Sequence This sequence for colds and flu is taken from B.K.S. Iyengar’s The Path to Holistic Health. It includes supported postures to calm the nervous system. The head is positioned below the chest to remove pressure on the sinuses and improve respiration. Uttanasana – head supportedPrasarita PadottanasanaAdho Mukha Svanasana – hands on blocks, head supported…

Sequence Upavistha Konasana Baddha Konasana Supta Svastikasana supportedSupta Virasana supportedSupta Baddha Konasana supportedAdho Mukha Svastikasana supportedAdho Mukha Virasana supportedJanu Sirsasana with bolsterTrianga Eka Pada Paschimottanasana with bolsterUpavistha Konasana Adho Mukha Upavistha Konasana with bolsterParsva Adho Mukha Upavistha Konasana with bolsterPaschimottanasana with bolsterViparita Dandasana supportedSetu Bandha Sarvangasana supportedSavasana supported

Sequence Supta Baddha Konasana supportedSupta Virasana supportedAdho Mukha Svanasana supportedUtthita Trikonasana by wallArdha Chandrasana by wallPrasarita Padottanasana head supportedViparita Dandasana supportedAdho Mukha Svanasana supportedJanu Sirsasana with bolsterTriang Mukhaikapada Paschimottanasana with bolsterPaschimottanasana with bolsterUpavistha KonasanaAdho Mukha Upavistha Konasana with bolsterParsva Upavistha Konasana with bolsterSetu Bandha Sarvangasana supportedSavasana

Sequence Marla Apt, a senior-level Iyengar yoga instructor, based in Los Angeles, who has been involved with medical research studies at UCLA on yoga for depression, anxiety and IBS and created the first yoga therapy content to be incorporated into the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine’s curriculum, shares this asana sequence for potentially bringing…

Sequence SvastikasanaSupta Svastikasana – supportedSupta Baddha Konasana – supportedVirasanaUrdhva Hasta in VirasanaParvatasana in VirasanaViparita Dandasana – supportedBaddha Konasana in Viparita Dandasana – supportedRope SirsasanaChair SarvangasanaSavasana – supported

Sequence SvastikasanaVirasanaUrdhva Hasta in VirasanaParvatasana in VirasanaTadasanaUrdhva HastasanaBaddhanguliyasanaGomukhasana in TadasanaPaschima NamaskarasanaVirabhadrasana IRope SirsasanaChair SarvangasanaSavasana

Sequence Supta Padangusthasana IIArdha UttanasanaParsvottanasana – concave back, hands at the wall or another supportPrasarita Padottanasana – concave backPrasarita Padottanasana – with head supported on chairRope SirsasanaChair Salamba SarvangasanaSavasana

Sequence Parsva Hasta PadangusthasanaUtthita TrikonasanaArdha ChandrasanaArdha UttanasanaRope SirsasanaSalamba Sarvangasana with the chairSavasana