ANJANEYASANA, BALASANA, UTHITA BALASANA, MAKARASANA (YOGA)

 

                      ANJANEYASANA (LOW LUNGE POSE)

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                                    THIS ASANA STRENGTHENS SKINS AND MAKES THEM FLEXIBLE. IT STRETCHES THE WHOLE BODY, IN WHICH GIVES COMFORT. ANJANEYASANA BALANCES THE BODY AND STRENGTHENS SUPPORTING MUSCLES FOR THE KNEES. IT IS HELPFUL IN STRENGTHENING LIVER AND KIDNEYS.

                         METHOD : SIT IN VAJRASANA.  NOW STAND ON YOUR KNEES KEEPING BACK, NECK, HEAD AND THIGHS, STRAIGHT. KEEP LEFT HAND ON RIGHT THIGH. MOVE YOUR ARMS UP TOWARDS THE CHEST AND JOIN PALMS WITH EACH OTHER IN "NAMASKAR" POSE. INHALE AND MOVE YOUR HEAD BACKWARDS. REPEAT ALL THE ABOVE STEPS WITH THE LEFT LEG AND HOLD THE POSITION FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. MOVE BACKWARDS BY BENDING THE BACK. HOLD ON THE POSITION FOR SOME TIME.

                                BENEFITS : ANJANEYASANA IS A GREAT EXERCISE FOR ENHANCING AND MAINTAINING BODY BALANCE. IT STRENGTHENS THE BACK  PART OF BODY. 

                                BALASANA (CHILD POSE)

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                          THE ASANA IS VERY HELPFUL IN ADDING STRENGTH TO THE MUSCLES AND REDUCES FAT IN THE ABDOMINAL REGION.

                       METHOD : SIT ON YOUR KNEES AND SHIFT ALL OF THE BODY WEIGHT ON HEELS. TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND BEND FORWARD. KEEP YOUR FOREHEAD ON THE FLOOR AND ALLOW YOUR CHEST TO TOUCH THIGHS. PLACE YOUR ARMS NEXT TO YOUR WITH HANDS ADJACENT TO FEET AND PALMS FACING UP. REMAIN IN THIS POSE FOR SOME TIME. RELEASE THE POSE AND LIFT YOURSELF TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION AGAIN.

                         BENEFITS : SOOTHES AND HAS A CALMING EFFECT ON MIND.

                                     UTHITA BALASANA

                            (EXTENDED CHILD'S POSE)

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                         THIS YOGASANA HELPS RELIEVE THIGH, KNEE AND JOINT PAIN.

                          METHOD : PLACE  A MAT ON FLOOR AND SIT ON IT. BEND YOUR KNEES AND PUT YOUR WEIGHT ON YOUR TOES. SPREAD ONE KNEE AND BEND YOUR BODY IN THE FRONT, AT THE SAME TIME SPREAD YOUR ARMS IN THE FRONT AND TOUCH THE GROUND. YOU'LL FEEL AS LIKE WHOLE WEIGHT OF YOUR WAIST ON YOUR HANDS. PRACTICE THIS FOR 30 SECONDS OR 1 MINUTES.

                         BENEFITS : THE ASANA IS VERY HELPFUL MUSCLES OF THIGH AND SHOULDERS.

                      MAKARASANA (CROCODILE POSE)

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                            THE MEANING OF MAKARASANA IN SANSKRIT IS "CROCODILE", BECAUSE THIS POSE RESEMBLES A CROCODILE DURING RESTING WITHIN THE OCEAN. THE CROCODILE KEEPS ITS NECK AND FACE ABOVE THE WATER. A SIMILAR FORM IS SEEN IN HIS ASANA. THE AIM OF MAKARASANA IS TO UNLEASH STRAIN CAUSED BY OTHER ASANAS.

                             METHOD : THIS ASANA IS PRACTISED IN TWO PARTS. LIE DOWN STRAIGHT ON THE MAT BY THE SIDE OF YOUR STOMACH. NOW JOIN YOUR ELBOWS, MAKING A STAND AND PLACE YOUR PALMS UNDER THE CHIN. LIFT YOUR CHEST UP. BEND THE ARMS AT THE ELBOWS, REST THE ELBOWS ON THE GROUND. STRAIGHTEN THE ARMS IN NAMASKAR POSITION. KEEP EACH PALM ON THE OPPOSITE SHOULDER. PLACE THE HEAD BETWEEN THE ARMS. BREATHE NORMALLY.

  

                                 BENEFITS : THIS POSE IS BEST FOR RELAXING AFTER DOING OTHER ASANAS. IT ALSO RELAXES MENTALLY. MAKARASANA STRAIGHTENS AND STRETCHES THE MUSCLES OF THE WHOLE BODY, ESPECIALLY BACK. THIS ASANA IS ADDITIONALLYAN EXCELLENT POSE TO CUT BACK STRESS AND IMPROVES YOUR BODY POSTURE. IT RELIEVES FATIGUE, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART COMPLAINTS, STRESS, ANXIETY, AND INSOMNIA.

                          SINCE THE HANDS ARE IN "PASSIVE STRETCHING CONDITION" WHILE DOING THIS ASANA, THE " PARA SYMPATHETIC NERVES" ARE AFFECTED POSITIVELY. IT IMPARTS FLEXIBILITY TO SPINE AND CURE DISORDERS RELATED TO GENITO-URINARY SYSTEM.

 

  

                                      JANU SHIRASANA

                               (HEAD TO KNEE POSE)

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                                      THE ASANA IS VERY HELPFUL IN ENHANCING FUNCTIONING OF SPLEEN. IT STIMULATES THE KIDNEYS AND LIVER. REGULAR PRACTICE HELPS RELIEVE DEPRESSION AND CALMS MIND.

                                  METHOD : SIT ON THE GROUND WITH THE LEGS OUTSTRETCHED IN FRONT OF YOU AND JOINED TOGETHER. STRETCH OUT YOUR LEFT LEG TOWARDS YOUR FRONT. BEND YOUR RIGHT KNEE, PLACING THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT FOOT AGAINST THE INNER PART OF YOUR LEFT THIGH. YOUR RIGHT LEG AND KNEE SHOULD BE COMFORTABLE PRESSED ON THE FLOOR. NOW HOLD YOUR TOE WITH YOUR HANDS MAKING SCISSOR SHAPE. BEND YOUR HEAD AS SUCH TO LOOK STRAIGHT TO YOUR TOE. HOLD THE POSE AND BREATHE DEEP AND SLOW. AS YOU BREATHE, FEEL THE BREATH FILLING THE GROIN, THE BACK OF YOUR LEFT LEG, AND THE ENTIRE AREA OF YOUR BACK.

                             BENEFITS : THIS ASANA HEPS AS LOT IN FUNCTIONING ANUS AN URINARY SYSTEM. IT CALMS THE MIND AND IS THERAPEUTIC FOR MIND DEPRESSION.

                             PARIVRRTTA JANU SHIRASANA

                                     (HEAD TO KNEE POSE)

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                             THIS ASANA HEPS MAINTAINING BLOOD FLOW AMONG WITH YOUR SPINE, HIGH RELIEF IN BACK PAIN. REMOVES TOXIC SUBSTANCES LYING WITH THE ORGANS OF ABDOMEN AND FILLS THEM WITH A FRESH ENERGY.

                          METHOD : SIT IN SUCH A POSTURE SO THAT YOU CAN EASILY BEND YOUR BODY. NOW FOLD YOUR LEG UP TO 45 DEGREE. AND PUT YOUR LEFT LEG NEAR TO YOUR BUTTOCK. NOW TOUCH YOUR RIGHT TOE WITH RIGHT HANDS SO THAT YOUR FACE SHOULD BE TOWARDS FRONT, LOOK UPSIDE. THEN HOLD THE LEG WITH BOTH THE HANDS. BREATHING MAY BE LITTLE FAST. THEN REPEAT THE SAME ON THE OTHER SIDE.

                         BENEFITS : ELIMINATES TOXINS FROM THE STOMACH.

                                  JANU SHIRASANA C

                        (FORWARD BEND- LAST SERIES)

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                             IT MAKES OUT LOWER LIMBS VERY ACTIVE. ALSO, IT PROMOTES HEALTHY FUNCTIONING OF STOMACH AND DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, AND STIMULATES THE PANCREAS MAKING IT VERY EFFECTIVE FOR DIABETICS. THE ASANA IS VERY HELFUL FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM FREQUENT HEADACHES, MIGRAIN, HIGH BP.

                              METHOD : SIT ON THE MAT WITH LEGS SPREAD WIDE. PLACE THE SOLE OF THE RIGHT FOOT IN THE INNER LEFT THIGH WITH THE TOES ON THE FLOOR. KEEP LEFT LEG STRAIGHT. BEND YOUR RIGHT KNEE AND HOLD ONTO YOUR RIGHT FOOT WITH YOUR LEFT HAND. BRING YOUR RIGHT ARM UNDER YOUR RIGHT LEG AND REACH AROUND TO GRAB ON TO THE ARCH WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND. SIT UP NICE AND TALL, LENGTHENING THROUGH THE SPINE, AND FOLD YOUT TORSO OVER YOUR LEFT LEG. PLACE YOUR HANDS ON THE FLOOR ON EITHER SIDE OF YOUR LEG OR YOUR SHIN. TRY TO REACH FOR YOUR FOOT. THE RIGHT HAND HOLDS THE LEFT WRIST. REST YOUR FOREHEAD ON YOUR LEG. TAKE DEEP BREATHS. RELEASE YOUR HANDS, SIT UP. SWITCH SIDE. 

                                BENEFITS : THE ASANA GIVES RELIEF FROM HEADACHES, MIGRAINE, AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.

                                   HANUMAN ASANA

                                      (MONKEY POSE)

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                      THE ASANA IS DEDICATED TO LORD HANUMAN. IT ACTUALLY COMMEMORATES THE GIANT LEAP MADE BY HANUMAN TO REACH THE LANKAN ISLANDS FROM THE MAINLAND OF INDIA. THE POSE RELIEVES SCIATICA PAIN AND CURVES MOST OF THE DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH LEGS.

                        METHOD : STARY BY KNEELING DOWN ON THE FLOOR WITH KNEES A LITTLE APART. HOLD YOUR SHOULDER WITH YOUR HANDS. PUT BOTH OF YOUR HANDS AT THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD. BACK SHOULDER BE STRAIGHT. PUT YOUR CHEST FORWARD AND START BREATHING CALMLY.

                           BENEFITS : VERY EFFECTIVE IN LEG PAIN.