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I'm coming down with something and I feel that my whole head is bunged up . Is it advisable to go to yoga? I've heard my teacher talk to people who have come to yoga when they've been sick and had a head cold and they've congratulated them for getting there and using yoga to help them work it out of their system. Is this the general rule - to practice when sick?

Depends how sick I suppose, if I'm coming down with a snot fest I'll do a couple of cleanses (Kunjal & Jala Neti) in the morning and see how I feel when I get to the mat - if its anything more serious then I'll generally leave out Asana for the day, maybe leave the meditation as well if i'm feeling really rough. Happens so rarely these days.

sometimes your body needs to put its afailable resources towards fighting the sickness