Welcome, @cierann. You are so right. Everyone is different. While some yoga postures may be right for one person with EDS, they may not be right for another. EDS is as individual as the person themselves.

Dr. Munipalli agrees and underlines:
"If a person with hypermobility is practicing yoga, they should avoid prolonged passive stretching at end range, avoid positions that could cause shoulder dislocation and remember that the focus on practicing yoga is more for the inner experience than performance. Yoga supports patients with hypermobility by providing calming to the nervous system, mind-body focus, self-care, stability particularly with smaller and slower movements. It also helps patients with hypermobility to be conscious of not stretching excessively which promotes injury."

As the blog post states, Mayo Clinic uses "the physical therapy guidelines (https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/ehlers-danlos-syndrome/newsfeed-post/exercise-for-heds-and-hsd/) to prevent joint injury, just as we do for any exercises. Low impact is better, and yoga is included in that category with swimming, walking, elliptical, etc”

Any physical activity can be dangerous to a point, even “low impact“ activities. So if anyone feels like they need more individual guidance, they should consult a therapist who is familiar with treating hypermobility.

Personally, I do not regard meditation as removing myself from the world, but rather connecting with it. Again, this underlines how everyone is different as you said. 🙂

Ann, I like to get to know more about you? Do you live with EDS? If yes, how long? What activities do you like to do?

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