Friday Q A Yoga for Swelling in the Legs Edema

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Legs of a Seated Model by Thomas Eakins Q: I teach a gentle/restorative class on Wednesday evenings and a couple of weeks ago I had a lady come to class who has edema only in her right leg. She had done yoga off and on and was interested in starting back up with yoga. She had limitations of course, but told me that she has had this edema for 4 years and after observing her in that first class, she knew her body well...in what she could do and not do.  Well... she came back for the second class (I am still amazed when they come back) and after class offered for me to feel how much heavier her right leg was than her left... just looking at the leg, it was 2x as big, maybe even a little bit bigger... SO... I lifted her left leg and then the right leg with the edema and I was AMAZED at how heavy that leg was... all that extra weight she was carrying around.  One of the poses I taught that evening was Viparita Karani and she told me it helped her leg. SO... do you have any suggesti...
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