India, Sept. 25 -- If you have high blood pressure, you have likely been advised to manage stress, eat well, and stay active. Yoga might seem like the perfect solution as it is calming, gentle, and known to boost overall health. But what if the very poses meant to bring calm are quietly putting your heart under pressure? Hypertension, often called the "silent killer", does not always show symptoms, and it can worsen with intense or upside-down yoga poses. Yes, and that is why experts caution against certain advanced or forceful yoga poses if you are dealing with high BP or have any other heart problems.

Yoga is not unsafe, it simply needs to be practiced with awareness. Gentle stretching, breathing exercises (pranayama), and meditation c...