THE ASANAS BENEFITS AND ADHO MUKHA SVANASANA

     

YOGA ASANAS

THE SANSKRIT WORD ASANA MEANS "TO SIT" TO BE PRESENT" AND IN CONTEXT OF THE YOGA TRADITION, MEANS TO BE ESTABLISHED IN A PARTICULAR POSTURE'.

TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH YOGA, THE TERM ASANA REFERS TO A WIDE RANGE OT BODILY POSTURES THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOUNDED BY TEACHERS IN INDIA FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. THESE POSTURES HAVE BEEN MORE OR LESS PRECISELY DEFINED IN THE CLASSIC TEXTS WITH EACH ASANA CHARACTERISED BY CERTAIN OBJECTIVE CRITIRIA AND IN FACT, ONE TRADITIONAL DEFINITION OF ASANA IS THE ARRANGEMENT OFTHE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE BODY IN A SPECIFIC WAY.

PRINCIPLES OF ASANA BASED (GRAVITY)

 

THE INVERTED POSTURES AND THE REVERSE POSTURES TAKE THE BENEFITS OF GRAVITY TO INCREASE THE FLOW OF BLOOD TO THE DESIRED PART OF THE BODY. E.G. IN THE HEADSTAND TO THE BRAIN, IN THE SHOULDER STAND TO THE THYROID GLAND AND IN THE REVERSE POSTURE TO THE SEX GLANDS.

ORGAN MASSAGE

THE POSITION OF THE ASANA CAUSES A SQUEEZING ACTION ON A SPECIFIC ORGAN OR GLAND THAT ULTIMATELY RESULTS IN THE STIMULATION OF THAT PART OF THE BODY.

STRETCHING MUSCLES AND LIGAMENTS

STRETCHING HAS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS ON THE BODY. STRETCHING MUSCLES AND LIGAMENTS RESULT IN THE INCREASE OF BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE MUSCLES, LIGAMENTS AND RELAX THEM BY ALLEVIATING TENSION, PRESSURE IN THE NERVES OF THAT AREA.

DEEP BREATHING

DURING RETAINING THE YOGA POSTURE BREATHING SHOULD BE SLOW AND DEEP. THIS INCREASE THE OXYGEN AND PRANA SUPPLY TO THE TARGET ORGAN OR GLAND.

 

CONCENTRATION

DURING SLOW DEEP BREATHING THE ATTENTION IS FOCUSED ON THE TARGET ORGAN OR GLAND. THIS BRINGS THE MIND INTO PLAY, AND GREATLY INCREASES THE CIRCULATION AND PRANA SUPPLY TO THE ORGAN OR GLAND. A HEALTHY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (BRAIN AND SPINE), HEALTHY GLANDS AND HEALTHY INTERNAL ORGANS ARE THE SECRET OF VITALITY AND REJEVENATION. THE PURPOSE OF THE YOGA EXERCISE IS TO RECONDITION THE SYSTEM, BOTH MIND AND BODY, AND TO DEVELOP THE NERVOUS THE GLANDULAR SYSTEMS.

WISDOM THOUGHTS

 

• BRILLIANT THINGS HAPPEN IN CALM MINDS.
• WHEN YOU ARE GIVING UP, SOMEONE ELSE IS STILL GOING.
• NO MATTER HOW YOUR HEART IS GRIEVING, IF YOU KEEP ON BELIEVING, THE DREAM THAT YOU WISH WILL COME TRUE.
• THE FIRST ONE TO APOLOGIZE IS THE BRAVEST. THE FIRST ONE TO FORGIVE IS THE STRONGEST. THE FIRST ONE TO FORGET IT THE HAPPIEST.
• FORGET THE PAST THAT MAKES YOU CRY AND FOCUS ON THE PRESENT THAT MAKES YOU SMILE.
• EARNING A RELATION IS A REWARD OF OUR TRUST, MAINTAINING THE SAME IS THE RESULT OF OUR SACRIFICE AND STRENGTHENING THE SAME IS THE RESULT OF OUR CARE.
• TO BE INSPIRED IS GREAT, TO INPIRE IS INCREDIBLE.
• SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AND APPRECIATE THE GOOD THINGS IN LIFE.

ADHO MUKHA SVANASANA

THE DOWNWARD FACING DOG POSE, YOU BUILD UP STRENGTH IN THE UPPER ARMS AND GIVE SPACE AND OPENING IN THE BACK, NECK, CHEST, HIPS AND SHOULDERS. IF YOU LET YOUR ANKLES SINK NICELY TO THE FLOOR IN THIS ASANA, YOU STRETCH THE CALVES AT THE SAME TIME, IN YOGA, THIS POSE IS OFTEN USED AS AN CALVES AT THE SAME TIME. IN YOGA, THIS POSE IS OFTEN USED AS AN EXERCISE IN BETWEEN OTHER EXERCISES IN BETWEEN OTHER EXERCISES, BUT IT IS IN FACT AN EXERCISE IN ITSELF.

STEPS 

1. STAND ON YOUR KNEES AND LEAN FORWARD AND REST YOUR PALMS ON THE GROUND. STETCH THE ELBOWS AND RELAX THE UPPER BACK BETWEEN THE SHOULDERS BLADES, WHICH GIVES YOU THE FEELING THAT THE ARMS FALL INTO THE SHOULDERS BLADES.

2. LIFE YOUR KNEES AND DRAW YOUR BACK BACKWARDS FROM THE PELVIS, SO THAT YOU ARMS AND BACK FROM ONE LINE.

3. STRETCH YOUR LEGS IN SUCH WAY THAT YOU GET THE FEELING THAT SOME BEHIND YOU IS PULLING YOUR LEGS AND HIPS BACKWARDS FROM THE TOP OF YOUR UPPER LEGS. LET YOUR HEAD HANG DOWN IN A RELAXED SORT OF WAY.

4. WHEN YOU HAVE PLACED YOUR BACK AND LEGS CORRECTLY, STRETCH OUR YOUR ARMS. THIS RESULTS IN A STRETCHING FROM TWO SIDES OF THE BACK, STRETCHING FROM THE PELVIC AND A STRETCHING FROM THE ARMS. WHEN THE BACK AND THE CHEST ARE PLACED CORRECTLY, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT YOU CAN QUIETLY BREATHE IN AND OUT THROUGH THE BELLY. YOU SHOULD NOT LET YOUR CHEST HANG DOWNWARD OR MAKE YOUR BACK EXTREMELY SUNKEN. IN THIS ASANA, THE BACK SHOULD BE LENGTHEND ALONG ITS ENTIRE LENGTH. TAKE YOUR TIME TO WORK OUT THE STRETCHING FURTHER AND FURTHER.

MANY PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THIS DOWNWARD FACING DOG POSES AS A MOMENT OF REST BETWEEN DIFFICULT YOGA EXERCISES. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU ARE DOING THIS, TRY TO REMAIN FOCUSED, BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY, AND CONTINUE WORKING OUT THE TECHNIQUE FURTHER TO GET THE MAXIMUM BENEFITS FROM THIS ASANA.

BENEFITS

 

 

• GOOD FOR TONING THE SHOULDERS, LEGS, ARMS FEET AND SPINE.
• BUILDS IMMUNITY AND STRENGTHENS THE BODY. PROVIDES AN OVERALL BODY STRETCH.
• REMOVES FATIGUE AND REJEVENATES THE BODY.
• INCREASES BLOOD FLOW TO THE SINUSES.
• STRENGTHENS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.
• CALMS THE MIND AND LIFTS THE SPIRITS.
• IMPROVES DIGESTION.
• STRENGTHENS ARMS, LEGS, AND FEET.