15 Yoga Poses That Help With Headaches
“Headaches come with pain, muscle tension, likely elevated heart rate and blood pressure, and distracted mind,” says Andrea Lepcio, Yoga Alliance 200-hour teacher and ACE-certified Personal Trainer with Fyt. “Yoga is designed to encourage the parasympathetic system (that controls our rest and digest functions), to take over this stress response.” It also helps to soothe your vagus nerve. “This long nerve starts in our neck and helps with swallowing and vocalization....