HALASANA, UTTANAPADASANA, PADMASANA (THE YOGA)

 

                             HALASANA (THE PLOW POSE)

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                                 HALASANA IS ONE OF ADVANCED YOGA POSE, SIMPLE TO PRACTICE AND CONTAINS LOTS OF BENEFITS. "HALA" MEANS "PLOW" AND "ASANA" MEANS "POSE" . THE BODY TAKES SHAPE OF A PLOW IS A MOST POPULAR AGRICULTURE INSTRUMENT USED TO PREPARE THE SOIL FOR SOWING SEEDS. LIKEWISE PLOW, HALASANA REJUVENATE THE INNER PART OF YOUR BODY AND MAKE IT HEALTHY AGAIN.

                           METHOD : LIE ON THE CARPET WITH BACKSIDE DOWN AND JOINT THE LEGS TOGETHER. RAISE THE LEGS AT ANGLE OF 90 DEGREE. THRUST THE PALMS, RAISE THE WAIST AND LEGS, BENDING FORWARD CURVING THE BACK AND RESTING THE LEGS ON THE FLOOR ABOVE HEAD. LITTLE BY LITTLE TRY TO PLACE THE TOES ON THE FLOOR AND KEEP THE LEGS STRAIGHT BALANCE THE WHOLE WEIGHT ON THE SHOULDER BLADE,  SHIFT BOTH THE HANDS OVER THE HEAD, JOIN THE FINGERS, HOLD THE HEAD WITH IT AND RELAX THE ELBOWS ON THE FLOOR. NOVICES SHOULD BE REMAINED IN THAT POSITION FOR MINIMUM 10 SECONDS. AFTER REGULAR PRACTICE, YOU CAN HOLD ON TO THE POSITION FOR AS LONG AS 2 MINUTES. THEN RELEASE THE FINGERS ABOVE THE HEAD, PRESSING THE PALS ON THE FLOOR TAKING BACK THE THUMB TOE GENTLY BRING THE BODY AND LEGS TO THE FLOOR. PRACTICE ONE TIME ONLY. AFTER FINISHING HALASANA YOU MUST DO SAVASANA TOO, FOR RELAXATION.

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                                BENEFITS : HALASANA STRENGTHENS THE NECK, SHOULDERS, ABS AND BACK MUSCLES. IT CALMS THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, REDUCES STRESS AND FATIGUE. IT WORKS AS MAGIC FOR SKIN BY ADDING YOURSELF GLOW. THE ASANA IMPROVES VISION AND PROVIDES RELIEF EYE PROBLEMS. REGULAR PRACTICE WILL RETARD AGEING PROCESS AND ENHANCES THE FUNCTIONING OF THYROID AND PARATHYROID GLANDS. IT HELPS WOMEN DURNG MENOPAUSE, CLEARS CONSTIPATION AND STOMACH DISORDERS. MENSTRUAL DISORDERS IN WOMEN WILL ALSO GET CURED. THE ASANA CAN HELP PATIENTS OF TUBERCULOSIS, ASTHMA, AND BREATHING DISORDERS. THIS ASANA S VERY HELPFUL IN THE AILMENTS PERTAINING TO LVER, SPLEEN AND STOMACH. IN HAIR GROWTH ALSO.

                       PRECAUTION : THOSE SUFFERING FROM LUMBAGO, NECK PAIN, HERNIA, HEART DISEASE, SPONDYLOSIS AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SHOULD NOT PRACTICE THIS YOGA POSE. ALTHOUGH THIS ASANA IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT, YOU MUST EXERICISE PATIENTLY WHILE PRACTISING IT. IT IS BETTER TO PRACTISE IT UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF AN EXPERIENCED YOGA GURU. AVOID PRACTISING HALASA IF YOU HAVE INJUIRED YOUR NECK, SUFFERING FROM DIARRHEA AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.

                                     UTTANAPADASANA

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                        IN SANSKRIT, "UTTANA" MEANS "RAISED", AND "PADA" MEANS "FEET" . IN THIS YOGA POSTURE, THE FEET ARE RAISED UP.

                       

METHOD : LIE DOWN COMFORTABLY ON YOUR YOGA MAT. PLACE YOUR HANDS BY YOUR SIDE AND YOUR HEELS TOGETHER. NOW AS YOU INHALE F YOUR LEGS UP TOGETHER TO THE 30 DEGREE POSITION (1 FEET), WHILE LIFTING YOUR HEAD OFF THE GROUND. HOLD THIS POSITION FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN GENTLY BRING YOUR LEGS BACK TO THE FLOOR. NEXT, INHALE AGAIN AND RAISE YOUR LEGS TO THE 30 DEGREE POSITION. LOWER YOUR LEGS BACK TO THE FLOOR AFTER A FEW SECONDS. REPEAT THIS FOR 3-6 TIMES. IF YOU FIND THAT LIFTING BOTH YOUR LEGS TOGETHER IS DIFFICULT OR SUFFER FROM BACK PAIN, TRY RAISING ONE LEG AT A TIME. SOON YOU WILL BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO LIFT BOTH YOUR LEGS TOGETHER.

                             BENEFITS : THE ASANA IS VERY HELPFUL FOR INTENSTINES AND STRENGTHENS THEM. IT HELPS IN PROVIDING RELIEF FROM GAS, CONSIPATION, AND OBESITY. THE ASANA IS ALSO BELIEVED TO HELP PEOPLE WITH HEART DISEASE, NAVAL DISLOCATION, STOMACH ACHE AND BREATHING PROBLEM. WHEN PRACTISED WITH ONE LEG EACH ALTERNATELY, HELPS IN LOW BACK PAIN.

                                   PADAMASANA (LOTUS POSE)

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                             THIS IS SIMPLE AND EASY ASANA TO DO. IT HELPS MAINTAINING A STRAIGHT POSTURE AND IS A IMPORTANT POSITION FOR MEDITATION.

                            METHOD : SIT ON THE FLOOR IN DANDASANA AND STRETCH YOUR LEGS, YOUR LEGS SHOULD LIE STRAIGHT. HOLD THE RIGHT LEG IN BOTH THE HANDS, FOLD THE LEGS SLOWLY AND PLACE IT ON YOUR LEFT THIGH. ENSURE THAT YOUR FEET SHOULD TOUCH YOUR NAVEL. FOLD THE LEFT KNEE, AND HOLD IT WITH BOTH HANDS AND PLACE IT ON THE RIGHT THIGH CLOSE TO THE OTHER. AT THIS POINT, YOUR BOTH KNEES SHOULD TOUCH THE FLOOR AND THE FOOT SHOULD FACE UPWARDLY. YOUR SPINAL CORD SHOULD BE STRAIGHT AT THIS POINT. IF YOU FEEL SOME DIFFICULTY WHILE SITTING IN THE POSTURE FOR A LONG TIME, YOU CAN CHANGE THE LEGS AND THEN SIT ON THE SAME POSITION. YOUR SPINA CORD SHOULD BE ERECT, YOUR BOTH HANDS SHOULD BE TOGETHER BE TOGETHER OR PUT THE PALMS FACING UPSIDE ON THE KNEE JOINTS AND THE THUMB MUST TOUCH YOUR INDEX FINGER AND THE OTHER FINGERS SHOULD FACE UPWARD. DO THIS ASANA FOR 1 TO 2 MINUTES IN THE BEGINNING STAGE, ONCE YOU ARE USED TO IT THEN SLOWLY AND SLOWLY INCREASE THE TIME. STRICTLY AVOID BENDING YOUR BODY OR HEAD WHILE DOING THIS ASANA.

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                          BENEFITS : PADMASANA IS VERY USEFUL INCREASING THE FOCUS OF MIND AND CONCENTRATION. IT HELPS IN IMPROVING THE CONCENTRATION POWER AND IT CALMS THE BRAIN ALSO. THE ASANA IS HELPFUL FOR STUDENTS AS IT INCREASES CONCENTRATION POWER, MEMORY AND PROVIDES GOOD SLEEP.