Yoga for Headaches: The Big Picture

by Nina

Pink Light by Marie Lossky
(@Marie.Lossky on Instagram)

Because we have been blogging for over five years, it turns out that we often cover a single topic from multiple angles and in multiple ways. But the end result can become a bunch of hard to track down posts strewn all over the place. And these days I’m in the mood to do a little tidying up! So today, I thought I’d provide an overview of the posts we have on headaches in a way that organizes the topics so you can find exactly what you need (and avoid what you don’t need). Over the years, we have covered the three most common types of headaches: tension, migraine, and hormonal. So this post is going to list the posts that are relevant for each of the three types of headaches. If you are someone who suffers from regular headaches, I really hope you find some helpful techniques in these posts. And if you have some other techniques that you find effective, please let us know.Note that not all headaches fit into these three categories, and some headaches are actually the result of illness or injury! So if you’re suffering from chronic headaches and haven’t seen a doctor yet, please get a diagnosis before trying our recommendations.Tension Headaches
Tension Headaches and Yoga  by Baxter provides background information about tension headaches and what you can do when you have one.
Preventing Migraines and Other Headaches, Part 1 by Nina provides information about using stress management to prevent stress-related headaches.
Preventing Migraines and Other Headaches, Part 2 by Nina provides information about using asanas to release physical tension from your neck, shoulders, back and head as a way of preventing headaches caused by muscle tension.
How Yoga Helps with Pain, Friday Q&A: Techniques for Pain Management, and Yoga for Pain Management provide general information about yoga pain management techniques that you can apply to tension headaches.Migraine Headaches
Yoga and Migraines by Baxter provides background information about migraines and what you can do when you have one.
Brad’s Perspective on Migraine Headaches provides scientific background about migraines (from someone who lectures on this topic) and provides advice about how yoga might help when you have one. 
Preventing Migraines and Other Headaches, Part 1 by Nina provides information about using stress management to prevent stress-related headaches.
Preventing Migraines and Other Headaches, Part 2 by Nina provides information about using asanas to release physical tension from your neck, shoulders, back and head as a way of preventing headaches caused by muscle tension.
How Yoga Helps with Pain, Friday Q&A: Techniques for Pain Management, and Yoga for Pain Management provide general information about yoga pain management techniques that you can apply to migraines.
Hormonal Headaches
Yoga for Menopause: Headaches by Nina provides background information about headaches triggered by the hormonal changes of perimenopause and menopause, with some suggestions for helping to prevent them.
Preventing Migraines and Other Headaches, Part 1 by Nina provides information about using stress management to prevent stress-related headaches that may also apply to hormonal headaches.
Preventing Migraines and Other Headaches, Part 2 by Nina provides information about using asanas to release physical tension from your neck, shoulders, back and head as a way of preventing headaches caused by muscle tension that may also apply to hormonal headaches.
How Yoga Helps with Pain, Friday Q&A: Techniques for Pain Management, and Yoga for Pain Management provide general information about yoga pain management techniques that you can apply to hormonal headaches.
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