Question about Yoga

[alpinerabbit]

listen to your yoga instructor; this has been taught for thousands of years!

As a biologist, I see absolutely no reason why fluids should flow back into the body more during a 1-minute inversion pose than during a good night's sleep on your back. The cervix and the fallopian tubes (being the only possible openings) are tiny, there will not be significant reverse flow.
My previous yoga instructors all said not to do them during your menses, my last one dismissed it as humbug just like me.

Yoga has been tought by men for thousands of years, men who did not necessarily know a lot about anatomy......



I can do a headstand, or handstand, against the wall, it's actually quite easy. Headstand that is . Handstand is pretty hard on your wrists.
A free headstand - nah. Shoulderstand/Pincha Mayurasana is difficult for me as my shoulders are quite tight.

What I get from inversions are fake farts if I don't close my muscles "down there".