 90 degrees and lift your back up from stool height rather than from the floor.
In Uttanasana, keep the legs apart sufficiently and hold a bar from behind while bending down,
and roll the hands from behind over the shoulders....In Halasana keep the arms backward fixed
in the legs of a chair and put bars on the arms. All what you need is proper upper arm
rotations.”
SMOKE (SECOND-HAND CIGARETTE) IN ENVIRONMENT
1. Uttanasana
2. Adho Mukha Svanasana
3. Janu Sirsasana
5. Sirsasana
6. Sarvangasana
7. Halasana
8. Setu Bandhasana
Comments: The first four poses neutralize the force of the brain. Sirsasana flushes the cells of
brain, which got coated with smoke, diluting the smoke coating. Sarvangasana opens and clears
the pores of the lungs. Halasana takes away the heaviness at the temples (non-smokers tend to
get headaches at the temple area when exposed to second hand smoke). Setu Bandhasana
draws energy back to temples, which have been cleared by Halasana.
SPASTIC DYSPHONIA
Female student with spastic dysphonia (disorder of the neck muscles affecting voice box).
Guruji’s response: About dysphonia, the frontal neck muscles should be made soft. Particularly in
the inversions, they are hard. Rope Sirsasana, Dwipada Viparita Dandasana on prop. Forward
bends with concave back, Nirlamba Sarvangasana, Nirlamba Halasana are good. In these if you
insert your fingers, fingers should sink. Parsva Pindasana in Padmasana with timings are good.
In Urdhva Dhanurasana, head should move back with the sternum. Thickness in neck means no
relief.”
UTERINE FIBROIDS
Pre-menopausal woman; recently diagnosed fibroid tumors which are growing rapidly;
increasing fatigue, and constant sense of being pre-menstrual.
Guruji’s comments: You can do

Inverted poses on rope
Sarvangasana on chair
Standing poses with the help of the horse
turning the horse 75 degrees back on one side so that rear leg and leg on floor in other
asanas help for better rotation of pelvic girdle.
Parsvottanasana
head back with both legs straight and rear leg made harder to get the stretch
Prasarita Padottanasana
resting the lower abdomen on a stool
Janu Sirsasana (lots of this)
Bharadvajasana I and II
Backbends
on a high stool
Pindasana and Parsva Pindasana in Sarvangasana
Parsva Halasana
Supta Baddhakonasana
If she does Padmasana, progress will be fast if Pindasana is done in head to neck balance.
UTERINE FIBROIDS DURING PREGANCY
Two fibroids ( 11X9 cm and 9X8 cm)
A. GENERAL SEQUENCE
1) Viparita Karani - on blankets, not bolster, straight or bent legs (10 minutes)
2) Adho Mukha Svanasana - with hands on chair (1 minute)
3) Prasarita Padottanasana - with head supported if doesn’t reach floor (3 minutes)
4) Sirsasana (5 minutes)
• practice in a corner, blocks on outside of elbows, with one and later two chairs to
use in coming up into pose
• Turn the toes in to create space and soften perineum
• Stop practicing the pose at 7 1/2 months.
5) Virasana
6) Supta Virasana (5 minutes)
• Use high stack of blankets for nearly vertical support of the spine and neck
7) Viparita Dandasana (5 minutes)
• legs across 2 chairs, bolster and blanket under head, blanket or mat on chair
8) Prasarita Padottanasana (3 minutes)
• with head on chair or removable bar of horse
9) Sarvangasana on chair (5-10 minutes)
• bolster behind legs, straight legs up and then crossed legs
10) Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (5 minutes)
• on a bench, blankets under shoulders
• legs hanging over bolsters, or feet on the floor, straddling sides of bench
11) Supta Baddha Konasana (5 minutes)
• use high stack of blankets for nearly vertical support of the spine and neck
• legs belted, hands on thighs or blocks
12) Viparita Karani (10 minutes)
• on blankets, not bolster, straight or bent legs
13) Side lying relaxation pose (10 minutes)
• lying on left side, right calf on chair
• blanket support under belly and head, underneath right arm
B: Other poses that can be included:

1. Ardha Chandrasana (against the wall, hand to block)
2. Upavista Konasana (support under buttocks)
3. Baddha Konasana (support under buttocks)]
4. Shoulder opening poses (arms in Garudasana, Gomukasana, Namaskar behind back)
5. Sitting squats, elbows to knees (on chair, or on bolster and blankets with back to wall)
C: PRANAYAMA:
Viloma or Ujjayi (Baddha Konasana setup with legs spread wide to support soft belly)
Pratiloma (sitting on chair)
UTERINE FIBROIDS: INTERMENSTRUAL SPOTTING
1) Uttanasana (30 seconds to 1 minute, 2 times)

2) Adho Mukha Vrksasana (30 seconds to 1 minute, 2 times)
3) Adho Mukha Svanasana (30 seconds to 1 minute, 1 time)
4) Pinca Mayurasana (at wall with strap above elbows) (30 seconds to 1 minute)
• THE FOLLOWING POSES CALM UTERUS AREA, REDUCE SPOTTING
5) Sirsasana on rope swing (10 minutes)
6) Sarvangasana on backbender (10 minutes)
• shoulders on bolster, head on floor, arms relaxed, legs stretched out
7) Baddha Konasana on Viparita Dandasana bench (10 minutes)
• hang back with shoulders on bolster, head on floor
• legs strapped and wrapped in blanket tightly
• rope belt held to bend with strap
8) Sarvangasana on chair - legs back (10 minutes)
9) Viparita Karani - legs strapped (10 minutes)
Comments: NO standing poses, except on occasion.

THERAPEUTIC SEQUENCES GIVEN BY GEETA IYENGAR
AT THE TEACHER’S EXCHANGE 1996
ASTHMA
1) Baddha Konasana seated on blankets with back support, slanting plank at chest level (or
small wooden block or bandage) and head back with neck support, weight to toes to
keep buttocks in
2) Upavista Konasana as above with weight at pelvis between legs
3) Dandasana as above with weight at feet
• NOTE: if the person is very stiff then instead of the above three poses do
platform curvature, cross bolster Setu Bandha, Supta Virasana and Supta
Baddha Konasana all with chest support and slanting plank Adho Mukha
Svanasana with forehead support (independent or at ropes)
4) Urdhva Mukha Svanasana on chair, platform or ropes
5) Ardha Uttanasana over tall stool with pillow and rolled blanket to abdomen - extend arms
forward to open chest
6) Prasarita Padottanasana with chest support and chin forward and supported
7) Rope Sirsasana or with 2 bars supporting shoulders
8) Chair or bench Viparita Dandasana
9) Urdhva Dhanurasana over tall bench or cylinder
10) Ustrasana on short Halasana box with bolster, blankets
11) Supported Sarvangasana
12) Savasana with chest opening support
BACKACHE :
A. FOR MORE BEGINNING STUDENTS AND THOSE IN ACUTE PAIN

1) Bharadvajasana on chair
2) Utthita Marichyasana III
3) Pavanmuktasana on bench
4) Supta Padangusthasana with traction - straight and to side (bent and/or straight legs)
5) Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana at ropes
• NOTE: the sequence of these last two poses has to be decided according to the
problem or person. For some the pain is aggravated while standing and for
others the pain is aggravated while on the back
6) Ardha Uttanasana at rope & stretching to stool or with support over tall stool
7) Rope Adho Mukha Svanasana
8) Standing poses as possible with support
• Utthita Trikonasana
• Utthita Parsvakonasana
• halfway Parsvottanasana
9) Savasana (can be done on stomach with weight on sacrum or on back with calves
resting on a chair depending on student comfort)
B. FOR MORE INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS

1. Utthita Marichyasana
2. Standing poses with support as above
3. Rope Adho Mukha Svanasana
4. Supported Uttanasana
5. Supta Padangusthasana straight and to side with traction
6. Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana at ropes - front and side
7. Rope Sirsasana
8. Supported Sarvangasana
9. Half Halasana
10. Viparita Karani
11. Savasana
C. Program given specifically for “slipped disc”

1. Savasana with weights on thighs
2. Prone position with weights on sacrum
3. Supta Padangusthasana - bent legs, then straight legs
4. Pavanmuktasana supine with both legs bent, toward stomach and to side
5. Pavanmuktasana on bench
6. Utthita Marichyasana
7. Bharadvajasana
8. Adho Mukha Svanasana with rope
9. Uttanasana 90 degree extension with traction
10. Savasana with weights
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
1. Platform curvature (Purvottanasana)

2. Cross bolster Setu Bandha
3. Supta Virasana
4. Matsyasana or Supta Swastikasana
6. Viparita Dandasana on backbender
7. Rope Sirsasana or independent when possible
9. Uttanasana on high stool resting abdomen on rolled blankets or bolster
10. Supported seated Forward Bends
11. Chair Sarvangasana
12. Half Halasana
13. Setu Bandha
14. Viparita karani
Comment: if there is depression then do quick standing poses first and then some restorative
poses.
CONSTIPATION
1) Cross pillow Setu Bandha

2) Platform Curvature
3) Supta Virasana
• NOTE: the above postures release one from tension constipation. In some cases
standing poses can be added here but with support so as not to cause dryness
and increase the constipation. Otherwise and for chronic constipation continue
as follows:
5) Sirsasana
6) Sarvangasana
7) Halasana
8) Parsva Halasana
9) Parsva Pindasana/Parsva Karnapidasana
11) Viparita Karani
DIABETES
A. This basic program is for both diabetes insipidus and mellitus but for diabetes insipidus you
should concentrate on inversions including Adho Mukha Vrksasana and Pinca Mayurasana if
there are no blood pressure problems.
1. Supta Swastikasana or Supta Virasana
3. Uttanasana on rope with head support
4. Adho Mukha Svanasana on rope with head support
5. Supported Navasana
6. Seated forward bends (whatever possible)
7. Twists on chair, backbender or sitting on blankets
8. Back arches (chair Viparita Dandasana or whatever possible)
9. Inversions (ropes Sirsasana, chair Sarvangasana, Setu Bandha Sarvangasana, Viparita
Karani)
10. Savasana
Comment: Geeta and Guruji have said you need to take the pancreas through its range of
motion.
DIARRHEA
1) Cross bolster Setu Bandha

2) Supta Virasana
4) Matsyasana or Supta Swastikasana
5) Rope Sirsasana
6) Viparita Dandasana with support (backbender or stool or chair with legs raised slightly)
7) Chair Sarvangasana
8) Setu Bandha on table with legs strapped
9) Viparita karani
10) Savasana
• NOTE: if the abdomen is hard and tensed do Savasana in Swastikasana with
legs and head both supported
FIBROIDS
1) Standing poses preferably at horse to keep abdomen will opened:

2) Utthita Trikonasana
3) Utthita Parsvakonasana
6) Parsvottanasana
7) Prasarita Padottanasana with abdomen on stool
8) Supported Urdhva Dhanurasana
9) Padmasana and Matsyasana if possible or cross legs
10) Upavista Konasana
11) Baddha Konasana
12) Sirsasana with the block between upper thighs and belted
13) Sarvangasana with block between upper thighs and belted and toes to wall
• NOTE: once they master the poses then do Sirsasana and Sarvangasana with
block first and then Upavista Konasana and Baddha Konasana after that
14) Parsva Sarvangasana
15) Pindasana, Halasana, Parsva Halasana, Parsva Pindasana or whatever possible
16) Janu Sirsasana
17) Paschimottanasana
18) Savasana
GALLBLADDER PROBLEMS
NOTE: This often gives chest pains
1. Cross Bolsters
2. Platform Curvature
3. Supta Virasana
5. Chair Viparita Dandasana
6. Ustrasana
7. Rope Sirsasana
8. Chair Sarvangasana with legs backward
NOTE: When there is no pain Pindasana in Sarvangasana, Parsva Pindasana, Parsva Half
Halasana are good. When there is severe pain, one should sit against a bench or pillows with
concave back and chest up (like Urdhva Mukha Paschimottanasana in doorway or on two chairs
or Dandasana, Swastikasana or Baddha Konasana with back to backbender bench
GAS
1) Supta Virasana
4) Standing poses as possible with support
5) Forward bends
• Swastikasana
• Virasana
• Janu Sirsasana
• NOTE: later add other forward bends as possible)
6) Navasana
7) Urdhva Prasarita Padasana
8) Jathara Parivartanasana (other twistings can be done after awhile)
9) Sirsasana
10) Sarvangasana
11) Setu Bandha
12) Viparita Karani
HEADACHE
A. THOSE DUE TO COLD, COUGH OR SINUSES

1) Supta Virasana with bolster to open chest and extend trunk
2) Supta Baddha Konasana again with bolster
3) Cross bolster Setu Bandha
4) Uttanasana with head resting
5) Adho Mukha Svanasana with head resting
6) Prasarita Padottanasana with head resting
7) Chair Viparita Dandasana with head support
8) Rope Sirsasana
9) Adho Mukha Vrksasana
10) Pinca Mayurasana
• NOTE: often the headache decreases at this stage since the mucus is thrown
out. Then add Urdhva Dhanurasana and Viparita Dandasana as these asanas
work as expectorants
11) Chair Sarvangasana (With a rolled blanket on the epic of the back of the skull)
12) Half Halasana (With a rolled blanket on the epic of the back of the skull)
13) Setu Bandha on brick or bench
14) Viparita Karani
15) Savasana with chest prop
• NOTE: if headache is severe then any head-down poses may be uncomfortable
and aggravate it. In that case do supta poses, cross bolsters and Savasana.
This is also true if there is a sinus infections as inversions should not be done in
that case)
B: ACUTE MIGRAINE
1. Forward extension poses (like Swastikasana, Virasana, Janu Sirsasana with head resting)
2. If these have helped then do Half Halasana using rolled blankets for the back of the neck &
another for the back of the head to create space for the base of the head & the epic of the
neck to sink in between the blankets
3. Viparita Karani and Savasana both with weight on forehead.
C. MIGRAINES BUT NO MIGRAINE WHEN THEY COME TO CLASS

NOTE: You have to judge whether it is from excessive tension in neck and shoulder
muscles, stress, depression etc. and adjust accordingly. One sequence that is helpful to avoid
migraines when practiced daily:
1) Viparita Karani
3) Supta Virasana
4) Adho Mukha Svanasana with rope
5) Uttanasana with rope
6) Forward bends with head support
7) If headache subsides then do:
• Rope Sirsasana
• Chair Sarvangasana (w/rolled blanket on the epic of the back of the skull)
• Half Halasana (w/rolled blanket on the epic of the back of the skull)
8) Otherwise if headache continues do:
• Setu Bandha on bench
• Viparita Karani with weight on forehead
• Savasana with chest support and weight on forehead
D. NO HEADACHE IN CLASS BUT OFTEN GETS HEADACHE FROM MENTAL TENSION

1. Standing poses
2. Neck curvatures on rope, edge of bench, platform with stump
3. Back arches (whatever possible)
4. Inversions
5. Forward bends (whatever possible)
6. Viparita Karani
7. Savasana
E. FROM INDIGESTION - SEE THE SECTION ON INDIGESTION
F. IF YOU DON’T KNOW THE REASON FOR THE HEADACHE, TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE:
1. Adho Mukha Virasana
2. Janu Sirsasana with head on bench
3. Paschimottanasana with head on bench
4. Ardha Uttanasana with head support (half way)
5. Rope Adho Mukha Svanasana with rope and head support
6. Half Halasana
7. Viparita Karani
8. Savasana
NOTE: If headache is from tension in thoracic area and neck then some chair twists may also be
appropriate in any of the sequences.
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Geeta distinguishes between high blood pressure from physical tension and high blood pressure
from mental tension.
A. FOR MENTAL TENSION:

1. Uttanasana with head support
2. Adho Mukha Svanasana with head support
3. Prasarita Padottanasana with head support
4. Parsvottanasana with head support
5. Adho Mukha Virasana, head support
6. Adho Mukha Swastikasana, head support
7. Janu Sirsasana, head support
8. Paschimottanasana, head support
9. Later on supine poses and inversions can be added
B. FOR PHYSICAL TENSION:

1) Savasana with chest support and a small weight on the forehead
2) Setu Bandha on cross bolsters
3) Platform curvature
4) Viparita Dandasana on bench with head and neck support
5) Uttanasana with head support or half Uttanasana on the rope
6) Adho Mukha Svanasana on ropes with head support
7) Forward bends with forehead resting on a bench
• (Swastikasana, Virasana, Paschimottanasana, Janu Sirsasana and then
whatever possible and what time allows of Trianga Mukhaikapada
Paschimottanasana, Ardha Baddha Padma Paschimottanasana but ending with
Paschimottanasana)
8) Supta Virasana
11) Viparita Karani
HIGH CHOLESTEROL
1. Savasana with props for chest

2. Cross pillow Setu Bandha with slanting plank
3. Bhishmacharyasana (Shara Panjarasana)
4. Platform curvature with slanting plank
5. Supta Virasana with props for chest
6. Viparita Dandasana on drum or bench
8. repeat Setu Bandha Sarvangasana
9. Viparita Karani
HYPERTHYROID
1. Forward Extensions
2. Supine postures with head raised higher up in order to relax the throat
3. Viparita Dandasana with support
4. Ustrasana with support
6. Rope Sirsasana with head supported and throat relaxed
7. Chair Sarvangasana with head raised to relax throat
8. Viparita Karani with head raised to relax throat
HYPOTHYROID
2. Supta Virasana - neck extended
3. Supta Baddha Konasana - neck extended
4. Viparita Dandasana - more neck curvature and preferably independently
5. Rope neck curvature
6. Stump curvature
7. Rope I
9. Viparita karani
INDIGESTION, ACIDITY
1) Cross pillow Setu Bandha

3) Supta Virasana
• if there is a headache continue from here with variations of supine poses, then
Setu Bandha, Viparita Karani with weight and Savasana.
• otherwise as follows from here.
5) Standing poses
6) Viparita Dandasana on drum or stool
8) Sirsasana
9) Sarvangasana
10) Half Halasana
11) Parsva Half Halasana
13) Viparita Karani
NOTE: forward bends and twistings can be added after some time as the indigestion gets
relieved.
KIDNEY PROBLEMS
1) Rope Uttanasana
2) Rope Adho Mukha Svanasana
3) Uttanasana on stool (resting abdomen on rolled blankets of bolster)
4) Bharadvajasana on stool
5) Marichyasana
6) Marichyasana sitting on Simhasana box or low stool
7) Pasasana with support (against the gill or holding the frame of the horse)
8) Viparita Dandasana on bench
9) Rope 1 and 2
10) Forward bends
• Virasana
• Swastikasana
• Janu Sirsasana
• Upavista Konasana
11) Baddha Konasana and Upavista Konasana with support in concave back position
13) Half Halasana
15) Viparita Karani
16) Savasana
LIVER PROBLEMS
1. Adho Mukha Swastikasana (first sideways then to the front)

2. Pavanmuktasana in Virasana extending to bolster
3. Janu Sirsasana twisting over the extended leg to a bolster
4. Urdhva Mukha Paschimottanasana - supported V-shaped pose on two chairs or in doorway
5. Paschimottanasana twisting over to each side like Pavanmuktasana
6. Paschimottanasana with block between the feet
7. Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana with chair and feet on block
9. Parsva Sarvangasana
10. Half Halasana
11. Parsva Halasana
13. Viparita Karani
14. Savasana
SCOLIOSIS
Standing poses adjusting to straighten the spine and adjust the rotation.
Specifically:
3. Virabhadrasana II
4. Virabhadrasana I
5. Ardha Chandrasana
6. Prasarita Padottanasana with concave back
7. Parsvottanasana (concave back position)
8. Adho Mukha Svanasana with rope
9. Ardha Uttanasana with rope or support
10. Rope 1 and 2
11. Viparita Dandasana with bench or stool
14. All forward concave extensions in standing with rope (on alternate days one can try
Pasasana & then Ardha Matsyendrasana twisting to a support like the grill in Pune)
15. Rope Sirsasana
17. Half Halasana
VOMITING FEELING WITH ACIDITY AND OR FATIGUE
1. Supta Virasana
3. Matsyasana if possible
NOTE: sometimes if the vomiting feeling comes up to throat then L shape poses with back
support are better first.
1. Uttanasana with head resting (sometime the stomach, abdomen resting)
2. Adho Mukha Svanasana with head resting
3. Janu Sirsasana with head and possibly abdomen resting (also bending and turning
sideways 90 degree outside the straight leg)
4. Paschimottanasana with head & possibly abdomen resting
5. Repeat Janu Sirsasana
6. Rope Sirsasana if vomiting feeling is better
8. Viparita Dandasana with support and brick to raise feet up or platform curvature
9. Sarvangasana only if vomiting feeling is better
10. Setu Bandha on bench
11. Savasana
NOTE: With vomiting feeling inversions can aggravate the feeling.

SEQUENCES FROM THE MEDICAL FILES AT RIMYI
AS OF JANUARY 1997
ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS
Female, Age 35
1) Bharadvajasana - sitting
2) Standing Marichyasana - put bolster for neck & turn
3) Standing poses facing grill
• Trikonasana
• Parsvakonasana
• Virabhadrasana I w/rope
• Parivrtta Trikonasana
4) Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana w/bent legs
5) Supta Padangusthasana I & II
6) Rope I & II & neck curvature
7) Urdhva Mukha Svanasana w/ 2 bolsters on medium height stool
8) Standing Bhekasana
9) Baddha Konasana
10) Virasana
11) Malasana
12) Salambasana - 2 bolsters for the chest & 2 bolsters for the knees to rest
13) Dhanurasana
14) Setubandha Sarvangasana
ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLIOSIS; FEVER; LETHARGY
Female, 54, burning sensation in fingers, hands, wrists, shoulder;
1) Bharadvajasana / stool / 2 x
2) Marichyasana standing / 2x
3) Trikonasana
5) Uttanasana
7) Neck curvature (rope and stump)
8) Supta Padangusthasana - Near column (for knees)
• Both legs
• One leg bent
• One leg straight
9) Virasana (sitting)
12) Viparita Karani
ASTHMA I
Female, 46
1) Savasana on cross bolsters w/plank

2) Supta Swastikasana
4) Supta Virasana
5) Matsyasana
6) Forward bends
• on chair, sitting w/2 bolsters in front
• Pavanmuktasana/front
9) Sirsasana (independent)
10) Sarvangasana in the center
12) Bharadvajasana
13) Viparita Karani
ASTHMA II
Female, 48
1. Cross bolster Setubandha

2. Supta Virasana
6. Drum Viparita Dandasana
7. Viparita Dandasana on big stool w/cross bolsters
8. Uttanasana on platform w/Setubandha bench
9. Rope Dog pose
10. Double rope Dog pose
12. Sarvangasana chair
13. Viparita Karani
ASTHMA - III
1. Cross bolsters
2. Sitting Swastikasana (against VD bench)
3. Salamba Purvottanasana (over VD bench, 2 bolsters, 1 pillow)
4. Supta Baddha Konasana (feet against wall)
5. Viparita Dandasana (with drum)
6. Rope I ( away from wall)
7. Stump to dorsal
9. Viparita Karani
ASTHMA IV
Male
1. Savasana on Simhasana box

2. Cross bolsters Setubandha
5. Rope I
6. Sirsasana
8. Sarvangasana
9. Viparita Karani
BACK PAIN AND KNEE PAIN
Female, 67
1. Urdhva Prasarita Padasana (against column)

2. Supta Padangusthasana I
3. Savasana / legs straight/ belted
4. Dandasana/legs straight (belted back to the wall)
5. Marichyasana standing
6. Bharadvajasana
7. Uttanasana on bench
9. Cross bolster & pillow Setu Bandha
10. Savasana
BAMBOO SPINE
Female, Age 35
1) Bharadvajasana (sitting)
2) Standing Marichyasana (put bolster for the neck and turn)
3) Standing poses facing the grill:
• Trikonasana
• Parsvakonasana
• Virabhadrasana I w/rope
4) Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana (w/bent legs)
5) Supta Padangusthasana I & II
6) Rope I, II, and neck curvature
7) Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (w/ 2 bolsters on medium stool)
9) Baddha Konasana
10) Virasana
11) Malasana
12) Salambasana (2 bolsters for the chest & 2 bolsters for the knees to rest)
13) Dhanurasana
BLOOD PRESSURE- I
1. Savasana, prone (weight 50 kg)

2. Standing poses/half round bend
3. Urdhva Mukhasana
4. Trikonasana, Parsvakonasana
5. Virabhadrasana
7. Parivrtta Trikonasana
8. Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana
9. Rope I
10. Double rope
11. Pavanmuktasana
13. Four bolsters and one blanket
14. Stomach weight: 25 kg. on the back
15. 85 kg weight on knees and 2 belts
BLOOD PRESSURE - II
Female, 55
1. Uttanasana
3. Prasarita Padottanasana
4. Parsvottanasana
5. Bharadvajasana
6. Marichyasana
9. Supta Virasana
12. Viparita Karani
BLOOD PRESSURE (120/86); DURING PREGNANCY 150/110; DELIVERY DEC 95
Female, 35
1. Swastikasana (head resting on bench)

2. Virasana (head resting on bench)
3. Janu Sirsasana (head resting on bench)
4. Trianga Mukhaikapada (head resting on bench)
5. Paschimottanasana (head resting on bench)
7. Supta Virasana
8. Uttanasana
9. Adho Mukha Svanasana (independent)
10. Parsvottanasana (independent)
11. Prasarita Padottanasana (independent)
12. Trikonasana
13. Parsvakonasana
15. Pavanmuktasana (on bench)
16. Uttanasana (on stool)
16. Bharadvajasana
18. Half Halasana
19. Bench Setu Bandha
20. Viparita Karani
BLOOD PRESSURE (170/80)
1. Bharadvajasana
2. Marichyasana
3. Rope I
4. Neck curvature
6. 90° legs
7. Supta Padangusthasana I & II
8. Virasana
9. Bhekasana
10. One leg Ardha Matsyendrasana
11. Baddha Konasana (w/ropes)
14. Standing Bhekasana
15. Standing with one leg bent on stool
16. Stump
17. Viparita Dandasana on Setubandha bench
18. Resting Uttanasana (legs apart)
19. Viparita Karani
BLOOD PRESSURE; ASTHMA; ARTHRITIS
Female
1. Savasana (on bolster)

2. Cross bolsters Setubandha
4. Supta Swastikasana
5. Salamba Purvottanasana
7. Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana (bent leg/front)
8. Rope I
9. Bharadvajasana
10. Uttanasana (rope)
11. Adho Mukha Svanasana (rope)
12. Trikonasana (foot turning 120°
14. Viparita Karani (bent legs)
BLOOD PRESSURE; FAINTING
Age 54
1. Bandage around forehead - eyes open

2. Uttanasana (big stool, head resting)
4. Cross bolsters
5. Uttanasana (lower rope)
6. Janu Sirsasana
7. Setubandha (w/belt to thighs and ankles/block between feet)
8. Viparita Karani
9. Savasana (w/small weight on forehead)
BODY ACHE (MUSCULAR); FATIGUE, LETHARGY; DIABETES (BLOOD SUGAR 140/100)
Male, 50
1. Supta Baddhakonasana
2. Supta Virasana
3. Baddha Konasana (sitting with back support)
4. Upavista Konasana (sitting with back support)
5. Adho Mukha Svanasana / head rest
6. Rope II / head rest
7. Uttanasana / head rest
8. Parsvottanasana
9. Prasarita Padottanasana
10. Bharadvajasana on stool
11. Marichyasana standing
12. Rope I & II (if possible)
14. Half Halasana
15. Savasana
If there is improvement, add more standing poses next month. Also add forward bendings and
inversions.
BRONCHITIS; ASTHMA; BLOOD PRESSURE
Female, 35
1. Sitting Dandasana (back support)

4. Rope I & II (3x)
6. Supta Virasana
8. Matsyasana
9. Sirsasana
10. Sarvangasana
11. Half Halasana
13. Viparita Karani
CERVICAL SPONDYLIOSIS
Male, 41
1. Bharadvajasana (2x)
2. Marichyasana (2x)
3. Trikonasana (2x)
4. Virabhadrasana (2x)
5. Rope I (5x)
6. Rope neck curvature (3x)
7. Grill holding
8. Stump
9. Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (If pain is not too much)
CERVICAL SPONDYLIOSIS
1. Savasana on Simhasana box

2. Cross bolsters
3. Bharadvajasana sitting on small stool at column/Viparita box for feet
4. Marichyasana III
5. Trikonasana
6. Virabhadrasana II - head back, pulling chin back
7. Rope I w/extension
8. Rope neck curvature, 3 ropes
10. Stump
13. Viparita Karani
CERVICAL SPONDYLIOSIS C5-C6, C6-C7; OSTEOPHYTES ON BOTH SIDES; LOWER LUMBAR
OSTEOPOROSIS, L4 - L5
Female
1. Pavanmuktasana (front/side)
2. Uttanasana (with 2 stools, front/side)
3. Adho Mukha Svanasana / hands on Halasana bench
4. Uttanasana (head on stool)
5. Bharadvajasana
6. Marichyasana
7. Trikonasana (facing trestler)
8. Parsvakonasana (facing trestler)
10. Supta Padangusthasana I (both legs bent)
11. Sirsasana (with big rope)
12. Adho Mukha Svanasana (same as #3)
13. Half Halasana
14. Prone Savasana
15. Savasana (bent legs on Halasana box)
CERVICAL SPONDYLIOSIS; LOWER BACK PAIN
1. Bharadvajasana ( sitting)
3. Parsvakonasana (facing trestler)
4. Trikonasana (facing trestler)
6. Uttanasana (on 2 big stools)
7. Pavanmuktasana (on bench front/side)
8. Adho Mukha Svanasana (double rope)
9. Rope - neck curvature
10. Urdhva Dhanurasana ( on stool)
11. Curvature on horse
12. Neck curvature on platform
13. Stump
14. Rope Sirsasana
15. Setubandha Sarvangasana (with bandage)
16. Viparita Karani
17. Eye exercises
CIRCULATION PROBLEM; BRONCHIAL ASTHMA; THALAESSIMIA
Female, 35
1. Savasana with slanting plank

2. Cross pillow Setubandha
3. Platform curvature (slanting plank)
4. Supta Virasana (Simhasana bench & bolster)
8. Viparita Karani
Backbends supported:
Urdhva Dhanurasana
Neck curvature
Stump
DIABETES; ARTHRITIS
Male, 60
3. Bharadvajasana (near column)
4. Parvatasana
5. Rope I
6. Trikonasana
8. Sirsasana (independent)
9. Sarvangasana (independent)
10. Half Halasana
11. Viparita Karani
DIABETES; ANGIOPLASTY SEPTEMBER 93; HEART ATTACK JULY 93
Male, 44
1) Bharadvajasana
2) Marichyasana
3) Trikonasana
4) Parsvakonasana
7) Uttanasana
9) Rope I
10) Rope II
11) Rope neck curvature
13) Viparita Dandasana (on bench)
• Rolling on neck
14) Ustrasana
15) Dorsal/chest curvature (on Trestler)
16) Rope Sirsasana
17) Stump (optional, in case of neck pain)
20) Viparita Karani
21) Sharpanijasasana
22) Savasana on Simhasana box
DIABETES; BLOOD PRESSURE; INDIGESTION/GASTRITIS
Female, 51
1. Virasana (front/side ways)

2. Swastikasana (front/sideways)
3. Janu Sirsasana (front/sideways)
4. Paschimottanasana (front/sideways)
5. Virasana sitting on calf muscles
6. Baddha Konasana
7. Supta Virasana
9. Uttanasana (head rest)
10. Adho Mukha Svanasana (head rest)
11. Bharadvajasana
12. Half Halasana
14. Viparita Karani
15. Savasana - Ujjayi
DIABETES; HYPOTHYROID; CERVICAL SPONDYLIOSIS; LOWER BACK PAIN
Female, 51
1. Bharadvajasana
2. Marichyasana
3. Supta Padangusthasana I & II (legs bent/straight)
4. Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana (front/side/bent/straight)
5. Neck curvature on rope
6. Rope I away from wall (handwork: belts to hands)
7. Neck curvature on platform
8. Uttanasana on rope
10. Viparita Dandasana: feet on platform (rolling back & forth on Setubandha bench)
11. Stool Uttanasana
13. Sharaperjurasana
DIABETES; JAUNDICE
Age 60
1. Savasana
2. Cross bolsters
3. Supta Virasana
5. Swastikasana
8. Adho Mukha Svanasana / with rope & head resting
9. Uttanasana /with rope & head resting
10. Rope Sirsasana
12. Half Halasana
14. Viparita Karani
DIABETES UNDER CONTROL (88/145)
Male, age 55, left Vent. enlargement due to stress, c5-c6 space
1. Bharadvajasana
2. Marichyasana
3. Trikonasana
6. Virabhadrasana I w/rope
7. Rope worka. Away from the wall b. Neck curvature
8. Chest back - curvature on horse
9. Stump
10. Supta Padangusthasana, bent knees I & II
12. Urdhva Mukha Svanasana
15. Sharaperjurasana
EYE PROBLEMS
Bandage to forehead:
1. Uttanasana - head resting

2. Adho Mukha Svanasana - lower rope/higher rope
3. Prasarita Padottanasana - head resting
4. Parsvottanasana - head resting
5. Virasana
7. Janu Sirsasana
9. Setubandha Sarvangasana (eyes fully covered)
10. Half Halasana (eyes fully covered)
11. Viparita Karani (eyes fully covered)
12. Savasana/ Sanmukhi Mudra
FEVER
1) Forward bends / head resting on bench

• Swastikasana
• Virasana
• Janu Sirsasana
2) Adho Mukha Svanasana long rope / head supported
3) Uttanasana (head on stool)
4) Adho Mukha Svanasana (feet on Simhasana box)
6) Bharadvajasana (sitting on big stool, feet on Viparita Karani box)
7) Uttanasana (on big stool)
8) Half Halasana
HEART ATTACK (3 YRS AGO)
Male, 57
1. Bolster Savasana (w/feet on height)

2. Cross bolsters (w/plank & belt / weight on thighs)
4. Supta Virasana
7. Rope I
8. Setubandha (w/belt & weight)
9. Viparita Karani
HEART PROBLEM
Female
1. Savasana
2. Cross Bolsters
5. Supta Virasana
6. Bharadvajasana
8. Uttanasana
11. Half Halasana
12. Setubandha
13. Viparita Karani
HIGH CHOLESTEROL
Male, 45
1. Savasana (with slanting plank)

2. Cross pillow Setubandha
3. Platform curvature (slanting plank)
4. Supta Virasana (Simhasana box)
6. Supta Baddha Konasana (slanting plank)
7. Setubandha
8. Viparita Karani
HYPERTHYROID; ASTHMA
Age 45
1. Savasana
2. Cross bolster and pillow Setubandha
4. Uttanasana
6. Rope I (5x)
7. Rope (neck curvature)
8. Rope Sirsasana
9. Urdhva Dhanurasana (on stool)
10. Ustrasana
11. Stump
12. Supta Virasana
14. Niralamba Sarvangasana
16. Viparita Karani
17. Savasana
INSOMNIA; MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS (PROLONGED PERIOD); SEVERE ACIDITY (15 YRS)
Female, 43

2) Supta Virasana
3) Forward bends:
• Virasana
• Janu Sirsasana
4) Baddha Konasana (with support)
5) Upavista Konasana (with support)
7) Uttanasana (head on stool)
8) Adho Mukha Svanasana (bolster)
9) Prasarita Padottanasana (concave back/full support)
10) Pavanmuktasana
11) Sirsasana
13) Sarvangasana
14) Half Halasana
16) Viparita Karani
KIDNEY PROBLEM
Female, 44
1) Uttanasana (in rope / 1 min.)

2) Adho Mukha Svanasana (in rope / 1 min.)
3) Uttanasana (on stool / 1 min.)
4) Bharadvajasana (2x on stool)
5) Marichyasana (2x standing)
6) Marichyasana (2x on Simhasana box)
7) Viparita Dandasana (5 min)
8) Rope I & II
9) Forward Bendings (count 100)
• Virasana
• Swastikasana
• Janu Sirsasana
• Trianga Mukhaikapada
• Baddha Konasana
• Upavista Konasana
10) Baddha Konasana (against grill)
11) Upavista Konasana (against grill)
12) Chair Sarvangasana (5 min)
13) Half Halasana ( 5 min)
14) Setubandha Sarvangasana ( 5min)
15) Viparita Karani ( 5min)
16) Savasana (5 min)
KNEE PAIN
#1 -3 done for 10 minutes

#6 -7 done for 5 minutes
1) belts Savasana (on platform)

• belt above knee (each knee)
• belt below knee (each knee)
2) Lying on platform, feet on bench
3) 10kg weight is kept to the knees.
4) Urdhva Prasarita Padasana
• L shape at column
• Belts as above tied to rotate knees & thighs from outside in
• Legs tied also to column
5) Utthita Prasarita Padasana
• Belts as above (at trestler, facing)
• Assistant pulls inner knee back
• Assistant w/belt to move tailbone, buttock flesh inward
• Assistant to lift side trunk up
6) Trikonasana
• Initially only as leg work
• Anterior to trestler
7) Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana (at grill/side)
8) Viparita Dandasana on bench
• Belts as above, tied to bench
**Note: #4,5,6 - delete if tired, fatigued

LOW BLOOD PRESSURE; PERSPIRATION; DYSMENORREA; HAEMOGLOBIN LOW
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Female, 41
1. Uttanasana (rope)
2. Adho Mukha Svanasana (rope)
3. Trikonasana
5. Bharadvajasana (column)
7. Supta Virasana
8. Baddha Konasana (grill)
9. Upavista Konasana (grill)
10. Sarvangasana
11. Half Halasana
13. Viparita Karani
LOWER BACK PAIN; CONSTIPATION
Age 39
1. Bharadvajasana (sitting)
3. Trikonasana
4. Parsvakonasana
5. Parivrtta Trikonasana
7. Supta Padangusthasana I & II (front/side/bent/straight)
8. Pavanmuktasana (front/side)
9. Prone Savasana (with 50 pounds weight on the lower back)
LUMBAR PROBLEMS: L4-L5 PROLAPSE; L5-51 POSTERIOR LATERAL PINCH PROLAPSE;
L3-L4 DIFFERENT BRIDGE; LOWER LUMBAR STENOSIS
Male, 43
1) Weights on thighs
2) Weights on back
3) Marichyasana / Standing
4) Bharadvajasana
5) Uttanasana on stool
6) Platform Setu Bandha bench forward extension
7) Dog pose
8) Pavanmuktasana on bench: front/side
9) Prasarita Padottanasana on bench / forward extension
10) Supta Padangusthasana (against column)
• bent leg/ straight leg
• front/ side
11) Savasana
LUMBAR SPONDYLIOSIS; LUMBAR STENOSIS; SLUGGISH ANKLES; OSTEOPHYTES AT L2,
L3, L4; ARTHRITIS
Female, 53, space between discs narrowed, no erosion, no destruction, no fracture
1. Tadasana against wall

2. Parsvakonasana (arm straight, interlock)
3. Parflexion (ankle extension)
4. Parsvakonasana (with small Halasana bench)
6. Trikonasana
7. Ardha Chandrasana (foot on stool)
8. Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana I (bent/straight/front)
9. Malasana
10. Rope I (away from wall)
11. Adho Mukha Svanasana (from stool)
12. Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (platform)
13. Supta Padangusthasana
14. Pavanmuktasana on bench (front / side)
15. Bharadvajasana
16. Marichyasana
17. Simhasana Marichyasana
18. Half Halasana
19. Setubandha
20. Supta Baddha Konasana (feet against wall)
MENOPAUSE; FRACTURE 6 YRS, BACK PAIN AFTER LONG WALK
Female, 47
1) Trikonasana (foot turning out)

2) Parsvakonasana (foot turning out)
• Virabhadrasana I/ straight leg at rope
3) Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana
5) Marichyasana/bent leg on stool
6) Uttanasana
7) 7.Adho Mukha Svanasana
9) Baddha Konasana
10) Upavista Konasana
11) Virasana
12) Half Halasana
MIGRAINE; INSOMNIA; SHOULDER PROBLEMS: PAIN; PROLAPSED UTERUS
Female, 42
1. Standing Uttanasana on stool (feet on bricks)

2. Dog pose on rope - head resting on bolsters
3. Uttanasana on rope - head resting on box or stool
4. Virasana
5. Swatikasana (forward bend)
6. Janu Sirsasana
9. Rope I on Simhasana box (add rope on white rope)
10. Bharadvajasana on stool
11. Standing Marichyasana
12. Setubandha (brick between the thighs - belt)
13. Viparita Karani
NECK PROBLEMS & BACK PROBLEMS
Female
She should look from right to left in all poses.
1. Bharadvajasana
2. Marichyasana
3. Trikonasana
4. Parsvakonasana
5. Virabhadrasana I
6. Rope I
8. Neck curvature on stump
10. Pavanmuktasana
OPTIC NEURITIS; OCCASIONAL HEADACHE; THYROID GROWTH
Age 20
2) Uttanasana (on rope)
3) Adho Mukha Svanasana (on rope)
4) Full Arm Balance
5) Elbow Balance
6) Sirsasana
9) Twistings
• Standing Marichyasana
• Bharadvajasana
• on Simhasana box
10) Sarvangasana
• blankets on each side
• 1blanket folded under the neck
• Slanting plank under neck if required
11) Halasana (remove plank, on the stool: blanket, bolster)
12) Paschimottanasana (sitting on bolster)
13) Savasana
• Sanmukhi Mudra
OSTEO-ARTHRITIS; VARICOSE VEINS
1. Supta Padangusthasana I & II (bent legs/straight legs)

2. Urdhva Prasarita Padasana (straight legs)
3. Pavanmuktasana (bent legs)
4. Baddha Konasana (feet against wall)
6. Bhekasana
7. Padmasana (if possible)
8. Malasana
9. Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana (straight legs/bent legs/standing)
10. Ekapada Bhekasana
11. Trikonasana
12. Parsvakonasana
13. Virabhadrasana I, II
15. Virasana
16. Vamadevasana
17. Sarvangasana
18. Halasana
20. Viparita Karani (knees tied)
Savasana (leg weight)
PALPITATION; INSOMNIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEST PAIN; BREATHLESSNESS; ANXIETY;
NERVOUSNESS
Age 36.5
1. Simhasana Savasana (5 min)

2. Cross pillow (3-5 min)
3. Platform curvature (3-5 min)
4. Stump (3-5 min)
5. Rope I (5x)
6. Viparita Dandasana (5 min) on roller on big stool
7. Supta Virasana
9. Uttanasana
11. Janu Sirsasana
14. Half Halasana
16. Viparita Karani
PARALYSIS (RIGHT SIDE FROM ACCIDENT)
Male, 57
1. Trikonasana
2. Parsvakonasana
4. Tadasana against wall/ arms up
5. Rope I & II
6. Rope backwards bending
7. Rope dog pose
8. Parsvottanasana (rope)
9. Prasarita Padottanasana (rope)
10. Uttanasana
11. Grill: hands behind/hands over head
13. Sarvangasana chair
14. Half Halasana
15. Setubandha (weight to hands)
16. Savasana
PARKINSON’S LEFT; HEAVINESS ON RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD & TONGUE;
TWIST DIFFICULTY (W/ R. SIDE)
Male, 52
1) Weight on hands/legs.
2) Hand work/arm work
• Urdhva Hastasana
• Rope I/II / neck hang
• Grill
3) Interlocking in Parvatasana/Tadasana
4) Hand folding :
• Back/Namaskar
• Gomukhasana
5) Against column - stretching the arm back
6) Bharadvajasana/Marichyasana
7) Trikonasana/Ardha Chandrasana against horse
9) Sarvangasana (5 minutes)
10) Halasana (5 minutes)
11) Setubandha Sarvangasana (5 minutes)
12) Simhasana (tongue twist)
PREGNANCY I
#1 - #4 Anterior to trestler:
1. Trikonasana
2. Parsvakonasana
5. Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana (side)
6. Supta Padangusthasana I (rolled blanket below tailbone)
7. Supta Padangusthasana to side (rolled blanket below tailbone)
8. Baddha Konasana (sitting w/back support)
9. Upavista Konasana (sitting w/back support)
10. Rope I
11. Neck curvature - rope
12. Stump
13. Supta Virasana
15. Rope Sirsasana
17. 90° legs in Setubandha
PREGNANCY II
1. Half Uttanasana on big stool (elbows on stool, dorsal in, toes in, heels out)
2. Adho Mukha Svanasana (hands on block, feet on the edge of mat, ropes for the back to pull
thighs back, head down)
3. Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana/side
4. Trikonasana (no support)
5. Parsvakonasana
7. Ardha Chandrasana (leg on stool, heel at brick)
8. Virabhadrasana III (leg on stool, hands on the horse)
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Male, 52
1. Virasana (sitting)
2. Baddha Konasana
3. Supta Padangusthasana (front & side / bent knees)
5. Trikonasana
6. Rope I
7. Neck curvature
8. Bharadvajasana
10. Pavanmuktasana
RHEUMATIC ARTHRITIS; THYROID
Female, 50
1) Bharadvajasana
2) Marichyasana (grill work)
• Parvatasana (against column)
• Urdhva Hastasana (against column)
3) Trikonasana (grill with rope)
4) Parsvakonasana (grill with rope)
5) Rope I / extra belt for hands / 2 belts: shoulder bone and arms
6) Neck curvature on rope
7) Supta Padangusthasana (bent/straight legs I & II)
8) Virasana sitting
9) Baddha Konasana
• Supta Virasana
11) Platform curvature (with a brick as base)
12) Neck curvature on stump
13) Bolster and pillow Setubandha
14) Viparita Karani
SHOULDER PROBLEMS - PAINFUL; NUMB; LEFT COLD SHOULDER
Male, 61
1. Bharadvajasana
2. Trikonasana (at horse)
3. Parsvakonasana (at horse)
4. Virabhadrasana II (at horse)
5. Ardha Chandrasana (at horse)
6. Virabhadrasana I
7. Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana
8. Holding grill with two hands & then one hand (at back)
9. Rope I
10. Column/arms back
11. Hands in Parsvottanasana
12. Gomukhasana
13. Viparita Dandasana (plank)
14. Stump
SPONDYLIOSIS; SCIATICA; KNEE PAIN; BRONCHIAL ASTHMA; VARICOSE VEINS;
MENOPAUSE, DEPRESSION; ACIDITY; COLITIS
Female
A. For Three Months

1) Bharadvajasana (column)
2) Marichyasana (column)
3) Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana I & II (bent legs)
4) Supta Padangusthasana (bent, straight)
5) Platform curvature (Purvottanasana)
6) Sitting
• Virasana/ on calves and heels
• Sitting like Ardha Matsyendrasana on leg
• Baddha Konasana/ back to the wall
7) Supta Baddha Konasana & Supta Padangusthasana (bent knees)
8) Forward bending
• Virasana
• Janu Sirsasana
• Virasana
9) Rope dog pose/ Uttanasana
10) Setu Bandha/2 bolsters (legs up w/belt)
11) Viparita Karani (Baddha Konasana)
B. After Three Months

1. Trikonasana/Parsvakonasana/Ardha Chandrasana
2. Sirsasana/Sarvangasana/ Half Halasana
3. Viparita Dandasana / Rope I, II, III, IV
4. Marichyasana/Ardha Matsyendrasana
5. Resting supine for asthma
C. After 6 months, general classes

SPONDYLIOSIS; HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE 165/60; CONSTIPATION; CRAMPS; DEPRESSION
1) Bharadvajasana (2x standing)

2) Marichyasana (2x standing)
3) Standing poses at grill
• Trikonasana
• Parsvakonasana
• Parivrtta Parsvakonasana
• Virabhadrasana I & II
• Parivrtta Ardha Chandrasana
5) Uttanasana
6) Rope I (on broad rope, 2 boxes)
7) Pavanmuktasana on bench
8) Legs belted, pillar, 6 belts
9) Uttanasana on stool
10) Head resting on stool
11) Namaste/Gomukhasana
12) Setubandha
SPONDYLIOSIS; LOWER BACK PAIN; ACIDITY
Female, 39
1. Bharadvajasana (near column)

2. Marichyasana - standing
3. Trikonasana
4. Parsvakonasana
5. Virabhadrasana I & II
7. Rope I
10. Stump
11. Viparita Dandasana (supported)
12. Belts (shoulder / neck)
13. Pavanmuktasana
15. Virasana forward
STENOSIS (HEART)
1. Savasana on stomach /weight on buttocks

2. Rope I
3. Urdhva Mukha Svanasana supported on platform
4. Savasana traction
5. Anantasana (roller to tailbone)
6. Pavanmuktasana on short Uttanasana stool (sitting on platform)
THIGH (MID) & ANKLE PAIN; LUMBAGO L4, L5; HAEMOGLOBIN 1080; CHRONIC
CERRICITIS; ENDOMETRIUM - EARLY STAGES; CERVICAL SPONDYLIOSIS C3-C4 C4-C5
C5-C6; DEGENERATION LUMBO-SACRAL L4-L5 L5-51; LUMBAR STENOSIS
Female, 50
1. Pavanmuktasana on bench front

2. Prasarita Padottanasana on bench
4. Adho Mukha Svanasana /top rope
5. Bharadvajasana
6. Marichyasana
7. Foot pavaflexar
8. Platform Setubandha (front extension)
9. Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana (bent leg)
10. Virabhadrasana II (trestler)
11. Parsvakonasana (trestler)
13. Platform stump
14. Supta Padangusthasana (bent legs/both legs bent)
15. Virasana (on bolster)
17. Sarvangasana
18. Savasana (bent legs)
THYROID INJECTION; CATARACT ‘87; OSTEO KNEES
Age 63
1. Savasana (bolster, pillow)

3. Viparita Dandasana or drum curvature
4. Urdhva Prasarita Padasana (legs against pillar/legs belted)
5. Supta Padangusthasana (bent legs)
6. Uttanasana (on rope)
7. Adho Mukha Svanasana (on rope)
8. Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (bench)
9. Viparita Karani
UTERUS REMOVED; CERVICAL SPONDYLIOSIS; SLIPPED DISC, LUMBAR; BLOOD PRESSURE
140/100 WITH DIABETES
Female, 50
1. Bharadvajasana
2. Marichyasana
3. Uttanasana
4. Adho Mukha Svanasana (near the grill)
5. Prasarita Padottanasana ( near the grill)
6. Trikonasana
7. Parsvakonasana
8. Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana I & II
9. Rope I
11. Supta Padangusthasana
12. Platform neck curvature
INDEX OF MEDICAL SEQUENCES
CERRICITIS, 137
CERVICAL CANCER. See Pap Test
A CERVICAL SPONDYLIOSIS. See Spondyliosis
CHEST PAIN, 125. See also Angina
CHOLESTEROL
ACIDITY, 75, 113, 133, 135 High, 72, 111
Vomiting feeling, 79 CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME, 14, 62
AIDS, 7 CIRCULATION PROBLEM, 100
ANGINA, 9. See also Chest Pain COLITIS, 133
ANGIOPLASTY, 102 COLON CANCER, 15
ANKLES, 119 CONCEPTION PROBLEMS. See Pregnancy
Pain, 137 Problems
ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS. See Spondylitis CONSTIPATION, 63, 117, 134
ANXIETY, 125 CRAMPS, 134
ARMS CRONE’S DISEASE, 16, 17
Dislocation, 21
ARTHRITIS, 81, 92, 101, 119. See also knee
problems
ASTHMA, 60, 82, 83, 84, 85, 92, 95, 100, 112 D
Bronchial, 100, 133
DEPRESSION, 18, 19, 133, 134
DIABETES, 52, 64, 94, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105,
B 139
Under control, 106
DIARRHEA, 17, 20, 65
BACK PROBLEMS, 61. See also Stenosis;
Spondyliosis
BACK PAIN, 86, 120
Bamboo spine, 87 E
Degeneration of vertebrae, 137
Lower back pain, 99, 104, 117, 135 ELDERLY
Lumbago, 137 Guidelines for teaching, 22
Lumbar osteoporosis, 98 EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES, 23
lumbar problems, 118 ENDOMETRIUM, 137
Scoliosis, 53, 78 EYE PROBLEMS, 107
Slipped disc, 139
BAMBOO SPINE, 87
BLOOD PRESSURE, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 95, 103, F
125, 139
High, 30, 71, 91, 134
Low, 33, 116 FAINTING, 93
Pregnancy, 90 FATIGUE, 24, 94. See also Chronic Fatigue
BLOOD SUGAR, 94 Syndrome
Low, 34 Vomiting feeling, 79
BODY ACHE, 94 FEMUR. See Thigh
BREAST CANCER FEVER, 81, 108
Eight months post-surgery, 11 FIBROIDS, 66. See also Uterine Fibroids
Seven years post-surgery, 12 FRACTURE, 120
Two weeks post-surgery, 10 FRACTURE OF LEFT FEMUR, PELVIS, AND HIP,
BREATHLESSNESS, 125 25
BRONCHITIS, 95
BURNING SENSATION
Arms and hands, 81 G
GALLBLADDER PROBLEMS, 27, 67
C GAS, 68
GASTRITIS, 103
CANDIDA ALIBICANS, 13 GRAVE’S DISEASE, 28
CATARACT, 138
Prolonged period, 113
H MIGRAINE, 69, 121
HAEMOGLOBIN, 137
Low, 116
HEADACHE, 69, 70, 123. See also Migraine
N
HEART ATTACK, 102, 109
HEART PROBLEM, 110 NAUSEA. See also Vomiting feeling. See
HEAVINESS ON RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD & Pregnancy Problems
TONGUE, 127 NECK PROBLEMS, 122. See also Spondyliosis
HEPATITIS, 29 Pain, 42
HIGH CHOLESTEROL. See Cholesterol Sarvangasana, 43
HIP NERVOUSNESS, 125
Fracture, 25 NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, 44
HYPERTHYROID, 28, 73, 112
HYPOTHYROID, 74, 104
HYSTERECTOMY, 31. See also Uterus O
OPTIC NEURITIS, 123
I OSTEO-ARTHRITIS, 124
OSTEOPHYTES, 98, 119
INDIGESTION, 70, 75, 103 OSTEOPOROSIS
INSOMNIA, 113, 121, 125 Lumbar, 98
INTERMENSTRUAL SPOTTING. See Uterine OVARIAN CANCER, 46
Fibroids
P
J
PALPITATION, 125
JAUNDICE, 105 PAP TEST - POSITIVE, 47
PARALYSIS, 126
PARKINSON’S, 127
PELVIS
K Fracture, 25
PERSPIRATION, 116
KIDNEY PROBLEM, 114 PREGNANCY, 48, 128, 129
KIDNEY PROBLEMS, 76 High blood pressure. See Blood Pressure
KNEE PROBLEMS PREGNANCY PROBLEMS
Osteo knees, 138 Inability to conceive, 49
Pain, 86, 115, 133 Nausea, 50
PSORIASIS, 51
L
R
LETHARGY, 81, 94
LIVER PROBLEMS, 32, 77 RHEUMATIC ARTHRITIS, 131. See also Arthritis
LUMBAGO. See Back Problems RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, 52, 130. See also
LUMBAR PROBLEMS. See Back Problems Arthritis
M S
MASTECTOMY SCIATICA, 133
Five years post-surgery, 39 SCOLIOSIS, 53, 78
Immediately post-surgery, 35 SHOULDER PROBLEMS
Two years post-surgery, 37 Pain, 121
MENOPAUSE, 120, 133 Painful, numb, cold, 132
MENSTRUAL PERIOD, 41 Strained, swollen, 54
MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS SJOGREN SYNDROME, 52
Dysmenorrea, 116 SLIPPED DISC. See Back Problems
Intermenstrual Spotting. See Uterine Fibroids SMOKE
Irregular or non-existent period, 40 Second-hand smoke, 55
SPASTIC DYSPHONIA, 56 TWIST DIFFICULTY (W/ R. SIDE), 127
SPONDYLIOSIS, 81, 133, 134, 135
Cervical, 96, 97, 98, 99, 104, 137, 139
Lumbar, 119 U
SPONDYLITIS
Ankylosing, 80
STENOSIS UTERINE FIBROIDS
Heart, 136 During pregnancy, 58
Lumbar, 118, 119, 137 Intermenstrual spotting, 59
Recent diagnosis, 57
UTERUS
Prolapsed, 121
T Removed, 139. See also Hysterectomy
THALAESSIMIA, 100
THIGH V
Fracture, 25
Pain, 137
THRYOTOXICOSIS. See Grave's Disease VARICOSE VEINS, 124, 133
THYROID, 131. See also Hyperthyroid; Hypothyroid VOMITING FEELING, 79. See also Pregnancy
Growth, 123 Problems
Injection, 138

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MEDICAL SEQUENCES SUBMITTED TO IYNAUS...................................................................

BREAST CANCER: TWO WEEKS POST-SURGERY.......................................................................9

BREAST CANCER: EIGHT MONTHS POST-SURGERY................................................................10

BREAST CANCER: SEVEN YEARS POST-SURGERY.................................................................11

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME.................................................................................................13

CRONE’S DISEASE I...................................................................................................................15

CRONE’S DISEASE II..................................................................................................................16

ELDERLY - GUIDELINES FOR TEACHING...................................................................................21

FATIGUE (SIMPLE FATIGUE)....................................................................................................23

FRACTURE OF LEFT FEMUR, PELVIS, AND HIP.........................................................................24

GRAVE’S DISEASE (HYPERTHYROID OR THRYOTOXICOSIS)..................................................27

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE...........................................................................................................29

LOW BLOOD PRESSURE............................................................................................................32

MASTECTOMY: IMMEDIATELY POST-SURGERY........................................................................34

MASTECTOMY: TWO YEARS POST-SURGERY..........................................................................36

MASTECTOMY: FIVE YEARS POST-SURGERY.........................................................................38

MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS: IRREGULAR OR NON-EXISTENT PERIOD........................................39

NECK PROBLEMS: PAIN.............................................................................................................41

NECK PROBLEMS: IN SARVANGASANA....................................................................................42

PAP TEST - POSITIVE.................................................................................................................46

PREGNANCY PROBLEMS: INABILITY TO CONCEIVE................................................................48

PREGNANCY PROBLEMS: NAUSEA...........................................................................................49

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, DIABETES, AND SJOGREN SYNDROME.........................................51

SHOULDER PROBLEMS: STRAINED AND SWOLLEN.................................................................53

SMOKE (SECOND-HAND CIGARETTE) IN ENVIRONMENT..........................................................54

UTERINE FIBROIDS DURING PREGANCY...................................................................................57

UTERINE FIBROIDS: INTERMENSTRUAL SPOTTING..................................................................58

THERAPEUTIC SEQUENCES GIVEN BY GEETA IYENGAR

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME.................................................................................................61

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE...........................................................................................................70

VOMITING FEELING WITH ACIDITY AND OR FATIGUE...............................................................78

SEQUENCES FROM THE MEDICAL FILES AT RIMYI............................................................79

ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLIOSIS; FEVER; LETHARGY.....................................................................80

BACK PAIN AND KNEE PAIN.......................................................................................................85

BLOOD PRESSURE- I..................................................................................................................87

BLOOD PRESSURE - II................................................................................................................88

BLOOD PRESSURE (120/86); DURING PREGNANCY 150/110; DELIVERY DEC 95..................89

BLOOD PRESSURE; ASTHMA; ARTHRITIS.................................................................................91

BLOOD PRESSURE; FAINTING...................................................................................................92

BODY ACHE (MUSCULAR); FATIGUE, LETHARGY; DIABETES (BLOOD SUGAR 140/100).........93

BRONCHITIS; ASTHMA; BLOOD PRESSURE..............................................................................94

CERVICAL SPONDYLIOSIS C5-C6, C6-C7; OSTEOPHYTES ON BOTH SIDES; LOWER

CERVICAL SPONDYLIOSIS; LOWER BACK PAIN.......................................................................98

CIRCULATION PROBLEM; BRONCHIAL ASTHMA; THALAESSIMIA............................................99

DIABETES; ANGIOPLASTY SEPTEMBER 93; HEART ATTACK JULY 93..................................101

DIABETES; BLOOD PRESSURE; INDIGESTION/GASTRITIS.....................................................102

DIABETES; HYPOTHYROID; CERVICAL SPONDYLIOSIS; LOWER BACK PAIN.......................103

DIABETES UNDER CONTROL (88/145).....................................................................................105

HEART ATTACK (3 YRS AGO)...................................................................................................108

INSOMNIA; MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS (PROLONGED PERIOD); SEVERE ACIDITY..................112

LOW BLOOD PRESSURE; PERSPIRATION; DYSMENORREA; HAEMOGLOBIN LOW..............115

LOWER BACK PAIN; CONSTIPATION.......................................................................................116

LUMBAR SPONDYLIOSIS; LUMBAR STENOSIS; SLUGGISH ANKLES; OSTEOPHYTES AT

MENOPAUSE; FRACTURE 6 YRS, BACK PAIN AFTER LONG WALK........................................119

MIGRAINE; INSOMNIA; SHOULDER PROBLEMS: PAIN; PROLAPSED UTERUS.......................120

NECK PROBLEMS & BACK PROBLEMS...................................................................................121

OPTIC NEURITIS; OCCASIONAL HEADACHE; THYROID GROWTH..........................................122

OSTEO-ARTHRITIS; VARICOSE VEINS.....................................................................................123

PALPITATION; INSOMNIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEST PAIN; BREATHLESSNESS;

PARALYSIS (RIGHT SIDE FROM ACCIDENT)............................................................................125

RHEUMATIC ARTHRITIS; THYROID...........................................................................................130

SHOULDER PROBLEMS - PAINFUL; NUMB; LEFT COLD SHOULDER......................................131

SPONDYLIOSIS; SCIATICA; KNEE PAIN; BRONCHIAL ASTHMA; VARICOSE VEINS;

SPONDYLIOSIS; HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE 165/60; CONSTIPATION; CRAMPS;