DO THESE ASANAS AND WILL GET HEALTHY LIFE!

MATSYASANA

(THE FISH POSE)

ABOUT

THE WORD MATSYA IMPLIES "FISH" IN SANSKIT. THE ORIGIN TO THE NAME GIVEN TO THIS ASAN APPEARS TO BE STRANGE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT BEAR ANY RESEMBLANCE TO FISH. THE SANSKRIT TEXT GIVES JUSTIFICATION THAT THIS ASAN CAN ALLOW ONE TO FLOAT IN WATER LIKE A FISH. MATSYASANA ENABLES THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY MORE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE BODY, ALLOWING SUFFICIENT VENTILATION TO THE LUNGS AND INCREASES THE CAPACITY OF THE MAN TO FLOAT. IT IS A COUNTER POSTURE TO SARVANGASANA AND HALASANA.

TECHNIQUE

• SIT IN THE PADMASANA POSTURE.
• LIE BACK, KEEPING THE LOCKED LEGS DOWN ON THE FLOOR.
• SUPPORT THE BODY WITH THE HANDS AND ELBOWS.
• LIFT THE HEAD AND THE SHOULDERS AND ARCH THE BACK PRESSING THE CROWN OF THE HEAD ON THE FLOOR FORMING A BRIDGE IN WHICH THE SHOULDERS AND THE BACK REMAIN ABOVE THE FLOOR.
• GRASP THE TOES WITH BOTH HAND.
• BREATHE DEEPLY, EXPANDING THE RIB CAGE FULLY.
• REMAIN IN THIS POSRE FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
• RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL POSE AND RELAX.

BENEFITS

 

 

THIS ASANA STRENGTHENS THE MUSCLES AND NERVES OF THE NECK AND BACK AND TONES UP THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND LUNGS. IT IMPROVES THE MOBILITY OF THE THORAX AND SUPPLIES SUFFICIENT BLOOD TO THE PITUITARY AND PINEAL GLANDS, REJEVENATES THE THYROID AND PARA-THYROID GLANDS. THIS ASAN CURES ASTHMA, CONSTIPATION, CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, EPILEPSY, MENOPAUSE, DIABETES, ABDOMINAL DISORDERS, PILES AND OBESITY. IN SOME RENOWNED YOGATHERAPHY INSTITUTES, PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM LEPROSY HAVE BEEN CURED BY THIS ASANA. IT ALSO REMOVES PSORIASIS AND SEMINAL WEAKNESS CAUSED BY DEGENERATION OF TESTICLES AND PYORRHOEA.

BHUJANGASANA 

(THE COBRA POSE)

ABOUT

BHUJANGASANA IN SANSKRIT MEANS "A COBRA" WHEN THE FULL AND CORRECT POSE OF THIS ASANA IS ADOPTED, IT RESEMBLES A HOODED COBRA. THIS ASANA BELONGS TO THE CATEGORY OF SACRUM ASAN. THIS ASAN IS MORE BENEFICIAL TO WOMEN FOR STRENGTHEN THE OVARIES AND UTERNUS. THIS ASAN HAS FOUR VARIATIONS THE SPHINX POSE, THE SARPASANA POSE, THE TWISTING COBRA POSE, THE FULL COBRA POSE. PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM PEPTIC ULCERS, HERNIA AND INTESTINAL TUBERVULOSIS SHOULD NOT DO THIS ASAN.

TECHNIQUE

• LIE FLAT ON THE STOMACH WITH LEGS STRAIGHT AND THE FEET EXTENDED.
• PLACE THE HAND, PALMS DOWN THE SHOULDERS.
• SLOWLY RAISE THE BODY ABOVE THE NAVEL UNTIL THE ARMS ARE STRAIGHT BUT THE STOMACH AND THE LEGS MUST TOUCH THE FLOOR.
• BEND THE HEAD BACK GAZING DIAGONALLY UPWARDS.
• REMAIN IN THIS POSE FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS.
• BREATHE SLOWLY AND NORMALLY THROUGHOUTS.

 

BENEFITS

 

BHUJANGASANA IS ONE OF THE HIGHLY EFFICACIOUS ASANAS FOR THE SPINE AND ABDOMEN. IT REMOVES UNWANTED FLESH FROM THE HIPS AND ABDOMINAL REGION, MAKES THE SPINE SUPPLE AND FLEXIBLE, TONES UP THE NERVIOUS SYSTEM, LIVER AND KIDNEYS. IT CURES JAUNDICE, DIABETES, PILES, INSOMNIA, FEMALE SEXUAL AILMENTS SUCH AS DYMENORRHOEA, LEUCORRHOEA, AND AMENORRHOEA. IT HELPS NORMALIZE THE MENSTRUL CYCLE. CORRECTS MENOPAUSE AND RESTORES EQUANIMITY. IT IS SPECIALLY USEFUL TO WOMEN TO TONE THE OVARY AND UTERNUS. THIS ASAN ALSO STRENGTHENS THE ADRENAL GLANDS.

DHANURASANA

(THE BOW POSE)

ABOUT

IN SANKRIT DHANUR MEANS "BOW". THIS IS A VIGOROUS ELABORATION OF BHUJANGASANA. ABRUPT JERKY MOVEMENTS SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN THIS ASAN. THE BEGINNERS MAY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO TAKE HOLD OF THE ANKLES WITH HANDS. THEY CAN OVERCOME THIS DIFFICULTY BY CONSTANT PRACTICE AND DETERMINATION. THEY ASAN IS ALSO HIGHLY BENEFICIAL FOR WOMEN. THE ASAN SHOULD NOT BE PRACTICED BY PERSONS SUFFERING FROM HERNIA, PEPTIC ULCER, INTESTINAL TUBERCULOSIS OR ANY INJURY IN THE SPINE.

TECHNIQUE

• LIE FLAT ON THE STOMACH AND CHEST. 
• FLEX THE LEGS BRINGING THE FEEL BACK TOWARD THE HEAD.
• RAISE THE LEGS, HEAD AND UPPER PART OF THE BODY.
• WHILE ARCHING THE BACK, TAKE HOLD OF YOUR RIGHT ANKLE WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND AND LEFT ANKLE WITH LEFT HAND.
• BREATHE SLOWLY AND NORMALLY.
• REMAIN IN THIS POSE FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS.
• RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION AND RELAX.

BENEFITS

 

 

• THIS ASANAS POWERFULLY MESSAGES THE ABDOMINAL ORGANS AND MUSCLES.
• IT REMOVES CONSTIPATION AND CURES DYSPEPSIA, RHEUMATIS, GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS, ASTHMA SLUGGISHNESS OF THE LIVER.
• IT REDUCES FAT, ENERGISES DIGESTION, SHARPENS APPETITE AND IS HIGHLY BENEFICIAL FOR WOMEN SUFFERING FROM IRREGULAR OR FAULTY MENSTRUATION.