Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Questions for YogaTeacher

I was just wondering if you have IBS yourself and of what type?

I was also wondering if you or anyone else who is good at yoga could do an online yoga class specifically for IBS to download for free? I saw that Heather has a DVD project but that it might take a while before that gets done. It would just be great to have someone go through advice and a program maybe one for IBS-D, one for IBS-C et.c.

I was wondering - some yoga instructors specifically say to avoid inverted positions during your period while others say that as long as you don't feel uncomfortable there is no problem. Plus some positions are to be avoided if you're having an IBS attack such as D. What is the rule there? I mean, I have too fast bowels all the time, only most of the time (luckily) thanks to loperamide and watching what I am eating and trying to not get too stressed out, it's under control so that my bowels are as slow as I need them to be to feel ok. (I don't have normal sphincter control due to the paralysis condition I had as a child so I need my bowels to be really slow to be able to be out and about.) But is it ok to do those positions as long as my IBS is under control with medicine, diet et.c.? I mean, for me a flare is just a bit quicker than normal, but strictly speaking without the medicine my bowels are always too quick, i.e. my IBS is always active so to speak, as it seems.

I'm also wondering - why is it I tend to feel sick when doing yoga in the afternoon or early evening - even if it's been hours since I ate, but it's in general ok in the morning. This is a bit of a problem since my IBS is always more likely to cause problems in the morning so if I were to join a yoga class it would be hard for me to do it in the morning - but since I tend to feel sick when doing yoga in the afternoon or evening it would be hard and certainly not as pleasant as I would want it to be to do it then too. Any advice?

Apart from that I'm thinking of taking private lessons since apart from IBS-D I also have a semi-paralyzed leg which of course affects my balance and strength so I find some yoga positions put too much strain on my hips and right knee.

Lots of questions, hope you don't mind.

/Ulrika, IBS-D

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