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It’s as easy as searching for “beginner yoga” on Youtube and choosing an instructor who makes you feel comfortable. Ready to give yoga a try, but feel a little unsure of where to start? That’s understandable. One migraine study, for example, showed a “significant reduction in the impact of headache on patients’ lives, headache frequency, and severity and a non-significant reduction in headache duration.”Īnd, while not a medical journal, Migraine Buddy, a popular migraine tracking app, found that out of their users who said they used yoga for migraine relief, 39.98% thought it helped. You bet! The American Migraine Foundation notes that there have been studies showing the link between yoga therapy and its impact on treating migraine headaches. A small study showed changes in cerebral blood flow after a 12-week training program in Iyengar yoga.” Is there any research around yoga and migraine treatment specifically? Poor posture can contribute to neck pain and headaches.” She adds, “yoga may also help with circulation. Sara Crystal, Cove Medical Director and migraine expert, explains that in addition to being a stress reliever, “yoga may help with migraine prevention by improving posture. In addition, the National Institute of Health notes that yoga may also help you sleep better, lose weight, and relieve lower-back and neck pain, all things that likely lead you to feel less stressed. Yoga, compared to cycling or lifting, has a reputation for stress reduction because of that last point-the focus on your yoga poses, your body’s movements, and your controlled breathing is so intense that it makes it much harder to think about what your boss said earlier, or the big birthday you’re planning for your partner, or whatever else is stressing you out. And, as the Mayo Clinic notes, exercise is proven to reduce stress by increasing your endorphins, improving self-confidence, and forcing you to focus on the task on hand instead of your current anxieties. How does yoga help with stress?įor starters, yoga is exercise (and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise). While there are many different ways to relieve stress (which we’ll dive into below-don’t worry), yoga is one of the more popular methods these days.

Because if you can find a stress reliever that works for you, that could make all the difference in your migraine frequency. Avoiding your migraine triggers is easier said than done, especially when stress is your trigger and you’re trying to balance career, family, relationships, friends, bills, errands, and well, the list goes on and on.īut just because it’s a challenge doesn’t mean it’s not one that’s worth going after.