Yoga for me has been a tremendous help in my journey with RA, especially because when I wake up in the morning, some days I feel swollen and after a yoga session I am positive and physically better.
But you have to be careful as to who is your teacher because he/she need to know what hurts or what are your limitations so that they can help and work with you. My teacher, Javier Wilensky has been and continues to be very helpful and he knows how to work with people that have various conditions because of his extensive knowledge of the body combined with yoga.
It has been one year since I started practicing yoga and I see myself in better shape and with a more positive attitude in life.
Downward-Facing Dog
Come onto the floor on your hands and knees. Set your knees directly below your hips and your hands slightly forward of your shoulders.
Benefits
• Calms the brain and helps relieve stress and mild depression
• Energizes the body
• Stretches the shoulders, hamstrings, calves, arches, and hands
• Strengthens the arms and legs
• Helps relieve the symptoms of menopause
• Relieves menstrual discomfort when done with head supported
• Helps prevent osteoporosis
• Improves digestion
• Relieves headache, insomnia, back pain, and fatigue
• Therapeutic for high blood pressure, asthma, flat feet, sciatica, sinusitis
Healing Mother 
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