(In a different study, researchers also found that alternate nostril breathing lowers heart rate, with a shift toward parasympathetic dominance,
in experienced yoga practitioners, opposed to those with no yoga experience.)
Avoid inverted poses, which involve extending your legs above your heart or head, unless you're
an experienced yoga practitioner.
However, balancing on the shin and foot of your bottom leg and lifting your top leg adds an element of instability that will challenge even
an experienced yoga practitioner.
As
an experienced yoga practitioner you are way ahead of your students be it philosophy, anatomy, meditation and the virtues of veganism and sattvic foods.
If you are
an experienced yoga practitioner you can try to keep your buttocks relaxed and only use the thigh muscles to lift the hips or when you are in the pose you could raise one leg in turn toward the ceiling.