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.