Hi Myra,

You read about it in Chris' hanging around section, thats correct. If you do so research on inversion therapy you will find that it has tremendous benefits for easing pressure off the spine and allowing it to align into its natural contour. It also promotes the flow of oxygen to the head with all the obvious benefits of that.

So far as meditation is concerned, I find that the deeply relaxing state that I am able to achieve while inverted allows me clear my mind and resolve many things. I read once that it is only in the fully inclined vertical position that we are capable of allowing every muscle to relax, not even lying down achieves this. I came to an automatic realisation that I could achieve a very deep level of meditation whilst at the same time improve my mild scoliosis having suffered lower back pain for years as a result.

Inversion therapy is also immensely helpful from the point of detoxing as it allows drainage of the lymph glands, again something that is seldom properly achieved during the normal course of daily activity or even lying down.

I have a bar and special boots that fit around the ankles and which then hook over the bar. This was the less expensive option but as effective as the inversion table. It is a little bit of a struggle to get "hooked up" and you certainly need a certain amount of upper body strength. For convenience, I am sure that the inversion table is very much more practical.

With love,
Kelvin