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During an advanced yoga workshop at Off The Grid Yoga in Delray Beach, Yoga Master Teacher Jessica Unmani King, called inversions Yoga’s happy pills. Now for those of us who have been experiencing fear around going upside down, happy is definitely not a word that we would naturally associate with inversions. However, under the guidance of a masterful and compassionate teacher, inverting can be quite exhilarating! This excitement can be felt both physiologically and emotionally. Inversions are cleansing and nourishing at the deepest levels, and thereby engender tremendous health benefits. The entire physical system, under control of the brain, is energized and nourished as the brain is washed clean and flooded with rich new nutrients. Emotionally, facing one’s fears affords a sense of courage, and inner strength. Facing my fears in the safety of my yoga mat is enabling me each time to deepen my experience of faith; the type of faith, as Alison Wright describes, that “enables us, despite our fears, to fully engage with the unknown. This trust in ourselves, the world around us, requires us to examine our lives and define our own inner truths; and it makes us willing to explore.”