Cos
The first point I would make is that Yoga is not just about the postures (Asana) that you see people bending and stretchign into. There are a whole load of other tools (breathing practices, meditative practices, and so on) that may have a far greater effect on health than simple Asana.
The second is, it is almost impossible to recommend a series of Yoga practices for you to do without getting to know your full situation intimately. If you were sitting in a doctor's waiting room with a dozen other people and the doctor came out and prescribed the same antibiotic to everyone would that be acceptable? The same is true in Yoga when used AS A THERAPY which is what you and many others are asking for in here.
Yes, for general health purposes if you have no problems that would risk the practice worsening your condition it is entirely possible to get some benefit from going along to a group class or practising from a book/DVD (though I'd never recommend the latter options). But if you need a specific problem targeted through Yoga then you need specific advice and that starts from specific information given to a well-trained Yoga Therapist.
For example, let's take the relatively "simple" problem of acid reflux - it may seem like it would be easy to prescribe a programme of Yoga practice to cure this simple affliction, but is it? The symptoms may be the same, but everyone who has acid reflux will get it for different reasons. Is it a diet problem, too much rich food? Is it a physical problem such as a hernia or other physical change in your body that is causing it? Is it stress-induced? So many other possibilities, all with very different solutions.
If all you are interested in is doing a few postures without aggravating your reflux then the answer is easy - try them and when something affects it then cross it off your list. But it won't be as effective as working with someone who knows what they're doing.
Hope that helps,
Scott
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