Side Effects of Yoga

We all are well aware of benefits of yoga. But here I am talking about the side effects caused by Yoga. Actually whether yoga causes any bad effects on our body or not it’s a topic of debate. Some purely believes that Yoga has no side effects. According to them when we start yoga practices our body can have certain disabilities while eliminating the waste/ morbid products out of the body. They call these as Healing Crisis. According to them these effects diminishes gradually after some time.
However many people mention certain bad effects while practicing yoga. Most of these effects are seen in the initial phase when the individual has just started the yoga practices. Where some effects got corrected with the advancing time others got worsen. So here we need to be bit careful while starting the yoga practices.
First of all always start doing yoga under the supervision of a person who has mastered in it. If you are suffering from certain health problems like blood pressure instability, asthma, cancers etc. always consult your doctors before. They are there to help you. So take full advantage from them. Moreover in certain health problems if you start doing yoga without consulting your physician in stead of being benefited from it your condition may get worsen.
For example in case of psychotic disorders like schizophrenia certain caution is indicated while doing any kind of exercises.
Here my special mention is about the pregnant ladies. Yoga is considered very well during pregnancy but do it in the supervision of some good teacher. Never try it yourself; it can become harmful to you instead.
One thing you also need take care is about your dieting habits. Never do yoga when your stomach is full. You will feel discomfort. There should be a gap of 4- 6 hrs in between. Don’t drink too much water while doing yoga exercises. Never drink or eat immediately after the yoga session, have a break in between. Also take care of the food you are taking.
Gastric disturbances are very common side effects associated with yoga. Some persons may feel flatulence, changes in stool content, passing out of more gases, feeling acidic while practicing yoga etc. In yoga experts’ view these symptoms will occur in the initial stage of the exercises and will diminish with time and moreover these are good signs for your digestion process. Like when you are passing out more gases or your stool content is increased that means your gastric system was problematic and now the yoga exercises are fixing the problems. Feeling acidic while doing Yoga means that yoga has activated your digestion process and so the food which was not being digested before is now in the digesting phase while doing the exercises. We all are well aware that while food digestion with in the body the food is mixed with gastric juices which are acidic in nature.
In the initial phase of yogic exercises one may feel muscle cramps which is due to accumulation of lactic acid as the fats got converted to lactic acid. And with time these effects will be corrected. It occurs in all kind of physical exercises. However if the pain is sharp that means that you may have ruptured some tissue and need to see some physician. So the beginners should start with easy forms and then gradually shift to difficult ones and that too in the supervision of some yoga teacher. Moreover gradually increase the time limit of your exercises.
So we all can enjoy the healing effects of yoga but we need to use certain precautions while practicing the yoga practices.