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Yoga Causes Stroke In Overzealous Yogi…How Far Is Too Far?

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The latest headline: Woman suffers massive stroke thanks to yoga

Don’t all freak out at once. The headline is, well, a bit much, but this is worth a read. Strokes are no joke, and knowing symptoms/signs is extremely important and potentially life-saving. That said, extreme poses are no joke, either. Please take care of yourself. It feels like this shouldn’t have to be said, but yoga doesn’t need to be an extreme sport. (Saying it again for the folks on IG…yoga doesn’t need to be an extreme sport.)

Rebecca Leigh is, for all intents and purposes, an Instagram yoga star. It’s clear by her feed that she profits, or intends to profit, by being an influencer. That should not take away from the fact that she had a stroke doing a yoga pose, but it should certainly be part of the larger conversation. How far do we need to go for likes and approval? Or, without knowing her full intentions, how far do we need to go to push past our “edge”?

We blame capitalism. It’s just never enough. Or maybe that’s too simple.

Via DevonLive:

“Rebecca Leigh, 40, was performing a yogic headstand when she tore a major blood vessel in her neck.

Just two hours before the life-altering injury she had filmed an advanced sequence in a pink bikini for her 26,000 social media fans.

Today the exercise obsessive cannot speak for more than a few minutes, suffers headaches daily and has severe memory loss.

But just one month after the devastating episode, Rebecca was back on her mat and still practices the ancient exercise for an hour every day.”

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    “the ancient exercise” ???

    Handstand an ancient exercise? They wore robes. Think about it. What happens to robes when a person turns upsidedown.

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    So per the sourced linked article it was NOT headstand that caused this woman’s stroke.
    The original writer didn’t know the difference from “Hollowback/ backbended Handstand” is not even close to the same pose. SMH. Now you got this whole thread afraid of headstands.

    She said: “I was on my front porch practicing a pretty intense type of yoga handstand called a ‘hollowback’ handstand.
    “This pose requires you to extend your neck, drop your hips back and arch your lower spine all while in a headstand.
    “I felt that I had really nailed it but as I walked inside my house, my peripheral vision went out and the rest of my vision became blurry.
    “It was like a curtain coming down all around me.

    https://www.devonlive.com/news/uk-world-news/woman-suffers-massive-stroke-thanks-2681798

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    “After all the blood work, ultrasounds, MRIs and CT scans, it was finally a CTA scan that explained it,” she said.
    While doing handstands Rebecca had torn her right carotid artery, one of the four arteries that supplies blood to the brain.
    The tear sent a blood clot to her brain which caused the stroke and the trauma of the tear in the wall of the artery also caused a small aneurysm, a bulge in the vessel, to develop.”

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